1925–26 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City F.C.

1925–26 season

Manager

David Ashworth
(until 14 Nov 1925)
Albert0Alexander/Committee
(15 Nov 1925 to 26 Apr 1926)

Peter Hodge
(from 26 Apr 1926)

Football League
First Division

21st (relegated)

FA Cup

Runners-up

Top goalscorer

League:
Tommy Browell (21)
Frank Roberts (21)
All:
Frank Roberts (30)

Highest home attendance

62,994 v Manchester United
(12 September 1925)

Lowest home attendance

7,000 v Sheffield United
(4 November 1925)

← 1924–25

1926–27 →

The 1925–26 season was Manchester City F.C.'s thirty-fifth season of league football and twelfth consecutive season in the Football League First Division, excluding the four years during the First World War in which no competitive football was played.

Coming off the back of a series of mid-table finishes and largely unimpressive FA Cup campaigns, manager David Ashworth's resignation in November 1925 bizarrely resulted in both a first league relegation since 1909 and a first FA Cup final appearance since 1904 as well as a record 6–1 victory over rivals Manchester United, with much of the second half of the campaign being run in Ashworth's absence by a committee led by club Vice-Chairman Albert Alexander.

Team Kit

Football League First Division

Pos	Team	0P0	0W0	0D0	0L0	0F0	0A0	GA	Pts
18	West Ham United	42	15	7	20	63	76	0.829	37
19	Leeds United	42	14	8	20	64	76	0.842	36
20	Burnley	42	13	10	19	85	108	0.787	36
21	Manchester City	42	12	11	19	89	100	0.890	35
22	Notts County	42	13	7	22	54	74	0.730	33

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points
Source: 1925–26 Football League First Division

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
42	12	11	19	89	100	0.89	35	8	7	6	48	42	23	4	4	13	41	58	12

Source: rsssf.com

Reports

Date	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
29 August 1925	Cardiff City	H	Maine Road	3 – 2	Austin, Warner, Johnson	42,000
31 August 1925	Birmingham	A	St Andrew's	0 – 1		20,000
5 September 1925	Tottenham Hotspur	A	White Hart Lane	0 – 1		35,954
12 September 1925	Manchester United	H	Maine Road	1 – 1	Cowan	62,994
19 September 1925	Everton	H	Maine Road	4 – 4	Browell (4)	11,393
23 September 1925	West Bromwich Albion	A	The Hawthorns	1 – 4	Roberts	8,827
26 September 1925	Huddersfield Town	A	Leeds Road	2 – 2	Warner, Johnson	19,541
3 October 1925	Sunderland	H	Maine Road	4 – 1	Austin (2), Warner, Browell	40,000
10 October 1925	Blackburn Rovers	A	Ewood Park	3 – 3	Browell (2), Roberts	25,935
17 October 1925	Liverpool	A	Anfield	1 – 2	Johnson	35,000
24 October 1925	Burnley	H	Maine Road	8 – 3	Browell (5), Roberts, Johnson, Hicks	19,740
26 October 1925	Sheffield United	A	Bramall Lane	3 – 8	Cowan, Roberts, Johnson	8,000
31 October 1925	West Ham United	A	Upton Park	1 – 3	Browell	23,000
4 November 1925	Sheffield United	H	Maine Road	2 – 4	Austin, Roberts	7,000
7 November 1925	Arsenal	H	Maine Road	2 – 5	Warner, Browell	11,384
14 November 1925	Bolton Wanderers	A	Burnden Park	1 – 5	Roberts	22,326
21 November 1925	Notts County	H	Maine Road	1 – 1	Coupland	20,000
28 November 1925	Aston Villa	A	Villa Park	1 – 3	Dennison	25,000
5 December 1925	Leicester City	H	Maine Road	5 – 1	Roberts (2), Johnson (2), Dennison	20,000
12 December 1925	Leeds United	A	Elland Road	4 – 3	Bradford, Dennison, Johnson, Roberts	18,762
19 December 1925	Newcastle United	H	Maine Road	2 – 2	Johnson, Murphy	35,000
25 December 1925	Bury	A	Gigg Lane	5 – 6	Browell (2), Coupland, Johnson, Roberts	25,000
26 December 1925	Bury	H	Maine Road	0 – 2		50,000
1 January 1926	West Bromwich Albion	H	Maine Road	3 – 1	Austin, Dennison, Johnson	23,030
2 January 1926	Cardiff City	A	Ninian Park	2 – 2	Roberts (2)	12,000
16 January 1926	Tottenham Hotspur	H	Maine Road	0 – 0		25,344
23 January 1926	Manchester United	A	Old Trafford	6 – 1	Austin (2), Roberts (2), Johnson, Hicks	48,657
6 February 1926	Huddersfield Town	H	Maine Road	1 – 5	Roberts	36,645
10 February 1926	Everton	A	Goodison Park	1 – 1	Roberts	15,067
13 February 1926	Sunderland	A	Roker Park	3 – 5	Austin, Browell, Hicks	25,000
27 February 1926	Liverpool	H	Maine Road	1 – 1	Browell	35,000
13 March 1926	West Ham United	H	Maine Road	2 – 0	Roberts, Murphy	40,000
17 March 1926	Blackburn Rovers	H	Maine Road	0 – 1		18,793
20 March 1926	Arsenal	A	Highbury	0 – 1		34,974
29 March 1926	Bolton Wanderers	H	Maine Road	1 – 1	Austin	21,720
2 April 1926	Birmingham	H	Maine Road	2 – 4	Austin, Hicks	60,000
3 April 1926	Notts County	A	Meadow Lane	0 – 1		12,000
6 April 1926	Burnley	A	Turf Moor	2 – 1	Johnson, Hicks	19,966
10 April 1926	Aston Villa	H	Maine Road	4 – 2	Austin, Browell, Roberts, Johnson	42,000
17 April 1926	Leicester City	A	Filbert Street	3 – 2	Roberts (2), Browell	20,000
27 April 1926	Leeds United	H	Maine Road	2 – 1	Austin, Johnson	43,375
1 May 1926	Newcastle United	A	St James' Park	2 – 3	Browell, Roberts	20,000

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
9 January 1926	Third round	Corinthian	A	Crystal Palace	3 – 3	Cookson, Roberts, Hicks	29,700
13 January 1926	Third round replay	Corinthian	H	Maine Road	4 – 0	Austin (2), Johnson, Hicks	42,303
30 January 1926	Fourth round	Huddersfield Town	H	Maine Road	4 – 0	Hicks (2), Browell, Roberts	74,789
20 February 1926	Fifth round	Crystal Palace	H	Maine Road	11 – 4	Roberts (5), Browell (3), Austin, Johnson, Hicks	51,630
6 March 1926	Sixth round	Clapton Orient	A	Maine Road	6 – 1	Johnson (3), Hicks, Roberts, Browell	24,600
27 March 1926	Semi-final	Manchester United	N	Maine Road	3 – 0	Browell (2), Roberts	46,450
24 April 1926	Final	Bolton Wanderers	N	Maine Road	0 – 1		91,547

Squad statistics

Squad

Appearances for competitive matches only

Nat.	Player	Pos.	Premier League		FA Cup		Total
Nat.	Player	Pos.	Apps		Apps		Apps
	Goodchild, JimJim Goodchild	GK	24	0	7	0	31	0
	Mitchell, JamesJames Mitchell	GK	17	0	0	0	17	0
	John Phillips	GK	1	0	0	0	1	0
	Appleton, FredFred Appleton	DF	1	0	1	0	2	0
	Cookson, SamSam Cookson	DF	35	0	6	1	41	1
	Fletcher, EliEli Fletcher	DF	1	0	0	0	1	0
	McCloy, PhilipPhilip McCloy	DF	37	0	4	0	41	0
	Benzie, RobertRobert Benzie	MF	7	0	0	0	7	0
	Coupland, BaggyBaggy Coupland	MF	23	2	4	0	27	2
	Cowan, SamSam Cowan	MF	39	2	6	0	45	2
	Elwood, JimmyJimmy Elwood	MF	4	0	0	0	4	0
	McMullan, JimmyJimmy McMullan	MF	10	0	3	0	13	0
	Murphy, SpudSpud Murphy	MF	9	2	0	0	9	2
	Pringle, CharlieCharlie Pringle	MF	36	0	7	0	43	0
	Sharp, SammySammy Sharp	MF	8	0	0	0	8	0
	Austin, BillyBilly Austin	FW	36	12	7	3	43	15
	Bradford, LeoLeo Bradford	FW	5	1	0	0	5	1
	Browell, TommyTommy Browell	FW	32	21	5	7	37	28
	Calderwood, JamesJames Calderwood	FW	2	0	2	0	4	0
	Daniels, ArthurArthur Daniels	FW	1	0	0	0	1	0
	Dennison, BobBob Dennison	FW	8	4	2	0	10	4
	Hicks, GeorgeGeorge Hicks	FW	35	5	7	6	42	11
	Johnson, TommyTommy Johnson	FW	38	15	7	5	45	20
	Roberts, FrankFrank Roberts	FW	38	21	7	9	45	30
	Thompson, FrankFrank Thompson	FW	9	0	1	0	10	0
	Warner, JackJack Warner	FW	7	4	0	0	7	4
Own goals				0		0		0
Totals				89		31		120

Scorers

Nat.	Player	Pos.	Football League	FA Cup	TOTAL
	Frank Roberts	FW	21	9	30
	Tommy Browell	FW	21	7	28
	Tommy Johnson	FW	15	5	20
	Billy Austin	FW	12	3	15
	George Hicks	FW	5	6	11
	Bob Dennison	FW	4	0	4
	Jack Warner	FW	4	0	4
	Baggy Coupland	MF	2	0	2
	Sam Cowan	MF	2	0	2
	Sam Cookson	MF	0	1	1
	Leo Bradford	FW	1	0	1
Own Goals			0	0	0
Totals			89	31	120

References

External links

Extensive Manchester City statistics site

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FA Cup (Qualifying rounds
Final)
FA Charity Shield

Football League

Lower leagues

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Home Championship

Club seasons

First Division

Arsenal
Aston Villa
Birmingham
Blackburn Rovers
Bolton Wanderers
Burnley
Bury
Cardiff City
Everton
Huddersfield Town
Leeds United
Leicester City
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Newcastle United
Notts County
Sheffield United
Sunderland
Tottenham Hotspur
West Bromwich Albion
West Ham United

Second Division

Barnsley
Blackpool
Bradford City
Chelsea
Clapton Orient
Darlington
Derby County
Fulham
Hull City
Middlesbrough
Nottingham Forest
Oldham Athletic
Port Vale
Portsmouth
Preston North End
South Shields
Southampton
Stockport County
Stoke City
Swansea Town
The Wednesday
Wolverhampton Wanderers

Third Division

North	Accrington Stanley Ashington Barrow Bradford Park Avenue Chesterfield Coventry City Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Durham City Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hartlepools United Lincoln City Nelson New Brighton Rochdale Rotherham County Southport Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wigan Borough Wrexham

South	Aberdare Athletic Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bristol Rovers Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Exeter City Gillingham Luton Town Merthyr Town Millwall Newport County Northampton Town Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Queens Park Rangers Reading Southend United Swindon Town Watford

Other

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1925–26 Manchester City F.C. season

Team Kit

Football League First Division

Results summary

Reports

FA Cup

Squad statistics

Squad

Scorers

See also

References

External links