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For the actual article, see Manchester City F.C. season 1904–05.

Manchester City F.C.

1904–05 season
Manager	Tom Maley
Football League First Division	3rd
FA Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Turnbull (19 goals) All: Turnbull (20 goals)
Highest home attendance	40,000 vs Newcastle United (28 January 1905) 40,000 vs Everton (21 April 1905)
Lowest home attendance	8,000 vs Aston Villa (9 November 1904)

The 1904–05 season was Manchester City F.C.'s fourteenth season of league football and second consecutive season in the top flight of English football.

Team Kit

Football League First Division

		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Newcastle United1	34	23	2	9	72	33	48
2	Everton	34	21	5	8	63	36	47
3	Manchester City	34	20	6	8	66	37	46
4	Aston Villa2	34	19	4	11	63	43	42
5	Sunderland	34	16	8	10	60	44	40

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points
Source: Football League
1 - League champions
2 - FA Cup winners

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	20	6	8	66	37	+29	54	14	3	0	46	17	+29	6	3	8	20	20	0

N.B. Points awarded for a win: 2

Reports

Date	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
3 September 1904	Small Heath	H	Hyde Road	2 – 1	Livingstone, Booth	30,000
10 September 1904	Stoke	A	Victoria Ground	0 – 1		12,000
17 September 1904	Notts County	A	Trent Bridge	1 – 1	Thornley	10,000
24 September 1904	Sheffield United	H	Hyde Road	1 – 1	Thornley	23,000
1 October 1904	Newcastle United	A	St James' Park	0 – 2		22,000
8 October 1904	Preston North End	H	Hyde Road	6 – 1	Turnbull (2), Livingstone (2), Booth, Gillespie	23,000
15 October 1904	Middlesbrough	A	Ayresome Park	1 – 0	Gillespie	12,000
29 October 1904	Bury	A	Gigg Lane	4 – 2	Gillespie, Meredith, Turnbull, Booth	12,000
9 November 1904	Aston Villa	H	Hyde Road	2 – 1	Turnbull, Booth	8,000
12 November 1904	Blackburn Rovers	A	Ewood Park	1 – 3	Turnbull	10,000
14 November 1904	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	Hyde Road	5 – 1	Meredith, Booth (2), Livingstone, Gillespie	11,000
19 November 1904	Nottingham Forest	H	Hyde Road	1 – 1	Booth	16,000
26 November 1904	The Wednesday	A	Owlerton	1 – 2	Turnbull	15,000
3 December 1904	Sunderland	H	Hyde Road	5 – 2	Turnbull (3), Gillespie, Booth	27,000
10 December 1904	Woolwich Arsenal	A	Manor Ground	0 – 1		16,000
17 December 1904	Derby County	H	Hyde Road	6 – 0	Turnbull (4), Gillespie (2)	22,000
24 December 1904	Everton	A	Goodison Park	0 – 0		16,000
26 December 1904	Preston North End	A	Deepdale	1 – 0	Turnbull	17,000
31 December 1904	Small Heath	A	Muntz Street	1 – 3	Turnbull	11,000
7 January 1905	Stoke	H	Hyde Road	1 – 0	Meredith	12,000
14 January 1905	Notts County	H	Hyde Road	2 – 1	Turnbull, Dorsett	10,000
21 January 1905	Sheffield United	A	Bramall Lane	3 – 0	Dorsett (2), Turnbull	15,000
28 January 1905	Newcastle United	H	Hyde Road	3 – 2	Hynds, Dorsett, Jones	40,000
11 February 1905	Middlesbrough	H	Hyde Road	3 – 2	J. Moffatt, Dorsett, ? (o.g.)	18,000
25 February 1905	Bury	H	Hyde Road	3 – 2	Bannister (2), Meredith	16,000
4 March 1905	Derby County	A	Baseball Ground	1 – 0	Bannister	7,000
11 March 1905	Blackburn Rovers	H	Hyde Road	2 – 1	Meredith, Turnbull	12,000
18 March 1905	Nottingham Forest	A	City Ground	1 – 2	Meredith	10,000
1 April 1905	Sunderland	A	Roker Park	0 – 0		9,000
8 April 1905	Woolwich Arsenal	H	Hyde Road	1 – 0	Meredith	18,000
15 April 1905	The Wednesday	H	Hyde Road	1 – 1	Meredith	20,000
21 April 1905	Everton	H	Hyde Road	2 – 0	Hynds, Livingstone	40,000
24 April 1905	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	Molineux	3 – 0	Livingstone, Jones, Pearson	15,000
29 April 1905	Aston Villa	A	Villa Park	2 – 3	Turnbull, Livingstone	20,000

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
4 February 1905	First round	Lincoln City	A	Sincil Bank	2 – 1	Meredith, Turnbull	10,000
18 February 1905	Second round	Bolton Wanderers	H	Hyde Road	1 – 2	Gillespie	39,000

Squad statistics

Squad

Appearances for competitive matches only

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	John Edmondson	2	0	0	0	2	0
GK	Jack Hillman	32	0	2	0	34	0
DF	James Buchan	7	0	0	0	7	0
DF	Herbert Burgess	26	0	2	0	28	0
DF	Tommy Hynds	33	2	2	0	35	2
MF	George Dorsett	9	5	2	0	11	5
FW	Jimmy Bannister	6	3	0	0	6	3
FW	Frank Booth	33	8	2	0	35	8
FW	Billie Gillespie	16	7	1	1	17	8
FW	Lot Jones	12	2	0	0	12	2
FW	Billy Meredith	34	8	2	1	36	9
FW	Irvine Thornley	4	2	0	0	4	2
FW	Sandy Turnbull	30	19	2	1	32	20
--	John Christie	1	0	0	0	1	0
--	R. Dearden	8	0	0	0	8	0
--	Sammy Frost	32	0	1	0	33	0
--	Billy Holmes	4	0	0	0	4	0
--	Geordie Livingstone	26	7	0	0	26	7
--	McMahon	31	0	2	0	33	0
--	Willie McOustra	2	0	0	0	2	0
--	Joe Moffatt	13	1	2	0	15	1
--	Frank Norgrove	10	0	1	0	11	0
--	Frank Pearson	3	1	1	0	4	1
--	Fred Threlfall	1	0	0	0	1	0

Scorers

All

Scorer	Goals
Sandy Turnbull	20
Billy Meredith	9
Frank Booth	8
Billie Gillespie
Geordie Livingstone	7
George Dorsett	5
Jimmy Bannister	3
Tommy Hynds	2
Lot Jones
Irvine Thornley
Joe Moffatt	1
Frank Pearson

League

Scorer	Goals
Sandy Turnbull	19
Frank Booth	8
Billy Meredith
Billie Gillespie	7
Geordie Livingstone
George Dorsett	5
Jimmy Bannister	3
Tommy Hynds	2
Lot Jones
Irvine Thornley
Joe Moffatt	1
Frank Pearson

FA Cup

Scorer	Goals
Billie Gillespie	1
Billy Meredith
Sandy Turnbull

See also

• Manchester City F.C. seasons