Owing to the War, once again Manchester City played non-competitive war league football. In the principal tournament they contested the Lancashire Section, while in the four-team subsidiary tournament they contested the Group B of the Lancashire Section.
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This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 1917 18 Manchester City F C season news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message The 1917 18 season was Manchester City F C s twenty seventh season of league football Manchester City F C 1917 18 seasonManagerErnest MangnallWar LeaguePrincipal TournamentLancashire Section4thSubsidiary TournamentLancashire SectionGroup B1stTop goalscorerLeague Lomas 22 goals All Lomas 22 goals Highest home attendance20 000 vs Manchester United 29 September 1917 20 000 vs Stoke 3 November 1917 Lowest home attendance8 000 vs Burnley 15 December 1917 1916 171918 19 Owing to the War once again Manchester City played non competitive war league football In the principal tournament they contested the Lancashire Section while in the four team subsidiary tournament they contested the Group B of the Lancashire Section Contents 1 Team Kit 2 War Leagues 2 1 Principal Tournament 2 1 1 Lancashire Section 2 1 1 1 Results summary 2 1 1 2 Reports 2 2 Subsidiary Tournament 2 2 1 Lancashire Section Group B 2 2 1 1 Results summary 2 2 1 2 Reports 3 Squad statistics 3 1 Squad 3 2 Scorers 3 2 1 All 3 2 2 Principal Tournament 3 2 3 Subsidiary Tournament 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksTeam Kit edit nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp War Leagues editPrincipal Tournament edit Lancashire Section edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts2 Liverpool 30 21 6 3 101 26 3 885 483 Everton 30 19 6 5 92 36 2 556 444 Manchester City 30 15 8 7 57 28 2 036 385 Stockport County 30 17 3 10 59 32 1 844 376 Rochdale 30 14 9 7 78 51 1 529 37Source rsssf com Results summary edit Overall Home AwayPld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD30 15 8 7 57 28 29 38 8 4 3 31 16 15 7 4 4 26 12 14N B Points awarded for a win 2 Reports edit Date Opponents H A Venue Result F A Scorers Attendance1 September 1917 Stockport County H Hyde Road 2 1 Tyler Thorpe 12 0008 September 1917 Stockport County A Edgeley Park 1 0 o g 7 00015 September 1917 Oldham Athletic H Hyde Road 2 2 Thorpe Moses 13 00022 September 1917 Oldham Athletic A Boundary Park 0 0 10 00029 September 1917 Manchester United H Hyde Road 3 1 Lomas 2 Jones 20 0006 October 1917 Manchester United A Old Trafford 1 1 Lomas 10 00013 October 1917 Bury H Hyde Road 3 1 Lomas 2 Watson 9 00020 October 1917 Bury A Gigg Lane 5 2 Lomas 2 Meredith Jones Taylor 8 00027 October 1917 Stoke A Victoria Ground 3 4 Lomas 2 Watson 9 0003 November 1917 Stoke H Hyde Road 1 0 Lomas 20 00010 November 1917 Liverpool A Anfield 0 2 18 00017 November 1917 Liverpool H Hyde Road 1 1 Thompson 15 00024 November 1917 Southport Central A Unknown stadium 0 0 8 0001 December 1917 Southport Central H Hyde Road 5 0 Lomas 2 Tyler Meredith Wynn 10 0008 December 1917 Burnley A Turf Moor 4 0 Lomas 3 Jones 1 00015 December 1917 Burnley H Hyde Road 4 1 Tyler Lomas Jones Watson 8 00022 December 1917 Blackburn Rovers H Hyde Road 1 0 Cartwright 12 00029 December 1917 Blackburn Rovers A Ewood Park 4 0 Meredith Lomas Cope Cunningham 3 0005 January 1918 Rochdale H Hyde Road 1 1 Tyler 9 00012 January 1918 Rochdale A Spotland 4 1 Thompson 2 Barnes Watson 6 00019 January 1918 Everton H Hyde Road 0 2 13 00026 January 1918 Everton A Goodison Park 0 0 20 0002 February 1918 Port Vale H Hyde Road 5 1 Broad 2 Lomas 2 Thompson 11 0009 February 1918 Port Vale A Recreation Ground 2 0 Lomas Cunningham 1 00016 February 1918 Bolton Wanderers A Burnden Park 0 1 12 00023 February 1918 Bolton Wanderers H Hyde Road 0 1 10 0002 March 1918 Preston North End A Deepdale 2 0 Lomas Thompson 9 0009 March 1918 Preston North End H Hyde Road 1 2 Lomas 10 00016 March 1918 Blackpool A Bloomfield Road 0 1 9 00023 March 1918 Blackpool H Hyde Road 2 2 Royle Thompson 11 000Subsidiary Tournament edit Lancashire Section Group B edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts1 Manchester City 6 4 1 1 11 4 2 750 92 Manchester United 6 3 1 2 6 7 0 857 73 Port Vale 6 2 2 2 10 5 2 000 64 Stoke 6 1 0 5 4 15 0 267 2Source rsssf com Results summary edit Overall Home AwayPld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD6 4 1 1 11 4 7 9 3 0 0 6 0 6 1 1 1 5 4 1N B Points awarded for a win 2 Reports edit Date Opponents H A Venue Result F A Scorers Attendance29 March 1918 Manchester United H Hyde Road 3 0 Fletcher Royle Mann 10 00030 March 1918 Port Vale A Recreation Ground 4 1 Royle 2 Thompson P Fairclough 8 0001 April 1918 Manchester United A Old Trafford 0 2 10 0006 April 1918 Port Vale H Hyde Road 1 0 Fletcher 10 00013 April 1918 Stoke A Victoria Ground 1 1 Fletcher 9 00020 April 1918 Stoke H Hyde Road 2 0 Woodcock o g 11 000Squad statistics editSquad edit Appearances for competitive matches only Pos Name Principal Subsidiary TotalApps Goals Apps Goals Apps GoalsGK nbsp Jim Goodchild 25 0 4 0 29 0GK Percy Kite 1 0 0 0 1 0GK nbsp Walter Smith 4 0 2 0 6 0DF nbsp Eli Fletcher 29 0 6 0 35 0DF nbsp Fred Parker 16 0 2 0 18 0MF nbsp Sid Hoad 3 1 3 0 0 1FW nbsp Horace Barnes 18 16 0 0 18 16FW nbsp Ted Hanney 1 0 0 0 1 0FW nbsp Gordon Hoare 1 1 0 0 1 1FW nbsp Lot Jones 8 0 1 0 9 0FW nbsp Billy Lomas 0 0 5 0 5 0FW nbsp Billy Meredith 27 2 6 0 33 2FW nbsp Harry Taylor 1 0 0 0 1 0FW nbsp Harold Walden 2 1 0 0 2 1FW nbsp George Wynn 18 3 2 1 20 4 Armstrong 0 0 4 0 4 0 Bill Bottomley 23 0 1 0 24 0 Jack Brennan 12 2 1 0 13 2 T Broad 2 0 0 0 2 0 Alf Capper 1 5 0 0 1 5 Joe Cartwright 23 2 4 0 27 2 J Clegg 0 0 2 0 2 0 Cruse 1 0 0 0 1 0 Alfred Davies 18 1 0 0 18 1 Peter Fairclough 20 4 4 0 24 4DF nbsp Peter Gartland 19 0 2 0 21 0 Robert Geddes 1 0 0 0 1 0 Goddard 3 3 0 0 3 3 R Hargreaves 0 0 1 0 1 0 M Lee 0 0 1 0 1 0 F McIlvenney 0 0 2 1 2 1 Malone 0 0 1 0 1 0 Miller 4 0 0 0 4 0 Nelson 6 2 0 0 6 2 H Newton 0 0 4 1 4 1 William Newton 5 1 2 0 7 1 Sid Scott 8 0 1 0 9 0 Skeldon 1 0 0 0 1 0 J D Tavo 2 1 0 0 2 1 Herbert Tyler 22 3 6 0 28 3 Woodhouse 0 0 1 0 1 0 Jimmy Wray 5 1 1 0 6 1Scorers edit All edit Scorer Goals nbsp Billy Lomas 22 nbsp Jimmy Thompson 7 nbsp Lot Jones 4Stanley RoyleHerbert TylerWatson nbsp Eli Fletcher 3 nbsp Billy Meredith nbsp Tommy Broad 2Charlie CunninghamThorpe nbsp Horace Barnes 1Joe CartwrightCopePeter Fairclough nbsp Frank MannMoses nbsp Harry Taylor nbsp Wilf Woodcock nbsp George Wynn Principal Tournament edit Scorer Goals nbsp Billy Lomas 22 nbsp Jimmy Thompson 6 nbsp Lot Jones 4Herbert TylerWatson nbsp Billy Meredith 3 nbsp Tommy Broad 2Charlie CunninghamThorpe nbsp Horace Barnes 1Joe CartwrightCopeMosesStanley Royle nbsp Harry Taylor nbsp George Wynn Subsidiary Tournament edit Scorer Goals nbsp Eli Fletcher 3Stanley RoylePeter Fairclough 1 nbsp Frank Mann nbsp Jimmy Thompson nbsp Wilf WoodcockSee also editManchester City F C seasonsReferences editExternal links editExtensive Manchester City statistics site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1917 18 Manchester City F C season amp oldid 1137121489, wikipedia, wiki, 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