# 1919–20 Manchester City F.C. season

The 1919–20 season was Manchester City F.C.'s twenty-ninth season of league football, and first season back in the Football League and the FA Cup after the cancellation of competitive league football during World War I.
For this season, the Football League also made the decision to expand the size of their leagues to 22 teams apiece, giving Manchester City their first taste of a 42-match league season.

## Football League First Division

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 5 | Sunderland | 42 | 22 | 4 | 16 | 72 | 59 | 1.220 | 48 |
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 72 | 65 | 1.108 | 47 |
| 7 | Manchester City | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 71 | 62 | 1.145 | 45 |
| 8 | Newcastle United | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 44 | 39 | 1.128 | 43 |
| 9 | Aston Villa | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 75 | 73 | 1.027 | 42 |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 71 | 62 | 1.145 | 45 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 52 | 27 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 35 | 12 |
Source: rsssf.com

### Reports

| Date | Opponents | H / A | Venue | Result F – A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 30 August 1919 | Sheffield United | H | Hyde Road | 3 – 3 | Barnes (2), Browell | 30,000 |
| 1 September 1919 | Oldham Athletic | A | Boundary Park | 3 – 1 | Browell (2), Cartwright | 3,000 |
| 6 September 1919 | Sheffield United | A | Bramall Lane | 1 – 3 | Wynn | 30,000 |
| 8 September 1919 | Oldham Athletic | H | Hyde Road | 3 – 1 | Browell (2), Barnes | 22,000 |
| 13 September 1919 | Bolton Wanderers | H | Hyde Road | 1 – 4 | Crawshaw | 20,000 |
| 20 September 1919 | Bolton Wanderers | A | Burnden Park | 2 – 6 | Taylor, Browell | 30,000 |
| 27 September 1919 | Notts County | H | Hyde Road | 4 – 1 | Barnes (3), Taylor | 20,000 |
| 4 October 1919 | Notts County | A | Meadow Lane | 1 – 4 | Barnes | 16,000 |
| 11 October 1919 | Manchester United | H | Hyde Road | 3 – 3 | Browell (2), Taylor | 32,000 |
| 18 October 1919 | Manchester United | A | Old Trafford | 0 – 1 | | 45,000 |
| 25 October 1919 | The Wednesday | H | Hyde Road | 4 – 2 | Browell (2), Taylor, Goodwin | 20,000 |
| 1 November 1919 | The Wednesday | A | Hillsborough | 0 – 0 | | 20,000 |
| 8 November 1919 | Blackburn Rovers | H | Hyde Road | 8 – 2 | Browell (3), Barnes (2), Murphy (2), Crawshaw | 25,000 |
| 15 November 1919 | Blackburn Rovers | A | Ewood Park | 4 – 1 | Browell (2), Barnes (2) | 6,000 |
| 22 November 1919 | Derby County | H | Hyde Road | 3 – 1 | Crawshaw (2), Barnes | 15,000 |
| 29 November 1919 | Derby County | A | Baseball Ground | 0 – 0 | | 7,000 |
| 6 December 1919 | West Bromwich Albion | H | Hyde Road | 2 – 3 | Browell (2) | 30,000 |
| 13 December 1919 | West Bromwich Albion | A | The Hawthorns | 0 – 2 | | 20,000 |
| 20 December 1919 | Sunderland | A | Roker Park | 1 – 2 | Reid | 20,000 |
| 25 December 1919 | Everton | H | Hyde Road | 1 – 1 | Barnes | 25,000 |
| 26 December 1919 | Everton | A | Goodison Park | 0 – 2 | | 26,000 |
| 27 December 1919 | Sunderland | H | Hyde Road | 1 – 0 | Murphy | 30,000 |
| 1 January 1920 | Bradford City | H | Hyde Road | 1 – 0 | Murphy | 30,000 |
| 3 January 1920 | Arsenal | A | Highbury | 2 – 2 | Murphy, Barnes | 32,000 |
| 17 January 1920 | Arsenal | H | Hyde Road | 4 – 1 | Browell (3), Goodwin | 25,000 |
| 24 January 1920 | Middlesbrough | H | Hyde Road | 1 – 0 | Browell | 28,000 |
| 7 February 1920 | Burnley | H | Hyde Road | 3 – 1 | Barnes (2), Crawshaw | 30,000 |
| 14 February 1920 | Burnley | A | Turf Moor | 0 – 2 | | 20,000 |
| 18 February 1920 | Middlesbrough | A | Ayresome Park | 2 – 0 | Johnson (2) | 15,000 |
| 28 February 1920 | Preston North End | A | Deepdale | 1 – 1 | Fletcher | 17,000 |
| 13 March 1920 | Bradford Park Avenue | H | Hyde Road | 4 – 1 | Barnes (2), Johnson, Crawshaw | 10,000 |
| 17 March 1920 | Preston North End | H | Hyde Road | 1 – 0 | Godfrey | 18,000 |
| 20 March 1920 | Liverpool | A | Anfield | 0 – 1 | | 30,000 |
| 22 March 1920 | Bradford Park Avenue | A | Park Avenue | 1 – 2 | Johnson | 8,000 |
| 27 March 1920 | Liverpool | H | Hyde Road | 2 – 1 | Barnes (2) | 35,000 |
| 3 April 1920 | Chelsea | A | Stamford Bridge | 0 – 1 | | 45,000 |
| 5 April 1920 | Bradford City | A | Valley Parade | 0 – 1 | | 20,000 |
| 10 April 1920 | Chelsea | H | Hyde Road | 1 – 0 | Barnes | 25,000 |
| 17 April 1920 | Newcastle United | A | St James' Park | 0 – 3 | | 36,000 |
| 24 April 1920 | Newcastle United | H | Hyde Road | 0 – 0 | | 25,000 |
| 26 April 1920 | Aston Villa | A | Villa Park | 1 – 0 | Browell | 45,000 |
| 1 May 1920 | Aston Villa | H | Hyde Road | 2 – 2 | Johnson, Barnes | 23,000 |

### FA Cup

| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Venue | Result F – A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 10 January 1920 | First round | Clapton Orient | H | Hyde Road | 4 – 1 | Goodwin (2), Barnes, Murphy | 25,878 |
| 31 January 1920 | Second round | Leicester City | A | Filbert Street | 0 – 3 | | 23,041 |

## Squad statistics
### Squad

Appearances for competitive matches only
| Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | Total | Total |
| Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| GK | Jim Goodchild | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| GK | Walter Smith | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| DF | Sam Cookson | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| DF | Eli Fletcher | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| DF | Frank Knowles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | Max Woosnam | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| MF | Joe Dorsett | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| MF | Spud Murphy | 36 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 6 |
| FW | Jack Allen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Horace Barnes | 39 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 23 |
| FW | Tommy Broad | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| FW | Tommy Browell | 30 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 22 |
| FW | Dick Crawshaw | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 6 |
| FW | Joby Godfrey | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| FW | Ted Hanney | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| FW | Fred Howard | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Tommy Johnson | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 |
| FW | Fred Lievesley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Harry Taylor | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| FW | George Wynn | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| MF | Jack Brennan | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| -- | Joe Cartwright | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| -- | Albert Fairclough | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| -- | Peter Fairclough | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| -- | Ernie Goodwin | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 4 |
| -- | George Gray | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| -- | Jock Henderson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| -- | Billy Henry | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| -- | Teddy Hughes | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| -- | Harry Jarvis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| -- | Tommy Lamph | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| -- | William Newton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| -- | Joe Reid | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| -- | Sid Scott | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| -- | Sammy Sharp | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| -- | Fred Sugden | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| -- | Herbert Tyler | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 0 |