# 1904–05 Manchester City F.C. season

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.

## Football League First Division

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 1 | Newcastle United (C) | 34 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 72 | 33 | 2.182 | 48 |
| 2 | Everton | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 63 | 36 | 1.750 | 47 |
| 3 | Manchester City | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 66 | 37 | 1.784 | 46 |
| 4 | Aston Villa | 34 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 63 | 43 | 1.465 | 42 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 60 | 44 | 1.364 | 40 |

### 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 |
| 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 66 | 37 | 1.784 | 46 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 17 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 15 |
Source: rsssf.com

### 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 | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | Total | Total |
| Pos. | Name | 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 |