The 1909–10 season was Manchester City F.C.'s nineteenth season of league football and first season back in the second rung of English football following their relegation the previous season. As in the 1902–03 season, City rebounded instantly with a promotion in their first year back in the Second Division.
During the season, Manchester City lost only 7 of its 38 league matches. The club scored a total of 81 goals, with six players reaching double digits.
Winning the division gave the club a third Second Division trophy win – something only Liverpool had achieved at this point. From 1910 to this day, no club has even for one season ever surpassed City's haul of second tier trophies, which currently stands at seven.
Team Kit
Football League Second Division
Results summary
Reports
DateOpponentsH / AVenueResultF – AScorersAttendance 2 September 1909 Blackpool H Hyde Road 1 – 2 Thornley 10,000 4 September 1909 Leicester Fosse A Filbert Street 3 – 1 Stewart, Ross, Conlin 9,000 11 September 1909 Lincoln City H Hyde Road 6 – 2 Jones (2), Thornley (2), Dorsett, Conlin 8,000 18 September 1909 Clapton Orient A Millfields Road 2 – 3 Dorsett, Ross 15,000 25 September 1909 Blackpool A Bloomfield Road 0 – 0 8,000 2 October 1909 Hull City A Anlaby Road 2 – 1 Jones, Dorsett 12,000 9 October 1909 Derby County H Hyde Road 2 – 1 Holford, Conlin 20,000 16 October 1909 Stockport County A Edgeley Park 2 – 1 Eadie, Conlin 12,000 23 October 1909 Glossop H Hyde Road 3 – 3 Ross (2), Holford 14,000 27 October 1909 Gainsborough Trinity A The Northolme 3 – 1 Jones (3) 6,000 30 October 1909 Birmingham A St Andrews 1 – 1 Thornley 18,000 6 November 1909 West Bromwich Albion H Hyde Road 3 – 2 Holford (2), Thornley 24,000 13 November 1909 Oldham Athletic A Boundary Park 0 – 1 22,000 27 November 1909 Fulham A Craven Cottage 1 – 1 Thornley 12,000 4 December 1909 Burnley H Hyde Road 4 – 0 Jones (2), Thornley, Dorsett 12,000 11 December 1909 Leeds City A Elland Road 3 – 1 Thornley (2), Ross 3,000 18 December 1909 Wolverhampton Wanderers H Hyde Road 6 – 0 Thornley (3), Dorsett (2), Ross 20,000 25 December 1909 Bradford Park Avenue A Park Avenue 0 – 2 18,000 27 December 1909 Grimsby Town H Hyde Road 2 – 0 Wynn, Holford 20,000 1 January 1910 Bradford Park Avenue H Hyde Road 3 – 1 Wynn, Dorsett (2) 25,000 8 January 1910 Leicester City H Hyde Road 2 – 0 Jones, Holford 25,000 22 January 1910 Lincoln City A Sincil Bank 2 – 0 Wynn, Conlin 9,000 12 February 1910 Hull City H Hyde Road 3 – 0 Conlin, Wynn, Holford 30,000 26 February 1910 Stockport County H Hyde Road 2 – 1 Wynn (2) 16,000 9 March 1910 Barnsley H Hyde Road 0 – 0 15,000 12 March 1910 Birmingham H Hyde Road 3 – 0 Eadie, Jones, Conlin 15,000 16 March 1910 Derby County A Baseball Ground 1 – 3 Dorsett 12,000 19 March 1910 West Bromwich Albion A The Hawthorns 0 – 0 10,000 25 March 1910 Grimsby Town A Blundell Park 1 – 0 Jones 8,000 26 March 1910 Oldham Athletic F.C. H Hyde Road 0 – 2 40,000 28 March 1910 Gainsborough Trinity H Hyde Road 3 – 1 Dorsett, Holford, Jones 15,000 2 April 1910 Barnsley A Oakwell 1 – 1 Dorsett 10,000 6 April 1910 Glossop A North Road 3 – 0 Conlin (2), Gould 5,000 9 April 1910 Fulham H Hyde Road 3 – 1 Holford (2), Wynn 16,000 13 April 1910 Clapton Orient H Hyde Road 2 – 1 Dorsett, Wynn 8,000 16 April 1910 Burnley A Turf Moor 3 – 3 Gould, Holford, Wynn 7,000 23 April 1910 Leeds City H Hyde Road 3 – 0 Dorsett, Wynn, Conlin 16,000 30 April 1910 Wolverhampton Wanderers A Molineux 2 – 3 Holford, Conlin 10,000
FA Cup
DateRoundOpponentsH / AVenueResultF – AScorersAttendance 15 January 1910 First round Workington Town A Borough Park 2 – 1 Wynn (2) 5,233 5 February 1910 Second round Southampton A The Dell 5 – 0 Dorsett, Stewart, Jones, Conlin, Holford 15,965 19 February 1910 Third round Aston Villa A Villa Park 2 – 1 Stewart, Jones 45,000 5 March 1910 Fourth round Swindon Town A County Ground 0 – 2 14,429
Squad statistics
Squad Appearances for competitive matches only Pos.NameLeagueFA CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGKFrank Davies100010GKJack Lyall33040370GK Walter Smith300030GK John Swann100010DF James Buchan20000200DF Charlie Burgess400040MF George Dorsett3813414214MF Tom Holford3012413413FW John Brown200020FW Lot Jones3712424114FW Davie Ross11600116FW George Stewart22142263FW Irvine Thornley2312002312FW George Wynn2010422412--Jimmy Blair200020--Bill Bottomley14040180FW Harry Chapelhow700070--Jimmy Conlin3511413912DF Dan Coupe100010-- Bill Eadie23240272--George Furr300030--Willie Gould620062--Bertram Jackson36040400--Francis James200020--Tommy Kelso28040320--Frank Norgrove800080--Jimmy Wilkinson900090
Scorers
All ScorerGoals George Dorsett14 Lot Jones Tom Holford13Jimmy Conlin12 Irvine Thornley George Wynn Davie Ross6 George Stewart3 Bill Eadie2Willie Gould
League ScorerGoals George Dorsett13 Tom Holford12 Lot Jones Irvine ThornleyJimmy Conlin11 George Wynn10 Davie Ross6 Bill Eadie2Willie Gould George Stewart1
FA Cup ScorerGoals Lot Jones2 George Stewart George WynnJimmy Conlin1 George Dorsett Tom Holford
See also Manchester City F.C. seasons
References
External links Extensive Manchester City statistics site