The 1926–27 season was Manchester City F.C.'s thirty-sixth season of league football and first season back in the Football League Second Division since the 1909–10 season, and the first time they had been in the Second Division without achieving promotion since 1898.
Football League Second Division
Results summary
Reports DateOpponentsH / AVenueResult F – AScorersAttendance 28 August 1926 Fulham H Maine Road 4 – 2 Austin, Barrass, Roberts, Hicks 34,000 1 September 1926 Portsmouth H Maine Road 4 – 0 Roberts (2), Johnson, Hicks 25,000 4 September 1926 Grimsby Town A Blundell Park 2 – 2 Roberts, Johnson 16,599 6 September 1926 Oldham Athletic A Boundary Park 2 – 1 Pringle, Austin 26,009 11 September 1926 Blackpool H Maine Road 2 – 1 Austin, Johnson 34,885 18 September 1926 Reading A Elm Park 0 – 1 24,000 22 September 1926 Oldham Athletic H Maine Road 3 – 0 Roberts, Johnson, Hicks 25,676 25 September 1926 Swansea Town H Maine Road 3 – 1 Roberts, Johnson, Hicks 35,000 2 October 1926 Nottingham Forest A City Ground 3 – 3 Johnson (2), B. Cowan 15,121 9 October 1926 Barnsley H Maine Road 1 – 1 Hicks 18,000 16 October 1926 Southampton H Maine Road 3 – 4 McMullan, Austin, Johnson 30,000 23 October 1926 Port Vale A Recreation Ground 2 – 0 McMullan, Johnson 14,000 30 October 1926 Clapton Orient H Maine Road 6 – 1 Barrass (3), Roberts (2), Johnson 28,979 6 November 1926 Notts County A Meadow Lane 0 – 1 6,000 13 November 1926 Wolverhampton Wanderers H Maine Road 2 – 1 McMullan, Austin 15,000 20 November 1926 Hull City A Anlaby Road 2 – 3 Barrass, Johnson 11,582 27 November 1926 South Shields H Maine Road 1 – 2 Barrass 12,000 4 December 1926 Preston North End A Deepdale 4 – 2 Austin (3), Barrass 25,000 11 December 1926 Chelsea H Maine Road 1 – 0 Bell 26,868 18 December 1926 Bradford City A Valley Parade 3 – 4 Hicks (2), Roberts 17,580 25 December 1926 Middlesbrough H Maine Road 3 – 5 S. Cowan, B. Cowan, Johnson 44,077 27 December 1926 Middlesbrough A Ayresome Park 1 – 2 Roberts 43,753 1 January 1927 Portsmouth A Fratton Park 1 – 2 Johnson 20,000 15 January 1927 Fulham A Craven Cottage 5 – 2 Gibson (2), Austin, B. Cowan, S. Cowan 24,000 22 January 1927 Grimsby Town H Maine Road 2 – 0 Johnson, Hicks 21,212 29 January 1927 Blackpool A Bloomfield Road 4 – 2 Hicks (2), B. Cowan, Johnson 9,223 5 February 1927 Reading H Maine Road 3 – 0 Roberts, Hicks, O.G.(Evans)English Football League Tables website 30,000 12 February 1927 Swansea Town A Vetch Field 3 – 1 Johnson (2), Hicks 20,000 19 February 1927 Nottingham Forest H Maine Road 1 – 1 B. Cowan 48,689 26 February 1927 Barnsley A Oakwell 1 – 1 B. Cowan 14,000 12 March 1927 Port Vale H Maine Road 4 – 1 Johnson (2), B. Cowan, Hicks 30,000 19 March 1927 Clapton Orient A Millfields Road 4 – 2 Hicks (3), Austin 15,141 26 March 1927 Notts County H Maine Road 4 – 1 B. Cowan (2), Hicks (2) 15,000 2 April 1927 Wolverhampton Wanderers A Molineux 1 – 4 B. Cowan 11,361 9 April 1927 Hull City H Maine Road 2 – 2 B. Cowan, Bell 21,508 15 April 1927 Darlington A Feethams 2 – 2 Broadhurst, Johnson 10,000 16 April 1927 South Shields A Talbot Road 2 – 2 Roberts, Hicks 6,000 18 April 1927 Darlington H Maine Road 7 – 0 Broadhurst (4), Johnson (2), Bell 40,000 23 April 1927 Preston North End H Maine Road 1 – 0 Hicks 40,000 25 April 1927 Southampton A The Dell 1 – 1 Roberts 8,000 30 April 1927 Chelsea A Stamford Bridge 0 – 0 39,995 7 May 1927 Bradford City H Maine Road 8 – 0 Johnson (3), Broadhurst (2), Hicks, Bell, Roberts 49,384Gary James book 'Manchester City - the Complete Record' & other Man City statisticians
FA Cup DateRoundOpponentsH / AVenueResult F – AScorersAttendance 8 January 1927 Third round Birmingham A St Andrew's 1 – 4 Hicks 39,503
Squad statistics Squad Appearances for competitive matches only Nat.PlayerPos.Premier LeagueFA CupTotalAppsAppsApps GK 8 0 0 0 8 0 GK 15 0 1 0 16 0 GK 19 0 0 0 19 0 DF 12 0 1 0 13 0 DF 42 0 1 0 43 0 DF 30 0 0 0 30 0 MF 5 0 0 0 5 0 MF 1 0 0 0 1 0 MF 27 2 0 0 27 2 MF 4 0 0 0 4 0 MF 35 3 1 0 36 3 MF 33 1 1 0 34 1 MF 5 0 0 0 5 0 MF 2 0 0 0 2 0 FW 2 0 0 0 2 0 FW 26 10 1 0 27 10 FW 27 7 1 0 28 7 FW 26 4 0 0 26 4 FW 7 7 0 0 7 7 FW 22 11 1 0 23 11 FW 2 2 0 0 2 2 FW 42 21 1 1 43 22 FW 38 25 1 0 39 25 FW 27 14 0 0 27 14 FW 3 0 1 0 4 0Own goals 1 0 1Totals1081109
Scorers Nat.PlayerPos.Football LeagueFA CupTOTAL Tommy Johnson FW 25 0 25 George Hicks FW 21 1 22 Frank Roberts FW 14 0 14 Billy Cowan FW 11 0 11 Billy Austin FW 10 0 10 Matt Barrass FW 7 0 7 Charles Broadhurst FW 7 0 7 Peter Bell FW 4 0 4 Jimmy McMullan MF 3 0 3 Sam Cowan MF 2 0 2 Tommy Gibson FW 2 0 2 Charlie Pringle MF 1 0 1Own Goals 1 0 1Totals 108 1 109
See also Manchester City F.C. seasons
References
External links Extensive Manchester City statistics site