1893–94 Ardwick A.F.C. season
Introduction The '''1893–94 season''' was '''Ardwick A.F.C. ''''s third season of league football and second season in the Football League. In the latter half of the season, financial difficulties forced the reorganisation of the club into the team '''Manchester City F.C.''' on the day of their last league game of the season. By this name the club have been known for the rest of their history.The season saw the unusual event of Ardwick being forced to play one game – away versus Crewe Alexandra – with only ten players. In a season in which Ardwick lost two thirds of their games and recorded one of their worst ever league results, they drew the match 1–1.
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Football League Second Division ===Results summary===OverallHomeAway 28 8 2 18 47 71 -24 18 6 1 7 32 20 +12 2 1 11 15 51 -36N.B. Points awarded for a win: 2===Reports===
Cup competitions ===FA Cup======Lancashire Senior Cup======Manchester Senior Cup===
Friendlies
Squad statistics ===Squad===''Appearances for competitive matches only''Pos.NameLeagueFA CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGK William Douglas16010170GK Harry Stones10000100DF Walter Bowman21100211DF James Cairns100010DF David Robson17010180MF Jimmy Yates12410134FW Adam Carson620062FW William Egan500050FW Bob Milarvie22410234FW Hugh Morris9710107310031126001264100412111022121002180008030003020002021002140004090101001521016210300103200020830083210102203300334200426000601100111311014120002020210212100010===Scorers=======All====ScorerGoals Hugh Morris7A. Bennett6 Bob Milarvie4 Jimmy YatesJohn Milne3Ernie PickfordD. Robertson Adam Carson2Harry MiddletonRobert RobinsonDanny WhittleJoe Baker1 Walter Bowman Joseph DaviesFrank DyerTom ForresterA. JonesArthur SpittleFred Steele====League====ScorerGoals Hugh Morris7A. Bennett6 Bob Milarvie4 Jimmy YatesJohn Milne3Ernie PickfordD. Robertson Adam Carson2Harry MiddletonRobert RobinsonDanny WhittleJoe Baker1 Walter Bowman Joseph DaviesFrank DyerTom ForresterA. JonesArthur SpittleFred Steele
Transfers ===Transfers in===+First team Date Pos. Player From club May 1893 Left half E. J. Regan ''Unknown'' Pre-season Outside left H. Saddington ''Unknown'' Pre-season Inside left Robert Robinson ''Unknown'' July 1893 Inside right A. Jones  Small Heath 28 July 1893 Right back A. McDowell ''Unknown'' 15 August 1893 Left back/left half Frank Dyer  Woolwich Arsenal 13 September 1893 Outside right E. Pickford ''Unknown'' 15 September 1893 Joseph O'Brien Frank Dyer ''Unknown'' 21 September 1893 Right back James Stenson ''Unknown'' 27 September 1893 Inside right Arthur Spittle ''Unknown'' 6 October 1893 Inside right A. Bennett ''Unknown'' 18 October 1893 Centre forward D. Robertson ''Unknown'' 15 November 1893 Centre forward/inside right William Egan  Fairfield 22 December 1893 Centre forward William Willey ''Unknown'' 15 January 1894 Inside/outside left Alfred Edge  Northwich Victoria 20 March 1894 Outside left John Hughes ''Unknown''===Transfers out===+First team Exit Date Pos. Player To club 1 December 1893 Winger  Jimmy Yates  Sheffield United 8 December 1893 Forward  Hugh Morris  Sheffield United 8 January 1894 Left back  David Robson  Wolverhampton Wanderers Late January 1894   Joseph Davies  Sheffield United Late January 1894 Goalkeeper  William Douglas  Newton Heath February 1894 Half back Harry Middleton  Loughborough 28 February 1894 Centre forward  Adam Carson  Liverpool 29 April 1894  Daniel Whittle  Bolton Wanderers 29 April 1894  William Hopkins  Burslem Port Vale 29 April 1894  John McVickers  Macclesfield 29 April 1894  Eric Regan  Liverpool 29 April 1894 Full back/wing half James Cairns  Liverpool 29 April 1894  Felix Mooney  Bury 29 April 1894  J. Hargreaves  Blackburn Rovers 29 April 1894 Goalkeeper Harry Stones  Newton Heath
See also *Manchester City F.C. seasons
References
External links * Extensive Manchester City statistics site