1894–95 Manchester City F.C. season
Introduction The '''1894–95 season''' was '''Manchester City F.C. ''''s fourth season of league football and third season in the Football League.In their first season after Ardwick A.F.C. 's reformation as Manchester City, the team fared somewhat better than in their previous season, including recording a record league score of 11–3 at home against Lincoln City, though in this season City for the only time in their history declined to enter the FA Cup (the following season they entered but chose to withdraw later). The season also marks the first season with club legend Billy Meredith on the teamsheet - arguably City's first (chronologically) player of legendary status, and was the first season in which a player scored more than ten goals over the course of one season, partially because of the increasing size of the Football League's Second Division.
Team Kit
Football League Second Division ===Results summary======Reports===DateOpponentsH / AVenueResultF – AScorersAttendance 1 September 1894 Bury A Gigg Lane 2 – 4 Calvey, Little 7,000 3 September 1894 Burton Wanderers H Hyde Road 1 – 1 Little 2,500 8 September 1894 Burslem Port Vale H Hyde Road 4 – 1 Calvey (2), Mann, Finnerhan 4,000 15 September 1894 Walsall Town Swifts A West Bromwich Road 2 – 1 Finnerhan, Rowan 4,000 22 September 1894 Grimsby Town H Hyde Road 2 – 5 Wallace, Little 5,000 29 September 1894 Woolwich Arsenal A Manor Ground 2 – 4 Dyer, Rowan 5,000 1 October 1894 Rotherham Town A Clifton Lane 2 – 3 Calvey (2) 1,500 6 October 1894 Walsall Town Swifts H Hyde Road 6 – 1 Shaples (3), Finnerhan, Rowan, Nash 3,000 13 October 1894 Notts County A Trent Bridge 3 – 1 Sharples, Finnerhan, Rowan 3,000 20 October 1894 Darwen H Hyde Road 2 – 4 Sharples, Tompkinson 6,000 27 October 1894 Newcastle United A St James' Park 4 – 5 Sharples (2), Finnerhan, McReddie 2,000 3 November 1894 Newton Heath H Hyde Road 2 – 5 Meredith (2) 14,000 10 November 1894 Burton Swifts A Peel Croft 1 – 2 Finnerhan 2,000 8 December 1894 Bury H Hyde Road 3 – 3 McReddie, Rowan, Milarvie 10,000 15 December 1894 Woolwich Arsenal H Hyde Road 4 – 1 Meredith (2), McBride, ? (o.g.) 5,000 26 December 1894 Burton Wanderers A Derby Turn 0 – 8  4,000 30 December 1894 Crewe Alexandra A Nantwich Road 3 – 2 Meredith (2), Finnerhan 450 1 January 1895 Rotherham Town H Hyde Road 1 – 0 Rowan 4,000 5 January 1895 Newton Heath A Bank Street 1 – 4 Sharples 12,000 2 February 1895 Burslem Port Vale A Athletic Ground 2 – 1 Finnerhan, McReddie 1,500 9 February 1895 Newcastle United H Hyde Road 4 – 0 Finnerhan (2), Meredith, Rowan 8,000 2 March 1895 Lincoln City A John O'Gaunts 2 – 0 Rowan (2) 5,000 9 March 1895 Notts County H Hyde Road 7 – 1 Finnerhan (2), Rowan, McReddie, Sharples, Meredith, Walker 7,000 16 March 1895 Leicester Fosse A Filbert Street 1 – 3 Sharples 4,000 23 March 1895 Lincoln City H Hyde Road 11 – 3 McReddie (4), Finnerhan (2), Meredith (2), Rowan (2), Milarvie 2,000 30 March 1895 Leicester Fosse H Hyde Road 1 – 1 McReddie 4,000 6 April 1895 Darwen A Barley Bank 0 – 4  2,000 12 April 1895 Crewe Alexandra H Hyde Road 4 – 1 Meredith, Finnerhan, Sharples, Dyer 4,000 13 April 1895 Burton Swifts H Hyde Road 4 – 1 Meredith, Sharples, Mann, ? (o.g.) 4,000 20 April 1895 Grimsby Town A Abbey Park 1 – 2 Milarvie 6,000
Squad statistics ===Squad===''Appearances for competitive matches only''Pos.NameLeagueTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGKGeorge Hutchinson7070GK Charlie Williams230230DF Robert Jones180180DF David Robson170170MF James McBride171171FW Walter Bowman100100FW Pat Finnerhan30153015FW Wally McReddie209209FW Billy Meredith18121812FW Bob Milarvie103103FW Alec Wallace717175751221222020737318218217117124122412201220121801806161191191===Scorers=======All====ScorerGoals Pat Finnerhan15 Billy Meredith12Sandy RowanJames Sharples Wally McReddie9Mitchell Calvey5Tommy Little3 Bob MilarvieFrank Dyer2George Mann James McBride1Joseph NashTompkinsonJack Walker Alec Wallace====League====ScorerGoals Pat Finnerhan15 Billy Meredith12Sandy RowanJames Sharples Wally McReddie9Mitchell Calvey5Tommy Little3 Bob MilarvieFrank Dyer2George Mann James McBride1Joseph NashTompkinsonJack Walker Alec Wallace
See also *Manchester City F.C. seasons
References
External links * Extensive Manchester City statistics site