On this day (4 May) in 1940 the return match between Manchester City and Tranmere ended in a 6-1 City win away from home. This was a Western Regional League (a first team competition played during wartime) game. A restricted crowd of 2,500 watched goals from City’s Herd, Currier (4), and Doherty. Jim Currier was actually a Bolton Wanderers player (living in Manchester) guesting for City – he scored 94 goals in 113 wartime games for City! You can read more on this wartime season below. It’s a 1,400 word article on Manchester City’s 1939-40 season. The season started as any other but then world events intervened!
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