When Manchester City and Fulham these sides met on this day (6 April) at Easter 1928 City were fighting for promotion out of Division Two, while Fulham were desperate to avoid relegation. It was a Good Friday game and a crowd of 50,660 attended, though some reports claimed it was a 60,000 crowd (these were the days before Peter Swales though!).
The match was not as entertaining as other fixtures between the Blues and the Cottagers during this period, although the first few minutes suggested otherwise. The Daily Dispatch reporter explained: “Though they had a strong wind and sun against them, Manchester City opened the scoring in practically the first advance they made. Marshall taking a pass by Sharp almost from the flag on the half-volley and crashing it into the net.”
After 30 minutes Fulham went further behind when their left-back Barrett handled a shot from Marshall. Frank Roberts netted the resultant penalty. Ten minutes later McNab scored a consolation goal for Fulham.
In summary the Daily Dispatch claimed that the penalty – hotly disputed by Fulham – was the only significant difference between the sides (well it did end 2-1!).
