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The 1910s: 1919-1920 The King’s Blues

The new series of features on Manchester City in the 1910s continues today with a 2,400 word article on the 1919-20 season. This was an important season in the history of City. If you’re a subscriber you can read all about this season below. If you’re not a subscriber then why not sign up for a month and see what you think?

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The 1910s: 1916-1917 Meredith’s Patch

The new series of features on Manchester City in the 1910s continues today with an article on the 1916-17 season. If you’re a subscriber you can read all about this season below. If you’re not a subscriber then why not sign up for a month and see what you think?

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The 1910s: 1915-1916 Wartime Champions

The new series of features on Manchester City in the 1910s continues today with an article on the 1915-16 season. People often claim men’s football stopped in the war but it did not. Regional leagues were established and there was regular competition across the Manchester region. City found trophy success too! If you’re a subscriber you can read all about this season below. If you’re not a subscriber then why not sign up for a month and see what you think?

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The 1910s: 1914-1915 Uncertain Times

The new series of features on Manchester City in the 1910s continues today with an article on the 1914-15 season – a season that was completed despite the outbreak of war. City and Oldham mounted title challenges too! If you’re a subscriber you can read all about this season below. If you’re not a subscriber then why not sign up for a month and see what you think?

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Manchester City’s 100 League Goalscorers Comparison

Now that Erling Haaland has joined an exclusive group of Manchester City players who have scored 100 League goals for the club I thought I’d post a table of all those players. I’ve also listed them in a goals per game format (I’d love to do goals per minutes but we simply don’t have that information for all players). Here goes…

The goals per game ratios for all Manchester City players who have scored 100 league goals or more…

GoalsFirst NameSurnameGoals Per GameTotal League Appearances
100ErlingHaaland0.9009111
184SergioAguero0.6691275
126BillyGillespie0.5780218
120HoraceBarnes0.5530217
122TommyBrowell0.5495222
116FrankRoberts0.5370216
158TommyJohnson0.4817328
112FrancisLee0.4498249
110FredTilson0.4472246
142JoeHayes0.4290331
107AlecHerd0.4163257
146BillyMeredith0.3989366
158EricBrook0.3511450
117ColinBell0.2970394

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Manchester City 3 Bolton Wanderers 1

On this day (2 October) in 1920 Bolton Wanderers were defeated by Manchester City 3-1 with goals from Tommy Browell, Fred Fayers and Wilf Woodcock. A crowd recorded as 40,000 at the time watched the match at Hyde Road.

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Manchester City 3 Arsenal 1

On this day (18 September) in 1920 Arsenal were defeated by Manchester City 3-1 with goals from Horace Barnes, Tommy Browell and Billy Murphy. A crowd recorded as 38,000 at the time watched the match at Hyde Road.

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Arsenal 0 Manchester City 1

On this day (17 September) in 1921 Manchester City defeated Arsenal for the second time in a week. This time the Blues won 1-0 at Arsenal with a goal from Horace Barnes. You can read more on Manchester City during this season if you subscribe (see below). I hope you enjoy it. If you are not currently a subscriber then why not try it for a month (£3 per month or sign up for a year at a discounted £20 per year)?

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The First Manchester Derby of the 1920s

As we’re building up to the Derby here’s the latest in the series of features on MCFC in the 1920s… The first Manchester Derby of the 1920s took place at Old Trafford on 20 November 1920. You can read background, statistics and a report on that game below:

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Manchester City 2 Arsenal 0

On this day (10 September) in 1921 Manchester City defeated Arsenal 2-0 with goals from Horace Barnes and Jack Warner at Hyde Road. You can read more on Manchester City during this season if you subscribe (see below). I hope you enjoy it. If you are not currently a subscriber then why not try it for a month (£3 per month or sign up for a year at a discounted £20 per year)?

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