On Christmas Day 1925 Bury FC defeated Manchester City 6-5 in an extraordinary top flight game. This was the highest scoring Christmas Day game Manchester’s Blues ever played in. As this was over the Christmas period detailed match reports are rare but this cutting gives a brief idea of the scorers. On Boxing Day the two teams met again with Bury beating the Blues 2-0 at Maine Road before 50,168 (the Gigg Lane attendance had been 23,621)
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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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The 1920s: Manchester City 4 Everton 4
100 years ago today (19 September) Manchester City went a goal behind after three minutes to Everton (scored by Goodison legend William Ralph ‘Dixie’ Dean) and were losing 3-0 within 30 minutes. But this day would see a remarkable City fightback – down to ten men for most of the match too!
The fightback started when Tommy Browell made it 3-1 but Everton’s Kennedy netted again for the visitors. City’s Billy Austin went off injured (according to some reports) and, with no subs allowed, City went off for half-time 4-1 down on a miserably wet Manchester day. Some reports also suggest an Everton player went off during the second half and that City’s Sam Cookson was seriously injured and should have gone off but he stayed on the field, presumably to keep 10 City men there.
The second half began with City determined to challenge and Tommy Browell scored his and the Blues’ second after only two minutes of the second half. With twenty minutes to go the same man scored a header and then five minutes from time he scored the equaliser. The game ended 4-4.
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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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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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The 1920s: The Narrowest Margin
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Manchester City 3 Liverpool 2
On this day (4 September) in 1920 Liverpool were defeated by Manchester City 3-2 with a City hat trick from Tommy Browell. A crowd recorded as 30,000 at the time watched the match at Hyde Road.
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Manchester City 3 Aston Villa 1
On this day (30 August) in 1920 Aston Villa were defeated by Manchester City 3-1 with goals from Tommy Browell (2) and Billy Murphy. A crowd recorded as 40,000 at the time watched the match at Hyde Road.
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The 1920s: Wembley
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The 1920s: The English Hampden
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