The City Ground

SEASON: 1909-10

Prev Season: 1908-09
This Season: 1909-10
Next Season: 1910-11

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Fred Earp
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Coventry City (A) 1-3)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: Grenville Morris (20 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	17 times	8 times	4 times	2 times	1 time
Conceded	8 times	8 times	4 times	7 times	2 times
Won By	8 times	2 times	1 time	2 times
Lost By	7 times	2 times	4 times	3 times	1 time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 23,000
Lowest League Attendance:: 800
Average League Attendance:: 9,572
Highest Cup Attendance:: 16,200
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 15,000

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 13
Red cards:: 1
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 1
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1)								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Aston Villa	38	23	7	8	84	42	17	2	0	62	19	6	5	8	22	23	2.000	53		1-4	0-0
2	Liverpool	38	21	6	11	78	57	13	3	3	47	23	8	3	8	31	34	1.368	48		1-4	3-7
3	Blackburn Rovers	38	18	9	11	73	55	13	6	0	47	17	5	3	11	26	38	1.327	45		0-4	2-2
4	Newcastle United	38	19	7	12	70	56	11	3	5	33	22	8	4	7	37	34	1.250	45		0-1	2-1
5	Manchester United	38	19	7	12	69	61	14	2	3	41	20	5	5	9	28	41	1.131	45		2-0	6-2
6	Sheffield United	38	16	10	12	62	41	10	5	4	42	19	6	5	8	20	22	1.512	42		2-3	4-1
7	Bradford City	38	17	8	13	64	47	12	3	4	38	17	5	5	9	26	30	1.362	42		1-1	1-1
8	Sunderland	38	18	5	15	66	51	12	3	4	40	18	6	2	11	26	33	1.294	41		1-3	1-2
9	Notts County	38	15	10	13	67	59	10	5	4	41	26	5	5	9	26	33	1.136	40		2-1	1-4
10	Everton	38	16	8	14	51	56	8	6	5	30	28	8	2	9	21	28	.911	40		1-0	4-0
11	The Wednesday	38	15	9	14	60	63	11	4	4	38	28	4	5	10	22	35	.952	39		0-6	3-4
12	Preston North End	38	15	5	18	52	58	14	2	3	36	13	1	3	15	16	45	.897	35		0-0	1-0
13	Bury	38	12	9	17	62	66	8	3	8	35	30	4	6	9	27	36	.939	33		3-3	1-4
14	Nottingham Forest	38	11	11	16	54	72	4	7	8	19	34	7	4	8	35	38	.750	33
15	Tottenham Hotspur	38	11	10	17	53	69	10	6	3	35	23	1	4	14	18	46	.768	32		2-2	2-2
16	Bristol City	38	12	8	18	45	60	9	5	5	28	18	3	3	13	17	42	.750	32		0-0	0-4
17	Middlesbrough	38	11	9	18	56	73	8	4	7	34	36	3	5	11	22	37	.767	31		0-1	1-2
18	Woolwich Arsenal	38	11	9	18	37	67	6	5	8	17	19	5	4	10	20	48	.552	31		1-1	1-0
19	Chelsea	38	11	7	20	47	70	10	4	5	32	24	1	3	15	15	46	.671	29	Relegated	0-0	1-0
20	Bolton Wanderers	38	9	6	23	44	71	7	2	10	31	34	2	4	13	13	37	.620	24	Relegated	2-0	1-2

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Wed Sep 01, 1909	Preston North End	A	1-0	Win	-	4	Morris (?)
2	Sat Sep 04, 1909	Notts County	H	2-1	Win	18,000	3	Morris (?, ?)
3	Sat Sep 11, 1909	Newcastle United	A	2-1	Win	20,000	3	West (?, ?)
4	Sat Sep 18, 1909	Liverpool	H	1-4	Loss	15,000	8	West (?)
5	Sat Sep 25, 1909	Aston Villa	A	0-0	Draw	30,000	8
6	Sat Oct 02, 1909	Sheffield United	H	2-3	Loss	12,000	11	West (?), Morris (?)
7	Sat Oct 09, 1909	Woolwich Arsenal	A	1-0	Win	9,500	9	Morris (?)
8	Sat Oct 16, 1909	Bolton Wanderers	H	2-0	Win	10,000	6	Morris (?, ?)
9	Sat Oct 23, 1909	Chelsea	A	1-0	Win	35,000	6	Morris (?)
10	Sat Oct 30, 1909	Blackburn Rovers	H	0-4	Loss	15,000	7
11	Wed Nov 03, 1909	Bury	H	3-3	Draw	6,500	6	West (?, ?), Morris (?)
12	Sat Nov 06, 1909	Middlesbrough	A	1-2	Loss	12,000	9	West (?)
13	Sat Nov 13, 1909	Sunderland	A	1-2	Loss	12,000	11	West (?)
14	Sat Nov 20, 1909	Everton	H	1-0	Win	8,000	9	West (?)
15	Sat Nov 27, 1909	Manchester United	A	6-2	Win	12,000	9	West (?, ?, ?), Morris (?, ?, ?)
16	Sat Dec 04, 1909	Bradford City	H	1-1	Draw	8,000	8	Morris (?)
17	Sat Dec 11, 1909	The Wednesday	A	3-4	Loss	-	9	Morris (?, ?, ?)
18	Sat Dec 18, 1909	Bristol City	H	0-0	Draw	8,000	9
19	Sat Dec 25, 1909	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2-2	Draw	30,000	9	West (?), Palmer (?)
20	Mon Dec 27, 1909	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-2	Draw	23,000	8	Marrison (?), Morris (?)
21	Sat Jan 01, 1910	Aston Villa	H	1-4	Loss	8,000	11	Marrison (?)
22	Mon Jan 03, 1910	Bury	A	1-4	Loss	12,000	12	Marrison (?)
23	Sat Jan 08, 1910	Notts County	A	1-4	Loss	14,000	12	Marrison (?)
24	Sat Jan 22, 1910	Newcastle United	H	0-1	Loss	8,000	12
25	Sat Feb 12, 1910	Sheffield United	A	4-1	Win	12,500	12	Hooper (?), Marrison (?), West (?, ?)
26	Sat Feb 26, 1910	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-2	Loss	7,000	13	Hooper (?)
27	Wed Mar 02, 1910	Woolwich Arsenal	H	1-1	Draw	5,000	12	West (?)
28	Sat Mar 05, 1910	Chelsea	H	0-0	Draw	7,000	12
29	Sat Mar 12, 1910	Blackburn Rovers	A	2-2	Draw	10,000	12	West (?), Armstrong (?)
30	Sat Mar 19, 1910	Middlesbrough	H	0-1	Loss	5,000	13
31	Fri Mar 25, 1910	Preston North End	H	0-0	Draw	-	12
32	Sat Mar 26, 1910	Sunderland	H	1-3	Loss	9,000	13	Armstrong (?)
33	Sat Apr 02, 1910	Everton	A	4-0	Win	10,000	12	Hooper (?, ?), Derrick (?, ?)
34	Sat Apr 09, 1910	Manchester United	H	2-0	Win	800	12	Maltby (?), Morris (?)
35	Sat Apr 16, 1910	Bradford City	A	1-1	Draw	15,000	12	Morris (?)
36	Wed Apr 20, 1910	Liverpool	A	3-7	Loss	4,000	12	Marrison (?), Derrick (?, ?)
37	Sat Apr 23, 1910	The Wednesday	H	0-6	Loss	6,000	13
38	Sat Apr 30, 1910	Bristol City	A	0-4	Loss	11,000	14

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 15, 1910	Sheffield United	1			H	3-2	Win	16,200	West (?, ?), Armstrong (?)
Sat Feb 05, 1910	Northampton Town	2			A	0-0	Draw	15,000
Wed Feb 09, 1910	Northampton Town	2	Y	1	H	1-0	Win	15,000	Marrison (?)
Sat Feb 19, 1910	Coventry City	3			A	1-3	Loss	12,500	Morris (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon Mar 28, 1910	Merthyr	Wales	A	0-0	Draw	10,000
Tue Mar 29, 1910	Chesterfield	England	A	0-1	Loss	-

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (8)				Out (11)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Billy Palmer	Bought			Bert Badger	Sold
	Billy Vaughan	Bought			Billy Palmer	Sold
	Joe Ryalls	Bought			Billy Vaughan	Sold
	John Derrick	Bought			Enoch West	Sold
	John Horrocks	Bought			Fred Rowan	Sold
	John Marsden	Bought			Herbert Whitchurch	Sold
Dec 22, 1909	Albert Hasell	Bought			James Iremonger	Sold
Jan 03, 1910	Bert Badger	Bought			Joe Ryalls	Sold
					John Marsden	Sold
					Richard Butler	Sold
				May 30, 1910	Alf Spouncer	Retired

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Albert Hasell	20	5	6	9
D		Bert Badger	2		1	1
D		Edwin Hughes	40	13	11	16
D		James Iremonger	6	3	1	2
D		John Marsden	2		1	1
M		George Maltby	42	13	12	17	1
M		George Wolfe	27	7	10	10
M		Joe Ryalls	9	4	2	3
M		Richard Butler	1	1
M		Thomas Gibson	3		1	2
M		Walter Dudley	37	13	10	14
F		Alf Spouncer	5	1	1	3
F		Billy Palmer	16	7	4	5	1
F		Billy Vaughan	6		3	3
F		Enoch West	36	11	11	14	19
F		Fred Rowan	2		1	1
F		George Needham	36	11	10	15			1
F		Grenville Morris	31	10	7	14	20
F		Herbert Whitchurch	3		1	2
F		Jack Armstrong	27	10	6	11	3
F		John Derrick	5	2	1	2	4
F		John Horrocks	17	5	5	7
F		Thomas Marrison	40	13	12	15	7
F		William Hooper	33	9	10	14	4
		Edward Thomason
		J Smith (1909-1911)	16	5	5	6

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
20	Grenville Morris	31
19	Enoch West	36
7	Thomas Marrison	40
4	John Derrick	5
4	William Hooper	33
3	Jack Armstrong	27
1	Billy Palmer	16
1	George Maltby	42

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1909-10

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Everton	Sat Nov 20, 1909	H	1-0	Sat Apr 02, 1910	A	4-0
Manchester United	Sat Nov 27, 1909	A	6-2	Sat Apr 09, 1910	H	2-0