The City Ground

SEASON: 1909-10

Prev Season: 1908-09
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 goal)

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

Highest League Attendance:: 23,000 (League - Tottenham Hotspur)
Lowest League Attendance:: 800 (League - Manchester United)
Average League Attendance:: 9,572
Highest Cup Attendance:: 16,200 (FA Cup - Sheffield United)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 15,000 (League Tier 1 - Liverpool)

MISC

Clean Sheets:: 13
Red cards:: 1
Yellow cards:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

DIVISION ONE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA*	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

*GA = Goal Average
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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Ground	Notes
1	Wed Sep 01, 1909	Preston North End	A	1-0	Win	-	2	Deepdale	Fred Earp's first game as manager
2	Sat Sep 04, 1909	Notts County	H	2-1	Win	18,000	3
3	Sat Sep 11, 1909	Newcastle United	A	2-1	Win	20,000	3	St. James Park (Newcastle)
4	Sat Sep 18, 1909	Liverpool	H	1-4	Loss	15,000	8
5	Sat Sep 25, 1909	Aston Villa	A	0-0	Draw	30,000	8	Villa Park
6	Sat Oct 02, 1909	Sheffield United	H	2-3	Loss	12,000	11
7	Sat Oct 09, 1909	Woolwich Arsenal	A	1-0	Win	9,500	9	Manor Ground
8	Sat Oct 16, 1909	Bolton Wanderers	H	2-0	Win	10,000	6
9	Sat Oct 23, 1909	Chelsea	A	1-0	Win	35,000	6	Stamford Bridge
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
12	Sat Nov 06, 1909	Middlesbrough	A	1-2	Loss	12,000	9	Ayresome Park
13	Sat Nov 13, 1909	Sunderland	A	1-2	Loss	12,000	11	Roker Park
14	Sat Nov 20, 1909	Everton	H	1-0	Win	8,000	9
15	Sat Nov 27, 1909	Manchester United	A	6-2	Win	12,000	9	Bank Street
16	Sat Dec 04, 1909	Bradford City	H	1-1	Draw	8,000	8		Grenville Morris benefit game
17	Sat Dec 11, 1909	The Wednesday	A	3-4	Loss	-	9	Hillsborough
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	White Hart Lane
20	Mon Dec 27, 1909	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-2	Draw	23,000	8
21	Sat Jan 01, 1910	Aston Villa	H	1-4	Loss	8,000	11
22	Mon Jan 03, 1910	Bury	A	1-4	Loss	12,000	12	Gigg Lane
23	Sat Jan 08, 1910	Notts County	A	1-4	Loss	14,000	12	Trent Bridge
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	Bramall Lane
26	Sat Feb 26, 1910	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-2	Loss	7,000	13	Burnden Park
27	Wed Mar 02, 1910	Woolwich Arsenal	H	1-1	Draw	5,000	12
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	Ewood Park
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
33	Sat Apr 02, 1910	Everton	A	4-0	Win	10,000	12	Goodison Park
34	Sat Apr 09, 1910	Manchester United	H	2-0	Win	800	12
35	Sat Apr 16, 1910	Bradford City	A	1-1	Draw	15,000	12	Valley Parade
36	Wed Apr 20, 1910	Liverpool	A	3-7	Loss	4,000	12	Anfield
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	Ashton Gate

FA Cup

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

Friendly

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

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