The City Ground

SEASON: 1914-15

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Next Season: 1915-16

DIVISION:: English Second Division (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Bob Masters
FA Cup:: 1st Round (Norwich City (H) 1-4)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: Tim Coleman (16 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	14 times	7 times	4 times	1 time	1 time
Conceded	16 times	8 times	6 times	5 times	2 times
Won By	7 times	3 times			1 time
Lost By	7 times	4 times	4 times	4 times	1 time

ATTENDANCES

Highest League Attendance:: 15,000 (League - Derby County)
Lowest League Attendance:: 2,000 (League - Glossop North End)
Average League Attendance:: 5,736
Highest Cup Attendance:: 8,040 (FA Cup - Norwich City)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 2,500 (FA Cup - Shrewsbury Town)

MISC

Clean Sheets:: 3
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

DIVISION TWO								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	Derby County	38	23	7	8	71	33	14	3	2	40	11	9	4	6	31	22	2.152	53	Promoted as Champions	2-2	0-1
2	Preston North End	38	20	10	8	61	42	14	4	1	41	16	6	6	7	20	26	1.452	50	Promoted	1-1	2-2
3	Barnsley	38	22	3	13	51	51	16	2	1	31	10	6	1	12	20	41	1.000	47		2-1	0-3
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	19	7	12	77	52	12	4	3	47	13	7	3	9	30	39	1.481	45		3-1	1-5
5	Arsenal	38	19	5	14	69	41	15	1	3	52	13	4	4	11	17	28	1.683	43		1-1	0-7
6	Birmingham City	38	17	9	12	62	39	13	3	3	44	13	4	6	9	18	26	1.590	43		1-1	0-3
7	Hull City	38	19	5	14	65	54	12	2	5	36	23	7	3	9	29	31	1.204	43		1-0	1-3
8	Huddersfield Town	38	17	8	13	61	42	12	4	3	36	13	5	4	10	25	29	1.452	42		3-2	0-4
9	Clapton Orient	38	16	9	13	50	48	12	5	2	36	17	4	4	11	14	31	1.042	41		0-1	0-0
10	Blackpool	38	17	5	16	58	57	11	3	5	40	22	6	2	11	18	35	1.018	39		2-1	0-3
11	Bury	38	15	8	15	61	56	11	5	3	39	19	4	3	12	22	37	1.089	38		1-1	2-4
12	Fulham	38	15	7	16	53	47	12	0	7	35	20	3	7	9	18	27	1.128	37		2-2	1-2
13	Bristol City	38	15	7	16	62	56	11	2	6	38	19	4	5	10	24	37	1.107	37		0-1	2-1
14	Stockport County	38	15	7	16	54	60	12	4	3	33	19	3	3	13	21	41	.900	37		1-1	0-1
15	Leeds City	38	14	4	20	65	64	9	3	7	40	25	5	1	13	25	39	1.016	32		3-1	0-4
16	Lincoln City	38	11	9	18	46	65	9	4	6	29	23	2	5	12	17	42	.708	31		3-2	1-2
17	Grimsby Town	38	11	9	18	48	76	10	4	5	36	24	1	5	13	12	52	.632	31		4-2	0-4
18	Nottingham Forest	38	10	9	19	43	77	9	7	3	32	24	1	2	16	11	53	.558	29
19	Leicester Fosse	38	10	4	24	47	88	6	4	9	31	41	4	0	15	16	47	.534	24		1-3	1-3
20	Glossop North End	38	6	6	26	31	87	5	5	9	21	33	1	1	17	10	54	.356	18	Failed re-election	1-0	0-1

*GA = Goal Average
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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Ground
1	Wed Sep 02, 1914	Birmingham City	H	1-1	Draw	5,000	9
2	Sat Sep 05, 1914	Grimsby Town	H	4-2	Win	8,000	4
3	Sat Sep 12, 1914	Huddersfield Town	A	0-4	Loss	3,500	14	Leeds Road
4	Sat Sep 19, 1914	Bristol City	H	0-1	Loss	6,000	16
5	Sat Sep 26, 1914	Bury	A	2-4	Loss	5,000	14	Gigg Lane
6	Thu Oct 01, 1914	Lincoln City	H	3-2	Win	6,000	12
7	Sat Oct 03, 1914	Preston North End	H	1-1	Draw	14,000	13
8	Sat Oct 10, 1914	Blackpool	A	0-3	Loss	4,000	15	Bloomfield Road
9	Sat Oct 17, 1914	Leicester Fosse	A	1-3	Loss	-	16	Filbert Street
10	Sat Oct 24, 1914	Barnsley	H	2-1	Win	6,000	15
11	Sat Oct 31, 1914	Glossop North End	A	0-1	Loss	2,000	17	North Road
12	Sat Nov 07, 1914	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3-1	Win	6,000	14
13	Sat Nov 14, 1914	Fulham	A	1-2	Loss	12,000	16	Craven Cottage
14	Wed Nov 18, 1914	Arsenal	H	1-1	Draw	3,000	15
15	Sat Nov 21, 1914	Stockport County	H	1-1	Draw	5,000	15
16	Sat Nov 28, 1914	Hull City	A	1-3	Loss	6,000	16	Anlaby Road
17	Sat Dec 05, 1914	Leeds City	H	3-1	Win	3,000	15
18	Sat Dec 12, 1914	Clapton Orient	A	0-0	Draw	-	16	Millfields Road
19	Fri Dec 25, 1914	Derby County	H	2-2	Draw	15,000	17
20	Sat Dec 26, 1914	Derby County	A	0-1	Loss	14,000	17	Baseball Ground
21	Mon Dec 28, 1914	Birmingham City	A	0-3	Loss	15,000	17	St. Andrews
22	Sat Jan 02, 1915	Grimsby Town	A	0-4	Loss	-	18	Blundell Park
23	Sat Jan 16, 1915	Huddersfield Town	H	3-2	Win	4,000	17
24	Sat Jan 23, 1915	Bristol City	A	2-1	Win	5,000	16	Ashton Gate
25	Thu Feb 04, 1915	Bury	H	1-1	Draw	3,000	14
26	Sat Feb 06, 1915	Preston North End	A	2-2	Draw	7,000	15	Deepdale
27	Sat Feb 13, 1915	Blackpool	H	2-1	Win	2,000	15
28	Sat Feb 20, 1915	Leicester Fosse	H	1-3	Loss	7,000	15
29	Sat Feb 27, 1915	Barnsley	A	0-3	Loss	4,000	16	Oakwell
30	Sat Mar 06, 1915	Glossop North End	H	1-0	Win	4,000	14
31	Sat Mar 13, 1915	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-5	Loss	6,000	16	Molineux
32	Sat Mar 20, 1915	Fulham	H	2-2	Draw	4,000	16
33	Sat Mar 27, 1915	Stockport County	A	0-1	Loss	5,000	17	Edgeley Park
34	Sat Apr 03, 1915	Hull City	H	1-0	Win	4,000	16
35	Mon Apr 05, 1915	Lincoln City	A	1-2	Loss	5,000	18	Sincil Bank
36	Sat Apr 10, 1915	Leeds City	A	0-4	Loss	4,000	18	Elland Road
37	Sat Apr 17, 1915	Clapton Orient	H	0-1	Loss	4,000	18
38	Sat Apr 24, 1915	Arsenal	A	0-7	Loss	8,000	18	Highbury

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Sat Dec 19, 1914	Shrewsbury Town	Qual 6			H	6-1	Win	2,500
Sat Jan 09, 1915	Norwich City	1			H	1-4	Loss	8,040

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Harold Iremonger	10	2	2	6
GK		John Powell	25	9	6	10
GK		Tommy Fiske	5		1	4
D		Ernest Fletcher	1			1
D		Joe Mercer	31	10	5	16	1
M		Alfred Fisher	34	7	9	18
M		Thomas Gibson	38	11	8	19	5
M		Tim Coleman	40	11	9	20	16
F		Edwin Neve	37	11	9	17	4
F		Fred Harris	35	10	7	18	7
F		George Needham	39	10	9	20
F		Harry Jones	25	8	7	10	4
F		Jack Armstrong	38	11	8	19
F		Jack Bell	25	7	6	12	2
F		Jackie Belton	24	7	6	11	7
F		John Derrick	23	5	5	13	2
F		Johnnie Lockton	10	2	2	6	2

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
16	Tim Coleman	40
7	Fred Harris	35
7	Jackie Belton	24
5	Thomas Gibson	38
4	Edwin Neve	37
4	Harry Jones	25
2	Jack Bell	25
2	John Derrick	23
2	Johnnie Lockton	10
1	Joe Mercer	31

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season