The City Ground

SEASON: 1916-17

Prev Season: 1915-16
Next Season: 1917-18

DIVISION:: World War I
MANAGER(s):
FA Cup:: -
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: ( goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored
Conceded
Won By
Lost By

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 0
Lowest League Attendance:: 0
Average League Attendance:: 0
Highest Cup Attendance:: 0
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 0

MISCELLANEOUS

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

END OF SEASON TABLE

MIDLAND DIVISION (MAIN TOURNAMENT)								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	Leeds City	30	18	10	2	68	29												46		-	-
2	Barnsley	30	15	8	7	65	41												38		-	-
3	Birmingham	30	14	9	7	56	38												37		-	-
4	Huddersfield Town	30	15	6	9	41	31												36		-	-
5	Bradford Park Avenue	30	14	6	10	51	32												34		-	-
6	Nottingham Forest	30	14	5	11	57	39												33
7	Notts County	30	13	6	11	47	52												32		-	-
8	Bradford City	30	12	7	11	41	41												31		-	-
9	Rotherham County	30	12	6	12	53	52												30		-	-
10	Sheffield United	30	11	7	12	43	47												29		-	-
11	Hull City	30	10	7	13	36	57												27		-	-
12	Chesterfield Town	30	11	4	15	59	62												26		-	-
13	The Wednesday	30	9	6	15	36	48												24		-	-
14	Grimsby Town	30	8	6	16	38	71												22		-	-
15	Leicester Fosse	30	6	7	17	29	53												19		-	-
16	Lincoln City	30	5	6	19	38	65												16		-	-

MIDLAND DIVISION GROUP C (SECOND TOURNAMENT)								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	Birmingham	6	3	2	1	17	12												8		-	-
2	Leicester Fosse	6	4	0	2	12	12												8		-	-
3	Nottingham Forest	6	1	2	3	12	14												4
4	Notts County	6	1	2	3	9	12												4		-	-

*GA = Goal Average
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GAMES

WWI Initial Tournament

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
1	Sat Sep 02, 1916	Notts County	H	4-3	Win	6,000	Martin (?), Tinsley (?), Banks (?), Bell (?)
2	Sat Sep 09, 1916	Rotherham County	A	1-2	Loss	7,000	Tinsley (?)
3	Sat Sep 16, 1916	Huddersfield Town	H	0-1	Loss	4,000
4	Sat Sep 23, 1916	Lincoln City	A	2-1	Win	-	Birch (?, ?)
5	Sat Sep 30, 1916	Sheffield Wednesday	H	5-1	Win	7,000	Bell (?, ?, ?), Birch (?), Banks (?)
6	Sat Oct 07, 1916	Bradford Park Avenue	A	0-1	Loss	1,500
7	Sat Oct 14, 1916	Birmingham City	H	0-4	Loss	4,000
8	Sat Oct 21, 1916	Hull City	A	1-3	Loss	2,000	Tinsley (?)
9	Sat Oct 28, 1916	Chesterfield	A	3-0	Win	4,000	Godfrey (?), Birch (?), C Jones (? OG)
10	Sat Nov 04, 1916	Barnsley	H	3-0	Win	3,000	Birch (?), Tinsley (?, ? pen)
11	Sat Nov 11, 1916	Leeds City	A	1-3	Loss	5,000	Furbur (?)
12	Sat Nov 18, 1916	Sheffield United	H	0-0	Draw	1,000
13	Sat Nov 25, 1916	Bradford City	A	2-3	Loss	2,000	Godfrey (?, ?)
14	Sat Dec 02, 1916	Leicester Fosse	H	2-0	Win	3,000	Godfrey (?, ?)
15	Sat Dec 09, 1916	Notts County	A	2-2	Draw	4,000	Tinsley (?), Wightman (?)
16	Sat Dec 16, 1916	Rotherham County	H	2-3	Loss	500	Wightman (?), Tinsley (?)
17	Sat Dec 23, 1916	Huddersfield Town	A	2-1	Win	500	Tinsley (?), Godfrey (?)
18	Mon Dec 25, 1916	Grimsby Town	H	5-1	Win	3,000	Godfrey (?, ?), Banks (?), Birch (?, ?)
19	Tue Dec 26, 1916	Grimsby Town	A	1-1	Draw	3,000	Tinsley (?)
20	Sat Dec 30, 1916	Lincoln City	H	2-0	Win	3,000	Birch (?), Godfrey (?)
21	Sat Jan 06, 1917	Sheffield Wednesday	A	4-1	Win	4,000	Tinsley (?, ?, ?), Birch (?)
22	Sat Jan 13, 1917	Bradford Park Avenue	H	0-1	Loss	2,000
23	Sat Jan 20, 1917	Birmingham City	A	0-1	Loss	8,000
24	Sat Jan 27, 1917	Hull City	H	3-0	Win	2,000	Birch (?, ?), Tinsley (?)
25	Sat Feb 03, 1917	Chesterfield	H	3-0	Win	2,000	Godfrey (?), Tinsley (?), Birch (?)
26	Sat Feb 10, 1917	Barnsley	A	1-0	Win	1,500	? (?)
27	Sat Feb 17, 1917	Leeds City	H	3-3	Draw	3,000	Tinsley (?), Godfrey (?, ?)
28	Sat Feb 24, 1917	Sheffield United	A	4-1	Win	3,000	Godfrey (?, ?), Biggin (?), Tinsley (? pen)
29	Sat Mar 03, 1917	Bradford City	H	0-1	Loss	2,000
30	Sat Mar 10, 1917	Leicester Fosse	A	1-1	Draw	2,000	Godfrey (?)

WWI Second Tournament

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
1	Sat Mar 24, 1917	Notts County	A	2-2	Draw	4,000	Birch (?), Banks (?)
2	Sat Mar 31, 1917	Leicester Fosse	H	1-0	Win	3,000	Tinsley (?)
3	Fri Apr 06, 1917	Birmingham City	H	3-3	Draw	3,000	Jones (?), Tinsley (?), Birch (?)
4	Mon Apr 09, 1917	Birmingham City	A	3-4	Loss	4,000	Jones (?, ?), Birch (?)
5	Sat Apr 14, 1917	Notts County	H	2-3	Loss	5,000	Burton (?), Birch (?)
6	Sat Apr 21, 1917	Leicester Fosse	A	1-2	Loss	3,000	Wightman (?)

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 Iremonger
GK		George Lawrence
GK		Harrison (1916)
GK		Sam Hardy											Wartime guest from Aston Villa
D		Cullin
D		Cutts (1916-17)
D		Ernest Gadsden
D		Frank Cownley
D		Harold Bulling
D		Harold Wightman
D		Joseph Kirkwood
M		Claude Jephcott
M		Furbur
M		Harry Lowe
M		Haydn Biggin
M		Joby Godfrey
M		John Poole
M		Joseph Mills
M		Thomas Benfield
F		Cooke (1917)
F		Harry Jones
F		Henry Martin
F		Jack Armstrong
F		Jack Bell
F		James Birch
F		Noah Burton
F		Sam Timmins
F		Sticker Banks
F		Walter Tinsley
		B Hall

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season