The City Ground

SEASON: 1917-18

Prev Season: 1916-17
This Season: 1917-18
Next Season: 1918-19

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

Top Goalscorer:

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

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GAMES

WWI Initial Tournament

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
1	Sat Sep 01, 1917	Huddersfield Town	A	1-2	Loss	1,000	Godfrey (?)
2	Sat Sep 08, 1917	Huddersfield Town	H	3-0	Win	2,000	Tinsley (?), Burton (?), Godfrey (?)
3	Sat Sep 15, 1917	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3-0	Win	5,000	Birch (?), Godfrey (?, ?)
4	Sat Sep 22, 1917	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3-0	Win	2,000	Godfrey (?, ?), Burton (?)
5	Sat Sep 29, 1917	Bradford City	A	3-0	Win	3,000	Godfrey (?, ?), Birch (?)
6	Sat Oct 06, 1917	Bradford City	H	2-0	Win	3,000	Tinsley (?), Birch (?)
7	Sat Oct 13, 1917	Rotherham County	H	1-3	Loss	2,000	Birch (?)
8	Sat Oct 20, 1917	Rotherham County	A	3-1	Win	5,000	Biggin (?), Tinsley (?), Burton (?)
9	Sat Oct 27, 1917	Lincoln City	H	0-1	Loss	2,000
10	Sat Nov 03, 1917	Lincoln City	A	1-3	Loss	-	Burton (?)
11	Sat Nov 10, 1917	Grimsby Town	H	5-0	Win	-	Godfrey (?, ?), Birch (?, ?), Tinsley (?)
12	Sat Nov 17, 1917	Grimsby Town	A	1-1	Draw	-	Burton (?)
13	Sat Nov 24, 1917	Birmingham City	H	2-1	Win	12,000	Tinsley (?), Godfrey (?)
14	Sat Dec 01, 1917	Birmingham City	A	1-1	Draw	15,000	Birch (?)
15	Sat Dec 22, 1917	Hull City	A	2-3	Loss	2,000	Banks (?), Tinsley (?)
16	Tue Dec 25, 1917	Notts County	A	1-0	Win	-	Birch (?)
17	Wed Dec 26, 1917	Notts County	H	0-0	Draw	6,000
18	Sat Dec 29, 1917	Hull City	H	5-1	Win	1,500	Tinsley (?, ?, ?, ?), Banks (?)
19	Sat Jan 05, 1918	Leicester Fosse	A	0-2	Loss	2,000
20	Sat Jan 12, 1918	Leicester Fosse	H	2-0	Win	4,000	Tinsley (?), Godfrey (?)
	Sat Jan 19, 1918	Bradford Park Avenue	A	0-2	Aba	-
21	Sat Jan 26, 1918	Bradford Park Avenue	A	0-0	Draw	4,000
22	Sat Feb 02, 1918	Leeds City	A	0-2	Loss	3,000
23	Sat Feb 09, 1918	Leeds City	H	0-1	Loss	3,000
24	Sat Feb 16, 1918	Sheffield United	A	1-0	Win	9,500	Tinsley (?)
25	Sat Feb 23, 1918	Sheffield United	H	0-1	Loss	5,700
26	Sat Mar 02, 1918	Barnsley	A	0-1	Loss	1,000
27	Sat Mar 09, 1918	Barnsley	H	1-0	Win	3,000	Gibson (?)
28	Tue Apr 02, 1918	Bradford Park Avenue	A	0-3	Loss	3,000

WWI Second Tournament

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
1	Sat Mar 16, 1918	Birmingham City	A	0-0	Draw	10,000
2	Sat Mar 23, 1918	Birmingham City	H	1-0	Win	7,000	Birch (?)
3	Fri Mar 29, 1918	Notts County	A	1-3	Loss	5,000	Tinsley (?)
4	Sat Mar 30, 1918	Leicester Fosse	A	0-1	Loss	-
5	Mon Apr 01, 1918	Notts County	H	0-3	Loss	7,000
6	Sat Apr 06, 1918	Leicester Fosse	H	2-0	Win	1,000	Poole (?, ?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Dec 08, 1917	Manton Colliery	England	A	5-2	Win	-	Birch (?, ?), Godfrey (?), Godfrey (?), Wightman (?)
Sat Dec 15, 1917	Bolsover	England	A	4-0	Win	-	Wightman (?, ?, ?), ? (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (15)				Out (10)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	A Scott (1918)	Bought			Codnor	Sold
	Codnor	Bought			Cutts (1916-17)	Sold
	David Brown (1918)	Bought			Ernie Hampson	Sold
	Ernie Hampson	Bought			Harold Hall	Sold
	Frank Kirrage	Bought			Hore	Sold
	G Mullins	Bought			Roadley	Sold
	Harold Hall	Bought			Sid Ireland	Sold
	Hore	Bought			Smithers	Sold
	Joshua Johnson	Bought			Thornwell	Sold
	Percy Barratt	Bought			Ward (1917)	Sold
	Roadley	Bought
	Sid Ireland	Bought
	Smithers	Bought
	Thornwell	Bought
	Ward (1917)	Bought

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Codnor
GK		Joshua Johnson
GK		Roadley
D		Cutts (1916-17)
D		Frank Cownley
D		Harold Bulling
D		Harold Wightman
M		A Scott (1918)
M		David Brown (1918)
M		Frank Kirrage
M		Harold Hall
M		Harry Lowe
M		Haydn Biggin
M		Joby Godfrey
M		John Poole
M		Joseph Mills
M		Robert Firth
M		Thomas Gibson
M		Thornwell
M		Ward (1917)
F		Ernie Hampson
F		G Mullins
F		Harry Jones
F		Henry Martin
F		Hore
F		James Birch
F		Noah Burton
F		Percy Barratt
F		Sid Ireland
F		Smithers
F		Sticker Banks
F		Walter Tinsley
		A Brown (1917)
		Bruce Godfrey

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season