1928–29 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City
1928–29 season
Manager	Peter Hodge
Stadium	Maine Road
First Division	8th
FA Cup	Fifth Round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Tommy Johnson (38); All: ; Tommy Johnson (38)
Highest home attendance	61,007 v Manchester United; (1 September 1928)
Lowest home attendance	15,000 v Newcastle United; (10 November 1928); 15,000 v Cardiff City; (24 November 1928)
	← 1927–28 1929–30 →

The 1928–29 season was Manchester City's 34th season of competitive football and 22nd season in the top division of English football.^[1] In addition to the First Division, the club competed in the FA Cup. Tommy Johnson scored 38 goals across all competitions in the season, a club record which wasn’t beaten until the 2022-23 season by Erling Haaland. However, all 38 of his goals came in the league, which is still the club record for the most league goals scored in a season. In addition, City reached an average attendance of 31,715 over the season, the highest in the country.

Football League First Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
6	Derby County	42	18	10	14	86	71	1.211	46
7	Blackburn Rovers	42	17	11	14	72	63	1.143	45
8	Manchester City	42	18	9	15	95	86	1.105	45
9	Arsenal	42	16	13	13	77	72	1.069	45
10	Newcastle United	42	19	6	17	70	72	0.972	44

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
42	18	9	15	95	86	1.105	45	12	3	6	63	40	27	6	6	9	32	46	18

Source: [1]

Reports

Date	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
25 August 1928	Birmingham City	A	St Andrews	1 – 4	Tait	45,000
1 September 1928	Manchester United	H	Maine Road	2 - 2	Roberts, Johnson	61,007
5 September 1928	Portsmouth	A	Fratton Park	0 – 1		26,000
8 September 1928	Huddersfield Town	H	Maine Road	3 – 2	Johnson (2), Marshall	34,421
15 September 1928	Everton	A	Goodison Park	6- 2	Johnson (5), Brook	47,871
22 September 1928	Arsenal	H	Maine Road	4 – 1	Broadhurst (2), Tilson (2)	36,223
29 September 1928	Blackburn Rovers	A	Ewood Park	2-2	Tilson, Brook	25,430
1 October 1928	Portsmouth	H	Maine Road	2 – 1	Austin, Johnson	20,000
6 October 1928	Sunderland	H	Maine Road	5 – 3	Broadhurst, Barass, Johnson, Marshall, Brook	40,000
13 October 1928	Derby County	A	Baseball Ground	1 – 1	Brook	25,050
20 October 1928	Leeds United	A	Elland Road	1 – 4	Barass	32,866
27 October 1928	Leicester City	H	Maine Road	2 – 3	Roberts (2)	30,000
3 November 1928	West Ham United	A	Boleyn Ground	0 – 3		26,000
10 November 1928	Newcastle United	H	Maine Road	2 – 4	Johnson (2)	15,000
17 November 1928	Burnley	A	Turf Moor	3 – 2	Cowan, Roberts, Brooks	14,021
24 November 1928	Cardiff City	H	Maine Road	1 – 1	Broadhurst	15,000
1 December 1928	Sheffield United	A	Bramhall Lane	3 – 1	Johnson (2), Roberts	22,000
19 December 1928	Aston Villa	A	Villa Park	1 – 5	Roberts	13,002
22 December 1928	Liverpool	H	Maine Road	2 – 3	Bacon, Johnson	20,000
25 December 1928	Sheffield Wednesday	A	Hillsborough Stadium	0 – 4		45,000
26 December 1928	Sheffield Wednesday	H	Maine Road	2 – 2	Johnson (2)	55,000
29 December 1928	Birmingham City	H	Maine Road	2 – 3	Marshall, Johnson	35,000
5 January 1929	Manchester United	A	Old Trafford	2 – 1	Austin, Johnson	42,555
19 January 1929	Huddersfield Town	A	Leeds Road	2 – 2	Tait, Brook	15,000
26 January 1929	Everton	H	Maine Road	5 – 1	Tilson (2), Austin, Brook	36,241
30 January 1929	Bury	H	Maine Road	6 - 4	Johnson (2), Tait, Brook, Tilson, Austin	20,000
2 February 1929	Arsenal	A	Highbury	0 – 0		13,764
9 February 1929	Blackburn Rovers	H	Maine Road	1 – 2	Johnson	33,801
16 February 1929	Sunderland	A	Roker Park	1 – 3	Johnson	10,000
23 February 1929	Derby County	H	Maine Road	2 – 3	Johnson (2)	27,941
2 March 1929	Leeds United	H	Maine Road	3 – 0	Johnson, Tilson, Brook	33,921
9 March 1929	Leicester City	A	Filbert Street	2 – 3	Johnson, Tilson	15,000
16 March 1929	West Ham United	H	Maine Road	4 – 2	Brook (2), Johnson, Austin	30,000
23 March 1929	Newcastle United	A	Maine Road	0 – 4		25,000
29 March 1929	Birmingham City	H	Maine Road	5 – 1	Johnson (3), Marshall, Tilson	45,838
30 March 1929	Burnley	H	Maine Road	4 – 1	Johnson (2), Marshall, Brook	33,166
1 April 1929	Bolton Wanderers	A	Burnden Park	1 – 1	Marshall	21,955
6 April 1929	Cardiff City	A	Ninian Park	3 – 1	Johnson (2), Tilson	10,000
13 April 1929	Sheffield United	H	Maine Road	3 – 1	Marshall, Tilson, Brook	20,000
20 April 1929	Bury	A	Gigg Lane	2 – 1	Johnson, Tilson	15,000
27 April 1929	Aston Villa	H	Maine Road	3 – 0	Toseland, Johnson, Brook	25,000
4 May 1929	Liverpool	A	Anfield	1 – 1	Johnson	25,000

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
12 January 1929	Third round	Birmingham City	A	St Andrews	1 – 3	Austin	25,005

References

^ "History". Statto.

External links

Official website

[1] "History". Statto.

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