1933–34 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City
1933–34 season
Manager	Wilf Wild
Stadium	Maine Road
First Division	5th
FA Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Alec Herd (17); All: ; Alec Herd (21) and ; Fred Tilson (21)
Highest home attendance	84,569 v Stoke City; (3 March 1934)
Lowest home attendance	14,000 v Newcastle United; (21 March 1934)
	← 1932–33 1934–35 →

The 1933–34 season was Manchester City's 39th season of competitive football and 27th season in the top division of English football.^[1] In addition to the First Division, the club competed in the FA Cup.

First Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	21	7	14	79	56	1.411	49
4	Derby County	42	17	11	14	68	54	1.259	45
5	Manchester City	42	17	11	14	65	72	0.903	45
6	Sunderland	42	16	12	14	81	56	1.446	44
7	West Bromwich Albion	42	17	10	15	78	70	1.114	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	17	11	14	65	72	0.903	45	14	4	3	50	29	32	3	7	11	15	43	13

Source: [1]

Reports

Date	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
26 August 1933	Sheffield Wednesday	H	Maine Road	2 – 3	Herd, Tilson	35,000
30 August 1933	Birmingham City	A	St Andrews	1 - 0	Tilson	30,000
3 September 1933	Leicester City	A	Filbert Street	0 – 0		25,000
6 September 1933	Birmingham City	H	Maine Road	1 – 0	Syrne	20,000
9 September 1933	Arsenal	A	Highbury	1 - 1	Herd	43,412
16 September 1933	Everton	H	Maine Road	2 – 2	Herd, Brook	48,826
23 September 1933	Middlesbrough	A	Ayresome Park	1 – 2	Marshall	9,095
30 September 1933	Blackburn Rovers	H	Maine Road	3 - 1	Cowan, Halliday, Brook	33,343
7 October 1933	Newcastle United	A	St James’ Park	2 – 2	Halliday, Herd	20,000
14 October 1933	Leeds United	H	Maine Road	0 – 1		22,413
21 October 1933	Aston Villa	H	Villa Park	1 – 0	Marshall	35,000
28 October 1933	Sheffield United	A	Bramhall Lane	1 – 1	Tilson	14,000
4 November 1933	Sunderland	H	Maine Road	4 – 1	Brook (2), Toseland, Marshall	25,000
11 November 1933	Stoke City	A	Victoria Ground	1 - 0	Toseland	20,000
18 November 1933	Huddersfield Town	H	St James’ Park	2 – 2	Toseland, Tilson	31,900
25 November 1933	Portsmouth	A	Fratton Park	0 – 2		15,000
2 December 1933	Tottenham Hotspur	H	Maine Road	2 – 0	Brook, Herd	38,021
9 December 1933	Chelsea	A	Stamford Bridge	2 – 1	Herd, Gregory	18,084
16 December 1933	Liverpool	H	Maine Road	2 – 1	Tilson, Herd	15,000
23 December 1933	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	Molineux Stadium	0 – 8		20,640
25 December 1933	Derby County	A	Baseball Ground	1 – 4	Toseland	32,320
26 December 1933	Derby County	H	Maine Road	2 – 0	Gregory, Brook	57,218
30 December 1933	Sheffield Wednesday	A	Hillsborough Stadium	1 – 1	Busby	24,000
1 January 1934	West Bromwich Albion	H	Maine Road	2 – 7	Herd, Bray	20,996
6 January 1934	Leicester City	H	Maine Road	1 – 1	Herd	20,000
20 January 1934	Arsenal	H	Maine Road	2 – 1	Marshall, Herd	60,401
3 February 1934	Middlesbrough	H	Maine Road	5 - 2	Tilson (2), Brook (2), Busby	22,082
7 February 1934	Everton	A	Goodison Park	0 – 2		17,134
10 February 1934	Blackburn Rovers	A	Ewood Park	0 – 3		14,076
24 February 1934	Leeds United	A	Elland Road	1 – 3	Syme	15,761
7 March 1934	Aston Villa	A	Villa Park	0 – 0		20,000
10 March 1934	Sheffield United	H	Maine Road	4 – 1	Tilson (2), Herd, Busby	18,000
21 March 1934	Newcastle United	H	Maine Road	1 – 1	Wright	14,000
24 March 1934	Stoke City	H	Maine Road	4 – 2	Herd (2), Cowan, Bray	20,000
31 March 1934	Huddersfield Town	A	Leeds Road	0 – 1		20,817
2 April 1934	West Bromwich Albion	A	The Hawthorns	0 – 4		22,198
7 April 1934	Portsmouth	H	Maine Road	2 – 1	Busby, Herd	35,000
11 April 1934	Sunderland	A	Roker Park	0 – 0		10,000
14 April 1934	Tottenham Hotspur	A	White Hart Lane	1 – 4	Toseland	24,576
21 April 1934	Chelsea	H	Maine Road	4 – 2	Tilson (3), Toseland	25,861
2 May 1934	Liverpool	A	Anfield	2 – 3	Herd, Heale	16,000
5 May 1934	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	Maine Road	4 – 0	Herd (2), Cowan, Heale	21,764

FA Cup

Reports

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
13 January 1934	Third round	Blackburn Rovers	H	Maine Road	3 - 1	Toseland (2), Brook	54,336
27 January 1934	Fourth round	Hull City	A	Roker Park	2 – 2	Herd, Brook	28,000
31 January 1934	Fourth round replay	Hull City	H	Maine Road	4 – 1	Tilson (2), Toseland, Marshall	49,042
17 February 1934	Fifth round	Sheffield Wednesday	A	Hillsborough Stadium	2 - 2	Herd, ?	72,841
21 February 1934	Fifth round replay	Sheffield Wednesday	H	Maine Road	2 – 0	Tilson 18’, Marshall 25’	68,614
3 March 1934	Sixth round	Stoke City	H	Maine Road	1 - 0	Brook 15’	84,569
17 March 1934	Semi final	Aston Villa	N	Leeds Road	6 – 1	Tilson (4), Toseland, Herd	45,473