1932–33 Manchester City F.C. season

The 1932–33 season was Manchester City's 38th season of competitive football and 26th season in the top division of English football.^[1] In addition to the First Division, the club competed in the FA Cup.

Manchester City

1932–33 season
Manager	Wilf Wild
Stadium	Maine Road
First Division	16th
FA Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Fred Tilson (17) All: Fred Tilson (23)
Highest home attendance	52,085 v Walsall (28 January 1933)
Lowest home attendance	8,428 v Blackburn Rovers (8 October 1932)
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First Division

Main article: 1932–33 Football League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
14	Liverpool	42	14	11	17	79	84	0.940	39
15	Blackburn Rovers	42	14	10	18	76	102	0.745	38
16	Manchester City	42	16	5	21	68	71	0.958	37
17	Middlesbrough	42	14	9	19	63	73	0.863	37
18	Chelsea	42	14	7	21	63	73	0.863	35

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	16	5	21	68	71	0.958	37	12	3	6	47	30	27	4	2	15	21	41	10

Source:

Reports

Date	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
27 August 1932	Sunderland	A	Roker Park	2 – 3	Brook (2)	33,000
31 August 1932	Birmingham City	H	Maine Road	1 - 0	Marshall	26,000
3 September 1932	Middlesbrough	H	Maine Road	2 – 3	Marshall (2)	20,211
7 September 1932	Birmingham City	A	St Andrews	0 – 3		20,000
10 September 1932	Arsenal	H	Maine Road	2 - 3	Tilson, Busby	32,542
17 September 1932	Everton	A	Goodison Park	1 – 2	Toseland	32,852
24 September 1932	Blackpool	H	Maine Road	5 – 1	Toseland (2), Halliday (2), Brook	25,175
1 October 1932	Derby County	A	Baseball Ground	0 - 4		13,233
8 October 1932	Blackburn Rovers	H	Maine Road	2 – 3	Halliday, Tilson	8,428
15 October 1932	Leeds United	A	Elland Road	1 – 2	Tilson	16,898
22 October 1932	Bolton Wanderers	A	Burnden Park	1 – 2	Tilson	14,468
29 October 1932	Liverpool	H	Maine Road	1 – 1	Marshall	10,000
5 November 1932	Sheffield United	A	Bramhall Lane	5 – 2	Race (2), Toseland, Marshall, Brook	15,000
12 November 1932	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	Maine Road	4 - 1	Marshall (2), Comrie, Brook	26,067
19 November 1932	Newcastle United	A	St James’ Park	0 – 2		24,000
26 November 1932	Aston Villa	H	Maine Road	5 – 2	Tilson (4), Brook	20,000
3 December 1932	Leicester City	A	Filbert Street	2 – 1	Tilson, Brook	15,000
10 December 1932	Portsmouth	H	Maine Road	3 – 1	Tilson (2), Cowan	10,000
17 December 1932	Chelsea	A	Stamford Bridge	1 – 3	Tilson	26,240
24 December 1932	Huddersfield Town	H	Maine Road	3 – 0	Toseland, Tilson, Brook	21,252
26 December 1932	Sheffield Wednesday	H	Maine Road	2 – 2	Cowan, Brook	25,000
27 December 1932	Sheffield Wednesday	A	Hillsborough Stadium	1 – 2	Cowan	35,000
31 December 1932	Sunderland	H	Maine Road	2 – 4	Toseland, Tilson	18,000
7 January 1933	Middlesbrough	A	Ayresome Park	0 – 2		7,912
21 January 1933	Arsenal	A	Highbury	1 – 2	Tilson	32,456
1 February 1933	Everton	H	Maine Road	3 – 0	Toseland, Tilson, Brook	10,986
4 February 1933	Blackpool	A	Bloomfield Road	0 - 1		13,399
11 February 1933	Derby County	H	Maine Road	2 – 1	Toseland, Herd	33,611
23 February 1933	Blackburn Rovers	A	Ewood Park	0 – 1		8,931
8 March 1933	Bolton Wanderers	H	Maine Road	2 – 1	Cowan, Herd	19,144
11 March 1933	Liverpool	A	Anfield	1 – 1	Herd	35,000
14 March 1933	West Bromwich Albion	H	Maine Road	1 – 0	Brook	28,200
22 March 1933	Sheffield United	H	Maine Road	1 – 0	Tilson	20,000
25 March 1933	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	Molineux Stadium	2 – 1	Herd, Brook	26,746
1 April 1933	Newcastle United	H	Maine Road	1 – 2	Brook	30,000
5 April 1933	Leeds United	H	Maine Road	0 – 0		16,789
8 April 1933	Aston Villa	A	Villa Park	1 – 1	Marshall	20,000
15 April 1933	Leicester City	H	Maine Road	4 – 1	Herd (2), Toseland, Marshall	22,000
17 April 1933	West Bromwich Albion	A	The Hawthorns	0 – 4		18,988
22 April 1933	Portsmouth	A	Fratton Park	2 – 1	Herd, Brook	12,000
3 May 1933	Chelsea	H	Maine Road	1 – 4	Brook	14,827
6 May 1933	Huddersfield Town	A	Leeds Road	0 – 1		5,482

FA Cup

Main article: 1932-33 FA Cup

Results

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
14 January 1933	3rd Round	Gateshead	A	Redheugh Park	1 - 1	Toseland	9,123
18 January 1933	3rd Round Replay	Gateshead	H	Maine Road	9 - 0	Brook 15’, Barrass 23’, McMullan 34’, Tilson 39’, 40’, 86’, Busby 53’, Cowan 57’, 63’	22,950
28 January 1933	4th Round	Walsall	H	Maine Road	2 - 0	Brook (2)	52,085
18 February 1933	5th Round	Bolton Wanderers	A	Burnden Park	4 - 2	Brook (3), Tilson	69,912
4 March 1933	6th Round	Burnley	A	Turf Moor	1 - 0	Tilson	48,717
18 March 1933	Semi Final	Derby County	N	Leeds Road	3 - 2	Toseland, Tilson, McMullan	51,961

Final

Main article: 1933 FA Cup Final

Everton v Manchester City

29 April 1933 15:00 BST	Everton	3-0	Manchester City	Wembley, London
	Stein 41' Dean 52' Dunn 80'			Attendance: 92,950 Referee: E. Wood