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LOUGHBOROUGH TOWN 0 CITY 3 League Division 2 2nd October 1897 Attendance 5,000 Scorers Gillespie, F Williams 2 City C Williams, Read, Ray, Moffatt, B Smith, Holmes, Meredith, S Smith, Gillespie, F Williams, Leonard
CITY 4 WOOLWICH ARSENAL 1 League Division 2 25th September 1897 Attendance 7,000 Scorers City S Smith 3, F Williams Arsenal ??? City C Williams, Read, Harper, Moffatt, B Smith, Holmes, Meredith, S Smith, Gillespie, F Williams, Leonard
BLACKPOOL 0 CITY 2 League Division 2 18th September 1897 Attendance 4,000 Scorers S Smith, F Williams City C Williams, Read, Ray, Moffatt, B Smith, Holmes, Meredith, S Smith, Gillespie, F Williams, Leonard
CITY 5 STOKE CITY 0 Friendly 13th September 1897 Attendance 1,000 Scorers Meredith, Smith, Williams, Gillespie 2
CITY 3 LOUGHBOROUGH TOWN 0 League Division 2 11th September 1897 Attendance 7,000 Scorers S Smith 2, Gillespie City C Williams, Read, Ray, Moffatt, B Smith, Holmes, Meredith, S Smith, Gillespie, F Williams, Leonard
DARWEN 2 CITY 4 League Division 2 4th September 1897 Attendance 1,000 Scorers City S Smith 2, Gillespie, Leonard Darwen ??? City C Williams, Read, Ray, Moffatt, B Smith, Holmes, Meredith, S Smith, Gillespie, F Williams, Leonard
CITY 3 GAINSBOROUGH TRINITY 0 League Division 2 1st September 1897 Attendance 2,000 Scorers Meredith, Gillespie, F Williams City C Williams, Read, Ray, Moffatt, B Smith, Holmes, Meredith, S Smith, Gillespie, F Williams, Leonard
1897/98 SEASON REVIEW City’s fourth season in Division 2 couldn’t have started better as they beat Gainsborough Trinity 3-0 at Hyde Road, Darwen 4-2 at Barley Bank and again at home they beat Loughborough Town 3-0. In a friendly at Continue reading 1897/98
CITY 2 BURNLEY 2 Friendly 29th April 1899 attendance 2,000 approx Scorers City Meredith(pen), Gillespie Burnley Taylor 2 Burnley Pinnell, Howarth, McLintock, McMillan, Jenkinson, Livingstone, Morrison, Bowes, Taylor, Place, Ferguson
GLOSSOP NORTH END 2 CITY 0 Friendly 28th April 1899 attendance ??? Scorers ???