1904 FA Cup Final

The first all Lancashire Final.
Billy Meredith scored in the 23rd minute, beating his countryman Dai Davies with a left footed shot. In the illustration Davies (who had played for Swinton in the 1900 Northern Union Rugby Challenge Cup Final)  looks almost like a disinterested bystander.

Billy Meredith

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Billy Meredith

44,000 were present at Bank Street on Christmas Day 1907 to see Manchester United beat Bury 2-1. United led the table from September and won their first League Championship title by 9 points.
Billy Meredith opened the scoring for United in the Christmas fixture .

Association Football Players Union

Armband worn by Manchester United in the 1909 season.
 The team are reported to have worn these armbands in the opening fixture, a 1-0 win over Bradford City at  Bank Street.  Incidentally Billy Meredith (a champion of the union cause) was absent for this fixture- he missed the first 4 games of the season.
see also: http://gottfriedfuchs.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/outcasts-fc.html


 

Football Described by Giants of the Game (1904)

There's a link to a PDF of this 1904 booklet on Andy Mitchell's fantastic Scottish Sport History blog.


http://www.scottishsporthistory.com/uploads/3/3/6/0/3360867/football_by_giants.pdf

Billy Meredith career stats

Season	Club		League			Cup		Internationals*
			apps	goals		apps	goals	apps	goals
1890-91	Chirk AAA
1891-92			Combination 7th
1892-93			Combination 4th
			Welsh 2nd
1893-94	Northwich Victoria		Div .2 15th			Welsh Cup Winner (Chirk AAA)
			11		5
1894-95	Ardwick Manchester City		Div .2 9th					2nd
			18		12			2
1895-96			Div .2 2nd					3rd
			29		12			2	2
1896-97			Div .2 6th			R1		4th
			27		10	1		3	2
1897-98			Div .2 3rd			R2		4th
			30		12	2		2
1898-99			Div .2 Champions			R1		4th
			33		29	1	1	1
1899-00			Div.1 7th			R1		2nd
			33		14	2		2	2
1900-01			Div.1 11th			R1		3rd
			33		7	1		2
1901-02			Div.1 18th			R2		4th
			33		8	4		2
1902-03			Div .2 Champions			R1		4th
			34		22	1		3
1903-04			Div.1 2nd			Winners		4th
			34		11	6	2	1
1904-05			Div.1 3rd			R2		2nd
			33		8	2	1	2	1
1905-06			Suspended by the Football Association
1906-07	Manchester United		Div.1 8th			R1		Winners
			16		5	2		3	1
1907-08			Div.1 Champions			R4		4th
			37		10	4		2
1908-09			Div.1 13th			Winners		2nd
			34			4		3	1
1909-10			Div.1 5th			R1		4th
			31		5	1		3
1910-11			Div.1 Champions			R3		3rd
			35		5	3		3
1911-12			Div.1 13th			R4		4th
			35		3	6		3
1912-13			Div1. 4th			R3		2nd
			22		2	5		3	1
1913-14			Div1. 14th			R1		4th
			34		2	1		3
1914-15			Div1. 18th			R1
			26			1
1919-20			Div1. 12th			R2		Winners
			19		2	2		3
1920-21			Div1. 13th			R1
			14		1
1921-22	Manchester City		Div1. 10th			R3
			25
1922-23			Div1. 8th			R1
			1
1923-24			Div1. 11th			Semi final
			2			4	1
* All of Meredith’s International appearances were in The British Home Championship.

	Apps	Goals
League	680	185
FA Cup	53	5
International	48	10
Others	7	2