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1930/31 SEASON REVIEW During the pre-season City brought in a new goalkeeper, Len Langford from Nottingham Forest. The board announced some excellent financial results with a profit of £8,429, they had a mortgage of £69,221 against assets of £127,253. Continue reading 1930/31
It was a very mixed start to the season, as City opened with a 1-1 draw at Maine Road against Sunderland, then lost 2-1 at Derby and 4-0 at Leicester before beating Derby 3-0 at Maine Road and Everton Continue reading 1931/32
1932/33 season review After Peter Hodge left to manage Leicester, the City board asked Secretary Wilfred Wild to take on the Manager’s role for the new season as well as keeping up his adminstration role within the club. City Continue reading 1932/33
1933/34 SEASON REVIEW It was a mixed start to the season as City were beaten 3-2 at Maine Road on the opening day of the season by Sheffield Wednesday, they then beat Birmingham 1-0 at St Andrews and drew 0-0 Continue reading 1933/34
1934/35 SEASON REVIEW The City board announced a profit of £6,322, 5s. 3d for the previous year and hoped to boost profits by selling season tickets for The Kippax for the first time. The season started well for the Continue reading 1934/35
1935/36 SEASON REVIEW The City board announced record profits of £5,165, and in June they spent £5,000 of it on Partick Thistle’s Centre Half Bob Donnelly. It was a great start to the season for the Blues as they beat Continue reading 1935/36
1936/37 SEASON REVIEW Pre-season City brought in Robert Regan from Partick Thistle The season started with a 2-0 defeat at Middlesbrough , however at Maine Road City found their shooting boots as they beat Leeds 4-0 and West Brom Continue reading 1936/37
SEASON REVIEW 1937/38 City would start the season as Champions of England. There were no additions at Maine Road and although the board knew the senior squad was beginning to look old they were confident that youngsters coming through Continue reading 1937/38
1938/39 SEASON REVIEW City had sensationally dropped from being First Division Champions to being relegated to Division 2 in one season and manager Wilf Wild was keen on a swift return to Division one. He brought in one player in Continue reading 1938/39
1939/40 SEASON REVIEW The season kicked off with some uncertainty with the on-set of Hitler’s onslaught in Europe the fans were more concerned with the possibility of war than with football. The Blues played one pre-season friendly, drawing 1-1 Continue reading 1939/40