Manchester City Football Club
Neg no: (L) 6707
Dated: 26-10-1937
Neg size: 12" x 15"

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Sitter: Manchester City Football Club with the League Championship Trophy (won for the first time in 1937)

Back row (L to R)
Tom Chorlton trainer  
FR Jolly director  
Dr J Bowling Holmes director  
Robert Smith chairman  
AEB Alexander vice-chairman
William Menzies Shaw director
H Wood director
W Wild

secretary/manager
Wilf Wild spent 30 years at Maine Road, starting initially in 1920 as assistant secretary but eventually taking charge of managerial duties as well in the early 1930's. Manchester City achieved substantial success under his jurisdiction, winning the FA Cup in 1934 and the League Championship in 1937, and many legendary players passed through Maine Road during his reign, including Frank Swift, Sam Barkas and Peter Doherty. It was therefore surprising when a team of so many quality players were relegated in 1938, despite scoring more goals than anybody else in the First Division. City finished fifth in the Second Division just prior to war breaking out, and between 1939 and 1945 Wild had to work hard to keep the club afloat. He stood down as manager in 1946. (Manchester City Official Website biography)
 
Middle row (L to R)
Jack Percival

Moved from Durham in October 1932, moved to Bournemouth in May 1947.
173 League and Cup appearances for MC
Billy Dale Moved from Manchester United in December 1931. Moved to Ipswich Town in May 1938.
269 League and Cup appearances for MC
Alex Herd Moved from Hamilton Academicals in May 1933. moved to Stockport County in March 1948.
290 League and Cup appearances for MC.
124 goals
Sam Barkas

England international
Manchester City's captain 1946-7
Moved from Bradford City in April 1934. Moved to Workington (manager) in March 938.
195 League and Cup appearances for MC.
Fred Tilson Moved from Barnsley in March 1928. Moved to Northampton in March 1938.
Scored 2 to win Manchester City the FA Cup in 1934.
273 League and Cup appearances for MC.
4 England caps.
Peter Doherty

Moved from Blackpool in February 1936. Moved to Derby County in December 1945.
133 League and Cup appearances for MC.
81 goals
Jackie Bray

England international
Moved from Manchester Centrl in October 1929. Moved to Watford in 1947.
280 League and Cup appearances for MC.

     
Front row (L to R)  
Ernie Toseland Moved from Coventry in March 1929. Moved to Sheffield Wednesday in March 1939.
409 League and Cup appearances for MC.
80 goals		  
Bobby Marshall Moved from Sunderland in March 1928. Moved to Stockport in March 1939.
355 League and Cup appearances for MC.
80 goals		  
Frank Swift

Moved from Fleetwood in October 1932. Retired September 1939. Killed in Munich air crash.
19 England caps and 14 wartime caps.
376 League appearances for MC.

  
Eric Brook

Moved from Barnsley with Fred Tilson in 1928. Retired 1940.
494 League and Cup appearances for MC.
178 goals
18 England caps

  

 

Date: 26 October 1937

Occasion: Possibly sitting for Christmas card picture

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Furniture & Props: Ornate silver trophy, first awarded to the Football League Champions in 1891 and used continuously until 1992. 

http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/collections_detail/football-league-first-division-trophy-1890

 

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No of poses: 1.

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Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.

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Reproduced: A Pictorial History of Manchester City Football Club, 1989

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Acknowledgements: John Maddocks, Official Historian and Statistician, Manchester City Football Club