Something had been stirring in Manchester. City had come to prominence in the 1903-04 season, finishing runners-up to The Wednesday while scoring 23 more goals than the champions. Their star player was toothpick-chewing Billy Meredith, a winger of outrageous skill and rapidly increasing fame. He scored the winning goal in that season’s FA Cup final, selling Bolton Wanderers keeper Dai Davies an outrageous dummy, shaping to cross only to batter a surprise shot into the top corner from a tight angle.
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