Manchester City’s top 13 all-time goalscorers

9) Billie Gillespie

Billie Gillespie has the exact same goal total as Fred Tilson; however, Gillespie did it first, so that edges him ahead of Tilson. Gillespie was born in 1873 (yes, THAT long ago) and started out at Lincoln City in 1895 at age 22. In only about a season and a half there, he scored a total of 16 goals for the club.

In 1897, Gillespie made the change to Manchester. In Gillespie’s first full season for Manchester City, he scored 18 goals, helping the team put on quite a show in the second tier of football. Later in his City career, he scored 30 goals in one season, leading the entire second tier in goalscoring.

Gillespie is not as widely known as most other players on this list because his City career was so very long ago. He was on the City squad that won the FA Cup in 1904, but that was to be his swan song. In 1905, City was accused of paying some of its key players extra salary under the table, and suspensions were issued to several players on the team.

Gillespie was suspended for two years and thus ineligible to play football again until 1907. Choosing not to wait, Gillespie instead walked away from the sport, leaving a few years of football on the table. If not for his early retirement, he would likely be a further up the list.

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