[2] The mine work endowed Cookson with a powerful physique "which sometimes proved deceptive to opposition forwards".
Cookson made 37 appearances for City that season and the team finished in tenth place with 43 points.
Cookson also played for City in the FA Cup final that season against Bolton Wanderers, but finished on the losing side.
Cookson subsequently played for Barnsley, whom City purchased Eric Brook and Fred Tilson from.
Despite a long and distinguished career, the only honour that Cookson won was gained at the age of 39, a Third Division North title with Barnsley.
In 1977 Manchester City Council named eleven streets in a new estate in Moss Side after famous City players including Cookson, Frank Swift, Fred Tilson, Sam Cowan, Horace Barnes, Max Woosnam, Tommy Browell, Jimmy McMullan, Eric Brook, Billy Meredith and Tommy Johnson.
[4] In Ian Penney's book The Essential History of Manchester City, Cookson is listed as the club's 49th greatest ever player.