Manchester City v River Plate at Maine Road
On 2 February 1952 Manchester City were defeated 4-3 by Argentinian football club River Plate in a friendly at Maine Road, watched by a crowd of 34,974. Here are some interesting images from an official record book showing details of entertainment tax paid by City and turnstile records. I’m not certain if anyone has ever…
Tottenham v City
It’s Tottenham v City today, so an appropriate time to look back at other meetings. The two clubs first met in a FA Cup tie in January 1909 with the first League game coming at White Hart Lane on 27 December 1910. City’s first scorer in a League match with Spurs was John Smith, who…
60 Years Ago: Blushing Mike Summerbee For England?
This week in 1966 Manchester City manager (and future England boss) Joe Mercer told journalists that he believed that Mike Summerbee was ready to play for England. Mercer felt Summerbee could play in the following summer’s World Cup and urged Alf Ramsey to pick the City star. You can see one of the many articles…
Manchester Corinthians Brazil Film and Article
The latest Corinthian article and video has been produced. This one is aimed at South American audiences and Portuguese speakers. I’ve been working with Luis for some time on this as I knew he could help get the Corinthians‘ story out in South America. Obviously it’s aimed at Brazil rather than Venezuela but this is…
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