The 2010s: Victory over Sunderland
Manager Roberto Mancini knew that victory over Sunderland on this day (3 April) in 2011 would lift Manchester City to third place in the League. Despite early season optimism that a League title could be possible that opportunity had faded and now the target, as far as the League was concerned, was to finish third…
1965-66: Manchester City 1 Plymouth Argyle 1
60 years ago today (2 April 1966) Manchester City and Plymouth met in the Second Division. The game ended 1-1 with City’s goal coming from Johnny Crossan. Subscribers can read contemporary match reports below from a scrapbook on the entire 1965-66 season I have.
Wolves 0 Manchester City 2
On this day (1 April) in 2002 City won awy at Wolves during Kevin Keegan’s Division One title winning season. Shaun Wright-Phillips scored both goals. You can read the following 5,400 word article on the entire 2001-02 season:
City v Gornik in Copenhagen
Today (31 March) is the anniversary of a 1971 European Cup Winners’ Cup between Manchester City and Gornik Zabrze played in Copenhagen. This was a replay after the earlier games had ended 2-2 on aggregate. Back then replays were used instead of penalty shootouts to decide games like this. For subscribers, here’s an article looking…
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