Stockport to Play Wednesday at Maine Rd
Forty years ago today (17 September 1986) it was announced that Stockport’s home game with Sheffield Wednesday would be moved to Maine Road on police advice, as the capacity of Edgeley Park was only around 5,000. I went to the game but there were only 2,089 there (so much for them moving it!) as Wednesday…
From The Archive: When Will Steve Daley Play For England
In my collection is this newspaper called ‘City Football Monthly Review’ from the 1979-80 season and this cutting asks what a lot of us wanted to know back then. Over the years people have tried to suggest Steve Daley was not a great player, but it was the ridiculous price tag that was an issue.…
From The Archive: Anyone Remember This Manchester City Magazine?
In my collection is this newspaper called ‘City Football Monthly Review’ from the 1979-80 season. I’m not certain how many issues were printed but I think I’ve got a couple. This one fell out of a box I was sorting through the other day containing a few late 1970s items. The player on the front…
Manchester 1840-1919 (Part Six)
Every Monday I’m posting a section from my book ‘The Emergence of Footballing Cultures: Manchester 1840-1919’. It tells the story of the origins of men’s football in Manchester and discusses the birth of both City and United plus the clubs that predated them such as Hulme Athenaeum, Manchester AFC, Birch etc. Today’s section is the…
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