City End Spurs Run
A 1-1 draw saw Tottenham Hotspur’s run of consecutive victories from the start of the season come to an end at 11 wins (a run of 13 consecutive League wins in total). City of course now hold this record. A crowd of 58,916 saw the game on this day (10 October) in 1960 when City,…
The Oldest Manchester Club
On this day (9 October) in 1912 the Daily Citizen (not a MCFC publication!) claimed that Manchester City FC was the ‘oldest’ Manchester club. At the time there were plenty of people around who had been involved with the establishment of both Manchester Football League Clubs and so it seems logical to me that we…
An On This Day Always Worth Remembering
On this day (9 October) 59 years ago Manchester City signed Francis Lee. Here is a long profile of him that I’ve written, together with links to other stories and audio tributes to him too: A World Cup international for England, Francis Lee remains one of Manchester City’s most famous former players and one of…
A Strange Situation
The 8th of October marks the anniversary of one of those ‘one game wonders’ who played for Manchester City. On this day in 1988 defender Bill Williams made his one and only appearance for City’s first team when he came on as substitute for Mark Seagraves in the Blues’ 1-0 defeat at Ipswich Town. He…
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