Who Said City Couldn’t Play Chant
It looks like the 1894 group at Manchester City’s are hoping fans will re-adopt the 1930s classic song Who Said City Couldn’t Play? It’s City’s earliest recorded chant (there were earlier ones but this is the first we’ve found sound/film recordings of). Here’s a sound recording from the 1930s: The tune used is the bit…
Death of Walter Chew
On this day (31 August) in 1948 the death was announced of Walter Chew, a man associated with the first known season of St Mark’s (though there are serious doubts on whether the 16 year old played in the earliest known game based on his own comments). St Mark’s is vital in the development of…
Gates Closed as Manchester City Beat Aston Villa
Today (30 August) in 1920 Aston Villa were defeated by Manchester City 3-1 with goals from Tommy Browell (2) and Billy Murphy. A crowd officially recorded as 40,000 at the time (it says 35,000 in this report) watched the match at Hyde Road. The turnstiles had to be closed before kick off as the ground…
Adebayor Winner at Portsmouth
On this day (30 August) in 2009 Adebayor scored the only goal of Manchester City’s victory at Portsmouth in the Premier League. A crowd of 17,826 watched this Sunday fixture. Here’s City’s report of the game: https://www.mancity.com/news/first-team/match-report/2009/august/portsmouth-v-city
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