Manchester 1840-1919 (Part Seven)
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…
Fred Williams
Here’s a cutting from the City match programme in October 1938 with a letter from the son of 1890s City star Fred Williams who was reporting his father’s death to the club. Williams made his debut on 28 November 1896 and went on to play 129 games for the club scoring 38 goals. He was…
Manchester City v Sunderland
It’s City v Sunderland today. the first meeting between these clubs was a 2-1 City win in December 1899. The legendary Billy Meredith scored one of City’s goals that day. There have been cup finals, charity shield games and key matches in the League. Many of these are featured on this site. Here’s a link…
Brightwell and Moulden Score in Front of 8,071
Today’s the anniversary of a memorable day at Chelsea when a crowd of 8,071 (imagine the seat counters if that occurred today) at Stamford Bridge watched Manchester City defeat Chelsea 3-1. Here’s some film of the day when City’s former FA Youth Cup winners Ian Brightwell (scored 2) and Paul Moulden scored: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X42HrZYvH74 You can…
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