This month (September) in 1967 this article was published highlighting the profitability of Manchester City. I know this is a long time ago but for those who believe City’s profitability is a recent thing it’s worth stating that the Blues were a hugely profitable club until chairman Peter Swales took power. No time to go into all that now (look across this website and you’ll see my posts on it though). Back in 1967 the club was under the stewardship of the Alexander family of course.
Monthly Archives: Sep 2023
Manchester City’s and Bury’s First…
Today (1 September) marks the anniversary of Manchester City’s AND Bury’s first League game and first goal scorers in the League. The two clubs played each other in this historic fixture. The game was a 4-2 defeat for City at neighbours Bury on 1 September 1894. The historic first City scorer was Tom Little, who scored the opener after eight minutes. Bury’s first scorer was Billy Barbour.
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