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On this day (August 15) in 2011 Sergio Agüero made his Manchester City debut after signing in the summer of 2011 from Atletico Madrid. Here’s an article on his debut for subscribers to this site. Enjoy!
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On this day (14 August) in 2003 the City of Manchester Stadium (now Etihad Stadium) staged its first competitive game as City defeated TNS 5-0 in the UEFA Cup. Relive that night (and Granada TV!) with this video of the game:
The report above talks of the UEFA Cup draw with TNS.
Asa Hartford signed for Manchester City on this day (13 August) in 1974. You can find several articles that mention Asa throughout this website. Start looking here:
Here’s a full list of Manchester City’s chairmen since the club’s earliest known game in 1880 through to today:
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On this day (11 August) in 2001 new Manchester City manager Kevin Keegan guided the Blues to a 3-0 victory against Watford at Maine Road. You can watch highlights of that win here (and relive the season):
If you’re interested in women’s football or in football in Trafford or Manchester then get your self a brew, settle down and enjoy this video of my talk. It was part of my work on the #WEuro2022 Heritage Lottery funded project and my long standing project into the history of women’s football in Manchester. Here goes:
This talk on the history of women’s football was staged at the National Football Museum a few years back. The talk lasts about 47 mins. Enjoy!
The Trafford Archive website I mention during my talk is available here:
https://exploringtraffordsheritage.omeka.net/exhibits/show/traffordwomensfootball
The work on the Manchester Corinthians continues and you can find out about the Authorised History here:
Recently I’ve mentioned about a series of name that ground features I posted on to the site a while back. They’re all still up there and free to access but if you want to test yourself here’s a few:
You can find the answers to these on this page:
Recently I’ve mentioned about a series of name that ground features I posted on to the site a while back. They’re all still up there and free to access but if you want to test yourself here’s a few:
You can find the answers to these here:
I’ll post some of the others soon.
Recently I’ve mentioned about a series of name that ground features I posted on to the site a while back. They’re all still up there and free to access but if you want to test yourself here’s a few:
You can find the answers to these here:
I’ll post some of the others soon.
Recently I’ve mentioned about a series of name that ground features I posted on to the site a while back. They’re all still up there and free to access but if you want to test yourself here’s a few:
You can find the answers to these here:
https://gjfootballarchive.com/category/historic-name-that-ground/page/5/
I’ll post some of the others soon.
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