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…
Manchester 1840-1919 (Part Nine)
Every week 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…
Three Years Ago Today: Manchester and The FA Recognises The Corinthians
It’s hard to believe but today marks there years since an amazing day when Manchester came together, along with the FA and a wonderful community of former footballers, to recognise the pioneering women’s team the Manchester Corinthians. It was an incredible day made possible with the support of so many individuals, groups and community leaders.…
Restoring Faith in the Joy of Football
It’s been a tough week or so if you’re a fan of Manchester City, but on Friday I visited a 90+ year old woman who reminded me of the joy and the positives football can bring. She was one of the legendary Manchester Corinthians who I’ve been keeping in regular contact with since the Blue…
Allison’s Red and Black
On this day in 1968 Manchester City wore Red & Black stripes for the first time. Malcolm Allison had suggested adopting AC Milan’s colours and City first wore them for their meeting at Everton on October 5 1968. Sadly, City were defeated 2-0 at Goodison and the colour change wasn’t popular with fans at first.…
The First FAC Tie: Ardwick 12 Liverpool Stanley 0
On this day (4 October) in 1890 Ardwick (the predecessors of Manchester City) defeated Liverpool Stanley 12-0 in the FA Cup. It remains the club’s highest score in the competition and was the first FA Cup tie played by the blue and whites of Ardwick. Ardwick were also nicknamed the Brewerymen back then. Money and…
Bananas, Leicester and City
On this day (3 October) in 1987 Paul Stewart & Imre Varadi both scored twice as Manchester City beat Leicester City 4-2 at Maine Road. Games with Leicester were often newsworthy in the 1980s. Sadly, there was the match in March 1989 when Paul Lake swallowed his tongue and there was the FA Cup tie in…
6-3 Manchester Derby
It was a highly memorable day for Manchester City fans as Pep Guardiola’s Blues defeated Manchester United 6-3 before 53,475 on this day (2 October) in 2022. You can watch highlights here: https://www.mancity.com/citytv/mens/manchester-city-united-premier-league-extended-highlights-63800321 The City scorers were Phil Foden (3) and Erling Haaland (3). What a great day to be a Blue!
Sunday Morning Blues
Everton, so often a bogey team back then for Manchester City, were defeated 2-0 on this day (2 October) in 2005. This was the first Sunday morning kick off in the Premier League and the match commenced at 11.15 with some fans making a point of the early start by wearing pyjamas. It was also Stephen Ireland’s first…
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