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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.
Gary Owen signed apprentice forms for Manchester City on this day (5 August) in 1974. You can find several articles that mention Gary throughout this website. Start looking 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 here:
I’ll post some of the others soon.
On Wednesday I mentioned about a series of name that ground features I’d 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 to add to yesterday’s selection:
You can find the answers to these here:
https://gjfootballarchive.com/category/historic-name-that-ground/page/6/
I’ll post some of the others t soon.
Darren Beckford signed professional forms for Manchester City on this day (1 August) in 1984. Darren had signed apprentice forms on 16 Apr 1984 and his brother Jason was also a City player.
A while ago I posted a series of name that ground features on to the site. 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/8/
and here:
https://gjfootballarchive.com/category/historic-name-that-ground/page/7/
I’ll post some of the others later this week.
On this day (31 July) in 2008 Manchester City played a home game at Barnsley. This game made history as it was the first occasion the Blues had played a home European tie outside of Manchester. Previously City had played home European games at Maine Road and at the City Of Manchester Stadium, but work at Eastlands following a concert by Bon Jovi prevented the Club from staging the game at home. The decision was taken to stage the match at Barnsley. Subscribers can read about both legs of the European tie here:
150 years ago today on 30 July 1874 Billy Meredith was born. Billy was the captain when Manchester City brought Manchester their first major trophy, the FA Cup in 1904. He was also the goal scorer and a major hero to City fans. He later helped United achieve their first successes but returned to City for a final flourish.
His last game for City was 100 years ago this year! You can read about that and many other Meredith related stories across this website. Here’s a link to sone of them:
Tony Henry signed apprentice forms for Manchester City on this day (29 July) in 1974. You can find several articles that mention Tony throughout this website. Start looking here:
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