Football writing, thoughts and more by Gary James
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:
David Phillips signed for Manchester City on this day (26 July) in 1984. You can find several articles that mention David throughout this website. Start looking here:
I’d like to give you a quick update on progress…
The book will be published later this year and will include material from every year of the club’s existence with dozens of former players interviewed. I’ve managed to interview women who played in EVERY season of the club’s 40+year existence and these interviews, together with some wonderful photographs, will form the basis of the book. It will also include the names of every player identified during the course of the research I’ve undertaken over the last decade – in excess of 300 names! – together with details of games played and more.
The story of the club will be told via the voices of the women who played and this will be supported by the most detailed research into the club ever performed. Newspapers, diaries and other literature have been consulted from archives in both the UK and abroad. Exclusive information on the club’s history will be documented here for the first time.
Thanks to all those who have contributed either by telling their story or by ordering the book pre-publication. This means a lot, so thanks for that support.
Nearer publication I will be emailing subscribers to ensure subscriber names, addresses etc. are correct so that no one misses out. If you’ve subscribed watch out for those emails over the coming months.
Thanks to all those who have supported the project.
One area in which you can help further is by thinking of anyone you know who may have played for the club. I will be including as comprehensive a list as possible of former players within the book and would hate to miss anyone. As some former players may not have been mentioned in newspaper reports, match programmes or elsewhere it would be great if those who were involved could think back and let me know any names who you remember who may have been missed. Every name on the list is being checked against other sources/player memories, so feel free to email me with anything you think may help.
If you’ve not subscribed to the book you can here:
Thanks again,
Gary
Tony Cunningham signed for Manchester City on this day (11 July) in 1984. You can find several articles that mention Tony throughout this website. Start looking here:
