On this day (30 December) in 1996 Frank Clark became the Manchester City manager. I don’t really want to say anything else about that! There’s more on Frank Clark elsewhere on the site, such as:
Category Archives: 1996-97
Kinky Double and Neal’s First
On this day (27 November) in 1996 two penalties from Gio Kinkladze helped Manchester City defeat West Bromwich Albion 3-2. Use Rosler netted the other City goal. This was the first victory of caretaker manager Phil Neal’s reign at City and you can read more on that season here:
Nigel Clough’s Last
On this day (19 October) in 1996 goals from Paul Dickov and Nigel Clough helped Manchester City to a 2-1 win over Norwich City. Clough’s was the last of 4 League goals he scored for the Blues. This image is of Dickov and Clough celebrating Clough’s goal.
Manchester City Season – 1996-97
Previous Season
The Blues were relegated from the Premier League at the end of 1995-96.
Manager
The season started with Alan Ball as manager, but ended with Frank Clark. In between Steve Coppell had been appointed (7 October) but resigned (8 November) while Asa Hartford and Phil Neal both had long spells – or at least longer than Coppell’s permanent period – as caretaker managers.
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