it’s one of the oldest fixtures either club has with a rich history stretching back to the 1890s. Both sides have found major success with City’s first major trophy coming in 1904 and Arsenal’s arriving 26 years later. As you’d expect with such a long history there are plenty of articles on my website about both clubs. Here’s a link to all those tagged Arsenal:
Category Archives: 2025-26
Champions League Draw 2025-26
Today’s Champions League draw has produced the following fixtures for Manchester City: Borussia Dortmund (H), Real Madrid (A), Bayer Leverkusen (H), Villarreal (A), Napoli (H), Bodo/Glimt (A), Galatasaray (H), Monaco (A).
Pep Guardiola Extends MCFC Contract to 2027
I’ve just received this press release from Manchester City…
Manchester City is delighted to announce that manager Pep Guardiola has signed a two-year contract extension. The Catalan’s new deal will mean he will have spent more than a decade as City manager. Guardiola has won a remarkable 18 trophies during his tenure at the Club, including six
Premier League titles and one UEFA Champions League.
Last season, City became the first men’s team in the history of English football to win four top-flight titles in a row. The previous campaign saw Guardiola guide City to a historic Treble, winning the Premier League, UEFA Champions League and FA Cup.
Across all competitions, he has won 353 of the 490 matches he has overseen, giving him a win percentage of 72%. City have scored 1,200 goals during that period, at an average of 2.45 goals per game.
Club Chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak said: “Like every City fan, I am delighted that Pep’s journey with Manchester City will continue; allowing his dedication, passion and innovative thinking to continue to shape the landscape of the game.
“His hunger for improvement and success remains insatiable and the direct beneficiaries of that will continue to be our players and coaching staff, the culture of our Club, and the English game at large.
“This renewal will take Pep beyond a decade of coaching Manchester City and the opportunity to continue to re-write the managerial record books.”
Guardiola said: “Manchester City means so much to me. This is my ninth season here; we have experienced so many amazing times together. I have a really special feeling for this football club. That is why I am so happy to be staying for another two more seasons.
“Thank you to everyone for continuing to trust and support me – The Owner, The Chairman Khaldoon, Ferran, Txiki, the players and of course the fans… everyone connected to Manchester City. It has always been an honour, a pleasure and a privilege to be here.
“I have said this many times before, but I have everything a manager could ever wish for, and I appreciate that so much. Hopefully now we can add more trophies to the ones we have already won. That will be my focus.”
North Stand Expansion
Yesterday’s release of the plans for the newly extended North Stand looked excellent. There’s a long way to go before anyone can sit or stand in the new extension of course, but it does look like it’s going to boost almost every area of support: New rail seating, an emphasis on under 21s, hospitality, families… interesting times. Looking at the images released it looks as though the new 3,000 rail seats will be at the back of the 2nd tier. If that’s the case any noise generated up there should bounce down off the roof and encourage others to join in.
You can read what City said about it all here:
This is what was released in 2023:
This is the stand (left of image) as it looked in 2022 before the building work began):
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