It’s been an enjoyable day at the Etihad today (10 January 2026). Manchester City established a new record score at the Etihad Stadium and an incredible nine different players scored City’s goals (2 goals judged to be own goals it seems). The FA Cup game ended 10-1 which is not quite City’s highest score in the FA Cup but it is a record home score for the Etihad.
For many of us it brought back memories of another 10-1 – back in 1987 when we beat Huddersfield Town 10-1 in the League. That day City had three hat trick heroes – Tony Adcock, Paul Stewart and David White (I bumped into David pre-match today. It must have been a good omen) – whereas today had so many scorers.
The scorers were:
Manchester City
- M. Alleyne (12′)
- Rodri (24′)
- J. Doyle-Hayes (42′ og)
- J. Fitzwater (45’+2 og)
- R. Lewis (49′, 90’+1)
- A. Semenyo (54′)
- T. Reijnders (71′)
- N. O’Reilly (79′)
- R. McAidoo (86′)
Exeter City
- G. Birch (90′)
Interestingly the goal scoring pattern was similar to 1987 – 4-0 at half time, City take a 9-0 lead, opposition make it 9-1 and then City score a tenth.
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