This doesn’t feel that long ago but it’s twenty years (this article is from 26 October 2005) since the This Is Our City campaign was doing the rounds on Manchester billboards. Back then phrases like ‘Real Manchester’ formed part of a campaign by City to make the club’s presence felt across the city. Some of these (like the one mentioned in the image) were attacked by rival fans, but overwhelmingly City’s own support felt positively about the campaign.
A few years later this campaign was part of the inspiration behind the ‘Welcome To Manchester’ poster that welcomed Carlos Tevez to City.
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