Ferran Soriano: City positioning themselves as “club of the future”

Well @Gary James disagrees with you about two posts above.

The two clubs did exist at the same time - Ardwick played their last game after MCFC were established and MCFC had to be seen to be a new club otherwise they would not have been accepted into the League. However, once MCFC became established Ardwick was unlikely to continue and once it went, the majority of people associated with Ardwick joined MCFC (but not all). It is right to trace roots back to St Mark's through Gorton and Atdwick and the other incarnations, but MCFC was a new club. The same is true for MUFC - it was a new club but traced its roots back via Newton Heath.
 
Ok, everything I've seen refers to Manchester Central being outside the football league and the two Manchester clubs inside the league (Ardwick and Newton Heath) not bearing the Manchester moniker so Ardwick deciding to change to Manchester City FC after a reorganisation. Nothing about the two clubs existing simultaneously. In fact in the 1893/94 season they played the first 27 games as Ardwick AFC (who were dissolved after the 27th game) and the final game as Manchester City FC (who were playing their first ever fixture), suggesting that the two clubs didn't, in fact, exist at the same time.
I explain it all in Manchester The City Years which can be downloaded via Amazon. They did exist at the same time but not for long.
 
The two clubs did exist at the same time - Ardwick played their last game after MCFC were established and MCFC had to be seen to be a new club otherwise they would not have been accepted into the League. However, once MCFC became established Ardwick was unlikely to continue and once it went, the majority of people associated with Ardwick joined MCFC (but not all). It is right to trace roots back to St Mark's through Gorton and Atdwick and the other incarnations, but MCFC was a new club. The same is true for MUFC - it was a new club but traced its roots back via Newton Heath.
? What's the situation with the 1893/94 season then? The club played 27 games as Ardwick AFC and the last game as MCFC.

Edit sorry just saw reply above.
Maybe there were 2 companies simultaneously but it's very hard to see how they can be painted as anything but the same entity.
 
? What's the situation with the 1893/94 season then? The club played 27 games as Ardwick AFC and the last game as MCFC.

Edit sorry just saw reply above.
Maybe there were 2 companies simultaneously but it's very hard to see how they can be painted as anything but the same entity.
The people who established MCFC made it abundantly clear this was a new club and not Ardwick renamed, launched or anything. Some Ardwick officials wanted their club to continue. They were separate clubs but came together. However, I will always say that MCFC's roots did lie in Ardwick.
 
The two clubs did exist at the same time - Ardwick played their last game after MCFC were established and MCFC had to be seen to be a new club otherwise they would not have been accepted into the League. However, once MCFC became established Ardwick was unlikely to continue and once it went, the majority of people associated with Ardwick joined MCFC (but not all). It is right to trace roots back to St Mark's through Gorton and Atdwick and the other incarnations, but MCFC was a new club. The same is true for MUFC - it was a new club but traced its roots back via Newton Heath.
Thanks Gary, appreciate the answer.
 

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