Recent content by Gary James

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    Christmas Day in an armchair at Utd!

    Not a joke… Fancy Christmas Day in an armchair at United? Follow the link: https://gjfootballarchive.com/2025/12/24/fancy-christmas-day-in-an-armchair-at-united-v-city/
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    40 Years Ago Today: ‘We Want Wham!’ City at Sheff Wed

    I don’t know about you but me and the guys I was with sang the true Last Christmas lyrics.
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    Neil Young’s First Goal - were you there?

    Here you go… here’s a report of the game
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    Neil Young’s First Goal - were you there?

    On this day (23 Dec) in 1961 Neil Young scored his first first team goal. Were any of our older Bluemoon regulars there? Any memories? https://gjfootballarchive.com/2025/12/23/the-1960s-neil-youngs-first-league-goal/
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    40 Years Ago Today: ‘We Want Wham!’ City at Sheff Wed

    It’s an odd one but one of those fan humour moments at an away game: https://gjfootballarchive.com/2025/12/21/40-years-ago-we-want-wham-swfc-v-mcfc/
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    Haaland Enters The Illustrious Premier League 100 Club:

    How does @ErlingHaaland’s goal scoring record compare to all other @mancity players who have scored 100 or more League goals (not just PL): https://gjfootballarchive.com/2025/12/05/manchester-citys-100-league-goalscorers-comparison/
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    Peter Barnes a true gentleman

    Obviously I would say this but if you want to know all about Peter’s career then his Authorised Biography is well worth reading. Try and borrow it; get it from a library or buy a copy. You won’t be disappointed. It was an absolute pleasure spending a couple of years capturing Peter’s story. We...
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    Stiles’ 2 fingers to the Platt Lane

    Imagine a player getting away with sticking two fingers up at opposition fans today. Follow the link: https://gjfootballarchive.com/2025/12/03/nobby-stiles-has-dialogue-with-manchester-city-fans/
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    Have we ever thrown away a 4 goal lead?

    You can watch highlights of it here: https://gjfootballarchive.com/2025/12/03/amazing-comebacks/
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    Have we ever thrown away a 4 goal lead?

    I've previously written about the 4-4 with Everton in 1925. City came back from 3-0 down in 30 minutes and played with ten men for most of the game: https://gjfootballarchive.com/2025/09/19/the-1920s-manchester-city-4-everton-4/ And the Palace game...
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    Have we ever thrown away a 4 goal lead?

    That Newcastle game in 1894 was remarkable as it had a pattern of one team scoring, then the other equalising all the way through, so not a fightback but unusual! Here's a brief report of it:
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    Have we ever thrown away a 4 goal lead?

    Nice work. The next job is to get match reports for these. That 1894-95 game looks interesting, as does Bury in 1925-26. I'll have a trawl through if I get chance.
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    Have we ever thrown away a 4 goal lead?

    https://gjfootballarchive.com/2025/12/03/amazing-comebacks/
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    Have we ever thrown away a 4 goal lead?

    https://gjfootballarchive.com/2025/12/03/amazing-comebacks/ A 3-0 lead after 30 minutes but then Newcastle started to comeback.
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    Have we ever thrown away a 4 goal lead?

    https://gjfootballarchive.com/2025/12/03/amazing-comebacks/ It was 3-0 in 30 minutes but Newcastle came back before we scored the 4th.
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