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Chelsea was another club that was created because a bloke owned a ground and wanted to make money from it. I always find it funny when LFC fans talk about money in football and try to make out their club is different. MCFC was established via community interest and representing the people of...

Correct. There have been numerous clubs playing at the Crystal Palace or at Wembley over the years.

Thanks for this. I really appreciate it. Writing and researching is a difficult, often isolated, experience (and costly!) so reading comments like yours are really great. I really appreciate it. I've always been motivated by telling the right stories and by doing the detailed research needed to...

No, unfortunately not. It’s an expensive book to produce and no publisher wants to gamble on it. I’d love to update it of course. I post much of my writing to www.GJFootballArchive.com

https://gjfootballarchive.com/2024/03/08/on-international-womens-day-ask-your-mam-or-nan-if-she-was-a-footballer/

Today is the 100th anniversary of a record attendance set by MCFC and, believe it or not, the Blues still hold the record for a crowd on an English club ground as they beat their record in 1934. Follow the link for the story. A century of record crowds! Spread the word to all doubters or those...

Yep, from my twitter and Facebook pages: I just thought the contrast between hero just casually walking around the pitch and rival fans legging it out seemed a good one.

A nice piece has been written about my research here: https://idrottsforum.org/help-the-authorised-history-of-the-manchester-corinthians-ladies-football-club-get-published/

I could really do with support from the Bluemoon community for my latest labour of love… it’s a book I’ve been researching for years on the Manchester Corinthians’ women’s team founded in 1949. I’ve known some of the Corinthians for over 35 years and I’ve been specifically interviewing those who...

For those interested in the power cut stuff mentioned in this thread have a read of this: https://gjfootballarchive.com/2024/02/15/the-1970s-power-cut-city/

Rip Bill/De Niro. I used to enjoy his posts and I know he was a popular presence for many, many, many years at games. Sorry to hear this news.

There was also a game at Liverpool in 71 where the local paper claimed it would be played in the afternoon instead of night.

It’s a bit of a mission of mine. As a historian it infuriates me that so much of football history has been told in a way to promote individual clubs whether factually correct or not. Each era has a club that sets the media tone it seems and that runs across everything.

Then there was that c.10,000 for the last game of the season when they let crowds back in. Lowest average was just below 40k season before Thaksin

You‘re right. I was in Platt Lane. In my mind it was Summerbee who picked the ball up and shook it, but it’s definitely that game/day.

Detailed research on lots of primary sources; comparisons with other clubs; discussions with club statisticians, archivists and historians around the country; newspapers and much more. It’s a long, hard slog getting City’s (and other clubs) history correct and there are still many myths out...

Today in 2016 was the day City announced Pep was coming. What an incredible time we've had since. Remember that first season and all those pundits who kept saying he'd have to change if he wanted to find success in the PL? Well, it's the PL that's had to change...

Yes. Manchester City Ruined My Life came out about 2012 - that'll be the one he was meeting Bernard for I reckon.

I share much of your thoughts there. I was born in 1967 and my parents took me as a baby (Mam was pregnant at a derby and I was born 8 days later) with my earliest dateable memory of Maine Road being Marsh's debut but we were regular before then. To me City was a powerful, glamorous, trophy...

I was at the club one day for a meeting about something. It must have been about 2010 - it was before we'd won any of the trophies. As I waited I saw him leave the main offices with Bernard Halford, both laughing about something. I was somewhat surprised to say the least. I asked someone I knew...