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For anyone interested there's been quite a lot on attendances on my website recently. There'll already be the usual emptyhad stuff floating around with the usual numpties today so if you want to remind others of their club's loyalties then there might just be some evidence to help. Today's post...

It's a lot more complicated than that but the teams that benefitted were Utd, LFC & Arsenal. You're right to bring up Arsenal. The fixed game points ultimately saved Utd from relegation (though this was not the last game of the season so things could have panned out differently). The enquiry...

When Utd and LFC had their match fixing scandal United's solicitor was on the panel investigating United! He found the club did nothing wrong and never bothered to interview key people because he 'trusted them'. Football hey? I go into a lot of detail about it in an article I wrote a while back...

Here's an interesting one about both City and Everton (but mostly Everton I guess). It's a cutting from May 1998 which basically compares City and Everton and says City’s future looks bright because the club is getting itself in shape for the future. It suggests Everton could learn from City –...

Here are the attendances for the top few clubs from 1973 to 1983. There’s lots of nonsense out there about support but this backs up your point entirely. Some stats here that fans of certain other clubs (Arsenal) should think about before they ever try and criticise us or anyone else...

It seems The Chase raised the connection between Maine Rd & the US state today (though I missed it, so not certain how the question appeared). It prompted a lot of people to search for the story and an article I researched/wrote has been getting a lot of reads as a result. So if you want to know...

Half day closing on Wednesday’s for some areas of Manchester back then. I’ve interviewed fans in the past who attended as young kids - wagging off school. Similar with a FAC replay in 50s too.

It's definitely a celebratory pitch invasion after Schalke - the photo was one I obtained years ago from a German archive. It appeared in at least one of my books.

It's been incorrectly posted as the record crowd game in 1934. It's not from that game. I'd have to check but I'm sure it's the Sheff Wed Wednesday afternoon replay - that crowd was less than 70,000. Still remarkable for a Wednesday afternoon of course...

On this day in 1981 Middlesbrough played at Maine Road wearing United's shirts in a League game! It's an interesting story but were you there? I know I was but at the match I genuinely thought they just had a lookalike kit not the actual United kit. It was only after the game that I knew the...

That’s under counting our figure by about 1000.

Utd’s highest home League, FA Cup & European attendances were all at Maine Road. They never played a home League Cup tie at Maine Rd though. Old Trafford’s record attendance was not for a Utd game. It’s a FAC semi. See...

And 1910-11 - That European football database has a lot of errors on it so be careful with anything on there.

I've updated the buying success feature to include another cutting on Everton. This one is from the Liverpool Daily Post basically congratulating Everton on their 'buying success' approach: https://gjfootballarchive.com/2024/01/11/buying-success/

Newcastle Journal

Usual flak flying today about 'manufactured' club, 'buying success' etc. Several EFC fans going on about City... blah blah blah. It's annoying but it's prompted me to post this newspaper cutting from 1965 which talks of Everton, Spurs & United 'buying success'. Might be useful to anyone who...

I always try to spread the word. Sometimes people listen, sometimes not. It's a great story.

There'll be the usual 'no history' stuff said by some in the media and how little City has become a world club BUT as we all know there's always history and our club had a role to play in the very early history of Fluminense. So, get this in your back pockets for when they start banging on...

Yes - posted these two on my Twitter & Facebook earlier. The whole advert used to be online somewhere and a few years back I grabbed these screen shots a few years back. It seems to have gone now but there’s a website that has the wording (see other image)...

Another anniversary today.... 35 years ago today Manchester City Ladies (now Women) played their first home game. Contemporary match report and details via the link: https://gjfootballarchive.com/2023/12/12/the-1980s-city-women-first-ever-home-game/