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Sadly not. I’ll get a post up on my website about it soon. Cheers

Yes - Eric Alexander revealed it to me during an interview. Swales becoming chairman and Niven being put in charge of stadium developments changed it all sadly.

I totally agree and explain why the Fairs Cup is not something I count in span of success here: https://gjfootballarchive.com/2023/06/13/european-span-of-success/ I explain about the rules and that it was not a UEFA tournament. But, to the wider world, the Fairs Cup counts as a European...

You’re right… and on the Kippax too: https://gjfootballarchive.com/2023/06/16/maine-road-100-day-30/

I know which one you mean… it was in colour and given away as a poster. I have one somewhere but that website story of mine does have an illustration too. It’s black and white from my book Farewell To Maine Road: https://wordpress.com/post/gjfootballarchive.com/10758 Heres a screenshot of it:

That’s the one I refer to here: https://gjfootballarchive.com/2023/07/05/maine-road-100-day-49/

The 100 days of Maine Rd theme I’m doing has continued on my website. If you’ve not checked it out yet here’s a couple to whet the appetite: The City F.C. Flag: https://gjfootballarchive.com/2023/07/08/maine-road-100-day-52/ How close was Maine Rd to being bombed...

It wasn’t exactly invitational at that time but did have some strange rules like: only one club per city which meant Newcastle played in it in 1968-69 instead of a second London club. I explain a bit more on the weirdness of it here: https://gjfootballarchive.com/2023/06/13/european-span-of-success/

I agree - and often stress that the Fairs Cup was not a UEFA tournament - which is why I’ve always said City were the first team to win a major European trophy and domestic trophy in the same season. It is something that does have to be explained because, sadly, our rivals will pick us up on it...

Today's free Maine Road feature is a 'then and now' aerial photo showing the stadium in the 1940s and the same site today. Makes interesting viewing. Images/details via link: https://gjfootballarchive.com/2023/06/28/maine-road-100-day-41/

Correct. It wasn’t an all-English team. It’s one of those myths that just won’t go away sadly. They also weren’t the first to win a European trophy and English trophy in same season - Leeds had already done that. However, when City won the League Cup it was the first time all 92 clubs had...

He’s still about I believe. His Dad Harry looked after the dressing rooms for decades, including the first few years at the new stadium too.

So far there have been 35 days in my 100 day Maine Road countdown series of free to read features and images. I know some have dipped in and out and not had chance to see them all so, to make life easy, here they are so far in one handy place. Enjoy following the link to read them all. It's a...

When it comes to the grenades our rivals keep trying to lob at us I do feel like I’m in a trench trying to repel attacks all the time.… ah well! At least we’re treble winners!

I think Everton lost most with the ban. Kendall’s team was refreshing and still hungry for more. They’d have won the European Cup and possibly sustained success, which would’ve limited Fergie’s opportunities at start of 90s too. I don’t think Kendall would’ve left Everton had the opportunity to...

Lots of people are prematurely comparing Utd 1999 with City 2023. I’d urge all Blues to avoid these sorts of meaningless debates. Even if City do pull off an amazing treble this week it’s not worth getting embroiled in a debate that is ridiculous. To be frank you’ve got to be well in your 30s...

One of the older songs City fans adapted was Bless ‘em All. Sung in mid 1950s. I posted the lyrics sung by fans in the 50s in my book Manchester The Greatest City in the 1990s (photo of them here). Much further back there’s the Who Said City Couldn’t Play chant which was based on the 1920s...

Today’s day 20 of my free to read Maine Rd 100 features and it’s about the original concrete dug outs which were actually ‘dug out’. It must have been a nightmare watching a game from in them. Roy Bailey tells me that Dave Ewing always seemed to bang his head getting in and out. Here’s the link...

I bought 70 Euros ticket and I’m in block 327 row 12

I’ve posted the answer - it’s 1953. Today’s image & post in my free 100 day Maine Road countdown tells the story of the steps to nowhere. What? Have a read here https://gjfootballarchive.com/2023/05/31/maine-road-100-day-14/