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For those old enough to remember the early days of Joe Mercer’s reign I’ve been posting features on the 1965-66 season recently. Often overlooked you can see the first moves of what became an illustrious period. There’ll be more over the coming weeks but here’s a link to all those tagged 1965-66...

If you spot any mention of the consecutive record and the players mentioned in my article by a media company today you’ll know where it’s come from. A national newspaper and UK broadcaster asked me about it (they’d previously tried getting info from an official stats company). Still some value...

That would be a nice record. There may be players who have scored in each of their first appearances in multiple competitions (I've not checked) but there isn't anyone who has scored in 4 consecutive debut games like you suggest.

On scoring debuts... I've been asked by a couple of media outlets today whether Semenyo will establish a new MCFC record if he scores in his 3rd game for the club. That in itself won't be a record but if he was to keep scoring then ultimately he could establish a record. I've put together this...

Pleased to be involved with this. Give it a listen if you can.

Really sorry to hear this news. My thoughts are with you and the rest of Alex’s family and friends. Alex was one of those Blues who was known by lots of fans due to his work with the Supporters Club and the CSA (the days when we needed people like Alex to stand up and challenge the way fans were...

Ever wondered who the official guests were at the 1970 League Cup Final? Here’s a full list of those attending the official lunch and therefore in the Royal Box (follow the link): https://gjfootballarchive.com/2025/12/28/from-my-collection-1970-league-cup-final/ Matt Busby was there supporting...

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/

I don’t know about you but me and the guys I was with sang the true Last Christmas lyrics.

Here you go… here’s a report of the game

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/

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/

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/

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...

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/

You can watch highlights of it here: https://gjfootballarchive.com/2025/12/03/amazing-comebacks/

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...

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:

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.

https://gjfootballarchive.com/2025/12/03/amazing-comebacks/