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It’s one of my photos from that day. Nudge me in a few weeks when I get chance and I’ll see if the others show the area you’re in.

It drives me mad that the Varadi story still does the rounds. It’s down to that Granada report where they went in the old shop. The video has reappeared in recent years so the story took off again. Frank’s the man and the true story is much better than the Varadi story anyway.

That’s my photo from Stoke. I’ve used it in a couple of my books.

More or less but numbers did vary at times. I reckon the Macc Baptists turned up with 12 so they said they’d play 12 so that no one missed out.

St Mark’s as a football club had long gone by 1894. Have a read of the article and watch the video via the link as I go through it all there. Lots of reincarnations, new clubs and turning points along the way. It’s fascinating but myths develop...

It was a new company. St Mark’s and every other iteration is absolutely important and must not be forgotten but in 1894 MCFC was a new company (and briefly Ardwick played on after MCFC established). The issue is that MUFC should never use 1878 - the club was established in 1902 in a similar way...

I joined blue sky a while ago but didn’t do much with it. Think it’ll become my preference I’ve Musk’s world. If anyone’s interested my account is: @garyjames.bsky.social I still have my Facebook which seems okay but negativity and extreme views seem to reign in Musk’s world.

Walter Chew, who claimed his brother founded the club, was still around into the 1940s and was interviewed by the BBC and others about the club’s history. He saw the club go from nothing to League Champions. As did Lawrence Furniss who was another player in the 1880s, though not the first...

But 1880 is only the earliest known game. For various reasons I think they played before this date. 1894 is MCFC’s foundation and correct. If MUFC want to lie and say they were formed in 1878 instead of 1902 that’s their fake history.

Born in West Gorton, then Gorton, Ardwick etc. The West Gorton bit often gets overlooked but it was a separate township in between Ardwick and Gorton. Each move tended (not quite always) to take the club to a bigger area. What an amazing journey.

Met one of his descendants a few years back. Family have stayed Blue ever since. Incredible dedication to the cause.

1936-37 - last home game; one to spare.

Today’s an important anniversary for our club: https://gjfootballarchive.com/2024/11/13/st-marks-first/

Yes. I remember thinking that everything was conspiring against us getting the win.

They were top and White replaced Lake and scored the 3rd.

Yes, next away game was 4-3 at Swindon. Heady days! Obviously, we’d already broken the spell a little with the League Cup win at Wolves earlier in October too.

Big family, ‘yeah, we all came in same car. That’s uncle Tommy, grandad George…’ I remember being at a Leeds game and they’d kept us in. We were all saying to police and stewards that they’ll be getting in position for when they let us out. Sure enough City fans had bottles dropped on them from...

Today's the anniversary of a long, long run in which MCFC did not win away from home finally coming to an end. Anyone else remember being at Bradford 1987? It was a Wednesday night and it seemed like the run would never end. Especially when we lost a 2 goal lead...

Much more to it. Bond walked away from the meeting with Swales, Clough & Forest’s chairman because of certain demands made byClough. Bond told Swales not to do business with Forest. Swales did a deal that Clough was happy with and told Bond that Francis would be first of several major signings...

It was 44 years ago today that John Bond became City boss. Where have all these years gone? https://gjfootballarchive.com/2024/10/17/john-bond-arrives/