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100 years ago today the great Billy Meredith played his last competitive game. He was an absolute legend of the game and led Manchester to its first major trophy (us in 1904 of course). Utd often try to claim him as theirs but he was definitely more blue than red and I met his daughter (who was...

Great win yesterday. There are still a lot who perhaps don’t realise that City’s team has a continuity stretching back to 1988 and that Utd used to have a team too (before scrapping it). So, I’ve posted this free article for anyone to read which quotes women who played for the two clubs in the...

I’m absolutely delighted with this from Manchester City on the research into the Manchester Corinthians. It’s wonderful they’ve posted this and I’m so pleased. Follow the link to hear about the significance of these remarkable women and the research I’ve been undertaking...

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...

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...

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...

On this day last year a Greater Manchester record women's football club attendance was established. Follow the link for the details and the top 5 women's club attendances in Manchester: https://gjfootballarchive.com/2023/12/11/a-record-greater-manchester-club-attendance/

There's a bit of doom and gloom around the world at the moment so let's try and lighten things here (for a few moments at least). I saw the thread about the Chicken Man (see: https://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/threads/an-audience-with-the-frozen-chicken-man.322795/ ) and it got me thinking about...

I know we have a separate Women's Team thread but this is something that is about the wider club and its achievements. Today is the 35th anniversary of the first game played by Manchester City Ladies (now Women). This was against Oldham Athletic Ladies at Boundary Park. This photo is the...

Today (13 November) is the anniversary of the club’s earliest known game: https://gjfootballarchive.com/2023/11/13/manchester-city-the-earliest-known-game/ Happy anniversary!

On this day in 1920 City’s Main Stand burned down but was this a stray firework, a discarded cig or terrorist activity and how did MUFC react to City’s request to play at OT instead (I think most Blues can guess the answer to that last one!)? Follow the link for a rare photo of the aftermath...

There’s an article I posted to my website a short while ago which contains extraordinary criticism by City challenging the authority/interference of the FA and basically saying that the FA is antiquated and governs football poorly, saying there’s a clique etc. But this wasn’t written in recent...

Today’s the anniversary of a game that I find it difficult to forget… it was City v Standard Liege and my Dad made us leave with 5 minutes to go missing 3 goals. Did you also miss out? It was a strong lesson - Never leave early unless there’s a strong reason! I wrote a free feature for my...

13 years ago today Malcolm died: https://gjfootballarchive.com/2023/10/14/malcolm-allison-2/ Many of us remember and talk about his second spell at City but it would be great if we could hear the views of those who were adults when he first arrived with Joe in 1965. How did it actually feel as...

Yesterday I interviewed Dennis Tueart about leaving City; his time in New York and his City return. There are some good memories in there as always with Dennis so get yourself a brew and have a watch. It’s free to see and lasts about 50 minutes...

Fancy winning a copy of the new book on Maine Road & the Etihad? There's a copy up for grabs. See: https://gjfootballarchive.com/2023/09/26/competition-from-maine-road-to-the-etihad-100-years-book/ Get entering. Cheers

Today (18 Sepetember) is the anniversary of City’s first ever European Cup tie. It didn’t go the way we wanted and I’m sure there’ll be lots of older Blues with memories of that night, but now we’re treble winners I think it’s okay to remember the start of it all. It may have been painful in...

Here’s an interesting article from 1933 in a Chinese newspaper about wealthy City helping Oldham in 1933. Something to think about - it’s 1933 and despite the depression City were the wealthiest club in the north west (United’s crowds were woefully low) so imagine if those who bang on about...

Experience has shown they don’t talk about it but quite a few of our grannies played football. Can everyone ask their older female family members and if they did then ask if they played for Manchester Corinthians, a pioneering team from 1940s to 1980s. We’re unveiling a plaque and other tributes...

Today is a significant anniversary in the perception of City as a spending club… on this day in 1979 City broke the transfer record by signing Steve Daley for over £1.4m - it was an incredible amount. The media focused on City’s spending (as they do today) but there were some articles that...