City Kits - 2025/26

M23 Citizen said:
City didn’t come from St Marks-Gorton-Ardwick.

Those three were a continuation of each other, but City weren’t the fourth in that list.

City were founded as a new club from scratch in 1894. It is a coincidence that Ardwick folded in the same year, but Ardwick still existed when City were founded and even played a match before folding after City had already been founded.

City are 130 years old, with no forerunners.
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better have a word with our official site.

www.mancity.com

Manchester City Honours And History - Manchester City F. C.

Discover Man City's rich and colourful winning history. Learn the legendary records and timelines behind the Man City club.
www.mancity.com www.mancity.com


1875 - 1910​

1880 St Mark’s Church forms a football team which would later evolve into MCFC.

1884 The first known ‘City shirt’ is created – in black, with a Maltese-style cross. Some say this is because of the club’s strong links with Freemasonry in the 1880s, others believe the white cross proves the link with St Mark’s was still strong.

1887 St Mark’s team evolves into Ardwick AFC and moves to Hyde Road.

1889 An explosion at the nearby Hyde Road coal mine results in the death of 23 miners – Ardwick and Newton Heath play a friendly match under floodlights in aid of the disaster fund.

1892 The second division of the English Football League is created, with Ardwick AFC as founder members.

1894 Ardwick AFC reforms as Manchester City Football Club, in a bid to represent the whole city.
 
bluealf said:
better have a word with our official site.

www.mancity.com

Manchester City Honours And History - Manchester City F. C.

Discover Man City's rich and colourful winning history. Learn the legendary records and timelines behind the Man City club.
www.mancity.com www.mancity.com


1875 - 1910​

1880 St Mark’s Church forms a football team which would later evolve into MCFC.

1884 The first known ‘City shirt’ is created – in black, with a Maltese-style cross. Some say this is because of the club’s strong links with Freemasonry in the 1880s, others believe the white cross proves the link with St Mark’s was still strong.

1887 St Mark’s team evolves into Ardwick AFC and moves to Hyde Road.

1889 An explosion at the nearby Hyde Road coal mine results in the death of 23 miners – Ardwick and Newton Heath play a friendly match under floodlights in aid of the disaster fund.

1892 The second division of the English Football League is created, with Ardwick AFC as founder members.

1894 Ardwick AFC reforms as Manchester City Football Club, in a bid to represent the whole city.
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Indeed, that needs to be changed.

There were people involved in the formation of Manchester City who at one stage or another were involved in either St Marks, Gorton or Ardwick (or two of the three or all three). Again, it’s just a coincidence though.

It’s even wrong about St Marks becoming Ardwick. It went:
St Marks - Unknown date (the earliest record of a match is 1880, but that doesn’t mean that’s when they were formed) to 1884
Gorton - 1884-1887
Ardwick - 1887-1894

‘On 18th April 1894 Ardwick lost 2-0 to Sheffield United at Hyde Road before a poor attendance of 200 spectators in a match held “to help the Ardwick Committee meet some of their heavy financial liabilities.” Ardwick’s last match was a scoreless draw away against Stockport County on 28th April 1894’.

Manchester City were formed between 12th-16th April.
 
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M23 Citizen said:
Indeed, that needs to be changed.

There were people involved in the formation of Manchester City who at one stage or another were involved in either St Marks, Gorton or Ardwick (or two of the three or all three). Again, it’s just a coincidence though.

It’s even wrong about St Marks becoming Ardwick. It went:
St Marks - Unknown date (the earliest record of a match is 1880, but that doesn’t mean that’s when they were formed) to 1884
Gorton - 1884-1887
Ardwick - 1887-1894

‘On 18th April 1894 Ardwick lost 2-0 to Sheffield United at Hyde Road before a poor attendance of 200 spectators in a match held “to help the Ardwick Committee meet some of their heavy financial liabilities.” Ardwick’s last match was a scoreless draw away against Stockport County on 28th April 1894’.

Manchester City were formed between 12th-16th April.
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Are you saying that, contrary to popular belief, we were not in fact formed in 2008?
 
M23 Citizen said:
Indeed, that needs to be changed.

There were people involved in the formation of Manchester City who at one stage or another were involved in either St Marks, Gorton or Ardwick (or two of the three or all three). Again, it’s just a coincidence though.

It’s even wrong about St Marks becoming Ardwick. It went:
St Marks - Unknown date (the earliest record of a match is 1880, but that doesn’t mean that’s when they were formed) to 1884
Gorton - 1884-1887
Ardwick - 1887-1894

‘On 18th April 1894 Ardwick lost 2-0 to Sheffield United at Hyde Road before a poor attendance of 200 spectators in a match held “to help the Ardwick Committee meet some of their heavy financial liabilities.” Ardwick’s last match was a scoreless draw away against Stockport County on 28th April 1894’.

Manchester City were formed between 12th-16th April.
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Youre talking nonsense, ask any other fans. Everyone knows we were founded September 2008
 
RiversideBlue said:
This is currently for sale from various online places. I mean I actually like it , so its probably not an upcoming puma design. But why the hell would you celebrate a 145th anniversary? And the 145th anniversary of what? Am i missing something?View attachment 136062
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I'm just going to say, I quite like that.

Perfect to mark the 145th anniversary of the discovery of oil.
 
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