mikeyboy said:
back in the day it always used to be if you were at home first day, you were away last day and vise versa. but that seems to have gone out of the window last couple of years.
Here are City's first and last scheduled fixtures over the last 40 years...
71/72...Home-Away
72/73...Away-Home
73/74...Home-Away
74/75...Home-Away
75/76...
Home-Home
76/77...
Away-Away
77/78...
Home-Home
78/79...Away-Home
79/80...
Home-Home
80/81...Away-Home
81/82...Home-Away
82/83...Away-Home
83/84...Away-Home
84/85...Away-Home
85/86...Away-Home
86/87...Home-Away
87/88...Home-Away
88/89...
Away-Away
89/90...
Away-Away
90/91...Away-Home
91/92...
Away-Away
92/93...
Home-Home
93/94...Home-Away
94/95...Away-Home
95/96...
Home-Home
96/97...
Home-Home
97/98...Home-Away
98/99...
Home-Home
99/00...Home-Away
00/01...Away-Home
01/02...
Home-Home
02/03...Away-Home
03/04...Away-Home
04/05...
Home-Home
05/06...Home-Away
06/07...
Away-Away
07/08...
Away-Away
08/09...Away-Home
09/10...
Away-Away
10/11...
Away-Away
Started at Home: 19, Started Away: 21.
Scheduled to finish at Home: 22, Scheduled to finish Away: 18.
Scheduled to start and finish at Home: 9 times.
Scheduled to start and finish Away: 8 times.
Note that sometimes postponed games were rearranged after the original last fixture of the season.