Interesting silly City facts.

[ColinBellsjockstrap]

The first game at Wembley where players wore numbers on their back was the 1933 FA cup final, Everton 3 City 0. Players wore 1-22. "Dixie" Dean played for Everton.


City still hold the highest attendance record for any game In England outside Wembley, 84,569 in March 1934 v Stoke City. City won 1-0 due to an Eric Brook shot from near the corner flag. City went on to win the final beating Portsmouth. (My dad was at Maine Road that day)


City's lowest ever attendance for a league game was in 1965 at Maine Road, City 1 Swindon 2 8,015. Mike Summerbee scored for Swindon. ( I stood on the freezing Scoreboard end with my scarf and rattle)

 

[Jwoody19]

City still remain the only team to be relegated from the top-flight league as champions and doing so after scoring the most goals in the season

 

[Franny 1234]

City still remain the only team to be relegated from the top-flight league as champions and doing so after scoring the most goals in the season

If ever the saying Typical City gets used its for this fact. CTID

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

City still remain the only team to be relegated from the top-flight league as champions and doing so after scoring the most goals in the season

And with a record goal difference of +3 (although Small Heath got relegated in 1903 with +2 but which was a higher goal avg than ours). The only 2 teams to be relegated from the top division with positive goal differences.

 

[The Lightbowne Cowboy]

We had the tallest floodlights, the widest pitch and Curly Watts was our celebrity fan.. oh, and Little n large :)

 

[chaddblue]

City were the first team to spend £1m or more on 3 separate players

Daley, Reeves and Francis

 

[jimharri]

We're the only team that plays all our home games in an empty stadium.

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

City boasted the highest English average attendance in 1927-28 despite being in the Second Division

City also recorded a higher average attendance than United in the last full season before WW2 despite being a division lower

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Maine Road hosted the first Monday Night Football on TV.

 

[Pablo ZZZ Peroni]

From 68/69 to 88/89 City won more major trophies (4-3) than United

From 00/01 to 22/23 City won more major trophies (17-16) than United