Interesting silly City facts.

[andthesunshineband]

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

I've been in conversations about this in the past. It's a kind of badge of honour. Other club supporters don't get it. City fans' humour is almost unique and hopefully never changes.

 

[SebastianBlue]

Phil Foden’s son, commonly called ‘El Wey’ by his fans, has more followers on instagram than all of the Manchester City players (including Foden) combined.*

* This is not currently true but probably will be eventually.

 

[KS55]

I've been in conversations about this in the past. It's a kind of badge of honour. Other club supporters don't get it. City fans' humour is almost unique and hopefully never changes.

City black humour is one of the best things about this club.

 

[J.G.Blue.]

An ex City captain, won the doubles title at Wimbledon, made a 147 break in snooker, won a gold medal at the Olympics and made a century at Lords.


He was quite a sportsman

& its said he beat Charlie Chaplin in a game of Ping Pong using a bread knife while Charlie used a proper bat.

 

[Rascal]

& its said he beat Charlie Chaplin in a game of Ping Pong using a bread knife while Charlie used a proper bat.

It is indeed, he also captained England at football i think.

Mr Max Woosnam.

 

[uncle fester]

Its an old one but bears repeating...

if you laid every single rag fan shoulder to shoulder along the inside lane of the M60

The world would be a better place

 

[dobingsdobber]

& its said he beat Charlie Chaplin in a game of Ping Pong using a bread knife while Charlie used a proper bat.

And he broke the high jump record using a cocktail stick!

 

[geoff hammond]

Before 1973 City and Liverpool won the same number of trophies. (8 each)
Since 1990 City have won more than Liverpool. (17 - 14)
So for most of each clubs 120+ year history City have been the more successful club.
(Admittedly in those middle 17 years they smashed us to bits!)

 

[Irlamblue]

City were the first team to have 10,000 fans leave on or around the 81st minute

 

[Chi-town blues]

Jo.

 

[Mozzer]

Wonder how they compare to Steve Coppell?

What actually happened with Coppell and his 30 odd day managership? I've never heard the full story.

 

[superwatsonwatson]

City had 2 players sent off at QPR and won 2-1.

 

[Kinkladze's crazy skills]

The oldest player ever to score a goal in the top flight was a City player - on April 15 1922, Billy Meredith scored for City at Turf Moor, Burnley, at the age of 47 years and eight months.

Stanlet Matthews played till he was fifty, but he hadn't scored for five seasons, so our Billy holds the record.

Billy Meredith is also the oldest FA Cup scorer ever as well and did that for us too at 49 years old, unless that record has somehow changed in the last 20 years he still holds that record.

 

[metalblue]

Oxford V Sunderland was the 1st PPV game aired by Sky, which finished 0:0. However City were the 1st team to score a PPV goal which was scored by Shaun Goater.

Cheers for correction mate

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

What actually happened with Coppell and his 30 odd day managership? I've never heard the full story.

There were some scandalous rumours going around at the time but I think it was mainly down to the personal situation regarding his divorce and the fact he just realised it was just the wrong time for him to do such a big task. He was a good manager and probably would have improved us in time, even though he was linked to the dark side I still didn’t mind the appointment.

 

[Mozzer]

There were some scandalous rumours going around at the time but I think it was mainly down to the personal situation regarding his divorce and the fact he just realised it was just the wrong time for him to do such a big task. He was a good manager and probably would have improved us in time, even though he was linked to the dark side I still didn’t mind the appointment.

Cheers for that CoL. I know he's an ex rag but seems like decent bloke.

 

[Kippax77]

City had 2 players sent off at QPR and won 2-1.

Was there.
But I remember our coach back up to Heywood getting raided for beer after the game as much as the result. Wounded with that

 

[Kippax77]

The oldest Premier League player is John Burridge who was 43 years, 4 months and 25 days old when he last played for City.

Are you sure that wasn't 43 stone 4 lbs and 25 ounces?


I know I know 25 ounces would be another 1lb 9 ounces but it didn't look right

 

[Kippax77]

Juan Manuel Lillo has the highest win percentage of any City manager at an unprecedented 100 percent.

Think Arteta was our worst manager.
100 % loss rate

 

[uweuweuwe]

Wracking my brain trying to remember if it was City v sheff Wednesday in the mid 90s. camera man got the wrong day so its the last ever premier league game not to be recorded. Think it may have been paul warhurst who scored the winning goal but has never seen it.