under the mosaic of Joe Mercer at CoMS it states that City won 5 Major Trophies under his management,now the league,FA Cup,ECWC & League Cup are the obvious ones, I"ve wondered if the 5th trophy they"re refering to is the 2nd Div.Title or The Charity Shield win? (I"d imagine it"s the 2nd Title but can either really be regarded as a "Major"Trophy?
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Gary James
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It was a bit of artistic licence at the time and did refer to the Second Div Title. The original wording was supposed to say 'five trophies' but someone slipped in the word 'major'. I think the argument was that The Second Div title was the most significant League award Joe's side were able to win that first season.
The Charity Shield was not included in the count as it was not really regarded as major.
The Charity Shield was not included in the count as it was not really regarded as major.
trevorcitytilidie
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Manchester City .... Champions .... a familiar and tasty cry. And last week millions saw City add another trophy to their collection when they won the national Five-a-Side competition, which was spon¬sored by the Daily Express, at the Empire Pool, Wembley. Here are some after thoughts from those involved:
Tony Book: "We all enjoyed it a great deal. I thought Malcolm was going to have a fit when Colin Bell was clobbered once in one of the
early games ... but apart from that everything went very smoothly. There was a variety of footwear. Most of the other players wore PT shoes. All the City team wore the practice shoes which were just right. It was a bit hard on the feet though.
Alan Oakes: "After four matches on that surface your feet did feel it a bit. The atmosphere was dry, hot and quite dusty. But the pitch was quite a big one by five-a-side standards .... 70 by 30 ... which gave us plenty of space. It was a change from the normal routine and the competition as a whole was well organised.
Glyn Pardoe: "The first two matches were against Coventry and Crystal Palace. Coventry were a group of young lads. But Palace were well fancied because they had done well in London tourna¬ments. In fact, we beat them easily, 3-I .... and their goal came in the last few seconds."
Joe Corrigan: "The crowd on the whole of course were very much on the side of the London teams .... and Swindon in the Final. But of course we had Malcolm shouting for us so things were about even."
Taken from City Home Programme 15th Nov 1969
Tony Book: "We all enjoyed it a great deal. I thought Malcolm was going to have a fit when Colin Bell was clobbered once in one of the
early games ... but apart from that everything went very smoothly. There was a variety of footwear. Most of the other players wore PT shoes. All the City team wore the practice shoes which were just right. It was a bit hard on the feet though.
Alan Oakes: "After four matches on that surface your feet did feel it a bit. The atmosphere was dry, hot and quite dusty. But the pitch was quite a big one by five-a-side standards .... 70 by 30 ... which gave us plenty of space. It was a change from the normal routine and the competition as a whole was well organised.
Glyn Pardoe: "The first two matches were against Coventry and Crystal Palace. Coventry were a group of young lads. But Palace were well fancied because they had done well in London tourna¬ments. In fact, we beat them easily, 3-I .... and their goal came in the last few seconds."
Joe Corrigan: "The crowd on the whole of course were very much on the side of the London teams .... and Swindon in the Final. But of course we had Malcolm shouting for us so things were about even."
Taken from City Home Programme 15th Nov 1969
Bill
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trevorcitytilidie said:Manchester City .... Champions .... a familiar and tasty cry. And last week millions saw City add another trophy to their collection when they won the national Five-a-Side competition, which was spon¬sored by the Daily Express, at the Empire Pool, Wembley. Here are some after thoughts from those involved:
Tony Book: "We all enjoyed it a great deal. I thought Malcolm was going to have a fit when Colin Bell was clobbered once in one of the
early games ... but apart from that everything went very smoothly. There was a variety of footwear. Most of the other players wore PT shoes. All the City team wore the practice shoes which were just right. It was a bit hard on the feet though.
Alan Oakes: "After four matches on that surface your feet did feel it a bit. The atmosphere was dry, hot and quite dusty. But the pitch was quite a big one by five-a-side standards .... 70 by 30 ... which gave us plenty of space. It was a change from the normal routine and the competition as a whole was well organised.
Glyn Pardoe: "The first two matches were against Coventry and Crystal Palace. Coventry were a group of young lads. But Palace were well fancied because they had done well in London tourna¬ments. In fact, we beat them easily, 3-I .... and their goal came in the last few seconds."
Joe Corrigan: "The crowd on the whole of course were very much on the side of the London teams .... and Swindon in the Final. But of course we had Malcolm shouting for us so things were about even."
Taken from City Home Programme 15th Nov 1969
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levets said:
Obviously, I know they are footballs in the front of the pic, but what the fcuk are those other things???
Numptyed
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Fucked if I know, in all my 33 years i'v never seen a 50p coin as big as that one.Cheesy said:levets said:
Obviously, I know they are footballs in the front of the pic, but what the fcuk are those other things???