Random Facts About City

[fbloke]

Oh go on then April 14th pretty please

 

[i8therags]

Oh go on then April 14th pretty please

14/4/1900.Goalkeeper Charlie Williams scored against Sunderland at Roker Park.It was a very windy day and his kick bounced over their full backs and beyond their keepers fingers.We lost 3-1..

 

[Mills-Mcfc]

Feb 17th

The birthday of a true City legend. Neil Young was born in 1944.
Top scorer in our last Championship winning season (67-68)
Scored the only goal in our cup final win in 69
Scored one of our goals in the cup winners cup final 1970

June 23rd

 

[The Pink Panther]

June 23rd

Birthday of Bobby Kennedy. Signed from Kilmarnock for £45,000 in1961, he stayed with us eight seasons and left to become player manager of Grimsby Town

 

[1.618034]

That'll do nicely! On my first birthday :)

And City wore the original version of the diagonal stripe shirt - that version was white with red and blue diagonal.

I have to say I'd prefer that now to the red/black (united) colours!

 

[1.618034]

Feb 3rd?

 

[The Pink Panther]

Feb 3rd?

1990 - The 100th Manchester derby played in the first division.
Clayton Moreblack scored for the rags against the run of play. Ian Brightwell "just wellied" the equaliser from 25 yards

2002 - Stuart Pearce received his marching orders. It was City's eighth dismissal of the season giving them the worst disciplinary record in the division. We lost 2-1 at Wimbledon.

 

[Nixon_The_Bike_Thief]

3rd of March.

 

[Second Skin]

Go on, do my birthday, 16th December (1971)

 

[The Pink Panther]

3rd of March.

1928 - Frank Roberts scored all of City's goals in a 4-1 defeat of Blackpool