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Manchester City Football Club is a football club in Manchester, England. The club was foundedin 1880. they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894. The club moved to the City of Manchester Stadium in 2003, having played at Maine Road since 1923.
History of Manchester City Football Club
The club gain popularity after winning the Second Division in 1899, with it, came promotion to the highest level in English football, the First Division. They went on to claim their first major honour on 23 April 1904, beating Bolton Wanderers 1–0 at Crystal Palace to win the FA Cup, City narrowly missed out on a League and Cup double that season after finishing runners-up in the League but City became the first club in Manchester to win a major honour. In the seasons following the FA Cup triumph, the club was dogged by allegations of financial irregularities, culminating in the suspension of seventeen players in 1906, including captain Billy Meredith, who subsequently moved across town to Manchester United. A fire at Hyde Road destroyed the main stand in 1920, and in 1923 the club moved to their new purpose-built the stadium at Maine Road in Moss Side. A group of thirteen men, eleven in association football attire typical of the early twentieth century and two in suits. A trophy sits in front of them The Manchester City team which won the FA Cup in 1904 In the 1930s, Manchester City reached two consecutive FA Cup finals, losing to Everton in 1933, before claiming the Cup by beating Portsmouth in 1934. During the 1934 cup run,
Manchester City broke the record for the highest home attendance of any club in English football history, as 84,569 fans packed Maine Road for a sixth round FA Cup tie against Stoke City in 1934 – a record which still, stands to this day. The club won the First Division title for the first time in 1937 but was relegated the following season, despite scoring more goals than any other team in the division. Twenty years later, a City team inspired by a tactical system known as the Revie Plan reached consecutive FA Cup finals again, in 1955 and 1956; just as in the 1930s, they lost the first one, to Newcastle United, and won the second. 1956 final, in which Manchester City beat Birmingham City 3–1, is one of the most famous finals of all-time and is remembered for City goalkeeper Bert Trautmann continuing to play on after unknowingly breaking his neck.
Championship for the second time, clinching the title on the final day of the season with a 4–3 win at Newcastle United and beating their close neighbors Manchester United into second place. Further trophies followed City won the FA Cup in 1969, before achieving European success by winning the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1970, beating Górnik Zabrze 2–1 in Vienna. City also won the League Cup that season, becoming the second English team to win a European trophy and a domestic trophy in the same season.
