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| 1970 City complete a brilliant European and domestic cup |
City become the first English side to win a domestic and European trophy in the same season. The League Cup and European Cup Winners’ Cup proved City’s position as one of football’s greatest clubs.
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| 1969 Manchester City beat Leicester City 1-0 at Wembley to win the FA Cup. |
Neil Young nets the only goal against Leicester at Wembley to bring the F.A. Cup back to Maine Road for the first time since 1956. Tony Book is voted joint Football Writers’ player of the year with Dave Mackay.
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| League champion Joe Mercer holds the trophy aloft at Maine Road in 1968 |
Mercer & Allison’s team of entertainers won the League Championship in style. Neil Young was top scorer on 19 from 40 games, while ‘final piece’ Francis Lee had netted 16 from 31 matches. Allison said City were so good they’d be the first team to play on Mars.
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| City win their first League Championship. 1936-1937 |
With 30 goals from Doherty, City win their first League Championship. One of the best results of the 1936-7 season was the 2-0 victory over perennial challengers Arsenal on 10/4/37. A crowd of 76,000 some 13,000 more than the Manchester derby enjoyed goals from Toseland and Doherty. In August, a Manchester Liners ship was named ‘Manchester City’ in honour of City’s success.
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| King George V greets Wilf Wild's team before the 1934 FA Cup Final |
1935. The Blues finished fourth with Manager Wilf Wild turning City into one of the strongest clubs of the period. A Maine Road crowd of 79,491 watched the crunch match with eventual champions Arsenal on 23/2/35. It ended 1-1.
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| 1934 City defeated Portsmouth 2-1 to lift the F.A. |
In April City defeated Portsmouth 2-1 to lift the F.A. Cup. Fred Tilson scored both City’s goals.
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| Everton defeated City 3-0 in the 1933 Cup final. |
A Dixie Dean & Tommy Johnson inspired Everton defeated City 3-0 in the 1933 Cup final. The final was notable for other reasons – the players wore numbers for the first time (Everton were 1-11, City were 12-22), City wore red and white for the first time in a final.
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| 1904 MCFC FA Cup Winners |
The Blues beat Bolton Wanderers in the FA Cup final at Crystal Palace. Becoming the first Manchester side to win a major trophy. They narrowly missed out on the League & Cup double, finishing 2nd to Sheffield Wednesday. mcfc.co.uk/
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