Lanchester Hat Advert 1934

 

An old advert for Lanchester Hats as endorsed by Manchester City,  FA Cup winners in 1934.

They've even seen them made and wear them! 

Classic City Mag Covers No3 - 2000 Promotion

Another classic City Mag cover was the June 2000 promotion special.  City beat Blackburn 4 - 1 on the last day of the season to clinch promotion to the Premier League. Shaun Goater also picked up a well deserved Player of the Year award. Unfortunately for City it was straight back down the following season, with manager Joe Royle losing his job and being replaced by Kevin Keegan.

Ardwick enamel badge

I bought this enamel Ardwick badge a couple of years ago, it was listed as a limited edition, but not sure if it was!  Don't think Ardwick ever played in black and red, so colours are probably wrong.

Ogden's Cigarette Card 1906 - Club Colours

Continuing the theme of club colours, another cigarette card, this time from Ogdens from around 1906.  The shirt in the picture seems to be the wrong shade of blue when compared with the kit at http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Manchester_City/Manchester_City.htm

A lot of early memorabillia wasn't always accurate!

Gallaher Cigarette Card 1910 - Club Colours

Cigarette card issued by Gallahers in 1910 depicting club colours. The player featured is Irvine Thornley, more information on him can be found at this link http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/MANCthornley.htm
I wonder if the FA (or more likely UEFA) will have another 'investigation' into City's finances in the future?

Cash wont corrupt us (the 1968 version)

A very interesting article from a 1968 magazine called 'Out of the Blues' by Manchester City Captain Tony Book, in which he talks about how money may affect football in the future.  Very topical as City  have been accused of 'ruining' football since acquiring their wealth and starting to win trophies!!