City's 1975 victory at Highbury

The last time Manchester City managed to secure a league win away at Arsenal was almost 38 years ago.  On October 4, 1975 Tony Book's visitors held a three-goal lead, but almost threw it away as Arsenal fought back. Goals from Hartford, Royle and Marsh put City 3 - 0 up, then Ball and Copley for Arsenal reduced the deficit to one goal.

 

That season City went on to win the League Cup at Wembley, beating Newcastle 2-1 in the final. But Arsenal finished a dismal 17th – their lowest finish since 1925.

1956 Umbro advert

An Umbro advert from 1956 featuring the FA Cup winning team with City captain Roy Paul holding the trophy.

Manchester derby - 9th December 2012

City's 2 goals from the Manchester derby on Sunday 9th December 2012.  The top pic shows Yaya Toure pulling a goal back in the 60th minute, after going 2 - 0 down in the first half.  The next pic shows Pablo Zabaleta equalising in the 86th minute.  The comeback was ruined though when Van Persie scored the winner in injury time, sending United 6 points clear at the top of the Premier League.  This result also ended City's 37 match unbeaten home record.  A bad day for City, but there's a long way to go in the battle for the title, and City don't have Europe to worry about anymore!

Classic City mag covers No4

 

This cover,  from May 2002, shows Stuart Pearce proudly holding the Division 1 trophy.  Kevin Keegan's team scored 108 goals on their way to the title, which equalled the 1926 -1927 City record.

Victory in Europe!

More Europe!  Here's the goals from the European Cup Winners Cup final 1970, which was held in Vienna.  The top picture shows Gornik Zabreze keeper Kostka blocking a shot from Lee with Neil Young running in to score the first goal.  The other picture is Francis Lee scoring a penalty to put City 2 - 0 up.  Zabreze scored a consolation goal later on, but City's victory was never really in doubt.  The match was played in heavy rain for long periods, with a crowd of only 10,000 watching, in a stadium which held 80,000!  Almost 4,000 City supporters followed the team to Austria and were rewarded with City's finest night in Europe. 

 

 

City in Europe

City didn't always struggle in Europe!  Joe Mercer with the European Cup Winners Cup on their victory parade in Manchester 1970.  In my opinion the pressure for City to succeed in Europe is very unfair.  The media seems to delight in everything that goes wrong for City in the Champions League, conveniently forgetting they were playing in the most difficult group this year.  It took Chelsea years to win the Champions League, despite their vast wealth, so why the pressure on City?  Another Premier League title will be enough for this season, Europe can wait! 

1956 FA Cup Final

The goals from the 1956 FA Cup Final, from top, Joe Hayes puts City 1 - 0 up after only 3 minutes.  The middle picture is Jack Dyson scoring to put City 2 - 1 up after Birmingham equalised.  The final picture is Bobby Johnstone scoring the 3rd goal in City's 3 - 1 win.