Manchester City HistoryOriginally formed in 1880 as St. Marks (West Gorton), they then became Ardwick A.F.C. in 1887 before changing their name to Manchester City F.C. in 1894. The club has won the League Championship twice, the FA Cup four times, the League Cup twice and the European Cup Winners Cup once. The club\'s most successful period was during the late 1960s and early 1970s, when they won several major trophies under the management team of Joe Mercer and his assistant Malcolm Allison, and with great players such as Colin Bell and Francis Lee.
However, the club has not won a major honour since 1976. The club\'s decline led to relegation twice in three years in the 1990s, meaning they spent one year in the third tier of English football. However, the club has since regained Premier League status, putting City back in the top flight, the division in which they have spent the majority of their history.
HedenAfgelopen zomer is Manchester City overgenomen door voormalig Thais minister president Thaksin Shinawatra. Hij stelde voormalig bondscoach van Engeland Sven Goran Eriksson aan als manager. Sindsdien zijn er talloze aankopen gedaan en zit het voetbal bij lichtblauwen in de lift. Voetballers als Elano, Micah Richards, Richard Dunne, Rolando Bianchi en Martin Petrov blinken wekelijks uit met prachtig voetbal. Manchester United is dit seizoen al verslagen.... waar gaat dit eindigen? UEFA Cup of....
StadionVeel supporters denken nog met weemoed terug aan Maine Road, het oude stadion van Manchester City, echter nu speelt men in het voor de Commonwealth Games gebouwde City of Manchester Stadium, in de volksmond ook wel Eastlands genoemd.
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De SelectieGoalkeepers1 Joe Hart
16 Kasper Schmeichel
Defenders3 Michael Ball
26 Tal Ben-Haim
5 Pablo Zabaleta
22 Richard Dunne
15 Javier Garrido
33 Vincent Kompany
30 Shaleum Logan
18 Danny Mills
4 Nedum Onuoha
2 Micah Richards
Midfielders19 Gelson Fernandes
21 Dietmar Hamann
6 Michael Johnson
Attacking midfielders11 Elano
25 Nery Castillo
29 Kelvin Etuhu
7 Stephen Ireland
17 Martin Petrov
8 Shaun Wright-Phillips
Strikers14 Jô
9 Valeri Bojinov
20 Felipe Caicedo
24 Ched Evans
27 Benjani Mwaruwari
28 Daniel Sturridge
12 Darius Vassell
Speelschemaquote:
August
16 Aston Villa (a)
23 West Ham (h)
30 Sunderland (a)
September
13 Chelsea (h)
20 Portsmouth (h)
27 Wigan (a)
October
4 Liverpool (h)
18 Newcastle (a)
25 Stoke (h)
28 Middlesbrough (a)
November
1 Bolton (a)
8 Tottenham (h)
15 Hull (a)
22 Arsenal (h)
29 Man Utd (h)
December
6 Fulham (a)
13 Everton (h)
20 West Brom (a)
26 Hull (h)
28 Blackburn (a)
January
10 Portsmouth (a)
17 Wigan (h)
28 Newcastle (h)
31 Stoke (a)
February
7 Middlesbrough (h)
21 Liverpool (a)
28 West Ham (a)
March
4 Aston Villa (h)
14 Chelsea (a)
21 Sunderland (h)
April
4 Arsenal (a)
SterspelerNog niet herkend door Sven, maar het enige echte supertalent van City is natuurlijk Georgios Samaras, hier op de foto met uw eigen topicopener, MaxPower.

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