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Congratulations @ManCity for reaching the women’s FA Cup semi final after a 2-0 victory over Aston Villa. Nice work Blues!

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The 1950s: The 1954-55 Season The new series on Manchester City in the 1950s continues today with this 3,400 word article on the 1954-55 season when City reached the FA Cup final and Don Revie was FWA Footballer of the Year. Enjoy! This is a subscriber article and you can read it by subscribing…

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Happy International Women’s Day #IWD2025 Another wonderful video and feature from @mancity on the Manchester Corinthians from our visit the other week. A few of the Corinthians were guests of the club and this video on them is well worth watching:

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The 1950s: The 1953-54 Season The new series on the 1950s continues today with this 1,700 word article on the 1953-54 season. Enjoy! This is a subscriber article and you can read it by subscribing below. Subscriber Content 1953-1954 Building Blocks Despite making significant profits in most of the…

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Another wonderful video and feature from Manchester City on the Manchester Corinthians from our visit the other week. We’ll worth watching: www.mancity.com/features/man... #IWD2025

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The latest Manchester Corinthians article on the Manchester City website is now live (follow the link): www.mancity.com/news/womens/... This one talks of a Corinthian who became a key figure with City’s women’s team too. Enjoy!

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Nice comments here from John Tueart about meeting one of the Corinthians, Linda Hallam, the other night (see image)

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Happy International Women’s Day! #IWD2025

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The latest Manchester Corinthians article on the Manchester City website is now live (follow the link): www.mancity.com/news/womens/... This one talks of a Corinthian who became a key figure with City’s women’s team too. Enjoy!

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The 1950s: The 1951-52 Season The new series on the 1950s continues today with this article on the 1951-52 season. Enjoy! This is a subscriber article and you can read it by subscribing below. Subscriber Content 1951-1952 Revie Signs For Les McDowall this season was probably seen as a season of…

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The 1950s: The 1952-53 Season The new series on the 1950s continues today with this 2,000 word article on the 1952-53 season. Enjoy! This is a subscriber article and you can read it by subscribing below. Subscriber Content 1952-1953 Trautmann The Saviour The season opened with two successive…

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The 1950s: The 1952-53 Season The new series on the 1950s continues today with this 2,000 word article on the 1952-53 season. Enjoy! This is a subscriber article and you can read it by subscribing below. Subscriber Content 1952-1953 Trautmann The Saviour The season opened with two successive…

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The @manlywritersfest.bsky.social is just 3 weeks away! Get ready for a literary feast packed with stories, revolutionary ideas and plenty of football and food for thought + surprises you won't want to miss! manlyobserver.com.au/soccer-sunda... @footballcollective.bsky.social @garyjames.bsky.social

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The 1950s: The 1951-52 Season The new series on the 1950s continues today with this article on the 1951-52 season. Enjoy! This is a subscriber article and you can read it by subscribing below. Subscriber Content 1951-1952 Revie Signs For Les McDowall this season was probably seen as a season of…

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Happy World Book Day: Manchester Corinthians Book As it’s World Book Day I’m going to mention Manchester Corinthians: The Authorised History. We had a good event last night at Manchester Library and we’ve heard some wonderful stuff on the book. Thanks for all these positive responses which,…

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Thanks to all who came tonight to the Corinthians’ talk. Here’s a link to the 18 minute film I mentioned: www.imprintfilms.co.uk/oh-what-a-team Well worth watching.

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The 1950s: Remembering Steve Fleet Following the death of former Manchester City, Stockport County and Altrincham goalkeeper Steve Fleet (who was also the man who had to break the news of Eddie Colman's death to Eddie's parents following the Munich air crash) I've decided to post one of the many…

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A reminder that I’ll be talking tonight at Manchester Central Library abt the history of women’s football in Manchester. It’s a free talk and I’ll have copies of the new book available at the discounted price of £20 (RRP £25). Details of how to attend the talk here: librarylive.co.uk/event/celebr...

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It’s been a great start to this series on the 1950s seasons. I can’t recommend Gary’s site enough. If you’ve any interest in City’s history then a subscription is a must. It’s an education.

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#IWD #WomensHistoryMonth

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Tomorrow’s Football History Talk at Manchester Central library A reminder that tomorrow's free talk at Manchester Central Library starts at 5.30pm and tickets can be booked here: Note Also that I'll have copies of Manchester Corinthians: The Authorised History available on the night for the…

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Tomorrow’s Football History Talk at Manchester Central library A reminder that tomorrow's free talk at Manchester Central Library starts at 5.30pm and tickets can be booked here: Note Also that I'll have copies of Manchester Corinthians: The Authorised History available on the night for the…

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The 1950s: The 1950-51 Season The new series on the 1950s continues today with this 1,500 word article on the 1950-51 season. Enjoy! This is a subscriber article and you can read it by subscribing below. Subscriber Content 1950-1951 Paul & Promotion The Second Division was not the place for one of…

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Doing anything next Wednesday? I'm doing a talk at Manchester Central Library on the Manchester Corinthians women's team for International Women's Day (and World Book Day). See librarylive.co.uk/event/celebr...

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The 1950s: The 1949-50 Season The new series on the 1950s starts today with this 2,300 word article on the 1949-50 season. Enjoy! This is a subscriber article and you can read it by subscribing below. Subscriber Content 1949-1950 Goalkeeping Crisis Frank Swift’s intended replacement Alec Thurlow…

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The 1950s: The 1949-50 Season The new series on the 1950s starts today with this 2,300 word article on the 1949-50 season. Enjoy! This is a subscriber article and you can read it by subscribing below. Subscriber Content 1949-1950 Goalkeeping Crisis Frank Swift’s intended replacement Alec Thurlow…

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Steve Fleet I’ve just heard the sad news that the former Manchester City and Stockport County goalkeeper Steve Fleet has passed way. So sad to hear this news. Steve was a wonderful man. He was also the man who had to break the news of Eddie Colman’s death to Eddie’s parents after Munich. I’ll post…

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The 1950s: Starting Tomorrow! Starting tomorrow I'll be posting a series of articles on Manchester City in the 1950s. It will be similar to the series I've posted on the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s etc. The series will start with a subscriber article on the 1949-50 season - a season that saw Bert…

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United’s Bank Street and City’s Etihad Then and Now I'm not certain how many match going fans realise how close the site of Manchester City's is to the site of Manchester United's old Bank Street ground. The Reds moved back in 1910 to Old Trafford and the site is now the home of the BMX indoor…

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MCFC V Plymouth - There are a lot of articles on my website linking these teams. Follow the link for a selection: gjfootballarchive.com/tag/plymouth/

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My piece in today’s MCFC v Plymouth Argyle match programme recalls the days when Tony Book played against City. If you get chance to read it I hope you enjoy it.

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United’s Bank Street and City’s Etihad Then and Now I'm not certain how many match going fans realise how close the site of Manchester City's is to the site of Manchester United's old Bank Street ground. The Reds moved back in 1910 to Old Trafford and the site is now the home of the BMX indoor…

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Join author and historian @garyjames.bsky.social to learn all about the history of the Manchester Corinthians Ladies Football Club, established during the FA ban on women’s football using FA affiliated grounds.

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On this day in 1976 (follow the link): gjfootballarchive.com/2024/02/28/t...

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The 1980s: Adcock’s ‘arf Hour v Plymouth With Manchester City and Plymouth meeting this weekend it's worth remembering this past encounter between the two teams. They met on 10 November 1987 - only three days after City had thrashed Huddersfield 10-1 in the League. The meeting with Plymouth was in…

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Haaland Five v Luton On this day (27 February) in 2024 Erling Haaland scored five against Luton Town in the FA Cup. On a night when memories of Denis Law scoring six in the FA Cup against Luton (and then getting them all wiped from the records as the game was abandoned) it was a wonderful…

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My latest article on the Manchester Corinthians is now live here: www.mancity.com/news/womens/... Thanks To Manchester City for publishing these.

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My latest article on the Manchester Corinthians is now live here: www.mancity.com/news/womens/... Thanks To Manchester City for publishing these.

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Haaland Five v Luton On this day (27 February) in 2024 Erling Haaland scored five against Luton Town in the FA Cup. On a night when memories of Denis Law scoring six in the FA Cup against Luton (and then getting them all wiped from the records as the game was abandoned) it was a wonderful…

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An important City win but a combination of refereeing and VAR really does add a level of frustration the game doesn’t need. Thought Khusanov was good again. He seems to be someone some in the media like to criticise but he’s definitely delivering game after game.

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Tottenham v Manchester City Tonight's it's Tottenham v City. The two teams first met in a FA Cup tie in January 1909 with the first League game coming at White Hart Lane on 27 December 1910. City's first scorer in a League match with Spurs was John Smith, who netted in that first League game (a…

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