Secretary-manager Ernest Mangnall bore the brunt of the criticism, and resigned to join United's neighbours and rivals Manchester City. The search for Mangnall's successor finished at the door of JJ Bentley, the president of the Football League. Under his guidance, the Reds claimed fourth ...
How does one build on a treble? Manchester City is the second to do so in the history of the Premier League as Pep Guardiola and Co. deal with the Summer of 2023.
On August 19, 2024, Erling Haaland etched his name further into Manchester City’s history by playing his 100th match for the club. In a thrilling Premier League opener, Haaland’s contributions were vital as he scored a goal in City’s impressive 2-0 away victory against Chelsea. This ...
Manchester City managerPep Guardiolaand club chairmanKhaldoon Al Mubaraklift the trophy after City's Champions League triumph. The journey to take Manchester City to the top of the club game has been a long one, and one that has endured many bumps along the way. But under the guidance of ...
How Manchester United Built the Most Potent Attack in Premier League History: Part 3: European Journey and Regression to the Norm in 2008/09 July 5, 2020 Historical Series Since their historic treble in the 1998/99 season, Manchester United had fared...
Most in England were affronted by this, thinking it was against the spirit of the game; Busby had been ahead of the curve in this regard, firstly through making sure players were trained to cover multiple positions but also in how he bucked the trend to subtly change those roles. In the...
Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw’s remarkable scoring form over the 2023/24 campaign ensured she once again wrote her name in the history books as City’s first-ever WSL Golden Boot winner. The Jamaican grabbed 21 goals in just 18 appearances and would surely have broken the league’s single season...
only suffered two losses so far this campaign, both at the hands of Chelsea, and remain top of the Women's Super League table. An action-packed 3-2 win over Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday also saw United progress to the FA Cup final for the first time in the club's history. ...
West Ham United are in Old Trafford, a couple of miles south west of the city centre, for a Premier League fixture that could go a way towards deciding which of these two clubs finishes in the top six come May. The Irons begin the day one point and two places above the Red Devils ...
David Barratt who, like Duncan, is from the Black Country, has spent a lifetime researching Duncan’s history. He brings together in this book – with the help of his lifelong friends David Harrison and Alan Hughes – the outstanding, but sadly brief, life of the great footballer. ...