~Manchester City MM~|Getting To Europe|~

[Torres_9_16]

This is my first ever MM thread so it may not be that good

Manchester City

Owner: Sheikh Mansour
Budget: 100,000,000 +
Star Player: Robinho
Manager: Mark Hughes
Kit colours: Home: Light Blue and White, Away: Dark Red and Black, Alternate: Orange and Black
Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Mission: Getting into Europe

Honours:

• First Division Winners (2): 1936-37, 1967-68

• Second Division Winners (7): 1898-99, 1902-03, 1909-10, 1927-28, 1946-47, 1965-66, 2001-02

• Second Division Play-off winners 1998-99

• FA Cup Winners (4): 1904, 1934, 1956, 1969

• League Cup Winners (2): 1970, 1976

• Charity Shield Winners (3): 1937, 1968, 1972

• European Cup Winners' Cup Winners (1): 1970

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Squad

Goalkeepers:

Joe Hart







Squad Number: 1
D.O.B: 19/4/1987

Shay Given





Squad Number: 37
D.O.B: 20/4/1976

Kasper Schmeichel





Squad Number: 16
D.O.B: 5/11/1986

Defenders:

Pablo Zabaleta





Squad Number: 5
D.O.B: 6/1/1985

Richard Dunne





Squad Number: 22
D.O.B: 21/9/1979

Micah Richards





Squad Number: 2
D.O.B: 24/6/1988

Wayne Bridge





Squad Number: 25
D.O.B: 5/8/1980

Nedum Onuoha





Squad Number: 4
D.O.B: 12/11/1986

Michael Ball





Squad Number: 3
D.O.B: 2/10/1979

Breno





Squad Number: 26
D.O.B: 13/10/1989

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Defenders continued

Javier Garrido





Squad Number: 15
D.O.B: 15/3/1985

Midfielders:

Shaun Wright-Phillips





Squad Number: 8
D.O.B: 25/10/1981

Nigel De Jong





Squad Number: 34
D.O.B: 30/11/1984

Elano





Squad Number: 11
D.O.B: 14/6/1981

Michael Johnson





Squad Number: 6
D.O.B: 24/2/1988

Martin Petrov





Squad Number: 17
D.O.B: 15/1/1979

Stephen Ireland





Squad Number: 7
D.O.B: 22/8/1986

Dietmar Hamann





Squad Number: 21
D.O.B: 27/8/1973

Yoan Gourcuff





Squad Number:19
D.O.B: 11/7/1986

Vincent Kompany





Squad Number: 33
D.O.B: 10/4/1986

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Midfielders Continued

Kelvin Etuhu











Squad Number: 29
D.O.B: 30/5/1988

Attackers:

Robinho











Squad Number:10
D.O.B: 25/1/1984

Craig Bellamy











Squad Number: 39
D.O.B: 31/7/1979

Valeri Bojinov











Squad Number: 9
D.O.B: 15/2/1986

Benjani Mwaruwari











Squad Number: 27
D.O.B: 13/8/1978

Odion Ighalo





Squad Number: 12
D.O.B:

Felipe Caicedo











Squad Number: 20
D.O.B: 5/9/1988

Daniel Sturridge (on loan)











Squad Number: 28
D.O.B: 1/9/1989

Jo (on loan)











Squad Number: 14
D.O.B: 20/3/1987

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History

Manchester City F.C. was founded as St. Marks (West Gorton) in 1880 by Anna Connell and two wardens of St. Mark's Church.

City gained their first honours by winning the Second Division in 1899; with it came promotion to the highest level in English football, the First Division. They went on to claim their first major honour on 23 April 1904, beating Bolton Wanderers 1-0 at Crystal Palace to win the FA Cup; City but they missed out on a League and Cup double that season after finishing runners-up in the League.
In the seasons following the FA Cup triumph, the club was dogged by allegations of financial uncertainty, this ended up in the suspension of seventeen players in 1906, including captain Billy Meredith, who subsequently moved across town to Manchester United. A fire at Hyde Road destroyed the main stand in 1920, and in 1923 the club moved to their new stadium at Maine Road in Moss Side.

In the 1930s, Manchester City reached two consecutive FA Cup finals, losing to Everton in 1933, before claiming the Cup by beating Portsmouth in 1934. The clubs won the First Division title for the first time in 1937, but were relegated the following season, despite scoring more goals than any other team in the division.
20 years later, a City team inspired by a tactical system known as the Revie Plan reached consecutive FA Cup finals again, in 1955 and 1956; just as in the 1930s, they lost the first one, to Newcastle United, and won the second in the 1956 final, in which Manchester City beat Birmingham City 3-1, this has become one of the most famous finals of all-time, and is remembered for City goalkeeper Bert Trautmann continuing to play on after unknowingly breaking his neck.
After relegation to the Second Division in 1963, the future looked bad with a record low home attendance of 8,015 against Swindon Town in January 1965. In the summer of 1965, the management team of Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison was appointed. In the first season under Mercer, City won the Second Division title and made important signings in Mike Summerbee and Colin Bell. Two seasons later, in 1967-68, Manchester City claimed the League Championship for the second time, clinching the title on the final day of the season with a 4-3 win at Newcastle United.

Further trophies followed: City won the FA Cup in 1969, before winning the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1970, beating Górnik Zabrze 2-1 in Vienna. City also won the League Cup that season, becoming the second English team to win a European trophy and a domestic trophy in the same season.

The club continued to challenge for silver ware throughout the 1970s, finishing just one point behind the league champions twice and reaching the final of the 1974 League Cup. One of the matches from this period that is most fondly remembered by supporters of Manchester City is the final match of the 1973–74 season against rivals Manchester United, who needed to win to have any hope of avoiding relegation. Former United player Denis Law scored with a backheel to give City a 1-0 win at Old Trafford and confirm the relegation of their rivals. The final trophy of the club's most successful period was won in 1976, when they beat Newcastle United 2-1 in the League Cup final.

A long period of decline followed the success of the 1960s and 1970s. Malcolm Allison rejoined the club to become manager for the second time in 1979, but wasted large sums of money on unsuccessful signings, such as Steve Daley. Many managers then followed seven in the 1980s alone. City reached the 1981 FA Cup final but lost in a replay to Tottenham Hotspur.

The club were twice relegated from the top flight in the 1980s (in 1983 and 1987), but recovered to finish fifth in Division One twice in succession under the management of Peter Reid. However, this was only a temporary respite, and following Reid's departure Manchester City's fortunes continued to fade. City were founders of the Premier League upon its creation in 1992, but were relegated to Division One in 1996. After two seasons in Division One, City fell to the lowest point in their history, becoming the first ever European trophy winners to be relegated to English football's third tier.

After relegation, the club underwent major changes off-the-field, with new chairman David Bernstein introducing greater financial discipline. City were promoted at the first attempt, achieved in dramatic fashion in a playoff against Gillingham. A second promotion saw City return to the top division, but this proved to have been a step too far for the recovering club, and in 2001 City were relegated once more. Kevin Keegan arrived as the new manager in the close season, bringing an immediate return to the top division as the club won the 2001-02 Division One championship, breaking club records for the number of points gained and goals scored in a season in the process.

The 2002–03 season was the last at Maine Road, and included a 3-1 derby victory over rivals Manchester United, ending a run of 13 years without a derby win. City also qualified for the UEFA Cup through the "Fair Play ranking", earning the club's first entry into European competition in 25 years.

In the 2003 close season the club moved to the new City of Manchester Stadium. In March 2005, Kevin Keegan left the club, and Stuart Pearce took over as caretaker, leading his side to an eight-match unbeaten run at the end of the season as they just missed out on European qualification. Pearce was rewarded by being given the manager's position on a permanent basis. The 2005–06 season started brightly for Manchester City; the club held a top-six position until November. However, form deteriorated in the second half of the season and City finished 15th.

In the 2006–07 season City struggled to score goals, particularly at home. The team created a new record for the fewest goals scored at home in a season in the top flight (beating Sunderland's 14 in 2002–03 and Woolwich Arsenal's 11 in 1912–13), scoring only 10 goals (having missed two penalties in the last two home matches) as City finished in fourteenth place. The season's troubles resulted in the sacking of manager Stuart Pearce and his coaching staff.

Sven-Göran Eriksson, took over City in July 2007, a year after resigning as England's coach. City won the first three games of the season (including the local derby to Manchester United), with no goals against, but were finally halted on the fourth game against Arsenal. However the team's performances at home saw them win ten consecutive home games from the opening home win against Derby on the 15th August, until the team lost to Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 in the Carling Cup on December 18th over four months later. After that, despite doing the double over Manchester United, performances were far weaker than in the earlier half of the season. When it became clear with two matches still to play that Chairman Thaksin Shinawatra intended to sack Eriksson at the end of the season, it prompted protests from City fans. Two of their largest supporters' organizations were highly critical of Shinawatra's conduct in the matter, and said that he risked disrupting the fans. With the club in some chaos, City lost their last game of the season at Middlesbrough 8-1, but still qualified for the UEFA Cup through the Fair Play ranking. Eriksson took the team on a tour of Thailand and Hong Kong in mid-May, but was officially sacked on 2 June 2008.Eriksson was replaced by Mark Hughes two days later on the 4 June 2008.

On transfer deadline day of the 08-09 season, the club pulled off a massive coup by beating Chelsea to the signing of Real Madrid's Brazil star Robinho for a British transfer record-breaking £32.5 million. The season started reasonably well, but a string of defeats left the team just above the relegation positions at the end of 2008, although they had reached the knockout stage of the UEFA Cup.

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FIXTURES AND RESULTS

Pre Season Frendlies

Aberdeen (H) 8/7/2008 (Pre Season Freindly) Result: 4-1
Werder Bremen (H) 15/7/2008 (Pre Season Freindly)
Cagliari (H) 22/7/2008 (Pre Season Freindly)
Newcastle United (A) 13/8/2008 (Premier league)
West Ham (H) 16/8/2008 (Premier league)
Middlesborough (A) 23/8/2008 (Premier league)
Wigan Athletic (H) 30/8/2008 (Premier league)
Manchester United (A) 6/9/2008 (Premier league)
Luton Town (A) 9/9/2008 (English League Cup)
Blackburn Rovers (H) 13/9/2008 (Premier league)
Arsenal (A) 20/9/2008 (Premier league)
Sunderland (H) 27/9/2008 (Premier league)
More League and cup fixtures coming soon

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Statistics

Name-------------------Apperances------Goals-------Assists
Shay Given---------------1------------------0--------------0---
Joe Hart-------------------0------------------0--------------0---
Kasper Schmeichel------0------------------0--------------0---
Nedum Onuoha----------1------------------0--------------0---
Pablo Zabaleta-----------1------------------0--------------0---
Vincent Kompany-------1------------------0--------------0---
Micah Richards----------1------------------0--------------0---
Richard Dunne-----------1------------------0--------------0---
Breno--------------------0------------------0--------------0---
Michael Ball--------------0------------------0--------------0---
Wayne Bridge------------0------------------0--------------0---
Javier Garrido------------0------------------0--------------0---
Dietmar Hamann---------0------------------0--------------0---
Kelvin Etuhu-------------0------------------0--------------0---
Shaun Wright Phillips-----1------------------0--------------2---
Michael Johnson---------1------------------0--------------0---
Yoan Gourcuff-----------0------------------0--------------0---
Nigel De Jong------------0------------------0--------------0---
Martin Petrov------------1------------------0--------------0---
Stephen Ireland----------1------------------0--------------0---
Elano---------------------1------------------0--------------0---
Felipe Caicedo-----------0------------------0--------------0---
Robinho-------------------1------------------1--------------1---
Valeri Bojinov------------1------------------0--------------0---
Benjani Mwaurwari------0------------------0--------------0---
Craig Bellamy------------1------------------3--------------0---
Odion Ighalo------------0------------------0--------------0---
Jo (on loan)-----------------------------------------------------
Daniel Sturridge(on loan)--------------------------------

[SBFC-Chris]

when you have some time add some pics

[Torres_9_16]

i have they havent came up it just comes up with links
How did you get your pictures up???
Also how do you make a link to this on you signature?

[SBFC-Chris]

to get the pics up, click on the picture in the toolbar with the mountain on and copy and paste the web address into the bar

[KingCantona07]

[IMG]Insert link of picture[/IMG]

I hate Man City but good luck anyway

[Torres_9_16]

Better???

[SBFC-Chris]

yeah thats a lot better mate

[AnfieldRoad92]

yeah, that looks better. But maybe you should have left the Wayne Bridge one just a hyperlink, he's kinda creepy looking that close up.

[Torres_9_16]

lol i know

[SBFC-Chris]

getting a lot better this is absolutely superb for a beginner

[Torres_9_16]

thanks
what do I need to add??

[Arsenal-Watford]

Woah...Bridge looks damn ugly...!

[The Citizen]

Originally Posted by Torres_9_16

thanks
what do I need to add??

no not add
what you need to do is sell that useless lump Vassell for however much you can

[.DJ]

Did u copy that history from wiki?

[The Citizen]

Originally Posted by D1J

Did u copy that history from wiki?

in actual fact he did!
my blues deserve better

[Torres_9_16]

Originally Posted by The Citizen

no not add
what you need to do is sell that useless lump Vassell for however much you can

I m only 1 game in and he is the next player on my list to get rid of
Who should I bring in??
Any suggestions anyone??

[SBFC-Chris]

Maybe sell Michael Johnson and bring in someone like John Obi Mikel from Chelsea, who grows quite quickly and to high overall

[Camo]

well for starters dont copy of wiki

[SBFC-Chris]

yeah, just try and change some of the words and edit it to make it look like you've written it