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Manchester City Football Club (or simply Man City F.C.) is a professional football club based in Manchester, England, that competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's (West Gorton) , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894.
Manchester bee art in the Northern Quarter. The worker bee is one of the best-known symbols of Manchester. It was adopted as a motif for Manchester during the Industrial Revolution, at a time when Manchester was taking a leading role in new forms of mass production, and symbolises Mancunians' hard work during this era and Manchester being a hive of activity in the 19th century.
An old man (usually sporting a cane or listening to a portable radio) Esporte Clube Bahia: Super-Homem A man in a blue super-hero costume, inspired on DC Comics' Superman. Fluminense Football Club: Guerreirinho (The Little Warrior) A knight. Named after the nickname "Time de Guerreiros" (Warriors' Team) that came around in 2009.
In conjunction with the recruitment of Pep Guardiola, [2] the manager whom City's executives had sought to hire since they joined the club four years previously and the man synonymous with the style of football they wanted the club to espouse, [3] Manchester City announced a series of adjustments to the club's "brand" prior to the start of the season.
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. [9] During the 1934 cup run, Manchester City broke the record for the highest home attendance of any club in English football history, as 84,569 fans packed Maine Road for a sixth round FA Cup tie against Stoke City in 1934—a record which ...
City were powered by Erling Haaland’s goals earlier in the season but they are now too reliant on them. They have four non-scoring wingers. They have four non-scoring wingers. Neither Silva nor ...
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Manchester City F.C. and its fans have been portrayed in numerous music, art and TV programmes. L.S. Lowry was a Manchester City supporter who gained inspiration for his people, often known as 'matchstick men' at matches. Oasis used an animated video of Lowry's Going to the match for their single, "The Masterplan".