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Blue Moon Rising is a British sport documentary film released on 17 September 2010. [1] The film title is a play on words referring to Manchester City's fan anthem, " Blue Moon " and chronicles the fortunes of Manchester City Football Club through the 2009-2010 football season with insight from Manchester City supporters .
"Blue Moon" is a popular song written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in 1934 that has become a standard ballad. Early recordings included those by Connee Boswell and by Al Bowlly in 1935. The song was a hit twice in 1949, with successful recordings in the U.S. by Billy Eckstine and Mel Tormé .
Manchester: The Greatest City. Polar Publishing. Clayton, David (2002). Everything under the Blue Moon: the complete book of Manchester City FC - and more!. Edinburgh: Mainstream publishing. ISBN 1-84018-687-9. Murray, Chris (2002). Attitude Blue: Manchester City F.C. and P.L.C. Manchester: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 0-9520520-9-1.
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.
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 ...
A feature film documenting Manchester City's 2009–10 season called Blue Moon Rising [86] was released nationwide in 2010. The film mainly follows a group of Manchester City fans in their Renault Espace throughout the season detailing the highs and lows whilst the film will also feature exclusive footage and interviews with fans, players and ...
Umbro supplied kits for Manchester City for the third season in a row. Home: The home kit for the 2011–12 season featured a striking "soundwave" graphic embedded on to the front of the shirt. The "soundwave" graphic took inspiration from the club's anthem, the Blue Moon, which was sung by fans on the match
"Man City" received positive reviews from critics. Myles McNutt of The A.V. Club gave the episode a "B" and wrote, "I feel we've reached a point of maturity in the Ted Lasso discourse that I can spend some time detailing how frustrated I am with Sam and Rebecca's storyline in 'Man City' without derailing the great conversations we've been ...