Month: June 2007

1991/92 SEASON REVIEW Pre-season saw the initial welcome return of Paul Lake to training, however in his first session he broke down and unfortunately he was given the news that his cruciate ligament which had been ‘repaired’ in an operation Continue reading 1991/92→

1992/93 SEASON REVIEW Pre-season for City started with a three team friendly tournament in Dublin, in the first match against an League of Ireland XI, the blues won 3-0, however it was bad news for Andy Dibble who broke his Continue reading 1992/93→

1993/94 SEASON REVIEW The Summer had been frustrating for Peter Reid, he was only too aware of the limitations of his squad. His attempts to strengthen it in order to compete with the big clubs floundered on Chairman Peter Swales’s Continue reading 1993/94→

1994/95 SEASON REVIEW Following the Taylor Report All seater stadia in the Premiership was deemed compulsory from the start of the season and the new seated Kippax was not yet ready. And therefore sell outs of around 25,000 were expected Continue reading 1994/95→

1995/96 Season In July Francis Lee controversially appointed Alan Ball as City’s manager. Lee commented “Alan Ball says this is the manager’s job he has been waiting for and that he is willing to die for the club. If the Continue reading 1995/96→

1996/97 SEASON REVIEW Although City  had to look forward to a season of lower league opposition there was some good news in that City had managed to stave off the interests of top Italian clubs in Kinkladze and indeed Francis Continue reading 1996/97→

1997/98 SEASON REVIEW Chairman Francis Lee hailed the new season by announcing “There is a great feeling of anticipation in the club that this is going to be our season”. The famous sky blue shirts were now Laser Blue for Continue reading 1997/98→

1998/99 SEASON REVIEW It was not a fact that any City fan wanted to hear but City started the season for the first time ever in the third tier of English football, following the traumatic relegation from Division 1. The Continue reading 1998/99→

      My name is Trevor Boswell and I’m a proud supporter of God’s own team, Manchester City I’ve been supporting the Blues since I can remember football, I was born in Hulme in 1962 and attended my first Continue reading About the Author→

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