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1933/34 SEASON REVIEW It was a mixed start to the season as City were beaten 3-2 at Maine Road on the opening day of the season by Sheffield Wednesday, they then beat Birmingham 1-0 at St Andrews and drew 0-0 Continue reading 1933/34→

  1934/35 SEASON REVIEW The City board announced a profit of £6,322, 5s. 3d for the previous year and hoped to boost profits by selling season tickets for The Kippax for the first time. The season started well for the Continue reading 1934/35→

1935/36 SEASON REVIEW The City board announced record profits of £5,165, and in June they spent £5,000 of it on Partick Thistle’s Centre Half Bob Donnelly. It was a great start to the season for the Blues as they beat Continue reading 1935/36→

  1936/37 SEASON REVIEW Pre-season City brought in Robert Regan from Partick Thistle The season started with a 2-0 defeat at Middlesbrough , however at Maine Road City found their shooting boots as they beat Leeds 4-0 and West Brom Continue reading 1936/37→

  SEASON REVIEW 1937/38 City would start the season as Champions of England. There were no additions at Maine Road and although the board knew the senior squad was beginning to look old they were confident that youngsters coming through Continue reading 1937/38→

1938/39 SEASON REVIEW City had sensationally dropped from being First Division Champions to being relegated to Division 2 in one season and manager Wilf Wild was keen on a swift return to Division one. He brought in one player in Continue reading 1938/39→

  1939/40 SEASON REVIEW The season kicked off with some uncertainty with the on-set of Hitler’s onslaught in Europe the fans were more concerned with the possibility of war than with football. The Blues played one pre-season friendly, drawing 1-1 Continue reading 1939/40→

1940/41 SEASON REVIEW Prior to the start of the season the board announced losses of £3,858, 3s. 5d. the loss mainly attributed to the war. To help the War effort City played a pre-season against an RAF XI at Maine Continue reading 1940/41→

1941/42 SEASON REVIEW  The season would be played in two sections, the first league competition would finish at Christmas and the second section would also count towards the War Cup competition. It was a poor start from City as they Continue reading 1941/42→

  1942/43 SEASON In what would be now the fourth war season, the Northern League would consist of two halves, the second period of games after Christmas would also count as qualifying games in the League War Cup. Prior to Continue reading 1942/43→