Man City
About Man City
Manchester City Football Club, commonly referred to as Man City, 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, they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894. The club's home ground is the City of Manchester Stadium in east Manchester, to which they moved in 2003, having played at Maine Road since 1923. Manchester City adopted their sky blue home shirts in 1894, the first season with the current name. The club is one of the most successful in English football, having won ten league titles, seven FA Cups, nine League Cups, seven FA Community Shields, one UEFA Champions League, one European Cup Winners' Cup, one UEFA Super Cup and one FIFA Club World Cup.
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Young boys in Ancoats recreated the Franco-Prussian war battles on the streets, and the game quickly evolved into a widespread vogue for street battles that turned into gang warfare.
from 269: No Such Thing As Singing The Sport · read transcript
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