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He was voted Player of the Year in 1991 and is an inductee of both the National Hall of Fame and the club's own Hall of Fame. Manchester City Football Club, then known as Ardwick, first entered the Football League in the 1892–93 season.
The following former Manchester City players and managers have been inducted into the Manchester City F.C. Hall of Fame, and are listed according to the year of their induction: [107] Inductees at the MCFC Hall of Fame
Tilson has been inducted into the Manchester City Hall of Fame. In 1977 the Manchester City Council named eleven streets in a new estate in Moss Side after famous City players including Tilson. [10] [6] He is listed as the twenty-eighth greatest ever City player on the Time website [11] and eighteenth in Ian Penney's book The Essential History ...
Manchester City Football Club, then known as Ardwick, first entered the Football Alliance in the 1891–92 season. In 1892, the Football League decided to expand, and invited the Alliance clubs to join; having chosen not to apply for entry into the First Division, Ardwick were placed in the newly formed Second Division. [1]
Young, widely regarded as one of Manchester City's most important players of the modern era, though not as celebrated nationally as teammates Colin Bell, Francis Lee and Mike Summerbee, was inducted into the Manchester City Hall of Fame in 2008. [8]
He was inducted into Manchester City's Hall of Fame in January 2004. [ 20 ] His brother Kim Book was a goalkeeper for Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic , Northampton Town , Mansfield Town and Doncaster Rovers , while Kim's son Steve was also a goalkeeper, principally with Cheltenham Town .
Born in Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, Johnson became an apprentice at the local shipyard.He played football part-time for Dalton Athletic and Dalton Casuals until 1919, when he signed a professional contract with Manchester City following a recommendation from City defender Eli Fletcher; Fletcher had threatened to leave the club if Johnson was not signed. [4]
Manchester City Player of the Year: 1971–72, 1972–73; Manchester City Hall of Fame: 2004 (inducted) English Football Hall of Fame: 2013 (inducted) Order of the British Empire; Summerbee was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to association football and charity. [10]