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The Manchester City team that won the FA Cup in 1904, the club's first major honour.. Manchester City were formed in 1880 as West Gorton (St. Marks). [1] At this time organised league football did not exist; ordinary matches (that today would be called friendly games) were arranged on a largely ad hoc basis and supplemented by the competitive games that cup competition required.
Manchester City Football Club is a professional football club based in Manchester, England, ... and in 2001 City were relegated once more. ...
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 ...
Manchester City became the only team to have been relegated in the season after winning the league title as well as the only team to ever be relegated from the top tier of English football having scored the most goals in that particular season.
Manchester City were relegated to the third tier of the English league for the first time in their history. Halifax Town won the Conference title and were promoted back to the Football League after five years away. Reading left Elm Park after 102 years and relocated to the 25,000-seat Madejski Stadium named after chairman John Madejski.
Manchester City are relegated to Division Two, despite winning 5–2 at also-doomed Stoke City. It is the first time in their history that they will be playing in the third tier of the English league. They are also the first former winners of a European trophy to be relegated to the third tier of their domestic league.
City's final match of the 1973–74 season was against arch-rivals Manchester United, who needed to win to stand a chance of avoiding relegation. City themselves were still in with a mathematical chance of relegation, though merely avoiding defeat would put survival beyond all doubt.
Qualification or relegation 12 Coventry City: 38 14 7 17 39 59 −20 49 13 Manchester United: 38 13 9 16 46 47 ... Manchester City : West Bridgford: Stadium: City Ground: