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Throughout their history, Manchester City and Manchester United had been continued rivals, with their sparring becoming particularly relevant during the 1960s and early 1970s when Manchester was known as 'The Capital of English Football, [10] [11] but while United entered a period of unprecedented success during the 1990s [12] under the leadership of Alex Ferguson, City instead struggled and ...
Sergio Leonel Agüero del Castillo (born 2 June 1988), also known as Kun Agüero, [ 5 ] is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is regarded as one of the best strikers of all time and one of the greatest players in the history of the Premier League. [ 6 ][ 7 ][ 8 ] He played for Manchester City from 2011 to ...
The history of English grammars[1][2] begins late in the sixteenth century with the Pamphlet for Grammar by William Bullokar. In the early works, the structure and rules of English grammar were based on those of Latin. A more modern approach, incorporating phonology, was introduced in the nineteenth century.
16 °C (61 °F) 11 kilometres per hour (6.8 mph) In the 2011–12 Premier League season, the first game between Manchester United and Manchester City took place at Old Trafford, Manchester, on 23 October 2011. The fixture was both teams' ninth game of the season. City won the match 6–1, their biggest ever win in the Manchester derby, and ...
For a list of all Manchester City players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Manchester City F.C. players. Richard Dunne played for the club for nine years between 2000–2009, making 352 appearances and scoring 8 goals. He won the Player of the Year award four times, the club record, since equalled by Kevin De Bruyne, and ...
The goal scored by Ernesto Grillo during a 1953 friendly match played at River Plate stadium, where Argentina won 3–1. The national teams had met before their 1966 clash – Argentina were the first team other than Scotland to play England at Wembley Stadium in 1951 when the inaugural full international match between the sides ended with a 2–1 victory for England. [9]
Samuel Johnson 's 1755 dictionary contributed to the standardization of English spelling. More influentially, the first of a long line of prescriptionist usage commentators, Robert Lowth, published A Short Introduction to English Grammar in 1762. Lowth's grammar is the source of many of the prescriptive shibboleths that are studied in schools ...
The 1988–89 title race was the closest in the history of the First Division. [17] In the run-up to the Anfield match, Arsenal lost to Derby County and drew with Wimbledon; Liverpool won twice, 2–0 against Queens Park Rangers and 5–1 against West Ham United allowing them to overtake Arsenal with one game to play and take a superior goal difference. [14]