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Manchester City FC first came into being as St Marks (West Gorton) in 1880. There second name change was to Ardwick AFC in 1887 and the club finally became Manchester City FC in 1894. City’s first honours were won in 1899 when they won the Second Division. Their next major honour, the FA Cup is reported in this fine football history gift as they defeat Bolton Wanderers 1:0. The 1920s saw an FA Campaign that took City all the way to the final. Along the way, in 1926, they saw off some familiar and not so familiar names. The quarter-final was a one sided affair and City took ‘Clapton’ Orient to the cleaners with an impressive 6:1 victory. The semi-final was a satisfying win over the other team in Manchester, a 3:0 score line leaving no doubt as to who was the dominant team. Alas the final resulted in a narrow defeat to Bolton. All these vivid reports make up a unique personalised Manchester City football book for the discerning fan.

It’s 1934 and City picks up the FA Cup for the second time. 1937 and the club take the Division One Championship. Into the 1950s and this gift book celebrates another FA Cup victory in 1956. The 1960s see the appointment of a manager’s assistant called Malcolm Allison to support the newly appointed Joe Mercer. This perfect Manchester City history reports the 1970s and two League Cup wins, a European Cup Winners Cup win, and some behind the scenes tales of the signing of Steve Daley and Stuart Lee. Filled with detail this Manchester City gift idea will carry back the Man City fan to an era when City had multiple glories.

The 1980s were times of so nearly and City came close to glory in the FA Cup and lost an pulsating FA Cup replay in 1981, signed a real goal scorer, Trevor Francis, had a double figures victory (10:1) against Huddersfield, and went into the 90s with Peter Reid as manager, a record transfer fee (£2.5m) for Keith Curle, and at the end of the decade promotion to the First Division. An impressive Manchester City souvenir pulsating with end-to-end action makes this the ideal gift for any occasion.

The 2000s bring another collection of snapshots of the club, a 4:1 victory over Blackburn to gain entry to the exclusivity of the Premiership, the signing of the World Player of the Year – George Weah, and the arrival of Kevin Keegan and a certain Robbie Fowler.

Every Manchester City football books is made on your request. You add your personalization and our craftsmen and women create this unique Manchester City football present. For a small fee you can add the name of the recipient in gold embossing to the cover.

Each season we update our version of the Manchester City football gift from our archive of newspaper titles. Every year our gift of history is revived and new memories added to this remarkable piece of Manchester City memorabilia.

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