Manchester City F.C.

Manchester City Football Club is a football club based in Manchester, United Kingdom. Having been formed in 1880 as West Gorton Saint Marks, it went on to become Ardwick A.F.C. in 1887 and moved to Hyde Road, before finally becoming Manchester City F.C. in 1894. The club has won the League Championship twice, the F.A. Cup four times, the League Cup twice and the European Cup Winners Cup once. They currently play in the FA Premier League, and have spent the majority of their history in the top division.

Managerial history

• Lawrence Furniss: 1 August 1889 – 31 May 1893
• Joshua Parlby: 1 August 1893 – 31 May 1895
• Sam Omerod: 1 August 1895 – 1 July 1902
• Tom Maley: 1 July 1902 – 1 July 1906
• Harry Newbould: 1 July 1906 – 31 July 1912
• Ernest Magnall: 1 August 1912 – 1 May 1924
• David Ashworth: 1 July 1924 – 1 November 1925
• Peter Hodge: 1 May 1926 – 1 March 1932
• Wilf Wild: 1 March 1932 – 1 November 1946
• Sam Cowan: 1 November 1946 – 1 June 1947
• John "Jock" Thomson: 1 June 1947 – 1 February 1950
• Leslie McDowall: 1 June 1950 – 1 May 1963
• George Poyser: 1 May 1963 – 1 April 1965
• Joe Mercer: 1 July 1965 – 12 June 1971
• Malcolm Allison: 12 June 1971 – 30 March 1973
• Johnny Hart: 1 May 1973 – 16 November 1973
• Ron Saunders: 22 November 1973 – 12 April 1974
• Tony Book: 12 April 1974 – 1 January 1979
• Malcolm Allison: 16 July 1979 – 1 October 1980
• John Bond: 1 October 1980 – 3 February 1983
• John Benson: 3 February 1983 – 7 June 1983
• Billy McNeill: 30 June 1983 – 22 September 1986
• Jimmy Frizzell: 1 October 1986 – 1 May 1987
• Mel Machin: 1 May 1987 – 30 November 1989
• Howard Kendall: 6 December 1989 – 5 November 1990
• Peter Reid: 15 November 1990 – 26 August 1993
• Brian Horton: 28 August 1993 – 16 May 1995
• Alan Ball: 2 July 1995 – 27 August 1996
• Steve Coppell: 6 October 1996 – 8 November 1996
• Frank Clark: 29 December 1996 – 17 February 1998
• Joe Royle: 18 February 1998 – 21 May 2001
• Kevin Keegan: 24 May 2001 – 11 March 2005
• Stuart Pearce: 21 March 2005 - to present