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After last year's comfortable win in the Premier Division of the Northern Premier League (and,
for those of you that are wondering, we are dropping the sponsors' names from this and the Southern
League to avoid confusion, since they are both being sponsored by the same adhesives brand this
year) for FC Halifax Town, this year's competition seems set to heavily feature another reformed
former Football League club, this time in the form of Chester FC.
To any Manchester United fan who remembers the mighty cross town battles with Manchester City in
the late 60's and early 70's, today is a very sad day indeed. Former City and England
international...
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Football often throws up some delicious ironies. They often happen when least expected with not
just one coincidence, not even two or three but as in the current season, a hard to believe FOUR
times...
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Manchester City legend Mike Summerbee got into a heated debate Saturday after his side lost 2-1
to Manchester United at Old Trafford. The discussion was aired on Sky Sports where Summerbee,
sitting alongside Manchester United legend Dwight Yorke and Jamie Redknapp defended City's
performance by arguing that they had more of the possession, created more chances and the only
difference between the two sides was a spectacular goal.
Fierce club rivalry is part and parcel of football today – but so should respect and sheer human
decency. Which is why this Manchester United site wants to pay tribute to a Manchester City legend
who...
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MANCHESTER, England — Neil Young, a striker in Manchester City's trophy winning teams of the late
1960s and early 1970s, has died aged 66 from cancer, the English Premier League club announced
Thursday. Young, who scored the winning goal in the 1969 FA Cup final, was also a member of the
City side that [.
By Chris Wright
Man City legend Neil Young, seen here rounding a young Peter Shilton
When the Manchester City fans donned black and red shirts and all turned their backs on the
action for the 24th minute of the recent FA Cup tie with Leicester, it was all in memory of Neil
Young's FA Cup-winning strike in 1969 against the same club.
It's with great sadness to report that Manchester City legend Neil Young passed away today after
a long battle with cancer.
Young will go down in history as the man who scored to help Manchester City win the 1970
European Cup Winners Cup as well as the solitary goal in the 1969 FA Cup Final.
Manchester City legend Neil Young (66) lost his battle against terminal Cancer
today.
Young was part of the great City sides of the late '60′s early '70′s, scoring 107 goals in
over 400 games for the club.
The winger scored the only goal in the 1969 FA Cup Final as City beat Leicester 1-0 at Wembley,
a year later he scored City's opening goal against Gornik Zabrze in the European Cup Winners Cup
final which City won 2-1.
