Manchester City joined the Football League in 1892, and won their first major honour, the FA Cup, in 1904.
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20 Facts About Man City
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Under the management of Pep Guardiola, City won the Premier League in 2018, becoming the only Premier League team to attain 100 points in a single season.
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Man City gained their first honours by winning the Second Division in 1899; with it came promotion to the highest level in English football, the First Division.
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Twenty years later, a Man City team inspired by a tactical system known as the Revie Plan reached consecutive FA Cup finals again, in 1955 and 1956; just as in the 1930s, they lost the first one, to Newcastle United, and won the second.
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Man City won the League Cup that season, becoming the second English team to win a European trophy and a domestic trophy in the same season.
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Man City were co-founders of the Premier League upon its creation in 1992, but after finishing ninth in its first season they endured three seasons of struggle before being relegated in 1996.
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Under manager Joe Royle, City were promoted at the first attempt, achieved in dramatic fashion in a play-off against Gillingham.
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In Pellegrini's first season, Man City won the League Cup and regained the Premier League title on the last day of the season.
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Still, Man City's breakthrough marked its most successful European campaign to date.
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Allison's theory worked, with Man City winning the 1969 FA Cup Final, 1970 League Cup Final and the 1970 European Cup Winners' Cup Final in red and black stripes as opposed to the club's home kit of sky blue.
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Man City have previously worn three other badges on their shirts, prior to their current badge which was implemented in 2016.
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On occasions when Manchester City played in a major cup final, the club wore shirts bearing a badge of the arms of the City of Manchester, as a symbol of pride in representing the city at a major event.
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The club has since abandoned the practice; for the 2011 FA Cup Final, its first in the 21st century, City used the usual badge with a special legend, but the Manchester coat of arms was included as a small monochrome logo in the numbers on the back of players' shirts.
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The Man City fans' song of choice is a rendition of "Blue Moon", which despite its melancholic theme is belted out with gusto as though it were a heroic anthem.
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Man City supporters tend to believe that unpredictability is an inherent trait of their team, and label unexpected results "typical Man City".
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In 2010, Man City supporters adopted an exuberant dance, dubbed The Poznan, from fans of Polish club Lech Poznan.
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The report noted that since the compiling of data in 2001, the number of both City and United season ticket holders had risen; expansion of United's ground and City's move to the City of Manchester Stadium have caused season ticket sales to increase further.
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Manchester City have long established local rivalries with Bolton Wanderers, Oldham Athletic, and Stockport County, and recent competitive Premier League rivalries with Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea.
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Manchester City jointly hold the record for most second division titles with Leicester City, both clubs having won the league on seven occasions.
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