They had played each other three times already in the 1987/88 season and Plymouth must have been sick of the sight of Maine Road when they were drawn together for the fifth round tie and the opportunity to progress to the quarter finals.
The blues had already won 2-1 at Maine Road on the opening day [...]

Our classic match takes us back to October 2003 and Bolton’s visit to Eastlands. The blues had moved to their new stadium in August but had only recorded one win until Wanderers arrived and took a pounding.
After a good start to the season, City just couldn’t seem to perform at home and when Kevin Nolan [...]

There have been so few matches between City and Hull that a classic game is hard to come by, so we will just have to settle for last season’s game. Over the years, the blues have been notoriously poor against newly promoted sides and Mark Hughes’ squad was looking to put an end to that [...]

It was a time of great jubilation for City. A takeover of the club by ADUG would be completed within the following few days and the blues were displaying a wealth of talent which included the Brazilian trio of Robinho, Jo and Elano while the club’s new chairman, Khaldoon Al Muburak was unveiled to the [...]