Honours, awards and records
CONTENTS
HONOURS:
Premier League:
Football League (after 1992):
Division 1 - Champions: 2001-2002
Runners up: 1999-2000
Division 2 - Play Off winners: 1998-99 (Div. 2)
Football League (before 1992):
Division 1 - Champions: 1936-37, 1967-68
Runners up: 1903-04, 1920-21, 1976-77
Division 2 - Champions: 1898-99, 1902-03, 1909-10, 1927-28, 1946-47,
1965-66
Runners up: 1895-96, 1950-51, 1988-89
FA Cup:
Winners: 1904, 1934, 1956, 1969
Runners up: 1926, 1933, 1955, 1981
League Cup:
Winners: 1970, 1976
Runners up: 1974
Full Members' Cup:
Runners up: 1986
European Cup Winners' Cup:
Winners: 1970
Charity Shield:
Winners: 1937, 1968, 1972
Runners up: 1934, 1956, 1969,1973
FA Youth Cup
Winners: 1986
Runners up 1979, 1980, 1989
AWARDS:
DOMESTIC RECORDS:
Most goals in international career:
Dennis Law 30 in 55 games
for Scotland
Most penalties scored in one season:
Francis Lee 13 in 1971-72
Most Cup Goals:
Dennis Law 41 (Huddersfield
T, Man.City, Man. Utd)
Fewest Goals for in one Premier League season:
Leeds United with 28 in 38 games in 1996/97
Manchester City with 33 in 38 games in 1995/96
Most drawn games in one Premier League season:
Manchester City with 18 in 42 games in 1993/94
Sheffield United with 18 in 42 games in 1993/94
Southampton with 18 in 42 games in 1994/95
Championship winner for different clubs, both as player and manager:
3 - Joe Mercer OBE. As player with Everton (1939) and Arsenal (1948,
1953), and as manager with Manchester City (1968).
Most League Apperances:
1 Peter Shilton (1005 - 0 for City)
2 Graeme Armstrong (879 - 0 for City)
3 Tommy Hutchinson (863 - 46 for City)
4 Terry Paine (824 - 0 for City)
5 Tony Ford (842 - 0 for City)
6 Robbie James (782 - 0 for City)
7 Alan Oakes (777 - 565
for City)
8 John Burridge (771 - 4
for City)
Oldest player in FA Cup match:
Billy Meredith 49 y. 8 m. 29/3 1924 for City against Newcastle
Oldest player in International:
Billy Meredith 45 y. 8 m. 13/3 1920 for Wales against England
Oldest player in Premier League:
John Burridge 43y.5m. 14/5
1995 for City against QPR
Record attendance (outside London & Glasgow):
League: 83,260 at Maine Road 17/1 1948 (Man.Utd-Arsenal)
FA Cup: 84,569 at Maine Road 3/3 1934 (Man.City-Stoke)
League Cup: 63,418 at Old Trafford 17/12 1969 (Man.Utd-Man.City)
Midweek game: 80,407 at Maine Road 28/3 1946 (Derby-Birmingham)
CLUB RECORDS:
Record League victories:
10-0 Darwen (Div 2) 23/2 1899
10-1 Huddersfield Town (Div 2) 7/11 1987
11-3 Lincoln City (Div 2) 23/3 1895
Record Cup victory:
10-1 Swindon T (FA Cup 4th round) 29/1 1930
It might also be worth mentioning the 12-0 victory over Liverpool Stanley
in the (FA Cup's) 1st Qualifying Round in October 1890 when City were
known as Ardwick
Record defeat:
1-9 Everton (Div 1) 3/9 1906
Most League points (2p for a win):
62 (Div 2) in 1946-47
Most League points (3p for a win):
99 (Div 1) in 2001-02
89 (Div 1) in 1999-00
82 (Div 2) in 1988-89
Most League goals:
108 (Div 2) in 1926-27
108 (Div 1) in 2001-02
Most matches undefeated:
22 from 26 Dec 1936 to 1 May 1937
22 from 9 Nov 1946 to 3 May 1947
Most home matches undefeated:
41 from 1 Jan 1920 to 3 Dec 1921
Most away matches undefeated:
12 from 7 Dec 1946 to 26 May 1947
Most consecutive home wins:
16 from 13 Nov 1920 to 27 Aug 1921
Most consecutive away wins:
6 from 27 Dec 1902 to 14 Apr 1903
Most clean sheets:
22 by Joe Corrigan in
the 1976-77 season
22 by Nicky Weaver in the 1998-99
season
21 by Alex Williams in the 1984-85 season
Highest League scorer in season:
Tommy Johnson 38 (Div 1) in 1928-29
Most League goals in total aggregate:
Eric Brook 159 in 1919-30
Most League and Cup Goals in total aggregate:
Eric Brook 178 in 1928-39
Youngest Player:
Glyn Pardoe 15 y. 314 d. 11/4 1962 against Birmingham
Most Capped player:
Colin Bell 48 for England
Record Transfer-fee received:
£21,000,000 from Chelsea for Shaun Wright-Phillips in July 2005
Record Transfer-fee paid:
£32,500,000 to Real Madrid for Robinho in September 2008
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