The Manchester United equalizes 1-1 on the field of the Blackburn and conquest the point that it missed to win the Premier League. Emerton brings in advantage the landlords to 20′, but the Red Devils put again the things to place thanks to a generous kick of granted rigor to 73′ for a doubtful fault on Hernandez and realized by Wayne Rooney. [Manchester City have urged Carlos Tevez to remain at the club after he lifted the FA Cup trophy. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Reuters]
It is a historical title for the team of Sir Alex Ferguson, that graduates champion for the 19esima time and it becomes the most titled in England: detached the rival historians of the Liverpool, firm to 18 titles from 1990.
Manchester City have spent 13 years in the Premier League since its inception in 1992. In the 2002/03 season, they became one of only two English teams to have qualified for the UEFA Cup through the ‘Fair Play ranking’. This meant that the plush new City of Manchester Stadium was treated to European football just weeks after opening for the start of the following campaign.
Kevin Keegan and then Stuart Pearce, established the club in the Premier League, and under the latter, they finished in 14th place in the 2006/07 season. He was replaced by Sven-Goran Eriksson who guided the club to a ninth place finish in the 2007/08 campaign. City also secured UEFA Cup football via the ‘Fair Play ranking’ for a second time. However, Eriksson was replaced by Mark Hughes in June 2008 and in September 2008, a takeover by the Abu Dhabi United group suddenly made City one of the richest clubs in the world. On deadline day, they smashed the British transfer record with a surprise £32.5m swoop for Real Madrid’s Brazilian striker Robinho.
However they failed in a £100m bid to sign Kaka from AC Milan in January 2009. In December 2009 they sacked manager Mark Hughes and replaced him with Roberto Mancini who guided City to fifth, their highest Premier League finish. However they narrowly missed out on Champions League qualification.In 1880, St Mark’s Church established Manchester City FC which moved to Hyde Road seven years later and was renamed Ardwick AFC to reflect its new location. The club joined the Football League as founding members of the Second Division in 1892, and after experiencing financial difficulties in the 1893/94 campaign, were reformed as Manchester City FC. The first major honour arrived in April 1904 when a 1-0 victory over Bolton Wanderers secured the FA Cup.
A fire in 1920 destroyed the Main Stand at Hyde Road and in 1923, the club moved to Maine Road in Moss Side, where they played in front of crowds of more than 70,000. After winning the FA Cup again in 1934, the club won the league title for the first time three years later. Manchester City were relegated from the First Division in 1938 despite scoring more goals than any other team.
City have won the FA Cup four times, with the 1956 triumph over Birmingham City notable for goalkeeper Bert Trautmann continuing to play on despite unknowingly breaking his neck. A second title was claimed under the joint management of Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison in 1968, with a dramatic 4-3 win at Newcastle United. They won the FA Cup in 1969 and the European