1880 in Association Football: Association Football Clubs Established in 1880, Manchester City F.C., Hednesford Town F.C., Whitby Town F.C.

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Association football clubs established in 1880, Manchester City F.C., Hednesford Town F.C., Whitby Town F.C., Aarhus Gymnastikforening, Lisburn Distillery F.C., Dorchester Town F.C., Royal Antwerp F.C., 1880-81 FA Cup, 1879-80 FA Cup, Sittingbourne F.C., Barton Town Old Boys F.C., Clevedon Town F.C., Moyola Park F.C., 1879-80 Welsh Cup, Street F.C., Denbigh Town F.C., Selkirk F.C., Bootle F.C., Shepherd's Bush F.C., Dorking F.C., Leiston F.C., Billericay Town F.C., Heybridge Swifts F.C., 1880-81 Welsh Cup, Port Glasgow Athletic F.C., Trowbridge Town F.C., 1880 FA Cup Final, Cheshunt F.C., Dykehead F.C., 1879-80 in English football, 1880-81 in English football, Seljord IL, East Craigie F.C.. Excerpt: Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's (West Gorton), they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894. The club has played at the City of Manchester Stadium since 2003, having spent most of their existence at Maine Road. The club's most successful period was in the late 1960s and early 1970s when they won the League Championship, the FA Cup, the League Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup under the management team of Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison and with players including Colin Bell, Mike Summerbee and Francis Lee. After losing the 1981 FA Cup Final, the club went through a period of decline culminating in relegation to the third tier of English football in 1997. The club has since regained top flight status where they have spent the majority of their history. In 2011, Manchester City qualified for the Champions League and won the FA Cup. St. Marks (Gorton) in 1884 - the reason for the Maltese cross is unknown to this day Billy Meredith, the Welsh Wizard who was key in City's early successIt is widely acc...