NICKNAME: Blues

FOUNDED: 1887

MANAGER: Mark Hughes

GROUND: City of Manchester Stadium

LAST SEASON:

League 10th FA Cup Third Round Carling Cup Second Round UEFA Cup Quarter-finals

HONOURS:

European Cup Winners’ Cup Winners (1) 1969-70

Division One Champions (2) 1936-37, 1967-68

Nationwide One Champions (1) 2001-2002

Division Two Champions (6) 1898-99, 1902-03, 1909-10, 1927-28, 1946-47, 1965-66

FA Cup Winners (4) 1904, 1934, 1956, 1969

League Cup Winners (2) 1970, 1976

RECORD VICTORY: League 10-1 v Huddersfield, Division Two, 07-11-1987 Cup 10-1 v Swindon, FA Cup Fourth Round, 29-01-1930

RECORD DEFEAT: 1-9 v Everton, Division One, 03-09-1906

RECORD ATTENDANCE: 84,569 v Stoke, FA Cup Sixth Round, 03-03-1934

TOP LEAGUE GOALSCORER: Season Tommy Johnson, 38, 1928-29 All-time Tommy Johnson, 158, 1919-30

MOST LEAGUE APPEARANCES: Alan Oakes, 565, 1959-76