Last 10 Matches For Team
| 09/05/2010 16:00:00 | West Ham |
1
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1
| Manchester City |
| 05/05/2010 20:00:00 | Manchester City |
0
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1
| Tottenham |
| 01/05/2010 15:00:00 | Manchester City |
3
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1
| Aston Villa |
| 24/04/2010 17:30:00 | Arsenal |
0
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0
| Manchester City |
| 17/04/2010 12:45:00 | Manchester City |
0
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1
| Manchester United |
| 11/04/2010 16:00:00 | Manchester City |
5
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1
| Birmingham City |
| 03/04/2010 17:30:00 | Burnley |
1
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6
| Manchester City |
| 29/03/2010 20:00:00 | Manchester City |
3
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0
| Wigan Athletic |
| 24/03/2010 19:45:00 | Manchester City |
0
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2
| Everton |
| 21/03/2010 15:00:00 | Fulham |
1
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2
| Manchester City |
Manchester City have spent 10 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 and the Welshman will be looking to improve on the club's league position last season as well as overseeing a strong European campaign.
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.