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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 played at Maine Road from 1923. The club's most successful period was in the late 1960s and early 1970s when they won the League Championship, FA Cup, League Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup under the management team of Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison.

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 for the first time in their history in 1998. In August 2008, the club was purchased by Abu Dhabi United Group, resulting in the club becoming one of the richest in world football. In 2011, Manchester City qualified for the Champions League and won the FA Cup. In 2012, the club won the Premier League, their first league title for forty-four years.

In August 2008, the club was purchased by Abu Dhabi United Group. The takeover was immediately followed by a flurry of bids for high profile players; the club broke the British transfer record by signing Brazilian international Robinho from Real Madrid for £32.5 million. City finished tenth, and also reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup. During the summer of 2009, the club took transfer spending to an unprecedented level, with an outlay of over £100 million on players Gareth Barry, Roque Santa Cruz, Kolo Touré, Emmanuel Adebayor, Carlos Tévez and Joleon Lescott. On 19 December, it was announced that Mark Hughes had been replaced as manager by Roberto Mancini. 

For the 2011–12 seasons, City made a number of high profile signings, including Gaël Clichy, Stefan Savić, Sergio Agüero, Samir Nasri and Owen Hargreaves. City started the season well, and was five points clear at the top of the Premier League after a 6–1 victory over Manchester United in October. Poor form in the middle of the season saw City out of the Champions League and the Europa League, and they fell eight points behind United for the league lead with six matches remaining.

City then forged a late-season push to regain the Premiership lead with two matches to go after defeating United 1–0 at Etihad Stadium in what Sir Alex Ferguson called the most important Manchester derby of his managerial career. Victory in the penultimate game away to Newcastle United left City needing a home win against relegation candidates Queens Park Rangers, but after taking a first-half lead, City were losing 2-1 after 90 minutes; in one of history's most dramatic finishes to a football competition, City scored twice in added time to win the game and win the Premier League title.

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Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894. The club has played at the City of Manchester Stadium since 2003, having played at Maine Road from 1923. The club's most successful period was in the late 1960s and early 1970s when they won the League Championship,FA Cup,League Cup and European Cup Winners’Cup under the management team of Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison.

It is widely accepted that Manchester City F.C. was founded as St. Mark's (West Gorton) in 1880 at St. Mark's Church, in Gorton, a district in east Manchester. In 1887, they moved to a new ground at Hyde Road, in Ardwick just to the east of the city centre, and were renamed Ardwick Association Football Club to reflect their new location. Ardwick joined the Football League as founding members of the Second Divisiion in 1892.

In the seasons following the FA Cup triumph, the club was dogged by allegations of financial irregularities, culminating in the suspension of seventeen players in 1906, including captain Billy Meredith,who subsequently moved across town to Manchester United.A fire at Hyde Road destroyed the main stand in 1920, and in 1923 the club moved to their new purpose-built stadium at Maine Road I Moss Side. The 80,000 capacity stadium would go on to have a remarkable history, and because of high capacity it was nicknamed Wembley of the North.

Twenty years later, a City team inspired by a tactical system known as the Revie Plan reached consecutive FA Cup finals again, in 1955 and 1956; just as in the 1930s, they lost the first one, to Newcastle United, and won the second. The 1965 final, in which Manchester City beat Birmingham City 3–1, is one of the most famous finals of all-time, and is remembered for City goalkeeper Bert Trumann continuing to play on after unknowingly breaking his neck.

The 2002-2003 season was the last at Maine Road, and included a 3–1 derby victory over rivals Manchester United, ending a run of 13 years without a derby win. Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson became the club's first manager from overseas when appointed in 2007.After a bright start performances faded in the second half of the season, and Eriksson was sacked in June 2008.Eriksson was replaced by Mark Hughes two days later on 4 June 2008. During the summer of 2009, the club took transfer spending to an unprecedented level, with an outlay of over £100 million. City finished the season in fifth position in the Premier League, narrowly missing out on a place in the Champions League, and compete in the UEFA Europa League  in season 2010-2011.

For the 2011–12 season, City made a number of high profile signings. City started the season well, and were five points clear at the top of the Premier League after a 6–1 victory over Manchester United in October.Premier League game  between Manchester City and Queens Park Rangers at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday May 13,2012,Kick-off 15:00 BST. City forged a late-season push to regain the Premiership lead with two matches to go after defeating United 1–0 at Etihad Stadium in what Sir Alex Ferguson called the most important Manchester derby of his managerial career.City won the 2011–12 Premier League in the final game against Queens Park Rangers (QPR) 3–2.

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