How Manchester City won the European Cup Winners’ Cup
To qualify for the competition, City won the 1969 FA Cup, beating Leicester City 1-0 in the final at Wembley in front of 100,000 fans.
In the following year’s Cup Winners’ Cup, they were joined by fellow British sides Cardiff City and Rangers.
Defending champions Slovan Bratislava were eliminated in the first round by Dinamo Zagreb, while City beat Athletic Bilbao 6-3 over two legs.
The Sky Blues then overcame Portuguese side Academica (1-0) and German club Schalke (5-2) to reach the final, which was held at Vienna’s Praterstadion.
Club legend and former chairman and main shareholder Francis Lee scored the winner, scoring a penalty after Neil Young’s opener, before Gornik Zabrze pulled one back through Stanisław Ośliz
Geoff Shreeves says Manchester City stars shouldn’t win POTY
Speaking on CBS Sports Golazo, Shreeves suggested that City players didn’t deserve recognition as they’ve won things previously.
He argues that Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes would instead be a better choice if Pep Guardiola’s side won the league.
Shreeves said: “I put it to you. If City win the title, Bruno [Fernandes] deserves it. If Arsenal win it, Declan Rice deserves it.”
“Because City are a team that have done it so many times recently. Erling Haaland has done it before. If Arsenal somehow stagger over the line, and Declan Rice has been their best player all season, then in my opinion, he should be player of the year.
“And this is not anti-City, by any stretch of the imagination. It’s always a difficult argument to give it to a player who hasn’t won anything [Fernandes]. But he has had an incredible season, so I’d split it that way.”
Pep Guardiola seen at League One fixture
Tuesday’s League One fixture at Edgeley Park saw promotion hopefuls Stockport County host relegated Port Vale.
Fans at the third-tier match were in for a surprise, though, with none other than City manager Guardiola appearing in the stands as a spectator.
The Catalan coach was pictured enjoying the match, taking photos with fans and of the game itself, which ended in a surprising 2-1 victory for travelling Port Vale.
Scott Carson recalls ‘standoffish’ Mikel Arteta
Speaking on The Good, The Bad & The Football podcast, ex-City goalkeeper Scott Carson remembered his time working with Mikel Arteta.
The 40-year-old was a backup goalkeeper, and suggested this influenced how much Arteta interacted with him at the club.
Carson said: “I always found him a little bit standoffish, I think. He probably didn’t need to speak to me because I wasn’t one of the ones that was gonna have to play.”
Podcast hosts Paddy McGuinness and Man United legend Paul Scholes argued an assistant should be more involved, though.
McGuinness: ‘Yeah, but I think that’s one of the signs of being a good manager, when they do speak to people and make everyone feel a part of it.”
Scholes: “But I think when Scott’s got him he’s [Arteta] a number two, do you know what I mean? As number two he might have been standoffish because he’s preparing to be a manager, which he probably was.”
