#OnThisDay in 2013 - City come back from two goals down to end the holders' ten-game run of UEFA Champions League wins and win 3-2, booking their place in the Champions League knockout round for the first time in their history. https://t.co/WJr5VhaIRL
#OnThisDay in 1900 - Hyde Road plays host to a 4-0 thrashing of struggling Preston North End by City with goals courtesy of Cassidy (2), Gillespie, and F. Williams.
@mcfcotd We awaited Reading away at the weekend hoping he’d become the first player to get a hattrick of hattricks in successive games. Alas not. Paul Stewart got 2 though i think
#OnThisDay in 1949 - England return to Maine Road for a World Cup qualifier after a three-year absence to thrash Ireland 9-2 in front of a crowd of 69,762. The goals are scored by Rowley (4), Pearson (2), Mortensen (2) and Froggatt.
#OnThisDay in 1985 - Aleksandar Kolarov is born. Made 247 appearances for the club from 2010-17, scoring 21 goals, winning two Premier League titles, the 2010-11 FA Cup, two League Cups, and the 2012 Community Shield.