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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Great night at the Co-op celebrating Manchester City’s major trophy winning seasons from the men, male U18s and women. We also did another send off for Bernardo, Johnny and Pep, plus Bunny Shaw announced she was staying. A truly enjoyable night.

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

A new record attendance for the Etihad and capacity will increase further when the top hospitality balcony opens next season.

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

My photo of the final whistle of Pep’s final @mancity game. An emotional day and a record breaking day too for the FA Cup and League Cup holders. Farewell Pep it’s been an incredible ride.

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

It’s wonderful to think that only two teams have won @EmiratesFACup more than @mancity now AND only one team has won the League Cup more than City. Brilliant work throughout the decades (first FAC 1904; first LC 1970).

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Keeping the pressure on. Comfortable 3-0 in the end. Nice tributes to Bernardo & Johnny too. If we can just get it to the final day that will be remarkable after the points lead Arsenal had only a few weeks ago. C’mon City!

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Off to see a former Manchester Corinthian today. She’s in her 90s and this is a social call rather than an interview. She played for over a decade and is one of over 50 Corinthians from 1948 onwards still with us (it’s been wrongly promoted that there’s only 10 survivors!)

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Great result and wonderful (and entertaining!) goals yesterday. Keep the pressure on AFC and if @mancity can take it to the final day that will be some achievement. C’mon City!

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Nice City in the Community idea yesterday to have children they work with produce some of the artwork at the match. Wonderful idea.

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Received a parcel today with this on the back. Made me chuckle.

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Great day at Wembley yesterday watching tha FA Cup semi final between @ManCity and @SouthamptonFC Great climax to the game. Congratulations City.

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Off to Wembley for the FA Cup semifinal. Scarves, tickets (on phone)… c’mon City!

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Well that table looks nice tonight. It doesn’t feel that long ago since 2nd placed Arsenal were being promoted as being better than MUFC’s 99 treble team. Great work City. I feel for Burnley and their relegation.

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

- are non profit with all author and publisher royalties/profit utilised to set up events for the Corinthians; to capture their stories and promote their histories.

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Arrived back from Italy after a short break. We should have been in China over the last week or so but the situation in the Middle East meant our holiday company cancelled the trip. Our hurriedly organised Italian trip was great and at least we get to attend the City-LFC game today too.

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Enjoyable few days in London at Barnes FC, @FulhamFC and at @wembleystadium The Barnes & Fulham visits were tied in with organising #Footycon26 Wembley was supporting @mancity Thoroughly enjoyable London trip. @footycon.bsky.social

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Congratulations @mancity on today’s League Cup success. Thoroughly deserved and great for birthday boy Nico O’Reilly

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

The final minutes of the last time City and Arsenal met in the League Cup final captured by me in this photo. This was 2018 and City won 3-0.

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

For International Women’s Day I went to interview a Manchester Corinthian about her time playing for the club 60+ years ago. She went on a tour of Italy in 1961 and talked of games where @mancity’s Bert Trautmann attended. As always, great to chat. #IWD2026 #ManchesterCorinthians

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

For #WorldBookDay2026 3 books I either authored, co-authored or co-edited in 2025….

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Brilliant. Maureen will be delighted to hear this. For anyone interested there’s lots on Maureen in my book plus you can see here here: gjfootballarchive.com/2025/02/07/t...

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

1/2 Good luck to all the Manchester Corinthians and guests attending the Corinthians documentary launch tonight at Home. I hope it helps spread the story and encourages more to learn about your remarkable club and individual stories. I would’ve liked to have been there of course to see you get -

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Well! So the PL title race is now back in MCFC’s hands. More twists & turns will follow but interesting times.

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Arsenal’s lead down to 4 points and they have to visit the Etihad yet. It’s going to be an interesting few months. C’mon City!

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Considering Arsenal’s team have been compared to hugely successful teams of the past it’s pretty impressive that even in a ‘poor season’ according to some MCFC are only 4 pts behind the Gunners at the top!

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

In official records the FA and clubs count FAC, LC, FL, PL, CS, European games (none so far) in official #ManchesterDerby record BUT there were plenty of ‘competitive’ first team games over the years. Here’s a ticket from one.

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Merry Christmas to all. I hope today is all you want it to be. Best wishes

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

West Ham fans mounted a protest at the etihad today. It says ‘no more BS resign’ and was carried around the lowest section of away support while players warmed up. It had disappeared by the time the players came out again for game.

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Great to see City top of the league. A long way to go but lots of positivity here.

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

An interesting cutting from 60 years ago in the Northern Daily Mail…. Some modern day fans will probably believe that Arsenal have ‘never’ tried to buy success.

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

I’ve also got a copy of The Pride of Manchester autographed by Malcolm Allison available. For details of that see gjfootballarchive.com/2025/11/23/m...

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

There’s also a copy or two of Manchester A Football History. I’ll need to check the condition of them all first. I may have made notes in them, but once I’ve checked them out properly I’ll let everybody know. Thanks.

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

While clearing out my writing space I’ve rediscovered a few copies of Manchester The Greatest City & Farewell To Maine Road. These collectables have been out of print for 20 years so I’m thinking of selling them on my website at original price plus postage. Watch this space

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Spooky coincidence… I’ve been tidying out some stuff today and found my Gran’s birth certificate. I remembered her birthday was November but has forgotten the date… coincidentally it turns out it was today!

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Enjoyable night (other than the result of course) at the Etihad for the England game. H & I were guests of the FA, so thanks to the person who made this happen. Much appreciated.

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Thanks for the birthday messages yesterday. I spent the day in my favourite city. Not a bad view for those studying at the library. I couldn’t help but get some research in.

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Delighted to see two books I’ve contributed to launched this month. Enjoyed working with all involved.

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

A memorable day at Ricky’s gym…. gjfootballarchive.com/2025/09/29/r...

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

The recent tributes to Ricky Hatton prompted me to dig out this image from October in 2011 when I went with City Academy players & staff, Patrick Viera and Brian Marwood to Ricky's gym in Hyde.... gjfootballarchive.com/2025/09/29/r...

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

We’ll be at Craven Cottage June 11-13

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Tributes to Ricky at today’s game

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Looking forward to tonight. I’ll be at the launch of another book I’ve contributed to. This is a Nat Football Museum book telling the history of the game via 100 objects. I’ve written about some of the objects and am looking forward to seeing it in print tonight. It’s being launched at the museum.

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Went to Fulham FC today… Everyone made me welcome and some great facilities too. Always great to see a historic venue retain its identity while developing for modern day football needs.

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Great night yesterday when we launched the new book Histories of Women’s Football in Britain and Ireland which I’ve co-edited with Fiona Skillen and Helena Byrne at the IrishEmbassy in London. Thanks to everyone at the Embassy of Ireland

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Even though MCFC beat Utd 3-0 today it’s been an extremely sad day. RIP Ricky Hatton: gjfootballarchive.com/2025/09/14/r...

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

It’s Derby Day! #ManchesterDerby Worth remembering these words (published in my Manchester A Football History book).

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

I assume it’s referring back to the 31 March 57 meeting (&looking forward to FAC final) when Brum played 5 reserves but were extremely physical in their play.

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