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A Visual Guide to Manchester City
This collection of infographics offers a structured visual overview of Manchester City’s history, achievements, and evolution across eras and competitions. Each infographic distils a key aspect of the club’s story—players, managers, trophies, leagues, and landmarks—into a clear, accessible reference designed to complement deeper exploration elsewhere in the SkyBlues experience.
Together, these eleven infographics chart City’s journey from the early years and lower-league struggles through domestic dominance, European success, and the modern era. They highlight the figures, moments, and competitions that have shaped the club’s identity, providing both historical context and contemporary perspective.
Each infographic stands alone as a concise snapshot, yet collectively they form a cohesive visual map of Manchester City’s past, present, and ongoing legacy.
Trace the evolution of Manchester City through the leaders who shaped its fortunes. From pioneering early tacticians to transformative modern-era managers, this chapter explores their philosophies, achievements, setbacks, and long-term impact on the club’s development. A complete narrative of how managerial vision — or misjudgement — steered City through decline, resurgence, and unprecedented global success.

A tribute to the icons who built Manchester City’s foundation before the modern era. This chapter showcases the club’s most influential players from the early 20th century through to the pre-Premier League years: goal scorers, creative engines, defensive stalwarts, and cult heroes whose contributions forged the identity City carried into the modern age.
Explore the players who redefined Manchester City in the Premier League era and beyond. From era-defining captains to world-class forwards, midfield maestros, and defensive lynchpins, this chapter highlights the individuals who helped elevate City into a global superpower. Their achievements, playing styles, and legacy-driven moments are brought sharply into focus.

A flexible category capturing the figures who don’t fit neatly into tradition: short-term influencers, transitional leaders, memorable characters, or overlooked contributors whose stories illuminate the club’s broader history. This chapter provides contextual colour to complete the human tapestry of Manchester City across the decades.

Chart Manchester City’s journey through the Premier League — from the struggles of the early years to the dominant force they later became. This chapter analyses title-winning campaigns, record-breaking seasons, tactical revolutions, landmark matches, and the dramatic moments that cemented City as one of the league’s most formidable teams.

A detailed chronicle of the club’s exploits in the FA Cup, League Cup, and other domestic competitions. From historic early triumphs to modern-era dominance, this chapter captures the pivotal goals, unforgettable finals, shock defeats, and defining cup runs that shaped City’s competitive identity.

Follow Manchester City’s rise on the continental and global stages. This chapter covers the club’s early European ventures, breakthrough achievements, tactical evolution across Europe, and ultimate ascent to Champions League and Club World Cup glory. It showcases the matches, players, and moments that brought international prestige to the blue half of Manchester.

A visual and narrative journey through the grounds City has called home — from Hyde Road to Maine Road and into the modern Etihad Stadium. This chapter traces architectural changes, cultural significance, attendance booms, relocations, redevelopment phases, and how each venue shaped the matchday experience and identity of the club.

A uniquely important chapter in Manchester City’s story. This section recounts the dramatic descent into — and resurgence from — the lower divisions. It highlights the defining matches, players who stood firm, moments of crisis, and the spirit of the supporters that carried the club back to the top flight. A reminder that City’s modern success was forged through adversity.

A chronological, season-by-season exploration of Manchester City’s journey. This chapter captures key events, tactical shifts, managerial changes, transfer milestones, competitive highlights, and cultural developments — providing a clear, structured timeline of how each year contributed to the club’s ongoing evolution.

A broad and flexible category covering the stories, subplots, traditions, controversies, statistics, trivia, and off-pitch moments that enrich Manchester City’s heritage. Ideal for standalone topics that illuminate new angles or deepen the fan’s understanding of the club’s identity.

Video Chapters
SkyBlues is a comprehensive quiz app dedicated to the full history of Manchester City Football Club, from its earliest foundations to the modern era. This video provides a detailed walkthrough of the app’s structure, explaining how its questions are organised across players, managers, competitions, seasons, and defining moments in the club’s story.
Rather than a highlight reel, this guide is designed as a clear introduction for new users—showing how the app works, what each section covers, and how SkyBlues fits within the wider Literary Striker collection. Whether you are a lifelong City supporter or approaching the club’s history for the first time, this video offers a complete overview of what the app delivers before you dive in.
Managers
Trace the evolution of Manchester City through the leaders who shaped its fortunes. From pioneering early tacticians to transformative modern-era managers, this chapter explores their philosophies, achievements, setbacks, and long-term impact on the club’s development. A complete narrative of how managerial vision — or misjudgement — steered City through decline, resurgence, and unprecedented global success.

Historical Players
A tribute to the icons who built Manchester City’s foundation before the modern era. This chapter showcases the club’s most influential players from the early 20th century through to the pre-Premier League years: goal scorers, creative engines, defensive stalwarts, and cult heroes whose contributions forged the identity City carried into the modern age.

Modern Players
Explore the players who redefined Manchester City in the Premier League era and beyond. From era-defining captains to world-class forwards, midfield maestros, and defensive lynchpins, this chapter highlights the individuals who helped elevate City into a global superpower. Their achievements, playing styles, and legacy-driven moments are brought sharply into focus.

Miscellaneous Players
A flexible category capturing the figures who don’t fit neatly into tradition: short-term influencers, transitional leaders, memorable characters, or overlooked contributors whose stories illuminate the club’s broader history. This chapter provides contextual colour to complete the human tapestry of Manchester City across the decades.

Premier League
Chart Manchester City’s journey through the Premier League — from the struggles of the early years to the dominant force they later became. This chapter analyses title-winning campaigns, record-breaking seasons, tactical revolutions, landmark matches, and the dramatic moments that cemented City as one of the league’s most formidable teams.

Domestic Cups
A detailed chronicle of the club’s exploits in the FA Cup, League Cup, and other domestic competitions. From historic early triumphs to modern-era dominance, this chapter captures the pivotal goals, unforgettable finals, shock defeats, and defining cup runs that shaped City’s competitive identity.

European & World
Follow Manchester City’s rise on the continental and global stages. This chapter covers the club’s early European ventures, breakthrough achievements, tactical evolution across Europe, and ultimate ascent to Champions League and Club World Cup glory. It showcases the matches, players, and moments that brought international prestige to the blue half of Manchester.

Stadiums
A visual and narrative journey through the grounds City has called home — from Hyde Road to Maine Road and into the modern Etihad Stadium. This chapter traces architectural changes, cultural significance, attendance booms, relocations, redevelopment phases, and how each venue shaped the matchday experience and identity of the club.

Lower Leagues
A uniquely important chapter in Manchester City’s story. This section recounts the dramatic descent into — and resurgence from — the lower divisions. It highlights the defining matches, players who stood firm, moments of crisis, and the spirit of the supporters that carried the club back to the top flight. A reminder that City’s modern success was forged through adversity.

Years Gone By
A chronological, season-by-season exploration of Manchester City’s journey. This chapter captures key events, tactical shifts, managerial changes, transfer milestones, competitive highlights, and cultural developments — providing a clear, structured timeline of how each year contributed to the club’s ongoing evolution.

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