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Man City Brief Summary

After finishing 10th in the Premier League in 2008-09, manager Mark Hughes is using the vast wealth of the owner (since September 2008) – the Abu Dhabi United Group — to strengthen the Blues.

But supporters are extremely hopeful that the Blues will break into the Premier League’s top four in the 2009-10 season.

Manchester City Manager

For "Sparky" Hughes, 2009-10 is his second season at City after leading Blackburn Rovers for four seasons — 2004-05 to 2007-08 — in the Premier League.

Blackburn’s best season under Hughes was 2005-06. The Rovers finished sixth in the Premier League and competed in the UEFA Cup.

Hughes also led Blackburn to the FA Cup semifinals in 2005 and 2007.

Hughes’ first job as a manager was from 1999 to 2004, leading the national team of his native Wales. He initially worked on a part-time basis while finishing his superb playing career, for which he was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame.

A centre forward, Hughes played for 16-plus of his 19 seasons — 1983-84 to 2001-02 — in England’s top flight. He is best known for 10 seasons at Manchester United in two stints — 1983-84 to 1985-86 and 1988-89 to 1994-95.

City won its second of two championships of England’s top flight – the old First Division – in 1967-68 and its fourth of four FA Cups in 1969.

Then in 1970, City won the first of its two League Cups and its only Europe silverware — the European Cup Winners’ Cup.

The side was founded as St. Mark’s in 1880. That’s when St. Mark’s Church added football to cricket in its sports program.

It has been a LONG time since the Manchester City Football Club was an elite side. And the stay in the rarified air was short.

Manchester City Stadium

What is now City of Manchester Stadium was originally designed as part of Manchester’s failed bid in the early 1990s to host the 2000 Summer Olympics.

The stadium, also known as COMS and Eastlands, was built after Manchester was chosen to host the 2002 Commonwealth Games.

After the Commonwealth Games, the stadium was reconfigured for football. The track was removed. And the playing surface was lowered to accommodate a third tier of seats, which increased the capacity to 47,726.

The first Manchester City football match in the stadium that counted was a 5-0 UEFA Cup victory over TNS of Wales on August 14, 2003

City also has won four FA Cups (1904, 1934, 1956, 1969) and two League Cups (1970, 1976).

In addition, Hughes is seeking to sign centre back Everton’s Joleon Lescott to bolster the defense.

Through 2008-09, City has two championships of the top flight (old First Division in 1937-38 and 1967-68) and six of the second (old Second Division in 1898-99, 1902-03, 1909-10, 1927-28, 1946-47, 1965-66).

Of its 106 seasons in the Football League, City has been in the top flight (old First Division, now the Premier League) for 81 and in the second (old Second Division, now the Football League Championship) for 24.

For the 1892-93 season, the side — then named Ardwick — was a founding member of the Football League’s old Second Division. The name became Manchester City in 1894.

Four excellent players have been signed in the 2009 summer transfer window – striker Carlos Tevez (from Manchester United), striker Roque Santa Cruz (from Blackburn), striker Emmanuel Adebayor (from Arsenal) and central midfielder Gareth Barry (from Aston Villa).

Portsmouth Pompey Info

Pompey’s main rival is Southampton, though they are currently two league levels below Portsmouth, in League 1.

Portsmouth F.C. originated in 1898, in a back garden meeting between John Brickwood, an owner of a local brewery, and Frank Bretell, the team’s first manager, where they put together the foundations of a football team. Pompey started in the Southern League in 1899, having a very successful first year, ending the season in second place.

Portsmouth FC Manager

Portsmouth’s current manager is Paul Hart. He has been at Portsmouth since spring of 2007 when he was placed as Director of Youth Operations. In February 2009, Pompey’s first team manager Tony Adams, was sacked, and Hart was given his place on a temporary basis. In July 2009, after ending the 2008-09 with much improvement of the team, and safely avoiding regulation, Hart was appointed the permanent manager.

Paul Hart has been around football his whole life, being the son of Johnny Hart, a football player and manager. Paul was a football player as well, playing as a defender. He played for several different clubs including Blackpool and Leeds United. His playing days ended, and his managing days began in 1988, when he became manager of Chesterfield. He has managed several teams over the years, eventually landing at Portsmouth.

After the amazing back to back championships, Pompey began to struggle. They got regulated as far as the fourth division and nearly went into bankruptcy. Finally, in 2002, Portsmouth made it into the English Premier League under the direction of renowned manager Harry Redknapp. In 2008, Redknapp led the club to its second FA Cup with a victory over Cardiff City. That victory gave them an invitation to the 2008-09 UEFA Cup, Portsmouth’s first time playing European football.

Since the inaugural season, there have been several ups and downs for Portsmouth. They have faced financial difficulty and regulation. But, on the other hand, they have enjoyed many successes. In 1939 they beat the Wolverhampton Wanderers in a convincing 4-1 win for the FA Cup. In 1948-49 they were the favourites to win the Football League/FA Cup double. Though they lost the FA Cup in the semi-final, they won the English League that season. Then, the following year, they won the English League again, being one of five clubs to win back to back titles since World War II.

Portsmouth FC Stadium

Pompey’s home pitch is Fratton Park, and has been since the origination of the club in 1898. The front facade of Fratton Park is known for its Tudor design, fitting in nicely with the architecture of Portsmouth. The stadium runs from east to west, sort of an anomaly in stadiums. There are four stands, each with seating. The stadium holds a capacity of around 20,200, which marks the lowest capacity of any Premier League stadium.

As expected of a stadium well over 100-years old, it has long been showing signs of wear and tear. Several different plans have been made and dropped to either build a new stadium, or renovate and add on to the existing one. As it stands now, they plan to rotate the pitch 90 degrees to free up space and add additional seating. Ultimately the seating capacity should reach 30,000 in 2010.

Portsmouth F.C. is an English Premier League football club from Portsmouth, England. They are popularly known as “Pompey” but also have the less common nickname of “The Blues.” Their fans are known as the “Blue Army.”