How the Manchester City history timeline game works

The cards are milestones in Manchester City's story, from stadium moves to title wins, record signings and disciplinary headlines. You sort them by year. Under each title is a line describing what happened. One moment begins on the timeline with its year in view. Drop each new card into a gap. If you're right the year shows, and if you're wrong it moves to its true spot and costs one of three lives.

City's history is two very different stories: a long stretch of ups and downs with occasional glory, and a recent era of near-constant silverware. That modern era holds a big share of the cards, so expect them to bunch up. The descriptions mention opponents and venues, which help if you remember the finals. Don't assume every trophy is recent; the club won major honors long before the money arrived.

Want a longer game? On the deck tree you can tick this deck alongside any other one measured in release years and dates, and they shuffle into a single timeline together.

What's in the deck

Here are 23 of the 23 cards you might be dealt. Their values stay hidden until you place them.

Founded as St Mark's West Gorton A church side that becomes Manchester City
Renamed Manchester City Ardwick reorganise under the modern name
First FA Cup win City beat Bolton to lift their first major trophy
Maine Road opens City move into their long-time home
First league championship City win the First Division title
Trautmann plays on with a broken neck The keeper finishes the FA Cup final injured
Mercer and Allison league title A new era brings the championship back
European Cup Winners' Cup won City beat Gorl/Silesia's Gornik Zabrze in Vienna
Relegated to the third tier City fall to the old Second Division's depths
Move to the City of Manchester Stadium City leave Maine Road for the Etihad site
Abu Dhabi takeover Sheikh Mansour's group buys the club
Tevez signs from rivals United A statement signing crosses the Manchester divide
FA Cup ends the trophy drought City beat Stoke to win their first silverware in 35 years
Aguero's title-winning goal against QPR A stoppage-time strike delivers the first Premier League crown
Guardiola appointed manager Pep takes charge at the Etihad
Centurions win 100 points City set a Premier League points record
Domestic treble sweep City win the league, FA Cup and League Cup in one season
Record signing of Grealish A British-record fee brings Jack Grealish
Haaland signs from Dortmund The prolific striker joins City
Champions League won in Istanbul over Inter City complete the continental treble
Club World Cup won in Jeddah City add the world title beating Fluminense
Fourth straight league title City become the first to win four in a row
Charged over financial rules The Premier League brings 115 alleged breaches to a hearing