Manchester City was relegated to the third division 25 years ago. The current European champion has since won seven Premier Leagues, one European Cup, three FA Cups, six League Cups, one Mundialito and three Community Shields.

A trip to the suffering and low City, nothing to do with the current one, is described in the book Blue Moon. The author Mark Hodkinson says City's old qualities of pragmatism and a certain humility will remain for many years because they are in their DNA.