Manchester Citys most
successful period, so far,
was in the
late 1960s
and early
1970s when
they won the
League Championship, the FA
Cup,
the League
Cup and European Cup
Winners'
Cup under the
management team of
Joe Mercer
and Malcolm
Allison and with
players
including
Colin Bell,
Mike Summerbee and Francis
Lee.
After finishing as FA
Cup runners-up
in 1981,
the club went
through
a period of decline
culminating in relegation
to the third tier of
English
football in 1997. The club
has since
regained
top flight
status where they
have spent
the majority of
their history.
In 2011 the club
qualified
for the UEFA Champions
League and
also
the FA
Cup. In 2011/12 City finaly
won the
League title.