The programme is aimed at community football projects around the world that have been created to tackle issues affecting young people, including substance abuse, unemployment and disability inclusion.

The sky blues of women’s football recently became the first women’s club in British football to average crowds of more than 2,000 over a season – and it’s no wonder with all those goals flying in.

Kristian Hunt, Alan Aspden and Luke Walker – who all work for audio branding firm PHMG – took on the football-themed endurance test in aid of Manchester-based charity Once Upon a Smile.

The three-year deal will see Mundipharma become City’s Official Healthcare Product Partner in Asia Pacific, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa.

The Minister for Disabled People highlighted Manchester City and Manchester United’s efforts to install accessibletoilets into their stadiums and called for other Premier League clubs to follow their example.

Translation agency LanguageLine have found that players from Manchester City and Manchester United share a total of 14 languages in the dressing room.

Manchester United and Manchester City’s explosive rivalry has a new edge: Mourinho v Guardiola.

It’s been the managers dominating the headlines in recent months, but on Saturday it is up to the players to make those.

Unsurprisingly, most of the pre-match attention has centred on the two new bosses, the football match a mere side show as two managerial megastars resume their decade long rivalry.

An expert on football policing and hooliganism is confident Mancunian football fans will keep out of trouble in Europe next season, and blamed the French police for violence which marred the start of England’s Euro 2016 campaign.

MM reveals the ten worst post-football takeaways in Greater Manchester.