Manchester City | Annual Report 2019-20

A season interrupted

This year, Manchester City want to tell their season story differently. It’s been a year like no other, and they want to acknowledge that, as well as highlight the incredible work that has been going on throughout some extremely challenging times.

This timeline shows how the Club has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic between February and June 2020.

19 Feb 2020

City play final home game with fans present

City beat West Ham 2-0 in what would
be our last home game in-front of fans in 2019-20.

8 Mar 2020

City play final game before league suspended

City play Manchester United away in the last Premier League game before the season is paused.

13 Mar 2020

Premier League suspended due to coronavirus

The Premier League is officially postponed until 4 April after several teams are forced to self-isolate. The League would not resume until 17 June.

21 Mar 2020

City & United donate £100,000 to Trussell Trust

Manchester City and Manchester United donate a combined £100,000 to help food banks in Greater Manchester meet increased demand from vulnerable people as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

25 Mar 2020

Continued payments to matchday staff announced

The Club announce that directly engaged matchday casual workers will be paid in full for the fixtures they were scheduled to work and matchday casual workers will also receive a payment, based on pro-rata earnings over the last three months, applied across the 2019-20 season’s remaining five home fixtures.

28 Mar 2020

Sterling and Houghton support NHS campaign

Raheem Sterling and Steph Houghton feature alongside some of the nation’s top footballers, managers, cricket and basketball players to unite in supporting the NHS #StayHomeSaveLives social media campaign.

30 Mar 2020

City launch Cityzens at Home platform

City launch a new online resource – Cityzens at Home – allowing fans to remain close to the Club during the COVID-19 outbreak through behind-the-scenes content, educational and entertainment resources for the whole family.

1 Apr 2020

Club offer use of Etihad Stadium to NHS

The Club make facilities at the Etihad Stadium available to the NHS in the front-line battle against the coronavirus pandemic.

11 Apr 2020

Kevin De Bruyne and Steph Houghton support GMP campaign for Easter Weekend

Kevin De Bruyne and Steph Houghton supported Greater Manchester Police's #StayHomeSaveLives campaign over the Easter weekend with video messages to encourage communities to follow government advice.

The messages were subsequently shared across Greater Manchester on a mobile media van which visited various locations across the region.

20 Apr 2020

Rest and Relaxation Centre opens on Campus

Facilities at the Etihad Campus offered to 26,000 NHS staff for rest and relaxation.

20 Apr 2020

BBC Bitesize Spanish lesson with Sergio Agüero announced

Star striker Sergio Agüero joins Sir David Attenborough and Professor Brian Cox as guest teachers on BBC Bitesize's at-home education resource site.

27 Apr 2020

Covid testing centre opens on Campus

The centre is one of the largest in England.

13 May 2020

Seasoncard holder refund

All General Admission Seasoncard holders offered a full refund equating to the value of the remaining six home Premier League matches. Supporters who had purchased individual match tickets for Premier League or Cup fixtures (whether home or away) also receive a full refund.

23 May 2020

Players return to small group training

The first team squad return to small group training at the CFA for the first time since the league was suspended in March.

12 Jun 2020

City Restart documentary launched

City launch a new three-part documentary series, City Restart, a behind-the-scenes look at the process of bringing players and staff back to restart the 2019-20 Premier League Season.

13 Jun 2020

Players join in CFG FIFA Tournament

Esports players from eight CFG clubs, plus City players Sergio Agüero, Alex Zinchenko, Ellie Roebuck and Georgia Stanway, took part in the tournament which took place across eight hours.

16 Jun 2020

Cityzens Giving for Recovery Launched

CFG launch a 12-month recovery campaign bringing together its nine clubs, thousands of staff, players and coaches, and millions of fans to help communities get back on their feet in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

17 Jun 2020

Premier League returns

The Premier League resumes with City v Arsenal, with City running out 3-0 winners. The game, shown live on Sky, was watched by 3.4m viewers.

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