# What was the best era in Manchester City history?

> Long droughts sit between the golden spells here, which is why fans who lived through a Maine Road cup run rate it as fiercely as the modern trophy hauls.

*By YPB Team · Published November 1, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/what-was-the-best-era-in-manchester-city-history*

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1. **Treble and four in a row (2020–2024)** — score 1000/1000
   City won four straight league titles and the 2023 treble, finally lifting the Champions League in Istanbul.
2. **Mercer–Allison golden age (1965–1972)** — score 898/1000
   Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison took City from the Second Division to the 1968 league title, the 1969 FA Cup and a 1970 European double.
3. **Swift and Doherty years (1930s)** — score 675/1000
   Frank Swift in goal and Peter Doherty up front brought the 1934 FA Cup and City's first league title in 1937.
4. **Pellegrini years (2013–2016)** — score 571/1000
   Manuel Pellegrini added the 2014 Premier League and two League Cups and reached City's first Champions League semi-final.
5. **Billy Meredith era (1894–1906)** — score 467/1000
   The Welsh winger led the young club to its first major trophy, the 1904 FA Cup, before a bribery scandal broke up the side.
6. **Revie Plan and Trautmann (1950s)** — score 343/1000
   Don Revie's deep-lying centre-forward role took City to two FA Cup finals, won in 1956 with Bert Trautmann playing on with a broken neck.
7. **Guardiola's Centurions (2016–2019)** — score 343/1000
   Pep Guardiola's side set a 100-point Premier League record in 2018 and won a domestic treble in 2019.
8. **Keegan years (2001–2005)** — score 0/1000
   Kevin Keegan's attacking side won the 2002 First Division title and moved the club from Maine Road to the City of Manchester Stadium.
9. **Mancini's breakthrough (2009–2013)** — score 0/1000
   After the Abu Dhabi takeover, Roberto Mancini ended a 35-year trophy drought with the 2011 FA Cup and Agüero's 93:20 title in 2012.

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