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The day Man City hit rock bottom - and the players had to 'run the gauntlet' back to their cars

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A day Manchester City fans will never forget saw the team hit their lowest ebb. It was December 19, 1998 - exactly 25 years ago today - and things were about to get really bad for City.

Nowadays, City fans might only go to York for shopping or fun before Christmas. But 20 years ago, 2,000 of them went there feeling worried.

City were in the third tier, which had never happened before, and they were losing games they should have won. Looking back, we can smile about what happened at Bootham Crescent, but it wasn't funny then.

Gareth Taylor, who played for City then and now coaches the Manchester City Women's team, said: "People won't believe this story now if they've only recently started following City." READ MORE: Man City keep making the same mistake ALSO READ: Pep Guardiola's worrying theory over Man City's late goals problem York, who would be relegated to the fourth tier at Maine Road on the final day of the season, took the lead within two minutes thanks to Gordon Connelly.

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