 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Pasi paSam Omerod kirabhu yakawana kukwidziridzwa kuFirst Division kekutanga, uye makore mashanu gare gare Tom Maley akazova maneja wekutanga weManchester City kuhwina mukombe mukuru, 1904 FA Cup. Nyaya yemari yakaguma neFootball Association ichimisa Maley nevatambi gumi nevanomwe muna 1906, ichisiya Harry Newbould nebasa rekuunganidza rutivi rwekugadzira munguva pfupi. Muna 1912 Ernest Mangnall akabatana neCity kubva kumakwikwi emunharaunda Manchester United, asi akatadza kudzokorora kubudirira kwaakange afarira neReds. Pakubva kwaMangnall muna 1924 mabasa emunyori nemaneja akaparadzaniswa, naDavid Ashworth akagadzwa maneja naWilf Wild semunyori. Urongwa uhwu hwakaramba huchienderera mberi panguva yaPeter Hodge semaneja, kunyange hazvo mabasa akabatanidzwa zvakare apo Wild akava maneja muna 1932. Wild akava mutungamiri wekambani akareba zvikuru, achikunda FA Cup uye League Championship munguva yake yemakore gumi nemana. Panguva iyo Sam Cowan akatsiva Wild mabasa omunyori nemaneja akaparadzaniswa zvachose. Cowan akagara mwaka mumwe chete, uye akatsiviwa naJock Thomson. Akawana kukwidziridzwa, asi haana kuita kuti pave nomugumisiro unogara kwenguva refu padanho repamusoro. 