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Manchester City FC become first Premier League club to launch an official GIPHY page
Manchester City are pleased to announce a Premier League first with the arrival of their official GIPHY page, which gives fans, near and far, more opportunities to connect with the Club they love.
The English Premier League side are no stranger to GIFs and a collaboration with GIPHY, the best way to search, share, and discover GIFs on the Internet, means it is now easier than ever before for Manchester City fans to find and share their favourite City GIFs.
With an official page on the increasingly popular social media platform, fans can now easily access Manchester City GIFs and share them across their personal social media channels, including Twitter, Tinder and Facebook Messenger. Manchester City GIFs will also be incorporated into the searchable GIPHY timeline and when composing tweets fans can now use the search bar to find their top City GIFs in seconds.
To gain access to MCFC’s all-new GIPHY page and start sharing your best GIFs today, visit https://giphy.com/mcfc
MCFC’s sister club, New York City FC also have an official presence on GIPHY and were amongst the first MLS teams to expand their social media reach to include the platform.
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About Manchester City Football Club
Manchester City FC is an English Premier League club whose roots began in East Manchester in 1880 as St Mark’s West Gorton. It officially became Manchester City FC in 1894 and has since then gone onto win the European Cup Winners’ Cup, four League Championship titles, including two Premier League titles in the last five years (2012, 2014), and five FA Cups. Manchester City FC is one of four teams comprising the City Football Group and counts New York City FC, Melbourne City FC and Yokohama F-Marinos among its sister clubs.
the Club plays its domestic and Champions’ League home fixtures at the Etihad Stadium, a spectacular 55,000 seat arena that City have called home since 2003. Today, the Stadium sits on the wider Etihad Campus, which also encompasses the City Football Academy, a world leading first team training and youth development facility located in the heart of East Manchester. Featuring a 7,000 capacity Academy Stadium, the City Football Academy is also where Manchester City Women’s Football Club and the Elite Development Squad train on a daily basis and play their competitive home games.
For more information, please visit www.mcfc.co.uk