Manchester Magic

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1997-1998
City of Manchester Attitude
1998-2000
Manchester Magic
2000-present

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The Manchester Giants are an English basketball club from the city of Manchester in the northwest of England.

For the 2019-20 season, the Magic will compete in the National Basketball League Division 2 North. They play their home games at the Manchester Basketball Centre, which was part-funded by former NBA star John Amaechi. A sister team, the Manchester Mystics, compete in the top-tier Women's British Basketball League.

History

The Magic were first established in 1997, originally as a reserve squad for the nearby Manchester Giants, entering the newly founded NBL Division 3 for the 1997/1998 season and winning immediate promotion as league runner-up and playoff champions. A change in direction from their one-time parent club saw the fledgling team become independent mid-way through their first season in Division Two, choosing the City of Manchester Attitude as their new name. A first league title was to follow at the end of the 1999/2000 season, with the club joining the top flight just as the national league was being restructured, forming the short-lived NBL Conference.{{cite web|url=http://pawprint75.co.uk/Clubs/manchester_magic.htm |title=Manchester Magic History |publisher=pawprint75.co.uk |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301050842/http://pawprint75.co.uk/Clubs/manchester_magic.htm |archivedate=1 March 2009 }}

After rebranding as the Manchester Magic, the club enjoyed over a decade of success in the top tier of the English Basketball League, with the highlight being a triple title success in the 2007/2008 season, claiming the National Cup alongside the league and playoff titles. The team then took the shock decision to play in Division 3 for the 2011/12 season, in order "to forge a much closer link between the youngsters... and the men's team",{{cite web|url=http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/sport/basketball/s/1419012_manchester-magic-to-withdraw-from-ebl1|title=Manchester Magic to withdraw from EBL1|publisher=Manchester Evening News}} in the words of club director Joe Forber. The club worked their way back up the English leagues in record time, winning Division 3 at the first attempt to earn a return to Division 2, and then gaining back-to-back promotions with a runner-up spot in Division 2 in the 2012/13 season.

Since returning to Division 1, the Magic have claimed both the National Cup and National Trophy in the 2014/15 season, alongside second-place finishes in both the league and the end-of-season playoffs.{{cite web|url=http://www.basketballengland.co.uk/LeagueTables/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913095620/http://www.basketballengland.co.uk/LeagueTables/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-09-13|title=League Table History|publisher=Basketball England}}

Club honours

National Cup

2007, 2008, 2015, 2016

National Trophy

2015, 2016

EBL Division 1 League Champions

2008

EBL Division 1 Playoff Champions

2008, 2010

EBL Division 2 League Champions

2000

EBL Division 3 League Champions

2012

EBL Division 3 Playoff Champions

1998

Season-by-season records

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! Season

! Division

! Tier

! Pos.

! Played

! Won

! Lost

! Points

! Playoffs

! National Cup

! National Trophy

! Patrons Cup

! National Shield

colspan="14" align=center bgcolor="black" | Manchester Giants B

|1997-98

D3

4

2nd

26

15

11

30

Winners

1st round

DNE

colspan="14" align=center bgcolor="black" | City of Manchester Attitude

|1998-99

D2

3

3rd

24

18

6

36

Semi-Final

2nd round

DNE

|1999-00

D2

3

1st

24

20

4

40

Runner-Up

2nd round

DNE

colspan="14" align=center bgcolor="red" | Manchester Magic

|2000-01

Conf

2

4th

21

9

7

18

Semi-Final

Quarter-Final

DNE

|2001-02

Conf

2

5th

18

9

18

Semi-Final

DNE

|2002-03

Conf

2

5th

22

12

10

24

Semi-Final

1st round

DNE

|2003-04

D1

2

4th

22

16

6

32

Quarter-Final

1st round

DNE

|2004-05

D1

2

6th

22

12

10

24

Quarter-Final

1st round

DNE

|2005-06

D1

2

4th

26

19

7

38

Semi-Final

Quarter-Final

1st round

DNE

|2006-07

D1

2

3rd

22

17

5

34

Runner-Up

Winners

Semi-Final

DNE

|2007-08

D1

2

bgcolor=gold|1st

18

16

2

32

Winners

Semi-Final

DNE

|2008-09

D1

2

bgcolor=silver|2nd

18

15

3

30

Runner-Up

DNE

|2009-10

D1

2

bgcolor=silver|2nd

22

16

6

32

Winners

Runner-Up

DNE

|2010-11

D1

2

6th

18

7

11

14

Quarter-Final

3rd round

1st round

DNE

|2011-12

D3 Nor

4

1st

22

19

3

38

Runner-Up

2nd round

DNE

Quarter-Final

|2012-13

D2

3

2nd

22

15

7

30

Runner-Up

3rd round

DNE

1st round

DNE

|2013-14

D1

2

5th

26

16

10

32

Quarter-Final

Semi-Final

Runner-Up

DNE

|2014-15

D1

2

bgcolor=silver|2nd

24

17

7

34

Runner-Up

Winners

DNE

|2015-16

D1

2

bgcolor=gold|1st

26

23

3

46

Winners

DNE

|2016-17

D1

2

bgcolor=silver|2nd

26

21

5

42

Winners

DNE

|2017-18

D1

2

8th

24

11

13

22

Quarter-finals

DNE

|2018-19

D1

2

14th

26

2

24

4

Did not qualify

DNE

|2019-20

D2 Nor

3

5th

18

10

8

22

Did not qualify

3rd round

References

External links

[http://www.manchestermagicandmystics.co.uk/ Official Manchester Magic website]

Category:Basketball teams in England

Category:Sports clubs and teams in Manchester

Category:Basketball teams established in 1997