Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An sake saukar da City a kakar wasa biyar bayan haka, amma lokacin da aka sake nada O'Rourke a matsayin koci a gaban kakar wasa ta 1928-29, sun karya wasu bayanan kulob din don samun ci gaba zuwa Division Two. Bayan yanayi takwas a Rukunin Na Biyu, City ta koma Rukunin Na Uku, kuma sun kasance a mataki na uku da na huɗu na tsarin gasar kwallon kafa ta Ingila har zuwa 1985-86. A wannan lokacin, sun jimre wa lokutan wahala na kudi, kuma a 1985, ƙasarsu ta sha wahala
gobarar da ta kashe mutane 56, a ranar da kungiyar da magoya bayansu za su yi murnar samun ci gaba.