Top 5 Footballers Who Played For Manchester United & Manchester City Ollie Irish 10th, November 2010 8 Comments By Ollie Irish It’s fair to say that overall it was Man Utd who got the most out of these players… brian-kidd-man-utd-man-city ◄ Back Next ► Picture 2 of 5 Brian Kidd played first for Man Utd, from 1963-74 (he was later assistant manager to Alex Ferguson, of course), then after a prolific spell at Arsenal, he played for City from 1976-79.