8 April 2011, 6:06 pm
Late again, I know. But this was a particularly enjoyable victory, and its impression remains fresh. This was the best attacking performance of the season. The best of 2011, certainly. The best since Fulham or West Ham away. And, crucially, a confident re-framing after two weeks off for international football. The Chelsea defeat was so dispiriting that I feared an April collapse; no tempo, no rhythm and failure on both remaining fronts. What we had instead was a display with a fluency and confid...

20 March 2011, 3:50 pm
Just a quick request:As part of the ‘Coming Home' promotion, Etihad Airways, Official Sponsor of Manchester City, is offering fans the chance to fly to Manchester to see City play Tottenham, as we blow the chance of Champions League qualification for the second successive season.Friends of TLDORC, Matt Coleman and his partner-in-crime Gav, are in the final eight of the competition, and we're hoping to get them over from Sydney for the match.Through their work with the Sydney Blues, they try to...

18 March 2011, 7:25 pm
And our chance of winning a trophy this year has halved, at least. The prospect of a Manchester United-free knock-out competition was bounteously exciting. We were, I think, the strongest remaining side in the competition yesterday and, had we overturned Dynamo Kyiv, the favourites for the crown. But it wasn't to be. Rather, it was just a smaller scale Hamburg: for smaller stakes, in front of fewer people, with less emboldening crackle in the air. But it was still a good performance, brave in th...

14 March 2011, 10:39 pm
After a series of difficult and disjointed home 1-0 wins, here was a 1-0 win to revel in. They didn't play brilliantly although, given recent exertions and performances, they played better than I thought they might. And, crucially, we have avoided immersion in the dreadpool of a cup final against Manchester United. Forgive me my cowardice, but the only way to think as a City fan is by identifying the worst possible outcome, and then navigating ways of avoiding it. We are not going to lose a fina...

11 March 2011, 7:35 pm
Our first meaningful test of the season, and, well, it's like the Peter Crouch game was only yesterday. I know we're in the quarter-final of the FA Cup, and only in the last 16 here, but given the relative quality of the opposition this is at least as good a chance of winning a trophy. And, lest we forget, winning a trophy is what all this money was thrown at.By many measures, this was not our worst performance of the season. I've seen us defend worse, I think, and look likely to score a goal. ...

18 May 2012, 1:36 pm
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey, Kun Aguero.Come on everyone, join in!...

17 May 2012, 12:42 am
3 days afterStill recovering!Watched a bit of Soccer AM and sad to report that the bloke who plays Bates in Downton Abbey is a rag, so I won’t be watching that again.D Day dawned. Read the Observer piece which was a bit mixed up, to be honest! We got to the ground at about one ish and strolled around City square fairly relaxed. Picked up a programme and was pleased with Gary’s interview with Sue and I though the photos were a tad embarrassing, but, I suppose a true reflection!Game on, and a ...

13 May 2012, 10:50 am
Forget the shite negative manumirror's article - today is all about THE SPIRIT OF 1968, 1985, 1999, 2000, 2002, AND 2011, C'MON CITY!!!!!!...

12 May 2012, 5:07 pm
1 day to goOK let’s put things into perspective. Since our last title in 1968 we’ve:Won 2 FA Cups, once runners up, 2 League cups, once runners up, 1 European Cup Winner’s Cup, once Division 1 runners up.Been relegated 5 timesBeen promoted 5 timesA word of warning to QPR, we’ve relegated, or played already relegated teams 5 times.Best last days : 1972 beat Derby the eventual Champions at M/Rd1974 beat united at O/T who were relegated1977 beat Coventry away to make runners up1985 beat Cha...

11 May 2012, 5:52 pm
2 days to goThought it may be interesting to note how we’ve gone on at the end of the season since our win in 1968?!1969 – after winning the Cup we had 3 games left and beat Liverpool home 1-0 on the last day.1970 – won the ECWCup beating Gornik 2-11971 – lost 3-4 to united at home – their 1st win in 14 league derbies from 1967 to 19761972 – beat Derby (who won the league) 2-0 at home1973 – lost 2-3 home to relegated Crystal Palace1974 – beat united 1-0 away who were relegated197...

30 April 2012, 2:37 pm
We’ll be providing minute-by-minute commentary of the all-important Manchester derby in just a few hours: first place in the Premier League is on the line. This could be the night City reclaim the top spot, or it could be the night United virtually seals another title. It’s all to play for and every kick will [...]...

31 January 2012, 7:49 pm
Manchester City has fallen to Everton 1-0 tonight on Darren Gibson’s second half goal. Read on to see how it happened! City and the Toffees do battle tonight at Goodison Park as City seek to remain atop the league. Read on for a minute-by-minute account of the action from a (light) Blue perspective! Courtesy of City’s official [...]...

22 January 2012, 1:27 pm
It’s one of the matches of the season–City and Spurs battle today in a crucial match in Premier League title race. City thumped Spurs at White Hart Lane in September, but surely it can’t be such a route today. What will happen? Read on to find out…. Here are your lineups: City: Richards, Hart, Barry, Lescott, Clichy, [...]...

8 January 2012, 1:30 pm
United have triumphed in the FA Cup 3rd round with an epic and controversial 3-2 victory. United led 3-0 at the break after City were reduced to ten men for a highly questionable red card against Vincent Kompany. But City made quite a game of it in the second half to keep things interesting until [...]...

7 December 2011, 7:28 pm
It’s all on the line tonight as City aim for an improbable qualification into the Champions League tonight in the final round of group play. City must beat Bayern Munich and hope Napoli drop points away to Villarreal. It could happen. But will it? Read on to find out….. No, it won’t! (Technical difficulties prevented our [...]...

10 May 2012, 10:45 am
QPR defender Clint Hill believes his club will park the bus against us, after beating Stoke by one goal. “Stoke was our game of the season, and now we need to put the whole bus in front of Manchester City and see what happens.” I'm just intrigued to find out how many of our ex players line up against us, right now the rags in the media are spinning it as we owe Mark Hughes for mistreating...

4 May 2012, 1:50 pm
To all those spuds who mocked us when beating us to Champions League football a while back, I bet you're now praying we beat Newcastle on Sunday aren't you? considering they could knock you off 4th spot. I seem to remember a lot of loud mouth spuds on here, I wonder what they are thinking right now? Earlier this season they were on about how their team where back in form and ready to knock...

2 May 2012, 11:13 am
Or could they? Although they have a habit of lying through their back teeth, The Daily Rag aka Mail are reporting that Howard Webb has been chosen by Dave Richards and David Gill at the FA, to officiate our game against Newcastle up next on the 6th May. It's time our lads gather to beat Uniteds 12th man to put Howard Webb in his place once and for all, as we have done so far with United. South...

1 May 2012, 9:18 am
In my previous article I predicted that Wayne Rooney was more likely to dive/go down easily ahead of Ashley Young, Rooney proved me to be correct after theatrically throwing his heels back up into the air to land on his knees. Resulting in getting Captain Vincent Kompany yellow carded by Andre Marriner, the only time he pulled out a card for United was when he were left with absolutely no...

30 April 2012, 5:55 am
Well well well Fergies gagging order didn't last long now did it, with Nani apparently blasting his team mates by claiming they should be ashamed of themselves for letting City back in the title fight. It's not only United fans that are arrogant, they're players as just as much if not more, also deluded into believing that they carry with them the supernatural spirit of players past. I can hear...

21 September 2011, 11:19 am
Brian Marwood insists that City will mount a serious challenge to win the Carling Cup this season. City last won this trophy in 1976 thanks to Dennis Tuert’s overhead kick. City went out in the third round of the competition last year at the hands of West Brom after fielding a weakened side, but tonight’s visitors Birmingham are likely to face a stiffer challenge. Marwood said, “The Carling Cup is an important competition for us, there is a European place on offer, there is the potenti...

5 September 2011, 6:39 pm
A simple statement on Man City’s official website reads, “Following allegations made to the football club by Dr Anthonia Onuoha, subsequently reported in today’s media, the Club can confirm that a board led review has been launched into the matter.” This is amid claims that Garry Cook sent an offensive email to Nedum Onuoha’s mother. The message allegedly mocked Dr Anthonia Onuoha’s battle with cancer after she had written to City football administrator Brian Marwood last Oct...

3 September 2011, 1:30 am
City have also submitted their squad for participation in the Barclays Premier League. Players aged under 21 are eligible in addition to the squad named below, with certain criteria. So in City’scase, Mario Balotelli and Stefan Savic are eligible without having to be named in the Premier League squad. The following remarks are from the Premier League’s own guidelines: “For 2011/12 each club had a deadline of 5pm on 2nd September to submit a squad containing no more than 17 players who do n...

3 September 2011, 12:58 am
Edin Dzeko has been named Barclays Player of the Month for August after an outstanding start to his first full season with the club. The Bosnian scored in both of City’s opening fixtures against Swansea and Bolton Wanderers, leading the club to 4-0 and 3-2 victories respectively. Dzeko then bagged four of City’s  five goals in an outstanding 5-1 away victory against Tottenham last weekend. The decisions were made by the Barclays Awards Panel that includes representatives from football&#...

3 September 2011, 12:35 am
Carlos Tevez insists he is happy at Manchester City and is planning to stay at the Etihad Stadium. Tevez returned to Argentina after he was left out of his country’s 1-0 win over Venezuela in a friendly in India. Tevez has only featured as a late sub in the 3-2 win over Bolton Wanderers so far this season for City, spoke highly of Mancini. “He’s fantastic, he wants to win and me too. I had clashes with Roberto Mancini in every language but it’s a love-hate relationship,” said C...

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