The day the tables turned

[TheGhost]

The Yaya FA Cup goal could have been a one-off, just a fleeting moment where City finally get a good result, like the 3-1 Maine Road Final Derby or the 4-1 at the new COMS. So that's not when it was for me.

Neither was it when we won 6-1 at the Swamp. That was a great performance which stunned the Rags who underestimated us, but that's not when things changed.

For me, it was the home derby of that same seasons, Kompany's 1-0. United now KNEW what they were up against. They KNEW they had to beat us. United sides in the past would have come out and dealt with the threat, but we were too composed, to determined, too soild. And we won. We did the job and now United were panicking. But for me, hearing the stadium rocking, singing 'Na Na Na City' having just done the double over the Rags, I knew things were changing.

Great post. United only needed a draw for the 1-0 Kompany Derby and they were scared shitless and came for the draw. We were like a bully holding them at arm’s length. Yaya’s shoulder barge on I think Phil Jones sending him splayed across the floor told you all you needed to know in that game. They were out thought and out fought.

 

[johnnytapia]

As much as we love Pep, Mancini will always be the man, came in and said i will rip that shitty banner down and did it in spectacular fashion

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One million %

 

[Blue and true]

I watched the final against Stoke with my dad. At the final whistle his eyes were glistening, and as sad as it sounds, I still choke up a little when I think about it. One of the best days of my life.

 

[stonerblue]

The Yaya FA Cup goal could have been a one-off, just a fleeting moment where City finally get a good result, like the 3-1 Maine Road Final Derby or the 4-1 at the new COMS. So that's not when it was for me.

Neither was it when we won 6-1 at the Swamp. That was a great performance which stunned the Rags who underestimated us, but that's not when things changed.

For me, it was the home derby of that same seasons, Kompany's 1-0. United now KNEW what they were up against. They KNEW they had to beat us. United sides in the past would have come out and dealt with the threat, but we were too composed, to determined, too soild. And we won. We did the job and now United were panicking. But for me, hearing the stadium rocking, singing 'Na Na Na City' having just done the double over the Rags, I knew things were changing.

What a day that was.

 

[Carlos- the- jackal]

I watched the final against Stoke with my dad. At the final whistle his eyes were glistening, and as sad as it sounds, I still choke up a little when I think about it. One of the best days of my life.

Not sad at all mate

 

[city5189]

I actually thought in the pre season leading up to the Stoke final was when things started to change.we played a couple of games in Ireland against inter and someone else can't remember but the football we was playing was beautiful.
I told my old man this is the beginning of something special.

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

For me the tables properly turned once we won the treble and the four on the bounce. We'd done things that they hadnt. We outperformed them.

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

As much as we love Pep, Mancini will always be the man, came in and said i will rip that shitty banner down and did it in spectacular fashion

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I remember Pep saying the title win at Leicester was City's toughest and I was like "Ermmm...are we missing something here?", Love the man but Mancini broke down the barriers. His team was the battering ram that destroyed the gates of the PL's red mafia

 

[JASR]

For me the tables properly turned once we won the treble and the four on the bounce. We'd done things that they hadnt. We outperformed them.

The tables turned in 11-12. The ones you mention were the underlining of the complete turnabout, and the final re-writing of the record books (my thing), which started in 11-12 and progressed through the centurions, the fourmidables, the true treble and then the likely never to be repeated 4-in-a-row - along with so many more records replacing united's, the football records on wikipedia is now dominated by City, whereas prior to Pep it was dominated by united.

Premier League records and statistics - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[MCFCTrick]

I was at a local gig the night before. It suddenly hit me like a brick, City are finally back at Wembley, and not only that, but playing the Vermin. And I'm not going.
I thought sod it, I'm going down, try and get a ticket or at least watch it in a pub nearby if not. I recall putting a post on here in the morning in the vain hope of getting a ticket, and someone, who to this day I can't recall who, replied he was on a coach, and his mate hadn't turned up so he had a spare. Got ready and jumped in the car and drove to Watford, parked at pub that was strictly for customers, but thankfully was one of the chain the missus then worked for. Met up and got the ticket ... a long drive home afterwards, but fuck me I was glad to be there for that.
Whoever that was here, thanks again!

 

[Salford in the City]

I remember Pep saying the title win at Leicester was City's toughest and I was like "Ermmm...are we missing something here?", Love the man but Mancini broke down the barriers. His team was the bartering ram that destroyed the gates of the PL's red mafia

And Bobby destroyed the GPC on the touchline too!

Great times!

 

[TinFoilHat]

 

[Mancity1980]

Just doing a bit of reflection and a few years have gone by now. I know this has been done 1,000 times but did not know which thread to put this in:

Yaya's goal against the rags in the FA Cup semi felt like the pivotal moment for me. So much built up emotion and so much energy. It felt like everything after this moment was inevitable, all the way up to the Treble. Yaya also had an unbelievable way of making it look like he was playing with toddlers in the park.

Completely agree. That was the moment. We beat Fergie’s rags in a game that really mattered. The FA Cup Semi Final at Wembley on our way to win the first trophy I could remember and I was 39 at the time.

 

[Manncity]

Great thread, brings it all back. When scholes got sent off, I thought then we can beat them. This game really was the day the tide turned, the rest is history. The 6-1 months later rubbed their faces in it.

 

[Tevez City]

Just doing a bit of reflection and a few years have gone by now. I know this has been done 1,000 times but did not know which thread to put this in:

Yaya's goal against the rags in the FA Cup semi felt like the pivotal moment for me. So much built up emotion and so much energy. It felt like everything after this moment was inevitable, all the way up to the Treble. Yaya also had an unbelievable way of making it look like he was playing with toddlers in the park.

Times flies so fast, that was 14 years ago ! it feels like last week :)

 

[RodneyRodney]

The only thing missing is them getting relegated again

and again, and again . . .

 

[nmc]

I watched the final against Stoke with my dad. At the final whistle his eyes were glistening, and as sad as it sounds, I still choke up a little when I think about it. One of the best days of my life.

Remember sitting at Wembley, tears in my eyes with this overwhelming sense of relief that we’d finally won something. I looked around and saw loads of older blues having a similar moment. It was beautiful.

 

[Nevizade]

I thought it was about the first 20 minutes, when they probaby should've scored a couple.

I always say the turning point was when Gareth Barry had that shot that hit the side netting. That seemed to put us on the front foot and they looked second-best from then on.

Mario hit one from miles out clean as a whistle that had van der sar worrying for a second and that seemed to give us belief as well. I think I read somewhere once that Vinny asked Mancini to leave the dressing room for a few minutes at half time so the players could talk between themselves. The rest is history.

 

[Nevizade]

I watched the final against Stoke with my dad. At the final whistle his eyes were glistening, and as sad as it sounds, I still choke up a little when I think about it. One of the best days of my life.

Not sad at all. It's why we put the miles in for all those years in the wilderness.

 

[thegoatsthegoat]

The Yaya FA Cup goal could have been a one-off, just a fleeting moment where City finally get a good result, like the 3-1 Maine Road Final Derby or the 4-1 at the new COMS. So that's not when it was for me.

Neither was it when we won 6-1 at the Swamp. That was a great performance which stunned the Rags who underestimated us, but that's not when things changed.

For me, it was the home derby of that same seasons, Kompany's 1-0. United now KNEW what they were up against. They KNEW they had to beat us. United sides in the past would have come out and dealt with the threat, but we were too composed, to determined, too soild. And we won. We did the job and now United were panicking. But for me, hearing the stadium rocking, singing 'Na Na Na City' having just done the double over the Rags, I knew things were changing.

That was the game but I don't agree with some of that. They didn't have to beat us and that's the point. A draw would have been fine for them and that's what they played for. Something old whisky nose wouldn't do ordinarily. We was good and professional but they was really poor on the night. Zero ambition to attack or get forward so once we got our goal we just needed to be disciplined. We didn't create much ourselves but I agree that game shown that United and their manager was scared of what we could do and they could feel that shift coming.