"The City fans have always been incredible towards me and willed me to do well and it is, of course, reciprocated." -
Uwe Rosler.
“It was all I knew and I loved it. I worshipped the place. I really did feel it was my club. When I look at the badge it gives me a feeling instantly. A bit like your heart skipping a beat." -
Stephen Ireland (is Superman)
"I knew Asprilla had a suspect temperament, so I was in his face from the moment we kicked-off..." -
Keith Curle.
"I’ve always thought had Eric Cantona come to us that season instead of United, and Georgi had gone to United, I don’t think Eric would have been doing adverts today or people talking about fish following trawlers!" -
Keith Curle.
“I even had two goldfish called Shaun Goater and Nicolas Anelka and when I look back on all of the pictures of me in my City kits, I remember that whenever the new kit came out, I made my mum wait outside the Store at 8am and run inside when it opened." -
Keira Walsh.
“Even if you played United at Tiddlywinks you’d be desperate to win – but a League Cup semi-final meant everything back then and still does today. To you, your team-mates and the fans. It matters more than anything else.” -
Tommy Booth.
“I felt the crowd were waiting for us to make mistakes, especially at home, and it was an awkward situation to be in.” -
Shaun Goater.
“Dicky was all about aggression, all out effort and never giving up on a seemingly lost cause. I began to chase down defenders, put myself about a bit giving my all for the shirt. I had been doing what I felt was best for the team and what benefited my game prior to that, but with the added ‘Dickov factor’, things began to turn around.” - Shaun Goater.
“I didn’t know what they were singing at first,” he smiles. “Then the lads said ‘did you hear that Goat? They were singing about you.’ I thought, yeah, I’m having that!” - Shaun Goater