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Apologies if this belongs in some other thread on the subject of the ground (please move, if so) but here goes... it struck me while reading through the thread debating the Villa comeback v the Aguero goal just how much of an iconic ground the Etihad has become. Not just Aguerooo and the Villa...

Just rambled onto this article and thought others might be interested too. I was not previously aware of the Di Jones story. Not the club's finest hour. https://www.efl.com/news/2016/january/fifty-five-years-to-the-day-20-maximum-wage-cap-abolished-by-football-league-clubs/

Okay, something to help us all decompress.. We all know City are the only team to win the League, FA Cup and League Cup in the same year but there are at least 12 other clubs who have, in one season or another, won all three of the major domestic trophies. How many of them can you name...

I am not sure whether I should have posted on this forum or over on Off Topic with this. So apologies if I have chosen wrongly. Worth a look if you're passing... http://www.nssmag.com/en/sports/12165/girlfans-manchester-city-whitworth-gallery/image:106578

I read this post from @Eebo on the United thread and I though it was a very good idea... The quoted article is from one of the most underrated football writers at work today. That's not to say that I always agree with Barney Ronay; it's just that I think he expresses himself well. Anyway, if...

... that dog of his won't wank itself. Roy Keane has reportedly thrown a strop and walked out of the Republic of Ireland set up, right before the European Championships. (Sorry, I can't do links on the phone). Stay classy, Roy. Stay classy.

I was reminded of this by the thread titled Squeaky Shoes because that was the nickname of one of our teachers. We also had... Good Eye Snaggle Puss Pimpy Beaker Ducksie Doc Wiggy and. Bollock Chops. Anyone else got some good 'uns?

Christ knows we've got an awful lot wrong in this little country over the years but yesterday, in voting a resounding YES to the Equality Referendum, we definitely got something fundamentally decent and fair right. Given the international perception of Ireland as a conservative, deeply Catholic...

I couldn't sleep for a while last night and (God knows why but) I began knocking the concept of happiness around what passes for my brain, lately. Thing is, it seems to me that modern man has a sense of entitlement to happiness. Naturally, I blame the Americans for this... an all too literal...

Some say it was already a reality with Cream but who would comprise the ultimate supergroup? For me, it's the following: Drums: Levon Helm (not as technically proficient as Ginger Baker, maybe but better vocals, better songwriter and less likely to randomly kill everybody) Bass: Paul...

Can the world really be changing so quickly that this nuisance of a thing has to keep updating every five minutes? Yes, I am aware that I can stop it but all I want to know is why it updates so often.

In the beginning, there were dinosaurs. They died and became oil. The Arabs got all the oil and made pots of money. Then they bought City. Now, City are the champions. QED. :-)

Very short, in fact... First person to answer correctly can set the next question: Which is the largest country in Africa? Edit: in terms of acreage.

Quite simply the greatest songwriter of all time. The voice is an acquired taste, perhaps but he is arguably the greatest singer of the the last fifty years. (As opposed to all those x-factor karaoke artists who have fantastic voices but not a freaking notion of how to actually sing). This is...

Yep, Kelly Brooke does indeed have a great... blah, blah, blah but, enough of that! (EDIT:I'll never get enough of that! Boom, boom!!) Phew, that's the inuendo out of the way, then. Now, for a matter of great social and political import... Ladies & gentlemen, I've just been accused of being...

Sorry, I can't provide a link but well, if you can't lay your hands on a copy of this particular song, your opinion is pretty much invalid to me anyway. So, I've just been listening to it and, brace yourself but... That little riff George Harrison plays is different every time. It sounds the...

Just been to the bakery where I couldn't help but notice that many householders allow their staff to dress "casually". Is this the norm now? Amongst the clientele (none of whom showed any deference towards I, whatsoever) were a houseboy in ill-fitting, unbelted trousers, what was presumably a...

Not everyone's cup of tea, I know but for the rest of us... Essentially, the challenge is to write a story in no more than six words. The story goes that no less a writer than Errnest Hemingway started this literary phenomenon. So you'll be in good company, should you give it a go. Examples...

Okay, as it's the silly season, perhaps some kind soul can put me out of my occasional misery. A few years ago, I heard a guy on the radio ask the listeners for three words in the English language that end in the letters shion. I was on my way to the airport and I never did hear the answer...

Hi, As the thread title suggests, City played v a Limerick selection at Thomond Park in 1991. Reid was the City manager, Allardyce was Limerick's. Anyway, a friend is doing an article on significant soccer (as opposed to rugby) games played at Thomond Park, over the years and had asked me what...