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Let's not forget the Mane - Ederson incident ! Probably the only time Fungusbum's comment " he could have been killed " would have been appropriate ; and yet the confected outrage at Mane's sending-off from the dippers and their lackies in the Lickspittle Media ( remember dear old Gary Ratface...

Just watching the "highlights" : 28th Minute - chaotic build-up in the area - Grimsby score. Referee disallows the goal for handball. Very much a 50-50 decision... referee clearly could not have seen it from his position ... dodgy decision goes in favour of the rags. 49th Minute - desperate rag...

In a January 2025 Press Conference, Pep speculated we would learn the verdict of the "115" within the month. D-Day seemed to come about in February ( lots of "signals" ) but nothing happened. Journalist Oliver Holt penned a piece claiming he had spoken to a very senior executive of a top club...

Those were the days ! I was able to join the queue ar 7.00am and was away by 10.00 .The12year old son of a friend,wagged school and joined the queue. He hadn't returned home at 9.00pm so dad rang the police: "did your son go to Maine Road for tickets ?"......He did !.....Well he's probably...

1989 - Michael Knighton had his £10M offer to buy 50%(+) of ManU accepted by Martin Edwards- although he eventually acquired a seat on their board - he agreed not to acquire a majority stake. Subsequently - the directors of the club realised they could make a lot more money by floating on the...

Interesting piece of info from an entirely reliable source with contacts at government level : for some time now there has been much deliberation at the highest level as to what should be done about the "tidal wave" of "funny money" being "laundered" by our football clubs. It seems the...

Reviewed the 2nd half on City+ : the "shithousery" starts 64th min. - Raya 2m10s lost ; 70th - Havertz 1m ; 72nd - Calafiori 1m30s ; 82nd Rice ( booked time wasting ) 50s ; 85th Martinelli 50s ; Gabriel 1m20s ( up to 90m ) Add on 2mins for substitutions = a minimum of 9 mins...

Rolling headline on my Microsoft Facesheet - "Man City FFP : Emphatic APT appeal verdict predicted with Citizens tipped to be found guilty". ( Football365) Guilty of what ? Silly me , I thought City were effectively the plaintiff/appellant in this particular matter and the Premiership the...

Brighton away - FACup - early 80's. Travelled by coach - organised by Poynton WMC. Coach broke down on M1 and we supporters had to sit ( in the rain ) on the hard-shoulder right on the Luton exit. My girlfriend at the time was a ManU fan and the rags happened to be playing Luton that day. So...

Like to keep a track on BBC's "Gossip" ( potential transfers ) during the transfer window. Very little to report regarding City - just a few rumours ( Grealish / Alvarez / Ederson ) might be on their way or not. Some talk in the media that Ten Bob has been given a "dreadful war-chest" with...

Thank-you -- understood ! Tyranny of the Majority -I suppose.

Interesting ! Given the above, could someone enlighten me on this point : I've read a number of differing accounts as to when the Premiership adopted and took on Gill's "Get City FFP" rules from UEFA - I think it was in 2015 ?. I recall the media headlines at the time rejoicing that the...

Talking about a "certain type of player", I was told a story about such a "certain type of player" : so a friend ( of a friend ) was enjoying a quiet drink, with his girlfriend in a night club in Manchester when a "certain type of player" together with his obnoxious entourage came over to them...

I wonder whether "scruffy" Jim has managed to get Sir Alex to give up the manager's parking space yet?

Spot on ! The Dispatches team set up a "Sting" whereby they invented a Far Eastern Businessman supposedly interested in buying an English Football Team. He was introduced to a secretive organisation ( let's call it Doug and Dinsdale's "The Gang" ) who could introduce established English...

I believe City did rather well at the " FIFA BEST AWARDS " not that you'd know it from Media coverage. The only headline on the BBC Football News ( courtesy of Simon Stone ) - " Date has been set for hearing into Man City Charges "...

Must be the Grauniad. Almost certain to be Barney Ronay. Hang on... just looking at Private Eye "Pseuds Corner" ... yes there it is... and there's another entry from Barney ... " The entire cultural history of the 1980's is basically Midge Ure walking through the Vienna mist in a leather...

Simple Sammy Wallace started his career as tea boy at the Torygraph. He moved on to the failing Independent, joining veteran hack -James Lawton and oddball-wierdo Ian Herbert. The three of them ( all rabid rag apologists ) regularly produced "Glory Glory manure" articles, interspersing them with...

If you think the Mail is bad then you need to avoid the Express ( part of the Reach / ManUMirror / Liverpool Echo ? stable ) The Express is always incredibly bad. Today's Express "Football" Page headlines, as usual, go back 4 days : ( and bear in mind City played on Tuesday ) - there are 91...

Looking at the rag's penalty yesterday : Martial ( who has "won" at least 2 penalties against City in recent years for obvious dives - the 6-3 springs to mind ) "wins" one against Everton just at a time when Everton are well on top. Martial ( outside the area ) receives a pass and kicks the...