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    Wembley '99 and Roberto Mancini books - deal for Christmas 2021

    Hello everyone - I'd just like to thank Ric for kindly allowing me more space to promote my own wares! My two City books are available in a combination deal again for Christmas 2021: LOOKS LIKE SCUNNY NEXT SEASON is a series of interviews with all of the Wembley '99 team and the manager...
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    My Wembley 99 and Mancini Books on offer for Christmas 2020

    Just a bit of a heads-up folks (sorry for the self-promotional spam) - my books on the Mancini era at City and the Wembley 1999 team are on special offer for Christmas 2020. Full price, together they're £22.98, but I've made them £15 (plus postage) on my website if you buy them together...
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    Perfectly good goals City have had disallowed

    I'm putting together a piece for this week's podcast on goals City have had disallowed that there was nothing wrong with. I've got: - Aguero/Sterling (vs Arsenal, FA Cup, in 2016-17) - Tiatto (vs Middlesbrough in 2000-01) - Huckerby (vs Spurs in 2000-01) - Dunne (vs West Brom in 2004-05) -...
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    City Quiz in the Northern Quarter, Oct 11th

    Hi everyone, I'm hosting a City quiz at Jimmy's in the Northern Quarter on Wednesday 11 October - it's £2 per person on a team, with a maximum of four people to a team and the prize(s) will depend on the number of entrants etc. Hopefully we can make this a semi-regular thing - ideally to help...
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    Guardiola on Aguero's title-winning goal

    I asked Pep about Aguero's title-winning goal in Friday's press conference and here's what he said: http://www.typicalcity.org/2017/05/12/feature-the-best-moment-ever-at-city-by-far-pep-remembers-agueros-title-winner/
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    Wembley '99 book free on Kindle - Sunday only

    Hi everyone, Just a heads up: My book, where I interviewed all of the team from Wembley 99 and the manager, is completely free on Sunday on Kindle. Obviously, I would say this, but it'd be a perfect thing to read on the trip down to Wembley for the semi-final... ;-) Paperback versions are...
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    City Quizzes

    Just thought I'd post some of these that I've researched and put together. Some of the quizzes are older and need updating (I've not listed them here for that reason), but some will be timeless. Enjoy! Can you name all of the players who scored for Manchester City (all competitions) under...
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    Wembley '99 Book - Christmas Present last post!

    This will probably go on my gravestone as the project I never shut up about but... If you're looking for a good Christmas present for a City fan, my book where I interviewed all the City players and the manager from Wembley 99 is Looks Like Scunny Next Season and is £10 from my website. It's...
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    Picking a Best Manchester City XI Using Only One Player of Each Nationality

    The rules were: - FIFA recognised nationality - Must have played for City in the Premier League era - Must be a recognised formation and a balanced team, so players in comfortable positions This is what I went for...
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    Wembley 99 book interviewing all the players on special offer

    Looks Like Scunny Next Season - interviews with all 14 players from the comeback against Gillingham and with manager Joe Royle. If you buy through my website, you can also get a free copy of my book on the rise and fall of Roberto Mancini, The Man Who Restored Pride (RRP £9.99). The RRP for...
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    Remembering Wembley '99

    I've been told by the publisher that a second batch of Looks Like Scunny Next Season has been printed and more are now available. You can order them directly from the publisher for a cut-down £10 through my website or its RRP is £12.99 in branches of Waterstones or on Amazon. I can't express my...
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    My Wembley 99 book free on Kindle this weekend

    For the trip to Wembley this weekend, Looks Like Scunny Next Season is free on Kindle until Sunday night. I interviewed all 14 players from the game against Gillingham in 1999 and the manager. All I ask is that you'd be kind enough to leave a rating a review after you've read it. Thanks!
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    Promotion at Blackburn in 2000

    As I've not exactly been quiet about in the past, I did a book with the 1999 Division Two Playoff Final team. A lot of that team went on to play in the game at Blackburn a year later, and I've put together a small ebook for that game - adding in some extra quotes from interviews I've done since...
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    David Bernstein Interview

    I recently interviewed David Bernstein for the Blue Moon Podcast, coming up in the new few weeks. Ahead of the season start, there'll be a few teasers - the first is posted with Typical City: http://www.typicalcity.org/2015/07/30/frugal-times-david-bernstein-on-manchester-citys-finances/
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    Wembley '99

    As a way to cheer yourselves up after going out of the Champions League, I've knocked the price of my Wembley '99 book down by 20% for the next few days. I tracked down and spoke to all 14 players and the manager from the game that day in May 1999 and found out their memories, anecdotes, and...
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    Brainbox - Comic Relief

    I'm normally on the forum trying to flog my City books or get you to listen to the podcast or that sort of stuff and this is another message along those lines. However, it's a bit different - I've been writing a novelette for Comic Relief over the past two months in my evenings and weekends and...
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    MCFC Books as Christmas Presents - first class posting!

    Hi all, If you're after a last-minute Christmas gift for a City fan family member or friend or pet, then I'm now posting books first class - the last day for posting is Saturday. Any orders through my website on first class (UK only I'm afraid) by Friday night will go into Saturday's post and -...
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    Kindle offers on all my books - two freebies!

    Hi all, There's an offer on all of my books on Kindle in one way or another this weekend - all ending Sunday. Looks Like Scunny Next Season, which has interviews with all of the team from Wembley '99 to get their memories of the day and find out what happened to them afterwards is down to...
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    Worst MCFC Kits

    I wrote this for ESPN today about MCFC's worst kits. Agree or disagree - I'd really appreciate some comments on the article. <a class="postlink" href="http://www.espnfc.com/club/manchester-city/382/blog/post/1963978/ranking-manchester-citys-worst-kits" onclick="window.open(this.href);return...
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    Radio Documentary on the 1999 Play-Off Final

    Tonight on 104.9 Imagine FM, bit of a plug because it was produced (and voiced) by me. :D It's on at 9pm and I've spoken to all of the players and the manager from that day to commemorate it. Feedback has been pretty positive from those who have heard it so far! If you're inside Manchester or...

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