I was, believe it or not, in Abu Dhabi that day. I was out there doing an installation for a couple of weeks. What a session I had in the old Abu Dhabi Sheraton bar that night, drunkenly belting out Blue Moon with a bar band who's lead singer was from Liverpool, no less. I remember him saying; "Great that a club of City's stature is back in the Premier League. Although they will never be as big as the mighty Liverpool of course..." I think I told him to fuck off. Not sure though. I was a happy boy anyway.
Little did I know how Abu Dhabi would be such a huge part of our future then...