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....Goater joined Manchester City at a turbulent point in their history, with newly appointed manager Joe Royle battling to save the club from relegation to Division 2. Goater scored three goals in the seven remaining matches of the 1997–98 season, but this was not enough to prevent the club from being relegated to the third tier of English Football for the first time ever. Fans were initially sceptical as to Goater's ability, but as goals were scored supporters were gradually won over, creating a song in his honour, "Feed The Goat And He Will Score" (to the tune Cwm Rhondda). The 1998–99 season saw Goater score 21 goals, finishing the season as Manchester City's top goalscorer. The last of these was the winning goal in a play-off semi-final against Wigan Athletic, sending Manchester City to Wembley for a playoff final which saw City promoted after a penalty shootout.
The 1999–2000 season was even more successful for Goater. He was the club's top goalscorer once again, this time with 29 goals, and was named Manchester City's Player of the Year by the supporters after Manchester City were promoted for the second successive year. In the summer, Goater was awarded the freedom of Bermuda, with 21 June declared as "Shaun Goater Day" on the island.[7] The following season Goater made his first appearance in top flight football at the age of 30, though injury and the presence of new signings Paulo Wanchope and former World Player of the Year George Weah meant he had to wait three months to do so. Once again established in the first team, Goater was Manchester City's top goalscorer for the third consecutive season, but his 11 goals could not save the team from relegation.
During the 2001 close season upheaval took place at Manchester City, with manager Royle departing to be replaced by Kevin Keegan. As a striker, Goater was well placed to benefit from Keegan's adventurous brand of football, and in the 2001–02 season he became the first Manchester City player since Francis Lee in 1972 to score more than 30 goals in a season. City were promoted as champions, and Goater was the clubs top scorer for the fourth time in a row, as well as being the top scorer in the division.
Over the summer of 2002 there was speculation that Goater would be transferred, as Manchester City had twice broken their transfer record by buying strikers Jon Macken and Nicolas Anelka. Goater stayed, but opportunities were limited. He started just 14 games, but showed a healthy return of seven goals, including his 100th for the club, which came in a derby match against local rivals Manchester United. In February 2003, Goater struck against the same opposition to score the fastest goal by a substitute in Premier League history, just 9 seconds after coming onto the pitch.He also scored a goal that would have won City the match but it was disallowed.
Shortly before the end of the 2002–03 season Goater announced his intention to leave Manchester City when the season finished in order to seek regular first team football. In his final match for Manchester City, he was given the honour of captaining the side in Manchester City's final game at Maine Road.In total Goater scored 103 goals in 212 appearances for Manchester City.
