Happy Birthday To Our 1st Algerian Magician

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8 October 1968: Happy 57th Birthday To Our First Algerian Magician Ali Benarbia:





A Glimpse Of Genius The Ali Benarbia Story:
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A Glimpse of Genius

The Ali Benarbia Story
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Double Acts:Benarbia On Berkovic Partnership:
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Double Acts: Benarbia on Berkovic partnership

Today we continue our feature series looking at memorable City pairings.
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Brilliant player and brilliant debut.

People always say, if only he'd signed for us years earlier...there's no way he'd have a) turned out as good as he was and b) if he was showing class we'd have flogged him or he'd have wanted to leave.

We had the best of him for a couple of years and that was to the benefit of us & him.

That season getting promoted under KK ...the football we played, just wow.
 
That backheel is a thing of beauty. Telling how most of the Rainham end instinctively started clapping. Considering they still
Hate us and was only a few years after Wembley shows the genius of the man.
 
He was like a ray of sunshine. That promotion team made going to watch City something to look forward to again. They might not be legends of the club in the fashion our statue boys are, but for a certain generation of blues he and they will always have a special place in our hearts. Still one of my favourite seasons.
 
threespires said:
He was like a ray of sunshine. That promotion team made going to watch City something to look forward to again. They might not be legends of the club in the fashion our statue boys are, but for a certain generation of blues he and they will always have a special place in our hearts. Still one of my favourite seasons.
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With all our recent success I still rate this as my favourite ever season being a city fan.
Years of absolute gumpth and the relegation the year before and then this. It was exciting and it made you proud to be a blue. For all the crap Keegan gets he’s the one that started us getting back on track and becoming the force we are today.

I still can’t believe he got Anelka to the club at that time too.

Ali b was a wonderful technically gifted footballer who played with a smile on his face and stardust in his boots. Remarkable player.
 
beehive_bob said:
Fantastic player to watch, as was that whole Keegan team. The one piece of skill I remember in particular was in the Villa game at Maine Road but doesn't seem to be in the clip above...the pass at the Platt Lane end to set up the goal. Around 1:25 in this clip

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Not a bad team that day!

GK Peter Schmeichel
LB Danny Tiatto
CB Steve Howey
CB Silvain Distin
CB Richard Dunne
CB Kevin Hurlock!
M Eyal Berkovic
M Marc-Vivien Foé
W Shaun Wright-Phillips
CF Shaun Goater
CF Nicolas Anelka

Substitutes​

LB Niclas Jensen
M Ali Benarbia
W Darren Huckerby
GK Carlo Nash
CB Gerard Wiekens
 
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When he came over to take a corner.
“Ali, Ali, Ali, Ali”
 
Snape said:
Not a bad team that day!

GK Peter Schmeichel
LB Danny Tiatto
CB Steve Howey
CB Silvain Distin
CB Richard Dunne
CB Terry Hurlock
M Eyal Berkovic
M Marc-Vivien Foé
W Shaun Wright-Phillips
CF Shaun Goater
CF Nicolas Anelka

Substitutes​

LB Niclas Jensen
M Ali Benarbia
W Darren Huckerby
GK Carlo Nash
CB Gerard Wiekens
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I doubt Super Kev would be pleased you've mixed him up with Terry Hurlock!
 
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