I came across this....
It's rambling rubbish from a kid in his bedroom, but, but, I can sympathise with him, not because of his obvious naivety, the world this lad longs for I long for too. It's because the world this lad talks about doesn't exist and it never has and he doesn't realise it! What is it with the midlands? They seem to live in a permanent 1950s childlike loop of Watch with Mother (younger blues ask your Grandad).
City are at the top of the food chain and the Premier League has made that hierarchy even more bloody, red in tooth and claw, but you can go back a hundred years and observe the Arsenal shenanigans after the First World War to realise money and connections have always trumped sporting excellence, fair play and club loyalty.
Fair does though, I do remember the "you're just a shit Joey Barton" chant ;-)