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One of my favourite derby day wins.
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On this day - City beat the rags for the last time at Maine Road
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One of my favourite derby day wins.
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The best ‘We’re the Pride of Manchester’ ever sung late on it that game
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I really couldn't face going to that derby as I thought we would get beat, so I decided to go and see England play New Zealand at Twickenham. Driving down there was a crash on the M1 which shut the motorway and we were stuck in the jam for a few hours. When it cleared we wouldn't have made Twickenham so decided to turn back. A rag was driving and his rag mate was in the front so they wanted the commentary of the derby on. Needless to say we won I was happy they were not. England unexpectedly won. So the two teams I wanted to win won and I never saw either game. I never missed a derby again till the Munich one which I also couldn't face, guess what, we won. So now I go to all except last year at the swamp as I couldnt get a ticket. Looking at that clip again of the last derby it us the first time I noticed how Anelka bullied Ferdinand for that first goal. Great win and a great memory.
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Wonderful win for every blue and hitherto 9th November is the Patron Saint of Goatfeeders Day.
I maintain to this day that - apart from Aguero vs QPR, obviously - the cheer for Anelka's opening goal is the loudest a City goal has ever been cheered. As soon as it dropped to Anelka six yards out it was already absolute pandemonium and when the ball hit the back of the net Maine Road fucking exploded.
Looking back, what made this win more special than anything was how much of our XI that day had been with us since we were in League One and the Championship. United had won the treble just before while we'd gone to York City and back - in 24/25, the equivalent would be, say, Ipswich beating us 3-1 at Portman Road this season.
We had some Premier League experience with Schmeichel, Foe, Berkovic, and Anelka down the spine of the team, but we'd had really bad injuries to key players like Distin and Howey, which meant players like Wiekens, Dunne (who wasn't PL quality at the time), Jensen, Tiatto, and Goater had to come in and do the job of their lives to get the game over the line.
And let's not forget Lucien Mettomo, who played precisely four top flight games for City and this just happened to be one of them. My heart dropped out my arse when he slid in late on Van Nistelrooy but then we all saw the replays that showed he got the ball. He stood up tall that day and is remembered precisely because of this performance on this day.
But man of the match by far was Shaun Goater. Last year, I put together a video of all his goals for City. He scores against everyone from Northampton Town and Colchester United all the way through to Liverpool and Manchester United. He sums up the club's turnaround between 1999 and 2002 better than anyone, in my opinion.
I think you could tell Keegan had pulled Shaun to one side in the week before the derby and told him, "I need two goals from you, lad - go out there and get your ton" and stuck him out there. It was only his fourth start of the season in the league but Keegan knew he'd have a role to play on the big day, and fair play to them both for getting it spot on.
Berkovic's delicate first touch assist and Goater's little dinked finish to make it 3-1 is probably the classiest goal I'd ever seen us score until Sven came in years later and we started importing loads of technical foreign players like Elano and Petrov. The entire ground carried the lads for 40 minutes after that goal - they were out on their feet and it was Schmeichel and the 12th man who stopped United coming back.
Our first win over United in 13 years at the time, and the first time we'd scored three or more in a derby in 13 years as well. Our first win over United in the Premier League era. And the point we got at Old Trafford later that season (Goater's last goal for City) meant it was the first time since 1992 that we'd played United in a league season and avoided defeat in both games.
Looking back, what made this win more special than anything was how much of our XI that day had been with us since we were in League One and the Championship. United had won the treble just before while we'd gone to York City and back - in 24/25, the equivalent would be, say, Ipswich beating us 3-1 at Portman Road this season.
We had some Premier League experience with Schmeichel, Foe, Berkovic, and Anelka down the spine of the team, but we'd had really bad injuries to key players like Distin and Howey, which meant players like Wiekens, Dunne (who wasn't PL quality at the time), Jensen, Tiatto, and Goater had to come in and do the job of their lives to get the game over the line.
And let's not forget Lucien Mettomo, who played precisely four top flight games for City and this just happened to be one of them. My heart dropped out my arse when he slid in late on Van Nistelrooy but then we all saw the replays that showed he got the ball. He stood up tall that day and is remembered precisely because of this performance on this day.
But man of the match by far was Shaun Goater. Last year, I put together a video of all his goals for City. He scores against everyone from Northampton Town and Colchester United all the way through to Liverpool and Manchester United. He sums up the club's turnaround between 1999 and 2002 better than anyone, in my opinion.
I think you could tell Keegan had pulled Shaun to one side in the week before the derby and told him, "I need two goals from you, lad - go out there and get your ton" and stuck him out there. It was only his fourth start of the season in the league but Keegan knew he'd have a role to play on the big day, and fair play to them both for getting it spot on.
Berkovic's delicate first touch assist and Goater's little dinked finish to make it 3-1 is probably the classiest goal I'd ever seen us score until Sven came in years later and we started importing loads of technical foreign players like Elano and Petrov. The entire ground carried the lads for 40 minutes after that goal - they were out on their feet and it was Schmeichel and the 12th man who stopped United coming back.
Our first win over United in 13 years at the time, and the first time we'd scored three or more in a derby in 13 years as well. Our first win over United in the Premier League era. And the point we got at Old Trafford later that season (Goater's last goal for City) meant it was the first time since 1992 that we'd played United in a league season and avoided defeat in both games.
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