Past their best when they joined us but were great players in their pomp City XI

[Vienna_70]

Tony Book was 31 when he joined us and served us well

I don’t think Skip really falls within the OP's criteria, as he had his best years in Blue.

 

[Vienna_70]

Daniel Van Buyten, anyone?

Nope.

He had a stellar career at Bayern after he’d been with City.

 

[Goatmeal]

Peter schmeical

 

[Goatmeal]

Neil pointen

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Michael Frontzeck

 

[5 Hit Gibbon]

Danny Mills!





Just kidding!

 

[keemcfc]

Peter Schmeichel
Maicon Vieira Hamann Sylvinho
Lampard Pizzaro Heargreaves
Benarbia
Fowler Anelka

Thought I'd pack the midfield with all the options compared to CH haha

That's a pep team tbh (if you swap Fowler & Anelka for more midfielders) ;)

 

[Zapcity]

Much though he did pretty well at City and has said he looks back very favourably on his time with us, Paul Walsh maybe?
A very good footballer into his 30s when he joined us and maybe a few niggling injuries were taking their toll? Would like to have seen him a few years earlier or indeed in a better City team.
Still can't believe we swapped him for sodding Gerry Creaney though!!!

 

[Zapcity]

Ran Ranson came back to us in 93ish, could slot in at right back …

Remember him playing in an FA Cup victory at QPR the year we lost to Spurs in the QF (when the new Platt Lane/Umbro stand was unveiled and there was a pitch invasion)
Frustrating player first time round, thought he had the potential to do a lit more.
On the Spurs theme, good cross fir the Tommy Hutch goal (at the right in) in the 81 final though.

 

[Zapcity]

Remember him playing in an FA Cup victory at QPR the year we lost to Spurs in the QF (when the new Platt Lane/Umbro stand was unveiled and there was a pitch invasion)
Frustrating player first time round, thought he had the potential to do a lit more.
On the Spurs theme, good cross fir the Tommy Hutch goal (at the right in) in the 81 final though.

A lit more looks like a cross between lot and bit. Meant to say lot, always thought he was a decent player but a bit lazy.