could i add a loss to arsenal away when mario got sent off ?? the whole club given up on the title even mancini said its over ? but united said hold on we will give you a boost and draw at home to everton and lose to wigan and the rest is history
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Rank Manchester City biggest games
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could i add a loss to arsenal away when mario got sent off ?? the whole club given up on the title even mancini said its over ? but united said hold on we will give you a boost and draw at home to everton and lose to wigan and the rest is history
franksinatra
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Yeah but that wouldn’t have happened had we not been bouncing back after defeat at York.
So York City away was more important than the Aguero match? Hard to argue with that and explains why every man and his dog attended.
So York City away was better than the Aguero match? Hard to argue with that.
sometimes you need to look at the bigger picture and think what could have easily happened and it was on a knife edge back then and the club could have been finished if a game of football did not go our way in a play off final scary stuff
Boro away in 2007 as the turning point - or else the rest would not have happened.
The 1999 play off win ended up setting city back a year. We would have gone up in 2001 and not down instead.
again good shout and we took one hell of a beating that day Boro away in 2007 and manager gone and the owner was skint and gone into hiding
again good shout and we took one hell of a beating that day Boro away in 2007 and manager gone and the owner was skint and gone into hiding
Meant 2-0 Distin scoring not the 1-8. We were on the slide badly in 2006/7 and that kick started a run of away wins which ensured we stay up for the first takeover of the century.
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The 1-0 win against United that season was far bigger in terms of importance.Strictly speaking, we didn't really win the game against Gillingham, we won on penalties, but more importantly it is more than 20 years ago too (I feel old).
Whilst the 6-1 was highly enjoyable, it has no place on the list in eyes, but I suppose it depends on what your metric is for "biggest".
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Correct. The stadium was to be built in Dumplington next to where the Trafford Centre is.defo west manchester matey, it was earmarked for the new stadium and as for united moving old trafford was in a mess and united had to revamp all sides of the ground and even the stretford end
a nd believe me united did look to move from OT and would have moved into the new stadium with the size that was going to be 80.000 if manchester won the bid
but your right manchester was never going to win the bid and it was daft to even think we would over the others and only london was even going to host the game again
Mad Eyed Screamer
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Not if we hadnt beaten the rags by 6-1 though. The 2 games combined made the goal difference but the 6-1 was the crucial game.The 1-0 win against United that season was far bigger in terms of importance.
There will never be a right or wrong answer in this thread!
flook
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Thanks for the explanation.
It’s a romantic enough story but the takeover isn’t precluded by one or two or three more seasons in the 3rd division.
I disagree, or rather I challenge the "two or three seasons" bit. Had we failed in 99 it's far from impossible that we would have never recovered, at least not in time to be in a position where we presented as an attractive proposition. Had 99 not happened as it did, at best we would be a mid table premier league team. It's impossible to overstate the importance of the Gillingham win