I find myself nodding at a lot of these nominations, so I'll go for a different one: 2008/9, not for the quality of the football, not for the league position, not really for the on field stuff at all (thought the UEFA Cup was quite fun), but more because of the feeling that it was going to be the start of something - that the modest league position didn't overly matter because it was all going to change very, very soon. So that season was almost like a holding year, the thrill of Robinho coming was going to just be the start. And for the first time in my life it wasn't just hope that City might be challenging soon, it was absolute certainty. Wonderful.