Tevez: It Seems Ferguson Is The President Of England
May 16, 2012 54 Comments
During City’s title celebrations on Monday, true to blue form, Carlos Tevez was pre-occupied with thoughts of United, “begging” City fans to hand him an “RIP Fergie” poster. “He was leaning over the side of the bus, obviously trying to reach for this poster and begging the crowd to pass it to him,” said a [...]
PICTURES: Rooney vs City
April 30, 2012 18 Comments
February 13th 2005 Scores the opening goal in a 2-0 win December 9th 2006 Scores the opening goal in a 3-1 win November 30 2008 Scores the only goal in a 1-0 win at their place September 20 2009 Scores the opening goal in the brilliant 4-3 win January 27 2010 Scores the goal that [...]
PREDICTIONS: What Do Journos And Fans Think Of Tonight?
April 30, 2012 175 Comments
Oliver Holt – Chief Sports Writer at The Mirror City will go for it but United have experience and quality to match them. Ability of United’s defence to cope with City attack will be key. 1-1. Lee Clayton – Head of Sport at The Daily Mail Rooney to score. I’m loving his calmness and his [...]
Micah Richards Basically Loves United
April 30, 2012 16 Comments
Ahead of the derby, Micah Richards has sung the praises of Manchester United, reflecting on the determination of our club at all levels and what City are lacking in comparison to us. “Any other season we would have enough points to win the league,” said Richards. “But they always find a way. When you play [...]
VIEW FROM THE ENEMY: City Fan On Tevez, Winning the League and Mancini
April 30, 2012 30 Comments
The biggest derby for decades, or of all time, will be played this evening, with the title more than likely going to whichever team wins tonight. Danny Pugsley from the excellent City blog, Bitter and Blue, has given his thoughts on the season. Scott the Red: City were 8 points clear and are now 3 [...]
What Does The Evening News Survey Say About Manchester’s Support?
April 28, 2012 472 Comments
Whilst not at all scientific, given it was entirely dependent on who filled in the survey (I didn’t, did you?), it was interesting to note that almost 1,000 more reds took part in the Manchester Evening News poll. The fact that only 30,000 City fans went to Eastlands for the League Cup semi-final against Liverpool [...]
Love is not a victory march…
April 27, 2012 67 Comments
There are stomachs knotted all over Manchester. Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur too. Whether Stockport or Stockholm bred, bitter blue or #mufcfamily red, there are whole swaths of people around the world feeling an uneasy mixture of hope and fear. It’s because there’s a football match on next Monday that matters quite a lot to them. [...]
Captain, Leader… Liar
April 25, 2012 52 Comments
April 24th 2012: After 37 minutes in Chelsea’s Champions League semi-final at the Nou Camp, Terry was sent off for kneeing Alexis Sanchez in the back off the ball. From the dressing room, Terry preposterously claimed: “The player checked his run and piled into the back of me. He put his weight on the back [...]
Guardian Journo Lies About United Fans’ Response To Silence
April 15, 2012 139 Comments
Self confessed Liverpool fan and Guardian journo, Sachin Nakrani, posted a six year old picture on Twitter of a Chelsea fan doing a Nazi salute, suggesting it was taken ahead of today’s FA Cup semi-final. After several people pointed out to him that the picture was old he acknowledged his mistake. However, the strange thing [...]
“United Would Never Sign A Player Like Balotelli”
April 13, 2012 198 Comments
Just like with Carlos Tevez at Manchester City, Mario Balotelli’s fall from grace has been fairly dramatic. After being hailed as a hero and a legend, City fans quickly became tired of his antics after his selfishness at the Emirates on Sunday helped end their hopes of winning the league. Speaking to Dutch magazine Voetbal [...]
PICTURE: More Empty Blue Seats
April 12, 2012 18 Comments
With just a few weeks of the title race remaining, Manchester City are still unable to sell out their ground, despite this being their best season since 1968. On the morning of the game they were still trying to flog tickets but as the empty seats all around the ground prove, they were some way [...]
STATS: City and Chelsea Prove Success Isn’t Just Bought
April 11, 2012 74 Comments
For years, rival fans claimed that Manchester United “bought” their success. Unlike Liverpool, we took advantage of our big name globally, cashed in nicely on the Sky Sports money, exploited fans with regular new shirts and merchandise, so we had money to burn in the transfer market. We broke the British transfer record in 1981 [...]
Richards: United Players Get Straight In To England Squad
April 11, 2012 43 Comments
Micah Richards has claimed that Manchester United players get straight in to the England squad whilst players like him have to work twice as hard to get recognition from his country. “Had McClaren been still in charge, I would have had 60 caps by now,” said Richards. “McClaren believed in me and Capello believed in [...]
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