The Most Important Manchester Derby Since The Last One
It’s been a big week for Manchester. First of all the Manchester Egg was, thanks to the Food and Drink festival, brought to the wider audience it deserved, smashing out...
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Garry Cook Either Falls Or Is Pushed Onto His Own Sword
Farewell then, Garry Cook, whose resignation from his job came after a investigation carried out by Manchester City’s owners revealed that ”there is foundation to Dr Onuoha’s allegations”, or, in other...
Garry Cook & Manchester City: More Questions Than Answers
Part of the problem with a twenty-four hour rolling news culture is that the need for instantaneous news, justice and retribution becomes like a drug. The story of Garry Cook’s...
Match Of The Week: Manchester City 4-0 Swansea City
In May of 1983, three clubs were relegated from the First Division. Brighton & Hove Albion were one, and the other two were Swansea City and Manchester City. Manchester City...
The Twohundredpercent Premier League Previews: Manchester City
A spell broken, or a mere blip? This may be the question that Manchester City supporters are asking themselves as they prepare themselves for a season which will see their...
The Totem Pole: A Modern Football Allegory
Jude Ellery writes the Football Farrago site as well as editing Man & Ball, and he is sitting in for us this evening with an allegory involving… well, interpret it...
Those We Have Lost: Maine Road, Manchester City
And still they keep coming! The next in our Those We Have Lost series comes from David Mayor, who had misgivings about Manchester City leaving Maine Road, but is happy...
Match Of The Week: The 2011 FA Cup Final: Manchester City 1-0 Stoke City
For those of us that consider the Premier League to be little more of a diversion than any of football’s other myriad of competitions, it had been easy to switch...
Great Expectations And The FA Cup
Either Stoke City or Manchester City will win their first trophy since the 1970s tomorrow afternoon, but Mark Brophy wonders whether the glowing feeling that comes with it may turn...
Manchester City, Stoke City, Cup Finals And Relegation
When Stoke City play Manchester City on Saturday, it won’t be the first time that the two sides have met at the end of the season. David Mayor reports on...
Video Special: Six Great FA Cup Finals
It may have escaped your attention, but it is the FA Cup final on Saturday. Manchester City and Stoke City will take the pitch at Wembley on Saturday afternoon, with...
Match Of The Week: Manchester City 1-0 Manchester United
A corner of the north-west of England has decamped to north-west London. The folly of the FA’s decision to hand FA Cup semi-finals to Wembley for the forseeable future has...
Crossing the Mangnall Line
To borrow a phrase, football makes strange bedfellows. It is not entirely uncommon for a manager to lead one club for years only to depart for said club’s principal rival,...
So Much To Answer For: The Anatomy Of The Manchester Derby
As everybody is doubtless already aware, Manchester City and Manchester United face each other at Wembley for the first time this weekend, in the first of two FA Cup semi-finals....
Northern Soul: Hyde’s Turbulent Week
Comings and goings and rumours of financial woe have dogged Hyde this week, Jenni Silver looks at the goings on at Ewen Fields. Hyde recorded their biggest victory in eight...
FA Cup Match Of The Week 3: Notts County 1-1 Manchester City
To say that the relationship between Notts County and Nottingham Rugby Football Club has been transformed over the last eighteen months or so would be something of an understatement. In...
Match Of The Week: Manchester City 1-2 Everton
Carlos Tevez, then, has withdrawn his transfer request after what are apparently called “clear the air” talks with the executives of Manchester City Football Club. It feels as if there...
Cracks Begin To Show At Manchester City
Manchester City drew 0-0 against Birmingham City at Eastlands yesterday afternoon. It wasn’t the greatest result or performance that they will manage this season, but they managed a point and...
Match Of The Midweek: Manchester City 0-0 Manchester United
Perhaps it was “The Curse Of ITV” returning to haunt us again. Last night, they showed a documentary about football in Manchester which examined, through the eyes of Eric Cantona,...
Videos Of The Week: FA Cup Special
This weekend sees us reach the First Round Proper stage of the FA Cup. Over 40,000 people turned out to watch the Fourth Qualifying Round matches, and there will be...