Golden swansong to Manuel's second season
Automatic Champions League qualification secured, highest scorers and best goal difference in the division, five consecutive wins, a...
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davidjwalker1
Dec 30, 20224 min read
Manchester MP set to retain seat
A surge of blue swept to power taking political pollsters by surprise in last week's General Election. Nobody saw it coming and now,...
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davidjwalker1
Dec 30, 20224 min read
Mind the gap
Space was the ‘Final Frontier’ for Star Trek’s Captain Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise as they vowed to ‘boldly go where no...
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davidjwalker1
Dec 29, 20225 min read
Le Grand Depart - will Yaya be on his bike this summer?
As the 101st Tour de France arrives in Yorkshire, there’s consternation on the other side of the Pennines that Manchester City’s very own...
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davidjwalker1
Dec 29, 20226 min read
FFP - Fatuous Fraud Platini!
UEFA bureaucrats – the money men who regulate European football and, fair to say, a right set of continental bankers – have battered the...
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davidjwalker1
Dec 29, 20226 min read
Manuel The Magnificent - City 2 West Ham 0
The comfortable Premier League title deciding fixture originally scheduled for May 13th 2012, finally arrived at the Etihad Stadium just...
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davidjwalker1
Dec 29, 20225 min read
City set for splashdown - City 4 Villa 0
Singing and dancing in the rain, the Manchester City faithful soaked up the unbridled joy of an Etihad Stadium awash with goals, as...
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davidjwalker1
Dec 29, 20225 min read
Are we nearly there? Everton 2 City 3
Goodison Park’s version of the ‘SAS’ may well have determined the destiny of the Premier League trophy a week today. For months now the...
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davidjwalker1
Dec 28, 20225 min read
Winning the title in April isn't for real Champions - Liverpool 3 City 2
An insatiable desire for justice and an agonising need for the truth behind the tragic events of Hillsborough has driven Liverpool...
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davidjwalker1
Dec 28, 20226 min read
Three is City's magic number - United 0 City 3
He declined the invitation - he had no desire to acknowledge the fans. Anyway, his hands were pre-occupied with his face buried deep...
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davidjwalker1
Dec 28, 20224 min read
The Dark Unseen Side of El Barca
Whether it’s breathtaking architectural masterpieces courtesy of Antoni Gaudi, a rousing pop opera song from Freddie Mercury & Montserat...
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davidjwalker1
Dec 28, 20225 min read
Everyone's a winner - City 3 Sunderland 1 - League Cup Final 2014
Manuel Pellegrini’s Manchester City weren’t the only winners to emerge from an enthralling Capital One Cup Final, where the Sky Blues...
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davidjwalker1
Dec 28, 20225 min read
Do it for Blue Blood 'Doyley'
When true blue blood skipper Mike Doyle triumphantly held the League Cup aloft at Wembley on February 28th, 1976, who in their worst...
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davidjwalker1
Dec 23, 20225 min read
Manuel is taking the Michael
Apparently it was all happening at White Hart Lane, but what’s all the fuss about – it was just the ‘same old same old’ performance from...
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davidjwalker1
Dec 23, 20223 min read
City's South American conundrum
Literally as close as A to B, sharing a tiny border crossing and producing world class footballers, Argentina and Brazil have a profound...
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davidjwalker1
Dec 23, 20225 min read
Manuel's marauders destroy United
Delicious derby day delirium was delivered with devastating destruction as the Etihad paid perverse homage to the Red Devil’s new...
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davidjwalker1
Dec 23, 20225 min read
Cheeky Chappy
Ask any Manchester City fan the highlight of the past 20 years and virtually 99% would say the Aguerooooooooo moment, when Sergio so...
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davidjwalker1
Dec 22, 20223 min read
Farewell Team GB
Gareth Barry’s reluctant departure from Manchester City was confirmed with just minutes remaining before the transfer window slammed shut...
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davidjwalker1
Dec 22, 20225 min read
Trust our MP
Who do we tend to distrust the most in life? Used car salesmen, estate agents, politicians...? During times of economic hardship, pay...
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davidjwalker1
Dec 21, 20225 min read
Arrivederci Bobby Manc - Grazie!
Even by their own crazy historical standards, the last 48 hours have been eventful for Manchester City Football Club…for all the wrong...
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