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10 years ago.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45256691
I remember going to the Chelsea match and loads of people wearing tea towels on their heads . No one really appreciated what was going to happen in the next 10 years . I don’t remember the score that day but it was a good day
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45256691
I remember going to the Chelsea match and loads of people wearing tea towels on their heads . No one really appreciated what was going to happen in the next 10 years . I don’t remember the score that day but it was a good day
stuartmmcfc said:
10 years ago.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45256691
I remember going to the Chelsea match and loads of people wearing tea towels on their heads . No one really appreciated what was going to happen in the next 10 years . I don’t remember the score that day but it was a good day
I remember this like it was yesterday, I was in Cuba having a few beers most when the sun went down with a disabled chap that aways wore a City shirt when he was having a beer. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45256691
I remember going to the Chelsea match and loads of people wearing tea towels on their heads . No one really appreciated what was going to happen in the next 10 years . I don’t remember the score that day but it was a good day
I recall him getting very excited at the news & it was the Summer that those horrible bounders across the town brought one of my all time favourites Dimitar Berbatov.
At least we got Roman Pavlyuchenko
It's been a great 10 years for City & i reckon not even the most optimistic of City fan could have expected it to be anywhere near as good as it has been.
It's no secret that i like city & always watch them but it's only because of the way they play the game which is in my opinion how the game should be played.
Edited by Black can man on Saturday 1st September 10:15
stuartmmcfc said:
I’ve not heard that ne but I stand to be corrected
Edit : he’s just had a baby daughter but I think it’s his general attitude that’s been the problem.
Mayb3 this will help get him back on the straight and narrow?
The bluemoon podcast discussed Sane this week - they reckon that Pep wants to send a message to the rest of the squad that there will be no slacking off. He (Pep) has been rather good at winning back to back championships with Barca and Bayern in the past.Edit : he’s just had a baby daughter but I think it’s his general attitude that’s been the problem.
Mayb3 this will help get him back on the straight and narrow?
Edited by stuartmmcfc on Tuesday 11th September 12:47
The podcast is really good if you've not heard it yet.
https://bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/
Another good win today, Fulham didn't really trouble us, it could have been five or six.
Liverpool, Chelsea and United are looking good, it's not going to be easy this season.
Letter from Sheikh Mansour to all City fans:-
Dear fellow Manchester City fans,
It is now ten years since I joined with you in supporting this wonderful club and I wanted to mark that anniversary by writing to you directly, just as I did when the acquisition was completed and we began this journey.
We have come a long way since 2008 and it has been quite a ride. The transfer of Robinho, our first signing; the 2011 FA Cup, our first trophy for 35 years; our first Premier League title secured by ‘that goal’, and now two more; three League Cups; seven straight seasons in the Champions League; and last season, an array of records and a style of play that brings joy to anyone that truly loves this great game.
Whilst the last ten years has seen many things transformed and evolved in the way that I had hoped, and we planned for, one thing has remained constant - you have continued to be the best fans.
I want to take this opportunity to say that I am incredibly proud of the fact that the fundamental character of this Club and its supporters has not changed in the last decade. The qualities of loyalty, warmth, humour and humility which clearly stood it in good stead during its more challenging times, are still very much in evidence today and are essential to our success.
Equally important to me and the Board, has been the progress made beyond the senior first team. Our women’s team has won four major domestic trophies and joined the European elite, reaching the Uefa Champions League semi-finals for two consecutive seasons. Our youth system has seen more than 100 young men secure a career in professional football in the UK and overseas, nine of which have appeared in Manchester City’s first team. We have also established ten disability teams in Manchester. These teams, as with all of our other squads - male and female, at both youth and senior levels - train together at the same facilities at the City Football Academy, underpinning their aim for parity in playing the game we all love.
Our development has taken your club and its values to multiple cities around the world. Physically we have clubs in New York, Melbourne, Yokohama, Girona and Uruguay and additionally several offices around the world. We are also proud to be in the hearts of new fans in every country around the world. In a physical sense, we are the most global and at the same time local of football organisations. Importantly, all of our sister clubs are linked via City Football Group - a Manchester headquartered global network sharing values, knowledge, and best practice while at the same time having direct and positive impact on our extended family of communities, wherever they are in the world.
Off the field every metric indicates that acquiring City was a very good business decision. In 2015, the investment led by China Media Capital saw City Football Group valued at US$3bn, and this year, at Manchester City we have broken through the £500M revenue barrier and made a profit for the fourth consecutive year. The last ten years has seen us become economically scaled and sustainable as we had planned and that economic success is crucially important because it underpins everything else we do on the pitch and in our communities.
I want to take this opportunity to extend my thanks to the Chairman, the Board, the Executive leadership team and every employee for creating such value over the last ten years.
I have always said that football has a much bigger role to play than any normal “business”. I believe that through football we can help empower better lives for people. Not many organisations get to do that directly. Whether it be the simple joy of watching our beautiful game; helping combat obesity; improving fitness levels in children; supporting the battle to alleviate depression; combatting anti-social behavior; or sometimes just giving people a new sense of direction after a trauma or when they have lost their way. Football and football clubs not only have the power to do this, they have the responsibility to do so.
That is why I am so proud that we have been able to continue and expand on the work of City in the Community whose programmes address all of these challenges and more, because if we are not a positive part of Manchester and the other cities in which we live then we have failed.
So what do the next ten years hold? I know you all remain ambitious and so do I. It feels that we are only half way up our Everest. There is much more to do and there is much more to win. That is why you will continue to see us strive to recruit the very best talent into this club and its sister organisations in all functions and at all levels.
Khaldoon and I know that we will not get everything right all the time. As we continue on this journey I would ask you to please always bear with us and please be assured that, even when we stumble, we will try to remain true to our values and to make you proud of what we do and how we do it on your behalf.
Over the last ten years I have learned a lot more about what it is to be a City fan. I understood quickly why 40 points is important - and why inflatable bananas (and now sharks!) still make an appearance. And whilst I don’t have a Lamborghini, I was very tempted to get one a few years ago. It has been a most enjoyable education for me.
That said, what I have always known is that players and management will come and go from our Club, but you the fans are permanent. I will not forget that. I hope you have enjoyed these last ten years and I promise the next ten will be no less exciting.
I am truly honoured to be one of you.
Yours,
Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Liverpool, Chelsea and United are looking good, it's not going to be easy this season.
Letter from Sheikh Mansour to all City fans:-
Dear fellow Manchester City fans,
It is now ten years since I joined with you in supporting this wonderful club and I wanted to mark that anniversary by writing to you directly, just as I did when the acquisition was completed and we began this journey.
We have come a long way since 2008 and it has been quite a ride. The transfer of Robinho, our first signing; the 2011 FA Cup, our first trophy for 35 years; our first Premier League title secured by ‘that goal’, and now two more; three League Cups; seven straight seasons in the Champions League; and last season, an array of records and a style of play that brings joy to anyone that truly loves this great game.
Whilst the last ten years has seen many things transformed and evolved in the way that I had hoped, and we planned for, one thing has remained constant - you have continued to be the best fans.
I want to take this opportunity to say that I am incredibly proud of the fact that the fundamental character of this Club and its supporters has not changed in the last decade. The qualities of loyalty, warmth, humour and humility which clearly stood it in good stead during its more challenging times, are still very much in evidence today and are essential to our success.
Equally important to me and the Board, has been the progress made beyond the senior first team. Our women’s team has won four major domestic trophies and joined the European elite, reaching the Uefa Champions League semi-finals for two consecutive seasons. Our youth system has seen more than 100 young men secure a career in professional football in the UK and overseas, nine of which have appeared in Manchester City’s first team. We have also established ten disability teams in Manchester. These teams, as with all of our other squads - male and female, at both youth and senior levels - train together at the same facilities at the City Football Academy, underpinning their aim for parity in playing the game we all love.
Our development has taken your club and its values to multiple cities around the world. Physically we have clubs in New York, Melbourne, Yokohama, Girona and Uruguay and additionally several offices around the world. We are also proud to be in the hearts of new fans in every country around the world. In a physical sense, we are the most global and at the same time local of football organisations. Importantly, all of our sister clubs are linked via City Football Group - a Manchester headquartered global network sharing values, knowledge, and best practice while at the same time having direct and positive impact on our extended family of communities, wherever they are in the world.
Off the field every metric indicates that acquiring City was a very good business decision. In 2015, the investment led by China Media Capital saw City Football Group valued at US$3bn, and this year, at Manchester City we have broken through the £500M revenue barrier and made a profit for the fourth consecutive year. The last ten years has seen us become economically scaled and sustainable as we had planned and that economic success is crucially important because it underpins everything else we do on the pitch and in our communities.
I want to take this opportunity to extend my thanks to the Chairman, the Board, the Executive leadership team and every employee for creating such value over the last ten years.
I have always said that football has a much bigger role to play than any normal “business”. I believe that through football we can help empower better lives for people. Not many organisations get to do that directly. Whether it be the simple joy of watching our beautiful game; helping combat obesity; improving fitness levels in children; supporting the battle to alleviate depression; combatting anti-social behavior; or sometimes just giving people a new sense of direction after a trauma or when they have lost their way. Football and football clubs not only have the power to do this, they have the responsibility to do so.
That is why I am so proud that we have been able to continue and expand on the work of City in the Community whose programmes address all of these challenges and more, because if we are not a positive part of Manchester and the other cities in which we live then we have failed.
So what do the next ten years hold? I know you all remain ambitious and so do I. It feels that we are only half way up our Everest. There is much more to do and there is much more to win. That is why you will continue to see us strive to recruit the very best talent into this club and its sister organisations in all functions and at all levels.
Khaldoon and I know that we will not get everything right all the time. As we continue on this journey I would ask you to please always bear with us and please be assured that, even when we stumble, we will try to remain true to our values and to make you proud of what we do and how we do it on your behalf.
Over the last ten years I have learned a lot more about what it is to be a City fan. I understood quickly why 40 points is important - and why inflatable bananas (and now sharks!) still make an appearance. And whilst I don’t have a Lamborghini, I was very tempted to get one a few years ago. It has been a most enjoyable education for me.
That said, what I have always known is that players and management will come and go from our Club, but you the fans are permanent. I will not forget that. I hope you have enjoyed these last ten years and I promise the next ten will be no less exciting.
I am truly honoured to be one of you.
Yours,
Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan
I’ve just, literally, found a ticket stub from Maine rd, MCFC vs Leeds on 13th January.2001.
I rememember going because it ŵas the first time going on my own and I wasn’t sure of carparks or traffic from Nottingham (where I’d recently moved to) and as a result I ended up getting there much to early and, in what seemed the like entire ground, being the first to take their seat!
I couldn’t remember the score but I just looked it up
We lost 0-4 with them scoring 3 times in the last 10 minutes.
Happy days!
I rememember going because it ŵas the first time going on my own and I wasn’t sure of carparks or traffic from Nottingham (where I’d recently moved to) and as a result I ended up getting there much to early and, in what seemed the like entire ground, being the first to take their seat!
I couldn’t remember the score but I just looked it up
We lost 0-4 with them scoring 3 times in the last 10 minutes.
Happy days!
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