The Official Manchester City Premiership Champions Thread
Discussion
Well, somebody had to start one, so it might as well be me.........
Followed them for many years, well remember my dad taking me to Bert Trautmann's testamonial match at Maine road, was in the "crowd" when City had their lowest ever home attendance in January 1965 (8,005) against Swindon Town, (Mike Summerbee turned out for Swindon), saw Colin Bell's and Frannie Lee's City debuts, and best of all was in the crowd at Newcastle in May '68 when City beat Newcastle 4-3 to clinch the (old) First division Championship ahead of United...
Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison the dream ticket...
Pity we haven't done that much since though......
Anybody else on here??.......
Followed them for many years, well remember my dad taking me to Bert Trautmann's testamonial match at Maine road, was in the "crowd" when City had their lowest ever home attendance in January 1965 (8,005) against Swindon Town, (Mike Summerbee turned out for Swindon), saw Colin Bell's and Frannie Lee's City debuts, and best of all was in the crowd at Newcastle in May '68 when City beat Newcastle 4-3 to clinch the (old) First division Championship ahead of United...
Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison the dream ticket...
Pity we haven't done that much since though......
Anybody else on here??.......
unrepentant said:
I was in David Makins office back in about 1990 after City had been thrashed by somebody or another. He told me that he had walked out before the end and looked across at Peter Swales sat in the directors box and vowed that they would own the club one day. You hear a lot of those sort of stories but with David I believed it. Sure enough............
I remember the infamous phone in one Saturday night on Greater Manchester Radio with Jimmy Wagg when after another defeat Dave Makin called into the studio and basically said "Right that's it, I've had enough, next week I'm going to do something about it"........
Now, chaiman and business partner John Wardle has clearly had enough and is just waiting for some rich benefactor to come in and inject some SERIOUS money into the club, so he can enjoy his well earned retirement...Top guys are John and Dave...
City really need to hang on to Stuart Pearce, as at the moment, he is only learning the game, but (imo) will turn into one of the great managers like Brian Clough and Don Revie......
ocks to all of you.
vivaronaldo said:
sleep envy said:
mickk said:
sleep envy said:
so he just wanted the cash
And i was thinking he was a Man City supporter
wait until he turns up at the ground and gives THE speech, it'll be cracker
Agent - Hey robbie you do realise there is more than one team in Manchester?
Blib said:
A sad day for football. Another venerable club has sold its soul. The Arabs freely admit that they wanted Arsenal.
Your new ruler has said that he would be happy to pay £120 million to get Ronaldo. Complete insanity.
Enjoy the ride but don't expect it to have a happy ending. The true supporters will be ignored and treated with contempt. These people don't need your turnstile money so why should they listen to you at all?
Your club will become a plaything, a trinket for the vain and corrupt 'Princes'.
This insanity will end one day. However, over a century of football history in this country will come crashing down with it when the football fad fades.
I mourn for top flight English football.
As a City fan, I have to say I agree with you....I used to stand on the terraces of Maine Road in the early/late sixties...Our goalkeeper was a plumber Harry Dowd......The team talk consisted of Malcolm Allison saying "Well today Harry, we are playing Arsenal, and they wear Red and white"......Your new ruler has said that he would be happy to pay £120 million to get Ronaldo. Complete insanity.
Enjoy the ride but don't expect it to have a happy ending. The true supporters will be ignored and treated with contempt. These people don't need your turnstile money so why should they listen to you at all?
Your club will become a plaything, a trinket for the vain and corrupt 'Princes'.
This insanity will end one day. However, over a century of football history in this country will come crashing down with it when the football fad fades.
I mourn for top flight English football.
The top City earners like Francis Lee earned £200pw......
Still, it's 2008......Time waits for no man............
Exiting times ahead at The City of Manchester stadium..................
From the Daily Mirror:-
The man behind yesterday's sensational takeover of Manchester City has given manager Mark Hughes just three years to win the Champions League.
But billionaire Dr Sulaiman al-Fahim - frontman for a mega-rich Middle East business group - will hand over an astonishing £540million to bring the world's top stars to the under-achieving Premier League club to help achieve the quest.
Sulaiman said in an exclusive interview that he wants to buy 18 new players - at a cost of £30million each.
He added: "I need to meet the manager but the best players in the world average £30million. We need a minimum of 18 players at that level.
"Without that you can't win the Champions League."
Hughes (right) admitted he was "stunned and excited" by news of English football's latest big takeover.
And within hours of agreeing the deal the club was trying to hijack Dimitar Berbatov's £30million move from Spurs to deadly rivals Manchester United.
Sulaiman went on: "Our goal is very simple - to make Manchester City the biggest club in the Premier League.
"We have to spend to get the world's best players . The club has everything it needs except really good players. It has good players but not excellent players who can really compete at the top.
"To compete with Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal, you need good support from the board to finance players and support the manager. For this season our aim is to change the club's image and be in the top four. We want to win the Champions League in the near future.
"We have to give that trophy to the fans. I'm hungry for success. I am very excited. It is my dream for our group to own a club like City."
Sulaiman, a 31-year-old married father of three and property tycoon, plans to watch his first game at the City of Manchester Stadium when big-spending Chelsea visit on September 13. He added: "I hope the team play well on that day."
The takeover was greeted with delight by City fans. Kevin Parker, of the official supporters' club, said: "Teams are looking for investors with deep pockets and it appears they have deep pockets.
"In the past 30 years we haven't had any success and we're desperate to win a trophy."
Sulaiman heads the Abu Dhabi United Group for Development and Investment, which has agreed to buy City for £150million from controversial chairman Thaksin Shinawatra. Backed by the Abu Dhabi royal family, the consortium is thought to be worth £120billion.
Sulaiman said: "The UK has the best league in the world and the idea is that Abu Dhabi would like to position itself as a sports and cultural hub."
Ex-Thai prime minister Shinawatra, 59, sold the club just 14 months after taking charge.
He bought City for £80million, but plans to pump in millions more were foiled when almost £1billion of assets were frozen in Thailand. Together with his wife Potjaman, 51, who is on bail after being sentenced to jail for tax fraud, he is in exile in London.
The freezing of his assets has caused City cash huge flow problems in recent weeks.
Now Shinawatra is poised to step down as chairman and take a role as honorary president.
Money will not be a problem for the new owners, based in the United Arab Emirates, which is the world's fifth-largest oil exporter.
Flamboyant Sulaiman will sit on City's board under the deal, which was agreed on Sunday.
The man behind yesterday's sensational takeover of Manchester City has given manager Mark Hughes just three years to win the Champions League.
But billionaire Dr Sulaiman al-Fahim - frontman for a mega-rich Middle East business group - will hand over an astonishing £540million to bring the world's top stars to the under-achieving Premier League club to help achieve the quest.
Sulaiman said in an exclusive interview that he wants to buy 18 new players - at a cost of £30million each.
He added: "I need to meet the manager but the best players in the world average £30million. We need a minimum of 18 players at that level.
"Without that you can't win the Champions League."
Hughes (right) admitted he was "stunned and excited" by news of English football's latest big takeover.
And within hours of agreeing the deal the club was trying to hijack Dimitar Berbatov's £30million move from Spurs to deadly rivals Manchester United.
Sulaiman went on: "Our goal is very simple - to make Manchester City the biggest club in the Premier League.
"We have to spend to get the world's best players . The club has everything it needs except really good players. It has good players but not excellent players who can really compete at the top.
"To compete with Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal, you need good support from the board to finance players and support the manager. For this season our aim is to change the club's image and be in the top four. We want to win the Champions League in the near future.
"We have to give that trophy to the fans. I'm hungry for success. I am very excited. It is my dream for our group to own a club like City."
Sulaiman, a 31-year-old married father of three and property tycoon, plans to watch his first game at the City of Manchester Stadium when big-spending Chelsea visit on September 13. He added: "I hope the team play well on that day."
The takeover was greeted with delight by City fans. Kevin Parker, of the official supporters' club, said: "Teams are looking for investors with deep pockets and it appears they have deep pockets.
"In the past 30 years we haven't had any success and we're desperate to win a trophy."
Sulaiman heads the Abu Dhabi United Group for Development and Investment, which has agreed to buy City for £150million from controversial chairman Thaksin Shinawatra. Backed by the Abu Dhabi royal family, the consortium is thought to be worth £120billion.
Sulaiman said: "The UK has the best league in the world and the idea is that Abu Dhabi would like to position itself as a sports and cultural hub."
Ex-Thai prime minister Shinawatra, 59, sold the club just 14 months after taking charge.
He bought City for £80million, but plans to pump in millions more were foiled when almost £1billion of assets were frozen in Thailand. Together with his wife Potjaman, 51, who is on bail after being sentenced to jail for tax fraud, he is in exile in London.
The freezing of his assets has caused City cash huge flow problems in recent weeks.
Now Shinawatra is poised to step down as chairman and take a role as honorary president.
Money will not be a problem for the new owners, based in the United Arab Emirates, which is the world's fifth-largest oil exporter.
Flamboyant Sulaiman will sit on City's board under the deal, which was agreed on Sunday.
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To a certain extent I agree with that, however money has always talked in football, Jack Walker "bought" Blackburn the Premiership years ago......The only winners in this will be the players, I can see some earning £1m a week before too long........
Basically they are just mercenaries.....but who can blame them????
It's a short career...............
To a certain extent I agree with that, however money has always talked in football, Jack Walker "bought" Blackburn the Premiership years ago......The only winners in this will be the players, I can see some earning £1m a week before too long........
Basically they are just mercenaries.....but who can blame them????
It's a short career...............
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