Archive for category: Manchester City

Red or Blue? A Power Shift in Manchester?3
/ October 26, 2011 9:25 am

Red or Blue? A Power Shift in Manchester?

The sky is falling, Manchester United lost 6-1 to their city rivals, and the world is wondering is this the power shift to the Blue side of Manchester? Just another soap opera in a city that houses Coronation Street, not that we can hold that against the city. The football world has been used to other teams coming into the

Cook resigns following email scandal0
/ September 9, 2011 9:22 pm

Cook resigns following email scandal

Manchester City chief executive Garry Cook has resigned from his post following the email scandal that has overshadowed his role at the Etihad stadium. A controversial email was sent to Nedum Onuoha’s mother who has cancer, however Cook has denied the claims he sent it and said he was away on holidays. In a statement released to the club’s official

Craig Bellamy snubs Celtic’s advances once more5
/ August 1, 2011 4:44 pm

Craig Bellamy snubs Celtic’s advances once more

Manchester City striker Craig Bellamy is set to snub the advances of Celtic once more this summer. With Celtic manager Neil Lennon keen on bringing the Welshman back to Celtic Park for a second spell, following a loan stint in 2005 when at Newcastle, negotiations between City and Celtic took place over a potential loan deal over the weekend with

Stadium Naming Rights: The New Cash Cow5
/ July 8, 2011 10:59 pm

Stadium Naming Rights: The New Cash Cow

Arsenal have the Emirates Stadium, Scarborough have the McCain stadium, Inverness Caley’s stadium is called the Tulloch Caledonian Stadium and Stirling Albion’s ground is called the Doubletree Dunblane Stadium. Today Manchester City announced a sponsorship deal with airline company Etihad, reportedly worth around £300 million over ten years. The deal includes sponsorship of the area around the stadium and various

Toure suspension reflects huge task that Mancini has1
/ May 26, 2011 9:00 pm

Toure suspension reflects huge task that Mancini has

Toure’s brief suspension merely a reminder of the huge task on Mancini’s hands of trimming down and refining Manchester City’s overpaid, overpriced squad this summer… Official Football Association statement: Manchester City defender Kolo Toure was today suspended following an Independent Regulatory Commission hearing at Wembley. Toure was handed a six month suspension, commencing from 2 March 2011 (the date of

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