Manchester City- The Price Is Right

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Manchester City

Team Information

Full Name- Manchester City Football Club

Nicknames- The Citizens, The Blues, City

Founded- 1880 as St Mark's

Chairman- Khaldoon Al Mubarak

Owner- Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Manager- ??????

Assistant Manager- Mark Bowen

First Team Coach- Eddie Niedzwiecki

Captain- Richard Dunne

League- Barclays English Premier League

Rivals- Manchester United

Kits

Home

Away

Club Honours

Domestic

First Division

Winners (2): 1936-37, 1967-68

Runners-up (3): 1903-04, 1920-21, 1976-77

Second Division

Winners (7): 1898-99, 1902-03, 1909-10, 1927-28, 1946-47, 1965-66, 2001-02 (record)

Runners-up (4): 1895-96, 1950-51, 1988-89, 1999-2000

Second Division

Play-off winners 1998-99

FA Cup

Winners (4): 1904, 1934, 1956, 1969

Runners-up (4): 1926, 1933, 1955, 1981

League Cup

Winners (2): 1970, 1976

Runners-up (1): 1974

Charity Shield

Winners (3): 1937, 1968, 1972

Runners-up (4): 1934, 1956, 1969, 1973

Full Members Cup

Runners-up (1): 1986

European

European Cup Winners' Cup

Winners (1): 1970

Club Records

Record League Victory- 11-3 (Lincoln City, 1885)

Record FA Cup Victory- 12-0 (Liverpool Stanley, 1890)

Record League Defeat- 1-9 (Everton, 1906)

Record FA Cup Defeat- 0-6 (Preston North End, 1897)

Highest Attendance- 84,569 (Stoke City, 1934)

Most League Appearances- Alan Oakes 561+3 as a sub (1958-76)

Most Appearances Overall- Alan Oakes 668+ 4 as a sub(1958-76)

Most Goals Scored Overall- Eric Brook 178 (1928-40)

Most Goals Scored in a Season- Tommy Johnson 38 (1928-29)

Record Transfer Fee Paid- 32.5 million pounds (U.S.$47,078,614.49) to Real Madrid for Robinho (200

Record Transfer Fee Received- 21 million pounds (U.S.$30,865,807.9 from Chelsea for Shaun Wright Phillips (2005)


This Is Under Construction so do not post until I say so

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Rivalry

Manchester United

The Manchester Derby is the name of the rivalry between the 2 Elite teams in Manchester, Manchester City and Manchester United.

This derby was first contested on 12 of November 1881 this game finished 3-0 in favor of Manchester United then known as Newton Heath. The first meeting in the Football league between these 2 teams was in the 1894/95 season and this game was played at Hyde Road and was won 5-2 by Manchester United at who were still known as Newton Heath. The first time Manchester City did the double over Manchester United was in the 1954/55 season, the next time Manchester City managed to achieve a double over Manchester United was 15 years later in the 1969/70 season, Manchester City has managed the double over Manchester United 4 times since there first game in the Football League.

Manchester United has won the Manchester Derby 60 times in all competitions while Manchester City have managed only 41 wins over Manchester United in all competitions, 49 encounters between these 2 teams have ended in draws. Ryan Giggs has the most Manchester Derby caps while Joe Hayes and Francis Lee have the most goals each tied with 10 and each having played for Manchester City. The biggest victory in the Manchester Derby is a 6-1 win to Manchester United on the 23rd of January 1926.

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City Lose Hughes but gain a King

Less than a month after becoming Manchester City Manager, Mark Hughes has reportedly quit the job after falling out with Manchester City's new chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak over his contract length, Hughes who signed on as Manchester City manager after his spell at Blackburn Rovers had this to tell Manchester City Television “I have only just got into this job and suddenly I find myself being told I have 3 seasons to win the EPL and I am supposed to get into the UEFA Champions League next season, this isnt possible with the team we have this is suicide” Hughes has been put on the Shortlist to be the new manager of Newcastle United after Kevin Keegan left because of a falling out with the Chairman. However the new chairman not one to waste his time has already found a suitable replacement for the Vacant Managerial Position and here at Manchester City Television we have the privilege to speak to Manchester City Chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak.

Reporter- Mr Al Mubarak were you disappointed to find out that Mark Hughes wanted to quit the job?

Mr Al Mubarak- Yes I was when I first found out but when I saw that another manager was leaving his club I thought that this could only be a step forward in the right direction for Manchester City.

Reporter- Are you able to release the name of the new manager?

Mr Al Mubarak- Well when the deal is finalized we will tell you straight away (phone rings)

Yes its Khaldoon here what he has agreed to our proposal and he is outside waiting great tell him to come on through (hangs up)

Reporter- Who was that

Mr Al Mubarak- Oh that was the owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan he just called to say that we have a new manager and he is going to come over now (knock at the door) Mr Al Mubarak gets up and opens the door.

Manager- Hi there you must be Mr Al Mubarak I dont think we have meet before and who are you?

Reporter- I'm (clears throat) Edd McCowie and you are???

Manager- Im the new manager here at Manchester City I'm Kevin Keegan fromer Newcastle United and England Manager.

Reporter- Nope sorry never heard of you anyway good luck.

Manager- Bye hope to talk to you again

Mr Al Mubarak- Sorry Edd but I have to go and show Kevin around so this interview has to come to an end, bye

Reporter- There you have it folks Manchester City's new manager is Kevin Keegan and you saw it first on Manchester City Television my name is Edd McCowie and goodnight

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Manager Information

Name- Kevin Keegan

D.O.B- 14 February, 1951

Previous Managed Clubs

-Newcastle United (1992/97)

-Fulham (1998/99)

-England National Team (1999/00)

-Manchester City (2001/05)

-Newcastle United (200

-Manchester City (200

Kevin Keegan is a former international football and a current football manager of several English clubs and the English National Team, Kevin Keegan was born in Armthorpe, Doncaster, England. Keegan played for many clubs in his playing career the biggest club he played for was Liverpool FC where he made 230 appearances scoring 68 goals over a 6 year period. During Keegan's 17 years as a Professional Football he played 655 games for both clubs and his country and he scored 225 goals during his career.

He started his Managerial Career at Newcastle United in 1992 where he lasted 5 years over that period Newcastle won 1 trophy the Division One in 1992/93. In 1998 Keegan went to Fulham and in his season at charge of Fulahm he led them to Division 2 Triumph. In 1999 Kevin Keegan was named as manager of England he lasted 1 year as manager of England. In 2001 Keegan moved to Manchester City he stayed at Manchester City for 4 years winning the Division One Championship. In 2008 Keegan moved back to Newcastle he then quit the job later that year after an argument with Newcastle owner Mike Ashley. Before the start of the 2008/09 season Keegan was welcomed back to Manchester City and he looks to gain Manchester City a Top 4 spot in the following years.

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Stadium Information

Name- City Of Manchester Stadium

Other Names- COMS, Eastlands

Location- Manchester, England

Opened- 25 July 2002 for Athletics

10 August 2003 for Football

Owner- Manchester City Council

Operator- Manchester City Football Club

Surface- Grass

Construction Cost- 110 million pounds

Capacity- 47,726

Field Dimensions- 106.571 x 71 metres

349 x 232 feet

Tenants- Manchester City (2003-present)

2002 Commonwealth Games

2008 UEFA Cup Final

UEFA 5 Star Rating-

The City Of Manchester Stadium is a sports stadium in Manchester. It was Originally designed as part of Manchester's failed bid to hold the 2000 Summer Olympics, the stadium was then built for the 2002 Commonwealth Games, the cost of building the stadium was around 110 million pounds. After the Commonwealth games it was converted as a Football Stadium for Manchester City Football Club. Manchester City then moved to the stadium from there old home Maine Road. The City Of Manchester Stadium is the 5th largest in the Premier League at the moment and the 12th largest in the United Kingdom. It has a UEFA 4 star rating.

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Short History


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Manchester City was formed in 1880 by Anna Corwell and two wardens of St Mark's Church for men of the area to have something to do in the Winter Months the team was then called St Mark's. The first Officially Recorded game they played was against a church team from Macclesfield. In 1884 the team merged with another team and was then called Gorton Athletic, the merger lasted only a few months before the teams split again and St Mark's renamed themselves to West Gorton Athletic, in 1887 West Gorton Athletic turned professional changing there name to Ardwick AFC. The first major trophy they won was the Manchester Cup beating Newton Heath who would later change there name to Manchester United. This success made the Football League put Ardwick into Division 2 and Ardwick became founding members of Division 2. A year later financial troublelalalala Ardwick AFC and reorganization of the club led to the name being changed again this time to Manchester City Football Club, they have had this name since 1893.

Since then Manchester City has won 2 First Division Titles, 7 Second Division Titles, 4 FA Cup's, 2 League Cup's, 3 Charity Shields and 1 European Cup Winner's Cup, they have also been runner up in many competitions. However Manchester City's last Trophy win was in 2001/02 which was the Second Division Title.

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07/08 Season In Review

The 07/08 season for Manchester City was very mixed season, there were many highlights especially the League double over nearby rivals Manchester United and being fourth in the league at Christmas. There were however many things Manchester City players and fans would like to forget the 6-0 loss to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge and the 8-1 defeat on the last day of the season against Middlesbrough. There were many strong points especially the home record and form in the first half of the season however poor form in the second half of the season cost Manchester City as the fell from 4th to 9th , A full list of results for Manchester City's league campaign.

Manchester City 2-0 West Ham

Manchester City 1-0 Derby County

Manchester City 1-0 Manchester United

Manchester City 0-1 Arsenal

Manchester City 0-1 Blackburn

Manchester City 1-0 Aston Villa

Manchester City 3-3 Fulham

Manchester City 3-1 Newcastle

Manchester City 3-1 Middlesbrough

Manchester City 1-0 Birmingham

Manchester City 0-6 Chelsea

Manchester City 1-0 Sunderland

Manchester City 0-0 Portsmouth

Manchester City 2-1 Reading

Manchester City 1-1 Wigan Athletic

Manchester City 1-2 Tottenham

Manchester City 4-2 Bolton

Manchester City 1-1 Aston Villa

Manchester City 2-2 Blackburn

Manchester City 0-0 Liverpool

Manchester City 2-0 Newcastle

Manchester City 0-1 Everton

Manchester City 1-1 West Ham

Manchester City 1-1 Derby County

Manchester City 1-3 Arsenal

Manchester City 2-1 Manchester United

Manchester City 0-2 Everton

Manchester City 0-0 Wigan Athletic

Manchester City 0-2 Reading

Manchester City 2-1 Tottenham

Manchester City 0-0 Bolton

Manchester City 1-3 Birmingham

Manchester City 0-2 Chelsea

Manchester City 2-1 Sunderland

Manchester City 3-1 Portsmouth

Manchester City 2-3 Fulham

Manchester City 0-1 Liverpool

Manchester City 1-8 Middlesbrough

Manchester City finished the season with 15 Wins, 10 draws and 13 Losses they finished with 55 points and in 9th Place

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Goal Keepers



Joe Hart



Kasper Schmeichel



Richard Martin

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Defenders



Pablo Javier Zabaleta



Richard Dunne



Micah Richards



Michael Ball



Tal Ben-Haim



Chinedum Onuoha



Javier Garrido

Glauber Berti Leandro Honorato



Curtis Obeng

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Midfielders



Shaun Wright Phillips



Vincent Kompany



Michael Johnson



Gelson Fernandes



Dietmar Hamann



Martin Petrov



Stephen Ireland



Kelvin Etuhu



Paul Marshall



Adam Clayton

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Attackers



Robinho



Elano



Jo



Benjani



Daniel Sturridge



Darrius Vassell



Felipe Caicedo



Valeri Bojinov



Chedwyn Evans



Nery Castillo

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Season Objectives and Players To Watch

Manchester City Season Objectives

* Top 4 Place

*Quarter Finals Of FA Cup

* Win at least 2 games against Top 4 teams

* Have a 75% home record

Manchester City Players To Watch

Robinho





Robinho is looking to impress Manchester City in his first season in the EPL after a stint with La Liga giants Real Madrid

Stephen Ireland





Ireland will be looking to continue his fine form with Manchester City and impress many top managers

Richard Dunne





Dunne will be hoping to lead Manchester City to its first silverware in over 5 years, Dunne will be teaming up with Micah Richards at the back and will be hoping to thwart opposition attacks.

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League Information




Name- Barclays English Premier League
Teams- 20
Founded- February 20, 1992
Champions- Manchester United
Biggest Teams/Top 4- Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal
Trophy-





Player To Watch From Each Club

ARSENAL

Cesc Fabregas, Robin Van Persie, Emmanuel Adebayor

ASTON VILLA

Gareth Barry, Ashley Young, Gabriel Agbonlahor

BLACKBURN ROVERS

Roque Santa Cruz, Morten Gamst Pederson, Ryan Nelsen

BOLTON

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Kevin Nolan, Kevin Davies

CHELSEA

John Terry, Frank Lampard, Didier Drogba

EVERTON

Phil Neville, Mikel Arteta, Tim Cahill

FULHAM

Jimmy Bullard, Mark Schwarzer, Danny Murphy

HULL CITY

Geovanni, Marlon King, Ian Ashbee

LIVERPOOL

Fernando Torres, Steven Gerrard, Robbie Keane

MANCHESTER CITY

Robinho, Stephen Ireland, Richard Dunne

MANCHESTER UNITED

Wayne Rooney, Christiano Ronaldo, Rio Ferdinand

MIDDLESBROUGH

Stuart Downing, Alfonso Alves, Emanuel Pogatetz

NEWCASTLE UNITED

Michael Owen, Obafemi Martins, Shay Given

PORTSMOUTH

Jermaine Defoe, Peter Crouch, Sol Campbell

STOKE CITY

Rory Delap, Ricardo Fuller, Andy Griffin

SUNDERLAND

Kenwyne Jones, Keiran Richardson, Djibril Cisse

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

Ledley King, David Bentley, Luka Modric

WEST BROMWICH ALBION

Ishmael Miller, Jonathan Greening, Roman Bednar

WEST HAM UNITED

Dean Ashton, Lucas Neill, Scott Parker

WIGAN ATHLETIC

Emile Heskey, Mario Melchiot, Antonio Valencia

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Team Stats

League

Games Played- 4
Points- 7
Next Match- West Ham (away)
Cups

Next Game- Birmingham
Current Round- 2

Cleansheets

Joe Hart- 3

Kasper Schmeichel-

Richard Martin-

Yellow Cards

Pablo Javier Zabaleta-

Richard Dunne-

Micah Richards-

Tal Ben-Haim-

Chinedum Onuoha-

Javier Garrido-

Glauber Berti Leandro Honorato-

Curtis Obeng-

Shaun Wright Phillips-

Vincent Kompany-

Xabi Alonso

Gelson Fernandes-

Dietmar Hamann-

Martin Petrov-

Stephen Ireland-

Kelvin Etuhu-

Paul Marshall-

Adam Clayton-

Robinho-

Arda Turan-

Jo-

Benjani-

Daniel Sturridge-

Darrius Vassell-

Felipe Caicedo-

Valeri Bojinov-

Chedwyn Evans-

Nery Castillo-

Red Cards

Pablo Javier Zabaleta-

Richard Dunne-

Micah Richards-

Tal Ben-Haim-

Chinedum Onuoha-

Javier Garrido-

Glauber Berti Leandro Honorato-

Curtis Obeng-

Shaun Wright Phillips-

Vincent Kompany-

Xabi Alonso

Gelson Fernandes-

Dietmar Hamann-

Martin Petrov-

Stephen Ireland-

Kelvin Etuhu-

Paul Marshall-

Adam Clayton-

Robinho-

Arda Turan-

Jo-

Benjani-

Daniel Sturridge-

Darrius Vassell-

Felipe Caicedo-

Valeri Bojinov-

Chedwyn Evans-

Nery Castillo-

Assists

Pablo Javier Zabaleta-

Richard Dunne-

Micah Richards-

Tal Ben-Haim-

Chinedum Onuoha-

Javier Garrido-

Glauber Berti Leandro Honorato-

Curtis Obeng-

Shaun Wright Phillips-

Vincent Kompany-

Xabi Alonso- 3

Gelson Fernandes-

Dietmar Hamann-

Martin Petrov-

Stephen Ireland-

Kelvin Etuhu-

Paul Marshall-

Adam Clayton-

Robinho-

Arda Turan-

Jo-

Benjani-

Daniel Sturridge-

Darrius Vassell-

Felipe Caicedo-

Valeri Bojinov-

Chedwyn Evans-

Nery Castillo-

Goals Scored

Pablo Javier Zabaleta-

Richard Dunne-

Micah Richards-

Tal Ben-Haim-

Chinedum Onuoha-

Javier Garrido-

Glauber Berti Leandro Honorato-

Curtis Obeng-

Shaun Wright Phillips-

Vincent Kompany-

Xabi Alonso

Gelson Fernandes-

Dietmar Hamann-

Martin Petrov- 1

Stephen Ireland- 1

Kelvin Etuhu-

Paul Marshall-

Adam Clayton-

Robinho- 3

Arda Turan-

Jo-

Benjani-

Daniel Sturridge-

Darrius Vassell-

Felipe Caicedo-

Valeri Bojinov-

Chedwyn Evans-

Nery Castillo-

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League Stats

played/wins/draws/losses/goals for/goals against/goal difference

1. Arsenal - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0

2. Aston Villa - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0

3. Blackburn - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0- 0 - 0

4. Bolton - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0
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5. Chelsea - 0- 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0

6. Everton - 0- 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0

7. Fulham - 0- 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0

8. Hull - 0- 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0

9. Liverpool - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0

10. Man City - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0

11. Man Utd - 0 - 0 - 0 -0 - 0 - 0 - 0

12. Middlesbrough - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0

13. Newcastle - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0

14. Portsmouth - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0

15. Stoke - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0

16. Sunderland - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0

17. Tottenham - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0
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18. West Brom - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0

19. West Ham - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0

20. Wigan - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0


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Thanks to rhcp for letting me use his League Table
This will be edited after 4 gaems

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Transfer Window Open

Targets







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Mikel Arteta







John Arne Riise







Arda Turan







Juan Vargas

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Timeline












A Big thank you to hales for helping me with images

[Chelsea11]

Decent start, but you're getting rid of Mark Hughes already? Before the season?

Also why all the reserves? You could've put a lot of that stuff in the OP

First post

[Nino]

I wanted to space it all out

[14Atlas]

good start and WOW! you got a lot of reserves there some like C11 said could be combined with OP or other reserves spaces

[GK01]

ALot of reserves. But good OP, love the title.

[Camo]

wow 12 reserves, great op good work elnino

[Liverpöol]

god damn it i missed first post.... my renovated OP is 15 posts

[Arsenal-Watford]

nice title

[Liverpöol]

and what sexy graphics!!! WHo did them!

oh wait 'twas ME!