The curtain comes down - with railing attached
The rich tradition of slapstick last-day-of-the-season performances that the supporters of Manchester City have been brought up on over the years was …
The rain falls down on a humdrum town
As the rains came tumbling down Tuesday on this neat little patch of green in Berkshire, it was difficult not to think the Football Gods had sent at l…
Grazie Mille, Roberto
It is not exactly anything new for football clubs -- any football club, and especially our own spotlessly shiny Manchester City -- to be accused of sh…
Off the end of the pier
The near horizontal wind-driven rain stinging the faces of the faithful as we escaped as swiftly as was humanly possible from Wembley's suffocating em…
Two times eleven: Comparing '81 and '13
It gives me some pleasure to announce that my 100th article of the season should be a preparation piece for the grand old Football Association Cup Fin…
Grin and tonic
Beauty, it is said, is in the eye of the beholder, and there was something for every artistic bent during the 1-0 win at the Etihad on Tuesday. Like …
Making sure the Emperor's clothes fit
Roberto Mancini rides uncomfortably on the horns of a dilemma that may well prick a decent-sized hole in his Giorgio Armani suit if he doesn't get his…
Dreaming of Wembley
With one side basking in that Wembley afterglow of success that sometimes strikes League Cup winners down with a rare sort of paralysis more often acc…
From windswept Vetch Field to European glory
Those happy folk busy eulogising about the Neue Welle of German power football flattening all before it this spring, have helped put another power sur…
An afternoon stroll for City
It wasn't clear whether it was the bright spring sunshine or the discomfort at watching his midfield constantly give the ball away, but Sam Allardyce …