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16) MC ISSUES Man of the Match vs UAE

MAN CITY ISSUES (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009

MOTM: United Arab Emriates vs Manchester City Friendly Match Venue: Zayed Sport City Stadium Date: 12th November 2009 Score: 1-0 - Nedum Onouha - 44% - Stephen Ireland (c) - 20% - Alex Nimely - 7% - Paul Marshall - 6% - Javan Vidal - 6% - Pablo Zabaleta - 6% - Ben Mee - 3% - Stuart Taylor - 3% - Keiran Trippier - 2% - Andrew Tutte - 1% - Benjani - 0% - MY MAN OF THE MATCH: Nedum Onouha The Story So...

Verdict: United Arab Emirates v Manchester City

Blue Days (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009

With Sheikh Mansour picking up the tab for a seven star hotel in a way that Darius Vassell could do with right now, City repaid this generous hospitality by allowing the host nation victory via a first-half penalty calamitously conceded by Stuart Taylor. In many ways it was what we've come to expect under Mark Hughes' tenure. Plenty of professionalism and organisation in the build-up to the game, followed...

Verdict: United Arab Emirates 1 Manchester City 0

Blue Days (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009

With Sheikh Mansour picking up the tab for a seven star hotel in a way that Darius Vassell could do with right now, City repaid this generous hospitality by allowing the host nation victory via a first-half penalty calamitously conceded by Stuart Taylor. In many ways it was what we've come to expect under Mark Hughes' tenure. Plenty of professionalism and organisation in the build-up to the game, followed...

UAE 1 - 0 Man City

MAN CITY ISSUES (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009

Manchester City were beaten by the United Arab Emirates national side by 1 goal to nil in Abu Dhabi . It was a really poor performance. You could argue that City only had 2 current first team first team players on the pitch but everything was just really poor. It was a brilliant chance for some of the up-and-coming youngsters but none of them really stepped up to the plate. Alex Nimely was probably...

Onouha Back

MAN CITY ISSUES (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009

Nedum Onouha is back from injury and has travelled with the City squad for their match with the United Arab Emirates which will be watched by Sheikh Mansour. The injury-prone defender has been out with a thigh injury since City's 4-2 thrashing of Arsenal. Onouha is one of the senior players in the squad for the match on Thursday. - Senior Players in Squad: Benjani Javier Garrido Stephen Ireland Nedum...

Waiting in the wings

OmniFootball (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009

Mark Hughes mused today on the possibility that Robinho could see a return to action in next weeks Carling Cup tie at home to Scunthorpe: "There is a possibility that Robi will be on the bench for Scunthorpe, but it might be a bit soon and I don't like to throw players in before they've had games in training or in the reserves. "We had to throw Vinnie Kompany in because of the circumstances...

• Waiting in the wings - Bitter and Blue

Dublin pair hold their nerve

The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009

GOLF DIGEST: DUBLIN-BASED PGA assistants Stuart Taylor and Pat Devine performed like seasoned professionals to claim the biggest win of their short careers – the SkyCaddie PGA Fourball Championship supported by Sunderland – at Forest Pines.

Team Line Up vs Villa

MAN CITY ISSUES (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009

Man City Line Up: (4-3-3) - 1) Shay Given - 5) Pablo Zabaleta 28) Kolo Toure (c) 19) Joleon Lescott 3) Wayne Bridge - 34) Nigel De Jong 18) Gareth Barry 8) Shaun Wright-Phillips - 32) Carlos Tevez 25) Emmanuel Adebayor 39) Craig Bellamy - Bench: - 12) Stuart Taylor 2) Micah Richards 16) Sylvinho 7) Stephen Ireland 6) Michael Johnson 17) Martin Petrov 14) Roque Santa Cruz - Do you agree with this team?...

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The best team in London

Some People Are On The Pitch (Free subscription) | 19/09/2009

Come the revolution, the Premier League will be no more – of that you can be certain. As clubs attempt to regain control of their upwardly spiralling finances, the top flight will break up into smaller regionalised leagues, thereby reinforcing the weakening notion of local derbies and local rivalries. Well at least that's the vision I saw before the medication wore off. But imagine if someone...

The Ding Dong Brummie Derby

OmniFootball (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009

Well here we are, tomorrow, high noon see's the return of the Brummie derby. People from Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow and London will claim they have the fiercest derbies in the UK but it doesn't get much better than Birmingham City Vs Aston Villa. Blues are back in the big time after a years abscence. The last fixtures between the two gave Villa the upper hand with 2-1 and 5-1 victories respectiveley...

Club-by-club guide to the transfer window: who were the Premier League's winners and losers?

Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 02/09/2009

With the transfer window now closed until the 1 January, 2009, here's Martin Lipton's guide to all the ins and outs in the Premier League this summer. Despite clubs spending approximately £450m - down from last summer's £500m outlay, there have been big money moves, with Manchester City leading they way - showing Wenger, Fergie and co how it's done. But how did you team do? ARSENAL Players...

• Summer Transfer Window: All The Premier League Ins And Outs - Birmingham City News

Man City have spent £216million in 12 months

Premier League Tickets (Free subscription) | 25/08/2009

With the signing of Joleon Lescott yesterday for for £24million, Manchester City have now spent £216.5m in transfer fees in the last 12 months. Mark Hughes’ incredible spree on 13 new players, plus Stuart Taylor and Sylvinho on frees, has rocked English soccer and newspaper reports say that City’s Arab owners have pledged even more [...]

Man City keeper Taylor happy working with Hitchcock

tribalfootball.com (Free subscription) | 19/08/2009

New Manchester City goalkeeper Stuart Taylor is enjoying working with keeper coach Kevin Hitchcock. read more

A look at summer transfers

Bitter and Blue (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009

The transfers a side makes over the course of the summer can generally be seen as an indication of the current position of the club, but perhaps more important, of what their intentions are. Plenty has been made of our summer transfers totalling the (easy headline grabbing) £100 million mark, but what that amount of money of course brings is quality. And with just over two weeks to go until the...

2009/10 Season preview - Aston Villa

A Different League (Free subscription) | 06/08/2009

2008/09 Seaso - It was a strange time for Aston Villa last season. Despite holding 4th position for much of the year, their dreadful form in the run in meant that they were seen as disappointments. Their excellent early season form was spearheaded by their front line of Ashley Young, Gabby Agbonlahor and John Carew. Young and Agbonlahor provided the pace, with Carew contributing with his height and...