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Gone, going and going nowhere
It was ‘all go’ at the Etihad Stadium – Super Frankie Lampard was going west, ‘Jimmy’ Milner was going east (down the East Lancs Road to...

davidjwalker1
Dec 30, 20227 min read


Golden swansong to Manuel's second season
Automatic Champions League qualification secured, highest scorers and best goal difference in the division, five consecutive wins, a...

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Dec 30, 20225 min read


Manchester MP set to retain seat
A surge of blue swept to power taking political pollsters by surprise in last week's General Election. Nobody saw it coming and now,...

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Dec 30, 20224 min read


Mind the gap
Space was the ‘Final Frontier’ for Star Trek’s Captain Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise as they vowed to ‘boldly go where no...

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Dec 30, 20224 min read


Pride In Travel - Sky Blue heavenly reading
As Manchester City’s travelling support gear up for a third instalment of Champions League déjà vu and another trip to the Nou Camp, one...

davidjwalker1
Dec 29, 20223 min read


City fans back legal battle against FFP
Blue-sky thinking relates to creative ideas that are not limited by convention or current beliefs, facilitating the stripping away of...

davidjwalker1
Dec 29, 20223 min read


Wembley tribute for Gentleman Joe
If Manchester City’s greatest ever manager were still with us we’d be celebrating his 100th birthday this Saturday. Sadly, Joe Mercer...

davidjwalker1
Dec 29, 20226 min read


Le Grand Depart - will Yaya be on his bike this summer?
As the 101st Tour de France arrives in Yorkshire, there’s consternation on the other side of the Pennines that Manchester City’s very own...

davidjwalker1
Dec 29, 20225 min read


FFP - Fatuous Fraud Platini!
UEFA bureaucrats – the money men who regulate European football and, fair to say, a right set of continental bankers – have battered the...

davidjwalker1
Dec 29, 20226 min read


Manuel The Magnificent - City 2 West Ham 0
The comfortable Premier League title deciding fixture originally scheduled for May 13th 2012, finally arrived at the Etihad Stadium just...

davidjwalker1
Dec 29, 20226 min read


City set for splashdown - City 4 Villa 0
Singing and dancing in the rain, the Manchester City faithful soaked up the unbridled joy of an Etihad Stadium awash with goals, as...

davidjwalker1
Dec 29, 20225 min read


Are we nearly there? Everton 2 City 3
Goodison Park’s version of the ‘SAS’ may well have determined the destiny of the Premier League trophy a week today. For months now the...

davidjwalker1
Dec 29, 20225 min read


Paranoia or are the 'pundits' out to 'get' City?
Football is a game all about opinions, or so we’re told. It’s argued that if you take away the controversy surrounding the flashpoints –...

davidjwalker1
Dec 28, 20224 min read


Winning the title in April isn't for real Champions - Liverpool 3 City 2
An insatiable desire for justice and an agonising need for the truth behind the tragic events of Hillsborough has driven Liverpool...

davidjwalker1
Dec 28, 20225 min read


Three is City's magic number - United 0 City 3
He declined the invitation - he had no desire to acknowledge the fans. Anyway, his hands were pre-occupied with his face buried deep...

davidjwalker1
Dec 28, 20226 min read


The Dark Unseen Side of El Barca
Whether it’s breathtaking architectural masterpieces courtesy of Antoni Gaudi, a rousing pop opera song from Freddie Mercury & Montserat...

davidjwalker1
Dec 28, 20224 min read


Everyone's a winner - City 3 Sunderland 1 - League Cup Final 2014
Manuel Pellegrini’s Manchester City weren’t the only winners to emerge from an enthralling Capital One Cup Final, where the Sky Blues...

davidjwalker1
Dec 28, 20225 min read


Do it for Blue Blood 'Doyley'
When true blue blood skipper Mike Doyle triumphantly held the League Cup aloft at Wembley on February 28th, 1976, who in their worst...

davidjwalker1
Dec 28, 20225 min read


Manuel is taking the Michael
Apparently it was all happening at White Hart Lane, but what’s all the fuss about – it was just the ‘same old same old’ performance from...

davidjwalker1
Dec 23, 20225 min read


MCFC Teenage Kicks from '86
They’d grown older, perhaps more weary but they were most definitely remembered, and with great affection and more than a hint of...

davidjwalker1
Dec 23, 20225 min read


Why blog in a world full of keyboard warriors?
Read But Never Red has won through to the Finals of the National Blogging Awards 2013. It is the only Manchester City blog in the Best...

davidjwalker1
Dec 23, 20223 min read


Motivations and malice - The 'joys' of a Manchester City blogger
It used to be that a good education was built on a foundation of ‘3 Rs’ – reading, writing and arithmetic. Fast forward to the...

davidjwalker1
Dec 23, 20225 min read


Fortifying the future at Fortress Etihad
Manchester City’s transformation into one of Europe’s biggest and most prestigious clubs continues with the Etihad set to become the...

davidjwalker1
Dec 23, 20225 min read


City's South American conundrum
Literally as close as A to B, sharing a tiny border crossing and producing world class footballers, Argentina and Brazil have a profound...

davidjwalker1
Dec 23, 20223 min read
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