UK Premier League

The football season is back with us again ...

This weekend saw both Manchester teams off to a good start -

City beat Sunderland 2-1

and this afternoon United beat Bournemouth 3-1 ....

I wonder what the season has in store for both teams ?

We'll find out soon enough no doubt .

Enough money has been spent during the summer break on players and managers.

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FA Cup - 3rd Round

FA Cup

Well both Manchester teams won their qualifying games today but it was a struggle for both of them - leaving it very late in the day to score goals !!!

United beat Yeovil 2-0 and City beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-1.

Let's hope that standards improve  for the next round.

Saturday saw local team Rochdale beat Nottingham Forrest 1-0 - well done!!!

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Manchester City - Champions League

Manchester City Football Club have reached the last 16 of the Champions League and again find that for the second consecutive year that they will meet Barcelona.

Last season they lost 4-1 on aggregate - 2-0 at the Etihad and 2-1 over at the Nou Camp.

Matches to be played 24th February and 18th March

City are confident they'll do better this time and will reach the last 8 !!!

Good Luck ....

Disaster ...

Community Shield

Arsenal 3 Manchester City 0

What more can be said ??

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USA Football Tour

Both Manchester teams have got off to a good start in their pre-season tour of the USA.

Manchester City beat Sporting Kansas City 4-1 and Manchester United beat Los Angeles Galaxy 7-0.

Over the next week their opponents will include Liverpool, Real Madrid and the best of Italy. We'll await the results with trepidation !!!

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Manchester United progress ...

Last night Manchester United progressed  to the last eight of the European Football Champions League.

Three goals from Robin van Persie saw them beat Olympiakos of Greece 3-0 and go through to the next stage of the competition.

Much to the relief of their many fans….

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Capital One Cup

Manchester City FC have this afternoon won the Capital One Cup at Wembley - much to the satisfaction of at least 50% of Manchester's population.

After a sluggish start they beat Sunderland 3-1 with goals from Toure, Nasri and Navas.

This is their first silverware of the current season and hopefully there will be more to come.

Well done……..

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Manchester City F.C. Progress ...?

After a shaky start to the football season Manchester City have certainly sprung into action during the last two weeks.

A 3-0 Champions League win over Plzen followed by a 4-1 win over rivals Manchester United on Sunday.

Last night in the League Cup they took their revenge for the FA Cup defeat and beat Wigan 5-0.

Hopefully City are now in their stride and nothing will impede their progress.

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Carlos Tevez

Manchester City and Juventus have agreed a £12m deal for the transfer of the 29 year old Argentinean striker Carlos Tevez.

He is expected in Italy today for a medical and to complete personal terms.

Personally I think City will miss him - in 148 appearance he has scored 74 goals and won many a game.

Now it is assumed City will have to look around for another top scoring forward.

Good luck in that search!!!

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Europa League

Well that is it - the shouting is all over and both Manchester teams exit the Europa League.

Just not good enough....

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Carling Cup

Just caught the last 10 minutes of extra time in the Carling Cup Final - Liverpool v Cardiff.

Got quite interested - after extra time it was 2-2 and eventually Liverpool won on penalties. Always exciting ..

Now away to watch sheep dog trials on the TV !!

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FA Cup

Well only one Manchester team could proceed to the next round of the FA Cup and after an exciting game - I only fell asleep for five minutes - Manchester United beat Manchester City 3-2.

Yes an exciting game actually - penalty - sending off - fight back and heavy rain by the look of it.

The next team United will meet will be their old rivals - Liverpool - watch for sparks flying....

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Bad news for local football ..

Both local Manchester teams exit the UEFA Champions League tonight and will now enter the less prestigious Europa League.

United lost in Basel 2-1 against FC Basel and City managed a credible 2-0 win over Bayern Munich but to no avail as Villarreal failed to defeat Napoli who qualified by being second in the group.

No doubt an inquest will follow soon and there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

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Bad football news .. !

Not too good a night for our two local teams in the Champions League.

Napoli defeat Manchester City 2-1 : it looks like City may not qualify for the next round and may have to content themselves with the Europa League.

On their home ground Manchester United can only manage a 2-2 draw with Benfica. So now what ?? They should qualify for the next round, but may only be runners up in the group, and as a consequence meet some top line club and have a ready hard task if they want to proceed in the competition.

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Good football news ..

Good news for the local football teams this Saturday ..

Manchester City beat Newcastle 3-1 and retain their unbeaten record - United win 1-0 at Swansea.

Last but not least Rochdale climb away from the bottom rungs of League 1 with a 1-0 win over Preston.

Good work....

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No more posts for a while ..

No more posts for a while .... foreign parts await .

As I write this, the world is in an economic meltdown and the two Manchester football teams ride high in the the Premier League. I wonder what the next few months will hold?

And which do you consider to be the most important - football or the economy?

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Football news today ..

Manchester United 8 Arsenal 2

Need I say more ?

Well .... also

Manchester City 5 Tottenham 1

Both teams have unbeaten records this season - not like our local team Rochdale

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The last last game of the season - Football ..

England 2 Switzerland 2

Need we say more ??

And at Wembley !!

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Victory Parade

There will be a victory parade on Bank Holiday Monday to celebrate Manchester United winning the Premier League Trophy.

The parade starts at 10:00 am at Manchester Cathedral and heads down Deansgate to the Stretford Mall.

Perhaps there will be a double celebration if they beat Barcelona on Saturday and win the Champions League.

Well I for one do not expect to be watching the parade - a little bit too crowded for my liking - perhaps a trip to the allotment instead.

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FA Cup

Good news for the Manchester football teams this week - both United and City taking part in the FA Cup.

Today saw City beat Notts County in the fourth round 5-0 and will now meet Aston Villa in a game that will also be played at the Eastlands.

United beat non-league side Crawley Town 1-0 in the fifth round and will play either Arsenal or Leyton Orient in the next tie. Crawley did very well against United and deserve much credit.

Roll on the next rounds !!!

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