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Depending on who you are, you blame somebody different for the Terrygate affair.

Most people blame John Terry, who, oblivious to his role as captain and devoid of loyalty to his team-mate, jumped into bed with Vanessa Perroncel without a moments thought for his ex-friend, Wayne Bridge. Continue reading →

Manchester City were knocked out of the League Cup last night by their arch rivals, Manchester United. One of the more entertaining moments of the game was given to us by a rogue United fan, who struck Craig Bellamy with a coin. Such actions are obviously not to be encouraged, but take heart in the fact that, if ever a footballer has deserved it,  that player is Bellamy. Continue reading →

Rio Ferdinand has denied to the FA that he did this.

Presumably it was Wes Brown. Meanwhile, it conveniently leaves Rio free to face Manchester City tonight.

This was always going to happen, but my god, am I glad it did. Carlos Tevez has confirmed my early suspicions by revealing that his celebrations were aimed, not at anyone in particular, but at SAF and Gary Neville, and has made things more interesting by going nuts on Argentine radio and launching an astonishing rant at his former colleagues. I enjoy rants at the best of times, but this is a really good one. Continue reading →

It’s not often that Republik of Mancunia, the excellent Manchester United blog, miss the point entirely. They are wholly guilty of blinkered bias, as you’d expect from any one-club blog, and lofty self-praise, as you’d expect from any football club. However, their response to last nights Carling Cup semi-final defeat strikes me as being quite bitter, very finger pointy and totally wide of the mark. The article, in a nutshell, lists various quotes by Tevez (and, indeed, Manchester City’s other striker, Emannuel Adebayor) about his former club. Fair enough, if you can allow the selective memory…

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