http://mancity.theoffside.com News from Manchester City English Premiership football team Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:57:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Many City fans I know were quite please to see Burnley, a team committed to passing and attacking, promoted this past season. Back when City and Burnley were last in the same division--the First Division during the 2001-02 campaign--the two clubs had some classic, Keegan-inspired goalfests. City won both contests ... http://mancity.theoffside.com/team-news/frustration-mounts-as-city-toss-points-away-again.html We'll be live-blogging the action today as Manchester City travel to Birmingham intent on snapping a three-match run of draws. City need to pick up three points today to re-charge the momentum on the club's challenge for a top four spot. City and Birmingham were promoted to the Premier League the same ... http://mancity.theoffside.com/team-news/city-birmingham-live-blog-and-match-thread.html It's halftime at the Eastlands with City and Fulham locked in an an entertaining 0-0 draw. We will have minute-by-minute commentary of the second half shortly... City had a seemingly good goal off a corner by Micah Richards disallowed, possibly for a push by Gareth Barry. City were the dominant team ... http://mancity.theoffside.com/team-news/city-fulham-match-report.html Manchester City have a chance to go 3rd in the Premiership with a game still in hand by winning at Villa Park Monday night. That will be a tall order as Aston Villa have overcome opening-day stumbles to reproduce the form that carried them to a European place last season. ... http://mancity.theoffside.com/team-news/city-villa-match-thread.html We'll be live blogging the Manchester derby, with a decidedly blue tint, live from Sunday 1:30 (UK)/8:30 (EDT US)! City have had the better of United five times over the last seven years, including two wins under Kevin Keegan's regime, once under Stuart Pearce, and twice under Sven Goran-Eriksson. Can ... http://mancity.theoffside.com/team-news/derby-day-live-blog-and-match-thread.html With as much attention as Manchester City gets these days, it's rare to find a piece of journalism about the club that is truly essential reading. Updated: new exclusive interview reveals Hughes almost left in August 2008; Garry Cook repudiates Thaksin. But in the run-up to Sunday's Manchester derby, the Guardian is ... http://mancity.theoffside.com/team-news/essential-reading-on-city-david-conn-reports-from-abu-dhabi.html Emmanuel Adebayor has had a brilliant start on the pitch for Manchester City, but his excessive emotion as well as dangerous stamp on Robin Van Persie in Saturday's win over Arsenal mean he'll almost certainly be suspended for three and possibly more matches. At issue is whether the incident in which ... http://mancity.theoffside.com/team-news/adebayor-ban-will-complicate-tactics.html Okay, we're off to a late start this morning but will start the almost-live blog of this match from the beginning. By the end of the 90 we should be just about caught up with real time! City's favorite ref Mark Clattenburg is in charge of this one. City are going ... http://mancity.theoffside.com/team-news/city-arsenal-almost-live-blog-and-match-thread.html We've let a couple of weeks--the end of the transfer window and the international break--pass without any comment on things City; time to get back in the swing of things with two massive matches on the horizon against Arsenal and Manchester United. Biggest news of the last two weeks was confirmation ... http://mancity.theoffside.com/team-news/catching-up-arsenal-come-to-town-or-more-precisely-to-city.html Live commentary as River Plate, no wait, Manchester City in their away strip, travel to Fratton Park to try to heap more misery on Portsmouth. It's a league debut for Joleon Lescott. Can City continue its unblemished start to the campaign? Team sheet for Portsmouth: Begovic, Vanden Borre, Kaboul, Mokoena, Belhadj, ... http://mancity.theoffside.com/team-news/city-portsmouth-live-blog-and-match-thread.html