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bart · 10-05-2011, 10:32 PM

o it is goodbye to agony and hello and a big warm welcome to ecstasy.

More than forty years after the club’s last outing in Europe’s premier club competition the Blues are back.

In an ironic twist of fate City’s place in the top four was secured by Peter Crouch who put through his own goal, the ball finding the same netting that captured his winning effort for Spurs last season.

It was sweet pay-back for Blues fans who saw Spurs celebrate their own ascent into the Champions League ranks thanks to the lanky England man at CoMs a year ago.

Like last time there was always doubt where the joy would sit at the end of the night even though Spurs arrived six points behind City and with their wily and successful manager Harry Redknapp seemingly in full on deflection mode ahead of the contest.

Riddled with injuries but their pride on show Spurs made City work and sweat for the victory that locked away the main objective of the season

...Chris Bailey

City welcomed back Micah Richards to right back with Pablo Zabaleta shifting left and Aleks Kolarov on the bench.

The defender was in good company for sat alongside him was leading scorer and captain Carlos Tevez hoping for a few minutes to prove his readiness for the FA Cup final.

This was a night when team and fans were in perfect sync. A symposium of like minds straining sinew and vocal chords with one simple aim – collect the three points that would secure fourth spot and put pressure on Arsenal for third!

With Nigel DeJong in thou shalt not pass mood and David Silva an elusive, livewire on the flanks and in open spaces, Tottenham were always tested. It was an impressive return, too, for the aforementioned Richards.

Dzeko missed a golden chance to calm nerves in the 11th minute when his finishing failed to match his approach play.

He cushioned Joleon Lescott’s long clearance into the path of David Silva but when the return pass came the Bosnian shot straight at Carlo Cudicini.

It was debateable which was worse that or the miss by Luka Modric in the 27th minute. The Spurs man bending his shot wide of a gaping target.

Crouch’s own goal three minutes later only served to put an exclamation mark behind the Croatian’s error

...Chris Bailey

It came after a short corner and a low driven cross to the near post by James Milner.

Spurs were bright after the break and Joe Hart was at his best to paw away sub Steven Pienaar’s header. Hart was in superlative form at White Hart Lane in the season opener and Tottenham must be fed up with him.

A stray Crouch arm did for Pablo Zabaleta and he left the pitch with a splattered nose as the pressure built on a home side that for the second time in four days running was on the end of a post-break revival.

Spurs though couldn’t create anything more than half chances and the best opening of the lot came in the dying moments when Tevez - on for Silva – slipped another replacement, Patrick Vieira, into the box. His chip looked to have sealed matters but William Gallas popped up from nowhere to clear off the line.

Buoyed by the crowd, City held on well and celebrated in style and Hart equalled Nick Weaver’s record number of clean sheets into the bargain.

Now fingers crossed for the quick win double at Wembley on Saturday and the biggest Poznan ever seen!

Don’t forget to join us in the build-up the most comprehensive you will find anywhere.
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Everton v City
Barclays logo
Match details
Tuesday 10 May 2011, 7:45PM

Att: 47069
Barclays Premier League

Referee:
Mike Dean (Bootle)
Teams
Manchester City:

Hart, Richards, Lescott, Kompany, Zabaleta (Kolarov 57), DeJong, Milner, Yaya Toure, Silva (Tevez 83mins), A Johnson (Vieira 66mins), Dzeko

Unused subs:
Given, Boyata, Wright-Phillips, Balotelli, Tevez

Bookings:
Milner (79mins)
Spurs:

Cudicini, Corluka, Gallas (Kaboul 87mins),Dawson, Rose, Sandro, Palacios (Pienaar 31mins), Lennon, Modric, Van der Vaart, (Defoe 76mins)

Unused subs:
Pletikosa, Kranjcar, Bassong, Pavlyuchenko

Bookings:
Pienaar (82mins)

Braddock · 10-05-2011, 10:36 PM

I remember telling somebody they could quote me on the fact that Tootenham wouldn't make Champions League. Can't remember who

Reilly · 10-05-2011, 10:55 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by Braddock;4781963
I remember telling somebody they could quote me on the fact that Tootenham wouldn't make Champions League. Can't remember who

Wasn't this only quite recently to be fair? I think it was Navegador and I think City were at least 3 points ahead of Spurs.

Braddock · 10-05-2011, 11:14 PM

Oh yeah, it was an easy call, but I take what I can get on one-up-man-ship nowadays

deaths_friend · 11-05-2011, 12:59 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by bart;4781958

Everton v City
Barclays logo
Match details
Tuesday 10 May 2011, 7:45PM

ummmmmmm.......

bart · 11-05-2011, 01:07 AM

Copy and bad paste job ! lol

Josh42 · 11-05-2011, 08:49 PM

FC Barcelona - Campeones de La Liga! Beautiful goal from Xavi to Keita.

bart · 12-05-2011, 03:26 AM

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...-Redknapp.html

Hmm Loving this..
He He...

bart · 12-05-2011, 06:09 AM

YouTube - "City's Road to Wembley" The Mosstonians featuring The Lion King

jeremyy · 12-05-2011, 09:20 AM

What about Nuri Sahin from Dortmund to Madrid???? vivaaa

mc_squared · 12-05-2011, 07:17 PM

Let's be 'avin' you (Part II): Delia delivers new rant at football crowd after champagne reception

By Andrew Levy

Last updated at 9:42 PM on 11th May 2011

Going up: Delia Smith saluted Norwich City's promotion to the Premier League in giggly fashion today

Six years after a well-refreshed Delia Smith ranted ‘Let’s be ’avin’ you’ at football fans, she has delivered an action replay.
Addressing a crowd of 40,000 celebrating Norwich City’s promotion, she broke into chants, giggled, tripped over her words, mispronounced the manager’s name and swore.
Delia, 69, the majority shareholder in the club, had attended a champagne reception at the City Hall before heading out on to the balcony with husband Michael Wynn Jones and other club directors.
She was handed a microphone and started chanting ‘Come on, let’s be ’avin’ you’ – recreating her 2005 half-time address after the team had squandered a 2-0 lead.
The multi-millionairess cookery queen started chuckling as her husband commented: ‘Anyone would think she’d invented the bloody phrase.’
She went on to call Norwich manager Paul Langbert, instead of Lambert, mistakenly called on the fans to toast ‘staying up’ instead of celebrating promotion to the Premier League, and used an expletive which had some parents reaching to cover their children’s ears.
‘Just think of this wonderful thing,’ she said. ‘We haven’t gotta go in the fr**ging play-offs next year.’ A presenter on BBC Radio Norfolk, which was broadcasting the event live, said: ‘Delia Smith,

Another added: ‘I think this is as good a place as any to leave it, don’t you?’

Rousing rendition: Delia Smith led supporters of Norwich City in her infamous chant 'Let's be havin you' after the club were promoted to the Premiership

The emotional outpouring happened shortly after dignitaries including the city’s Lord Mayor had left the balcony.

More...

The team, which finished second in the Championship behind QPR, had also departed to board a bus for a triumphant tour through the streets.

Going down: She tries to stir the fans with an infamous half-time message

A witness said: ‘It was all a bit cringeworthy.

‘She was holding the microphone at a funny angle like she thought she was a pop singer.

‘I think she feels she has to fit in with the “football crowd”. Everyone was relieved when it came to an end.’
A club spokesman refused to say whether Delia had been drinking.

However, she is known to like a tipple and once admitted on her website that she would never be a ‘one-glass’ girl.

Her 2005 rant came after Manchester City managed to draw level after 45 minutes despite having gone 2-0 down.

She grabbed a microphone from the club announcer and shouted: ‘A message for the best football supporters in the world. We need a 12th man here. Where are you? Where are you? Let’s be ’avin’ you. Come on.’

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1MACjbQaZ

mc_squared · 12-05-2011, 07:18 PM

^Looks like I got my wish. You couldn't make it up!

Black Rose · 12-05-2011, 09:21 PM

Man City to draw Bayern Munich in the play-off round and get absolutely destroyed.

Come on Stoke!

Braddock · 12-05-2011, 09:52 PM

I wouldn't mind Swansea or Cardiff getting into the Premiership. Burnley have been in, so it's already been tainted.

busybeeburns · 12-05-2011, 10:24 PM

Swansea are a good team, I love them to hammer Cardiff in the final.

10-05-2011, 10:32 PM	#4651
bart Something truly special Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 19,147 My Mood: Location: Barcelona Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 15 Thanked 12 Times in 6 Posts	o it is goodbye to agony and hello and a big warm welcome to ecstasy. More than forty years after the club’s last outing in Europe’s premier club competition the Blues are back. In an ironic twist of fate City’s place in the top four was secured by Peter Crouch who put through his own goal, the ball finding the same netting that captured his winning effort for Spurs last season. It was sweet pay-back for Blues fans who saw Spurs celebrate their own ascent into the Champions League ranks thanks to the lanky England man at CoMs a year ago. Like last time there was always doubt where the joy would sit at the end of the night even though Spurs arrived six points behind City and with their wily and successful manager Harry Redknapp seemingly in full on deflection mode ahead of the contest. Riddled with injuries but their pride on show Spurs made City work and sweat for the victory that locked away the main objective of the season ...Chris Bailey City welcomed back Micah Richards to right back with Pablo Zabaleta shifting left and Aleks Kolarov on the bench. The defender was in good company for sat alongside him was leading scorer and captain Carlos Tevez hoping for a few minutes to prove his readiness for the FA Cup final. This was a night when team and fans were in perfect sync. A symposium of like minds straining sinew and vocal chords with one simple aim – collect the three points that would secure fourth spot and put pressure on Arsenal for third! With Nigel DeJong in thou shalt not pass mood and David Silva an elusive, livewire on the flanks and in open spaces, Tottenham were always tested. It was an impressive return, too, for the aforementioned Richards. Dzeko missed a golden chance to calm nerves in the 11th minute when his finishing failed to match his approach play. He cushioned Joleon Lescott’s long clearance into the path of David Silva but when the return pass came the Bosnian shot straight at Carlo Cudicini. It was debateable which was worse that or the miss by Luka Modric in the 27th minute. The Spurs man bending his shot wide of a gaping target. Crouch’s own goal three minutes later only served to put an exclamation mark behind the Croatian’s error ...Chris Bailey It came after a short corner and a low driven cross to the near post by James Milner. Spurs were bright after the break and Joe Hart was at his best to paw away sub Steven Pienaar’s header. Hart was in superlative form at White Hart Lane in the season opener and Tottenham must be fed up with him. A stray Crouch arm did for Pablo Zabaleta and he left the pitch with a splattered nose as the pressure built on a home side that for the second time in four days running was on the end of a post-break revival. Spurs though couldn’t create anything more than half chances and the best opening of the lot came in the dying moments when Tevez - on for Silva – slipped another replacement, Patrick Vieira, into the box. His chip looked to have sealed matters but William Gallas popped up from nowhere to clear off the line. Buoyed by the crowd, City held on well and celebrated in style and Hart equalled Nick Weaver’s record number of clean sheets into the bargain. Now fingers crossed for the quick win double at Wembley on Saturday and the biggest Poznan ever seen! Don’t forget to join us in the build-up the most comprehensive you will find anywhere. Like this? Share it. Previous Everton v City Barclays logo Match details Tuesday 10 May 2011, 7:45PM Att: 47069 Barclays Premier League Referee: Mike Dean (Bootle) Teams Manchester City: Hart, Richards, Lescott, Kompany, Zabaleta (Kolarov 57), DeJong, Milner, Yaya Toure, Silva (Tevez 83mins), A Johnson (Vieira 66mins), Dzeko Unused subs: Given, Boyata, Wright-Phillips, Balotelli, Tevez Bookings: Milner (79mins) Spurs: Cudicini, Corluka, Gallas (Kaboul 87mins),Dawson, Rose, Sandro, Palacios (Pienaar 31mins), Lennon, Modric, Van der Vaart, (Defoe 76mins) Unused subs: Pletikosa, Kranjcar, Bassong, Pavlyuchenko Bookings: Pienaar (82mins) __________________ Work in progress........... "Small club, with a small mentality" !! Mancini will always have my utmost respect and admiration...... Thank you Mancini. Thank you for everything. The King is dead. Long live the King The Daddy of the pub thread !!!

10-05-2011, 10:36 PM	#4652
Braddock Grow Delicious Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 10,688 My Mood: Location: The middle place between light and nowhere Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 27 Thanked 96 Times in 55 Posts	I remember telling somebody they could quote me on the fact that Tootenham wouldn't make Champions League. Can't remember who __________________ Quote: Originally Posted by ivet;4544439 ^that's quite interesting, Greg Quote: Originally Posted by rudy_o;4783525 I feel educated. Thank you, Greg Proud winner of: The Best Newcomer to Coldplaying.com 2010 The Most Interesting Poster 2010 The Most Interesting Thread Creator 2010 The World Of Music - Most Interesting/In-Depth Posts 2010 One Very Important Thought

10-05-2011, 10:55 PM	#4653
Reilly District 9er Badazz!11111 Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 35,983 Chat posts: 61 Thanks given: 44 Thanked 336 Times in 192 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by Braddock;4781963 I remember telling somebody they could quote me on the fact that Tootenham wouldn't make Champions League. Can't remember who Wasn't this only quite recently to be fair? I think it was Navegador and I think City were at least 3 points ahead of Spurs. __________________ This door... ...needs some WD-40. Quote: Originally Posted by Fix42YellowClocks I cannot argue my point of the seemingly conflicting idea of why I have the right to argue people shouldn't be allowed to tell Coldplay to stop expressing themselves without a fundamental argument to the freedoms we enjoy. Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

10-05-2011, 11:14 PM	#4654
Braddock Grow Delicious Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 10,688 My Mood: Location: The middle place between light and nowhere Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 27 Thanked 96 Times in 55 Posts	Oh yeah, it was an easy call, but I take what I can get on one-up-man-ship nowadays __________________ Quote: Originally Posted by ivet;4544439 ^that's quite interesting, Greg Quote: Originally Posted by rudy_o;4783525 I feel educated. Thank you, Greg Proud winner of: The Best Newcomer to Coldplaying.com 2010 The Most Interesting Poster 2010 The Most Interesting Thread Creator 2010 The World Of Music - Most Interesting/In-Depth Posts 2010 One Very Important Thought

11-05-2011, 12:59 AM	#4655
deaths_friend Man Utd 2011 Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4,954 Location: sydney Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by bart;4781958 Everton v City Barclays logo Match details Tuesday 10 May 2011, 7:45PM ummmmmmm....... __________________ COMPLETE FESTIVAL GUIDE 2011

11-05-2011, 01:07 AM	#4656
bart Something truly special Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 19,147 My Mood: Location: Barcelona Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 15 Thanked 12 Times in 6 Posts	Copy and bad paste job ! lol __________________ Work in progress........... "Small club, with a small mentality" !! Mancini will always have my utmost respect and admiration...... Thank you Mancini. Thank you for everything. The King is dead. Long live the King The Daddy of the pub thread !!!

11-05-2011, 08:49 PM	#4657
Josh42 hysterical and useless Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 11,093 My Mood: Location: buy a one way ticket, get me out of here Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	FC Barcelona - Campeones de La Liga! Beautiful goal from Xavi to Keita. __________________ face + last t’hauria de dir el que vols sentir hauria de fer el que tothom espera de mi però de sobte el sol perfora un gran núvol i la tarda esclata com si fos un matí

12-05-2011, 03:26 AM	#4658
bart Something truly special Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 19,147 My Mood: Location: Barcelona Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 15 Thanked 12 Times in 6 Posts	http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...-Redknapp.html Hmm Loving this.. He He... __________________ Work in progress........... "Small club, with a small mentality" !! Mancini will always have my utmost respect and admiration...... Thank you Mancini. Thank you for everything. The King is dead. Long live the King The Daddy of the pub thread !!!

12-05-2011, 09:20 AM	#4660
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12-05-2011, 07:17 PM	#4661
mc_squared Banned Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 67,519 My Mood: Location: Wherever life takes me Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Let's be 'avin' you (Part II): Delia delivers new rant at football crowd after champagne reception By Andrew Levy Last updated at 9:42 PM on 11th May 2011 Comments (25) Add to My Stories Share Going up: Delia Smith saluted Norwich City's promotion to the Premier League in giggly fashion today Six years after a well-refreshed Delia Smith ranted ‘Let’s be ’avin’ you’ at football fans, she has delivered an action replay. Addressing a crowd of 40,000 celebrating Norwich City’s promotion, she broke into chants, giggled, tripped over her words, mispronounced the manager’s name and swore. Delia, 69, the majority shareholder in the club, had attended a champagne reception at the City Hall before heading out on to the balcony with husband Michael Wynn Jones and other club directors. She was handed a microphone and started chanting ‘Come on, let’s be ’avin’ you’ – recreating her 2005 half-time address after the team had squandered a 2-0 lead. The multi-millionairess cookery queen started chuckling as her husband commented: ‘Anyone would think she’d invented the bloody phrase.’ She went on to call Norwich manager Paul Langbert, instead of Lambert, mistakenly called on the fans to toast ‘staying up’ instead of celebrating promotion to the Premier League, and used an expletive which had some parents reaching to cover their children’s ears. ‘Just think of this wonderful thing,’ she said. ‘We haven’t gotta go in the frging play-offs next year.’ A presenter on BBC Radio Norfolk, which was broadcasting the event live, said: ‘Delia Smith, Another added: ‘I think this is as good a place as any to leave it, don’t you?’ Rousing rendition: Delia Smith led supporters of Norwich City in her infamous chant 'Let's be havin you' after the club were promoted to the Premiership The emotional outpouring happened shortly after dignitaries including the city’s Lord Mayor had left the balcony. More...** Collared! Skateboarding terrier faces ASBO after tripping up two women Cambridge University paying students 'up to £100' to babysit drunk undergraduates The team, which finished second in the Championship behind QPR, had also departed to board a bus for a triumphant tour through the streets. Going down: She tries to stir the fans with an infamous half-time message A witness said: ‘It was all a bit cringeworthy. ‘She was holding the microphone at a funny angle like she thought she was a pop singer. ‘I think she feels she has to fit in with the “football crowd”. Everyone was relieved when it came to an end.’ A club spokesman refused to say whether Delia had been drinking. However, she is known to like a tipple and once admitted on her website that she would never be a ‘one-glass’ girl. Her 2005 rant came after Manchester City managed to draw level after 45 minutes despite having gone 2-0 down. She grabbed a microphone from the club announcer and shouted: ‘A message for the best football supporters in the world. We need a 12th man here. Where are you? Where are you? Let’s be ’avin’ you. Come on.’ Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1MACjbQaZ __________________ LIFE ISN'T MEANT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY Be yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks. Work to live - don't live to work...................... Age is purely a state of mind! Don't waste your time on jealousy. Success is a journey, NOT a destination. Life is a marathon, NOT a sprint! http://www.generationterrorists.com/...sunscreen.html

12-05-2011, 07:18 PM	#4662
mc_squared Banned Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 67,519 My Mood: Location: Wherever life takes me Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	^Looks like I got my wish. You couldn't make it up! __________________ LIFE ISN'T MEANT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY Be yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks. Work to live - don't live to work...................... Age is purely a state of mind! Don't waste your time on jealousy. Success is a journey, NOT a destination. Life is a marathon, NOT a sprint! http://www.generationterrorists.com/...sunscreen.html

12-05-2011, 09:21 PM	#4663
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12-05-2011, 09:52 PM	#4664
Braddock Grow Delicious Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 10,688 My Mood: Location: The middle place between light and nowhere Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 27 Thanked 96 Times in 55 Posts	I wouldn't mind Swansea or Cardiff getting into the Premiership. Burnley have been in, so it's already been tainted. __________________ Quote: Originally Posted by ivet;4544439 ^that's quite interesting, Greg Quote: Originally Posted by rudy_o;4783525 I feel educated. Thank you, Greg Proud winner of: The Best Newcomer to Coldplaying.com 2010 The Most Interesting Poster 2010 The Most Interesting Thread Creator 2010 The World Of Music - Most Interesting/In-Depth Posts 2010 One Very Important Thought

12-05-2011, 10:24 PM	#4665
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