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Perception is everything - the facts come later. Author, blogger, communications consultant and ex-journalist. Collected a few wordsmith gongs along the way, responsible for https://www.readbutneverred.com/
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City's Triple Turkish Delight despite shameful UEFA
With midnight approaching in the humidity of Istanbul’s Ataturk Olympic Stadium, a tsunami of emotions flooded out of the pores of each and every Manchester City fan.Ecstasy, relief, disbelief and a s...
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One of the most enjoyable Manchester City blogs I’ve ever written, based on a truly memorable night in Istanbul where history was made and City haters were slayed. ‘Turkish Delight’ was an all too obvious, but equally sweet and irresistible, headline 🩵🏆🩵🏆🩵🏆🇹🇷
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Such sad news today that England 🏴 Rugby World Cup winner Lewis Moody has revealed he’s been diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease. Such a battler on the field, this is the ultimate fight he’ll ever face, tragically one that he can’t win. Our hearts go out to him and his family
October 6, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Such sad news today that England 🏴 Rugby World Cup winner Lewis Moody has revealed he’s been diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease. Such a battler on the field, this is the ultimate fight he’ll ever face, tragically one that he can’t win. Our hearts go out to him and his family
A one minute silence at Old Trafford - impeccably observed - for the victims of the heinous attack at the Manchester synagogue.
Well done to one and all.
Well done to one and all.
October 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
A one minute silence at Old Trafford - impeccably observed - for the victims of the heinous attack at the Manchester synagogue.
Well done to one and all.
Well done to one and all.
City have had a fruitful 3 weeks in between international breaks, beating Utd, Napoli, Burnley & Huddersfield and drawing at Arsenal & Monaco. A win at Brentford could see Pep’s men in the Premier League’s top 4, but is it too early to say City are back?
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Is it naïve to think City are on the way back?
As Manchester City slowly begin to turnaround their worst start to a season under Pep Guardiola, there’s a whiff of optimism in the air, albeit tempered by a sense of déjà vu. Crushing the not-so nois...
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October 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
City have had a fruitful 3 weeks in between international breaks, beating Utd, Napoli, Burnley & Huddersfield and drawing at Arsenal & Monaco. A win at Brentford could see Pep’s men in the Premier League’s top 4, but is it too early to say City are back?
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If you would like the chance to win a genuine Kevin De Bruyne signed Manchester City shirt and help a wonderful little Manchester-based charity at the same time, please click on the GoFundMe link for full details.
Thank you and good luck 🩵💪🏻🩵🙏🏻🩵
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Thank you and good luck 🩵💪🏻🩵🙏🏻🩵
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September 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
If you would like the chance to win a genuine Kevin De Bruyne signed Manchester City shirt and help a wonderful little Manchester-based charity at the same time, please click on the GoFundMe link for full details.
Thank you and good luck 🩵💪🏻🩵🙏🏻🩵
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Thank you and good luck 🩵💪🏻🩵🙏🏻🩵
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Whenever life looks like turning to shit, whenever perspective is required in adversity, I look at this beautiful little dog and reflect on how lucky I am to have her unconditional love. She’s such a gentle soul and I’d be lost without her 🩵🐾🐾🩵😍🥰😘
September 13, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Whenever life looks like turning to shit, whenever perspective is required in adversity, I look at this beautiful little dog and reflect on how lucky I am to have her unconditional love. She’s such a gentle soul and I’d be lost without her 🩵🐾🐾🩵😍🥰😘
City have made their worst ever start to a season under Pep Guardiola and face a tough week with United tomorrow, Napoli on Thursday night and Arsenal on Sunday.
Pep likes to work with a small squad, but already the injuries are beginning to bite…
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Pep likes to work with a small squad, but already the injuries are beginning to bite…
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Pep believes ‘less is more’ – but is it?
Before the season kicked off Pep Guardiola – tongue in cheek – said he’d resign if City didn’t trim down the size of his squad. On the eve of a potentially embarrassing Manchester derby he’s seen his ...
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September 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
City have made their worst ever start to a season under Pep Guardiola and face a tough week with United tomorrow, Napoli on Thursday night and Arsenal on Sunday.
Pep likes to work with a small squad, but already the injuries are beginning to bite…
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Pep likes to work with a small squad, but already the injuries are beginning to bite…
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40 years ago this day, City beat Spurs 2-1 at Maine Road, the same day I married my Little Lady Blue.
It was a good match 🩵🩵
It was a good match 🩵🩵
August 31, 2025 at 7:26 AM
40 years ago this day, City beat Spurs 2-1 at Maine Road, the same day I married my Little Lady Blue.
It was a good match 🩵🩵
It was a good match 🩵🩵
Will City be active in the last 7 days of the transfer window? A failure to act could cost them dear as the same old defensive frailties were exposed once again in the defeat against Spurs. Does Pep need new personnel as well as new ideas this season?
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Pep’s legacy will live forever
Call it pragmatism or even pessimism, but Manchester City will be hard pressed to be genuine title contenders this season. The lack of a ‘hard press’ was a fundamental factor in their gutless showing ...
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August 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Will City be active in the last 7 days of the transfer window? A failure to act could cost them dear as the same old defensive frailties were exposed once again in the defeat against Spurs. Does Pep need new personnel as well as new ideas this season?
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Galatasaray have bid £7.4m for Ederson and £8.6m for Akanji - it’s like trying to shop at Harrods with a budget for Matalan.
August 19, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Galatasaray have bid £7.4m for Ederson and £8.6m for Akanji - it’s like trying to shop at Harrods with a budget for Matalan.
Ruben & Bernardo applaud the Wolves support as they blast out ‘Diogo’ in tribute to Jota 🩵 Brilliant emotionally charged atmosphere and full credit to the @Wolves fans. Great performance by City and proud to be among the away supporters who honoured Jota’s memory 🩵🩵🩵🩵🐺💛🖤💔
August 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Ruben & Bernardo applaud the Wolves support as they blast out ‘Diogo’ in tribute to Jota 🩵 Brilliant emotionally charged atmosphere and full credit to the @Wolves fans. Great performance by City and proud to be among the away supporters who honoured Jota’s memory 🩵🩵🩵🩵🐺💛🖤💔
Injuries permitting my City XI at Wolves:
Trafford
Khusanov
Ait-Nouri
Stones
Dias
Reijnders
Bernardo
Cherki
Marmoush
Haaland
Foden
It won’t be - that’s why Pep is the manager and not me.
Trafford
Khusanov
Ait-Nouri
Stones
Dias
Reijnders
Bernardo
Cherki
Marmoush
Haaland
Foden
It won’t be - that’s why Pep is the manager and not me.
August 16, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Injuries permitting my City XI at Wolves:
Trafford
Khusanov
Ait-Nouri
Stones
Dias
Reijnders
Bernardo
Cherki
Marmoush
Haaland
Foden
It won’t be - that’s why Pep is the manager and not me.
Trafford
Khusanov
Ait-Nouri
Stones
Dias
Reijnders
Bernardo
Cherki
Marmoush
Haaland
Foden
It won’t be - that’s why Pep is the manager and not me.
For those questioning the wisdom of City replacing Ederson with Donnarumma, maybe Pep is adapting his possession style of play to incorporate a more direct approach. Now we have Pep Lijnders on the coaching staff it might be a mix of the best bits of vintage Klopp and Guardiola?
August 16, 2025 at 9:18 AM
For those questioning the wisdom of City replacing Ederson with Donnarumma, maybe Pep is adapting his possession style of play to incorporate a more direct approach. Now we have Pep Lijnders on the coaching staff it might be a mix of the best bits of vintage Klopp and Guardiola?
Take a quick squint at these two extracts from a superb book by a guy called Bill Browder - a man who Vladimir Putin would have assassinated in a heartbeat. Putin has Trump in his pocket - he has dirt on the narcissistic chump in the White House - so Donald dances to his tune. POTUS is a disgrace.
August 16, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Take a quick squint at these two extracts from a superb book by a guy called Bill Browder - a man who Vladimir Putin would have assassinated in a heartbeat. Putin has Trump in his pocket - he has dirt on the narcissistic chump in the White House - so Donald dances to his tune. POTUS is a disgrace.
Quelle Surprise, a new season is upon us, so how better to start than resurrecting City’s alleged breaches of the Premier League’s FFP rules? Ziegler has been relentless in his insidious drip feed of ‘stories’ implying City’s guilt but he - like so many - will be devastated when City are exonerated.
August 16, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Quelle Surprise, a new season is upon us, so how better to start than resurrecting City’s alleged breaches of the Premier League’s FFP rules? Ziegler has been relentless in his insidious drip feed of ‘stories’ implying City’s guilt but he - like so many - will be devastated when City are exonerated.
I feel sorry for the guy - he’s been under a cloud for the past two years - TWO FRICKIN YEARS - while the clowns who purport to be in charge of football investigated the claims. Two years ago City were on the cusp of buying him for £85m. He’d have been a Premier League champion!
July 31, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I feel sorry for the guy - he’s been under a cloud for the past two years - TWO FRICKIN YEARS - while the clowns who purport to be in charge of football investigated the claims. Two years ago City were on the cusp of buying him for £85m. He’d have been a Premier League champion!
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May 14, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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@manchestercitytony.bsky.social
How’s it going bud? I don’t pay enough attention to Blue Sky and those who had the wisdom to leave Elon’s Twatter behind. I penned this a few days ago - let’s hope the exoneration isn’t too long in coming for City 🩵💪🏻🩵
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How’s it going bud? I don’t pay enough attention to Blue Sky and those who had the wisdom to leave Elon’s Twatter behind. I penned this a few days ago - let’s hope the exoneration isn’t too long in coming for City 🩵💪🏻🩵
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Could independent regulation speed up 115 charges verdict?
It was no coincidence that Manchester City were hit with 115 breaches of the Premier League’s Financial Fair Play regulations, just 17 days before the then Conservative Government issued a white paper...
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July 26, 2025 at 9:28 AM
@manchestercitytony.bsky.social
How’s it going bud? I don’t pay enough attention to Blue Sky and those who had the wisdom to leave Elon’s Twatter behind. I penned this a few days ago - let’s hope the exoneration isn’t too long in coming for City 🩵💪🏻🩵
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How’s it going bud? I don’t pay enough attention to Blue Sky and those who had the wisdom to leave Elon’s Twatter behind. I penned this a few days ago - let’s hope the exoneration isn’t too long in coming for City 🩵💪🏻🩵
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I posted this a few days ago - it proved popular with thousands of Manchester City fans, not so much with Red Cartel supporters. It’s about time we all had a verdict on the #115 Premier League charges levelled against City - hopefully before the new season!
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Could independent regulation speed up 115 charges verdict?
It was no coincidence that Manchester City were hit with 115 breaches of the Premier League’s Financial Fair Play regulations, just 17 days before the then Conservative Government issued a white paper...
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July 26, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I posted this a few days ago - it proved popular with thousands of Manchester City fans, not so much with Red Cartel supporters. It’s about time we all had a verdict on the #115 Premier League charges levelled against City - hopefully before the new season!
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The Premier League panicked in 2023 and rushed out 115 charges against Manchester City in a bid to show it was capable of policing English football. It didn’t work and now City are set to reap rich rewards.
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Could independent regulation speed up 115 charges verdict?
It was no coincidence that Manchester City were hit with 115 breaches of the Premier League’s Financial Fair Play regulations, just 17 days before the then Conservative Government issued a white paper...
www.readbutneverred.com
July 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The Premier League panicked in 2023 and rushed out 115 charges against Manchester City in a bid to show it was capable of policing English football. It didn’t work and now City are set to reap rich rewards.
www.readbutneverred.com/post/could-independent-regulation-speed-up-115-charges-verdict
www.readbutneverred.com/post/could-independent-regulation-speed-up-115-charges-verdict
Devastating news - Liverpool striker #DiogoJota has died in a car crash in Spain - 11 days after getting married. His younger brother, Andre Silva also died. Sympathy, empathy and deepest condolences to their family and friends - a tragedy - which puts life into perspective & transcends football 🇵🇹💔
July 3, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Devastating news - Liverpool striker #DiogoJota has died in a car crash in Spain - 11 days after getting married. His younger brother, Andre Silva also died. Sympathy, empathy and deepest condolences to their family and friends - a tragedy - which puts life into perspective & transcends football 🇵🇹💔
On this, the 22nd anniversary of Marc Vivien Foe’s tragic death, we pay homage to City’s Cameroonian 🇨🇲 Lion 🦁 🩵💔
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City's Number 23 sleeps eternally
Manchester City’s Cameroonian lion Marc Vivien Foe passed away 22 years ago today, at the criminally young age of just 28. I remember coming home late from a gym session on a Thursday evening, switchi...
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June 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
On this, the 22nd anniversary of Marc Vivien Foe’s tragic death, we pay homage to City’s Cameroonian 🇨🇲 Lion 🦁 🩵💔
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Hypocrisy is nothing new when City splash the cash in the summer and winter transfer windows, but the ‘net spend nerds’ need to educate themselves about football finances. In the meantime Hugo Viana City’s new Director of Football is bossing the market.
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Transfer hypocrisy is nothing new when it comes to City
So, here’s the scenario – the British record transfer fee has just been smashed for a player described as a ‘generational talent’, a ‘once-in-a-century talent like we’ve never had before’. The £116.5m...
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June 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Hypocrisy is nothing new when City splash the cash in the summer and winter transfer windows, but the ‘net spend nerds’ need to educate themselves about football finances. In the meantime Hugo Viana City’s new Director of Football is bossing the market.
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Avoid defeat at Fulham today and Man City will guarantee #ChampionsLeague football for a 15th consecutive campaign. Not the best of seasons, but stuff playing on Thursday nights! KDB seems Napoli-bound, but life will go on - minus City’s greatest ever player.
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Thursday night football isn’t for everyone
Who would have believed that history making, 4-In-Row Premier League Champions Manchester City, would go into the final game of the season with Champions League qualification still hanging in the bala...
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May 25, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Avoid defeat at Fulham today and Man City will guarantee #ChampionsLeague football for a 15th consecutive campaign. Not the best of seasons, but stuff playing on Thursday nights! KDB seems Napoli-bound, but life will go on - minus City’s greatest ever player.
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As City seek to salvage an underwhelming season by winning the FA Cup, qualifying for the Champions League and trying to retain the Club World Cup, Pep, Hugo Viana, Ferran Soriano, Txiki & Khaldoon know big player personnel changes are needed this summer.
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City set to play a summer regeneration game
The tale of Kevin de Bruyne’s imminent departure from Manchester City took another twist after he revealed he’d received no offer to stay at the Etihad. Those not privy to conversations and representa...
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April 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
As City seek to salvage an underwhelming season by winning the FA Cup, qualifying for the Champions League and trying to retain the Club World Cup, Pep, Hugo Viana, Ferran Soriano, Txiki & Khaldoon know big player personnel changes are needed this summer.
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He’s arguably the best player in the history of Manchester City - even the Premier League - but is the time right for Kevin De Bruyne to leave after 10 years at the Etihad? It’s a fierce debate, one that has divided the City fan base.
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Should he stay or should he go – what’s the story Kevin De Bruyne?
Kevin De Bruyne’s Man of the Match display against Crystal Palace has ignited fierce debate amongst Manchester City fans – even more intense than when he announced he was leaving the Etihad after 10 y...
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April 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
He’s arguably the best player in the history of Manchester City - even the Premier League - but is the time right for Kevin De Bruyne to leave after 10 years at the Etihad? It’s a fierce debate, one that has divided the City fan base.
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