City will be without the injured Kolo Toure and Martin Petrov as Mark Hughes looks to secure a place in the quarter-finals of the Carling Cup. A Scunthorpe side who are holding their own in the Championship this season will come to Eastlands with plenty of backing from over 3,000 travelling fans.
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Carling Cup: Scunthorpe and the wider draw considered
26th September 2009
The Cup gods smiled on City this lunchtime, granting us a home tie against Championship side Scunthorpe in the fourth round of the Carling Cup. The game will take place on the week beginning 26th October.
City did well to avoid any of the 12 other Premier League sides left in the compeition, and Mark Hughes will doubtless be confident of progressing to the quarter finals.
The Iron are holding their own in the Championship after getting promoted via the play-offs last …
Picture of the day: Craig Bellamy
24th September 2009
At Maine Road, they used to sing:
“I’ll walk a million miles for one of your smiles… Summerbee!”
Check out this picture from last night’s match, courtesy of The Sun, and try:
“I’ll walk a million miles for one of your smiles… Bellamy!”
Click here for the picture.
It ought to be a caption competition for our lovable hero, who was in fine berating form last night. Maybe he’d just seen the fourth official put up the Additional Time board.
(Warning: the page with the picture …
Player ratings: City v Fulham (Carling Cup)
24th September 2009
Given – Shay looked as stunned as the rest of us with the Fulham goal. Thereafter it was most about organising those in front of him at set pieces. 6
Zabaleta – His big chance and he looked… rusty. Never really appeared on the same wavelength as those around him, which was a pity as he was outstanding in his last game against Celtic. 6
Toure – The captain bagged his first goal, and kept the defence focussed in a determined effort …
Carling Cup verdict: City 2 Fulham 1 (aet)
24th September 2009
Set piece City strike again! Despite a laboured performance, two headed goals from corners by Gareth Barry and Kolo Toure respectively, were enough to see off a well organised second-string Fulham side.
Following the high octane games against Arsenal and United, this was a gentler affair as was widely predicted. They’ll be no need for the FA to look again at any incidents in this match, although Zoltan Gera’s stunning strike to give Fulham the lead was perhaps worthy of a …
Carling Cup Preview: City v Fulham
23rd September 2009
The last two visits of Fulham have been rather painful and tonight provides a perfect opportunity to redress that a little. Last season we looked exhausted from our Uefa Cup campaign and suffered a tired 1-3 defeat. The previous season was even worse.
Our last home match of the season had Thaksin in attendance hoping for a bit of adulation in an end of season party. City duly swept to a two goal lead, and were playing ole football. Fulham were …
City draw Fulham in the Carling Cup
29th August 2009
City have been drawn against fellow Premier League side Fulham in the third round of the Carling Cup. The tie is due to take place in the week beginning 21 September. This lies between the Old Trafford derby on Sunday 18 September and the home game against West Ham on Monday 28 September.
Whilst not the easiest draw we could have hoped for, at least we are at home. Fulham are also competing in the group stages of the Europa League, …
Player ratings: Crystal Palace v City
28th August 2009
Given – If Ireland is Superman what does that make Shay? Once again superb in handling, positioning and shot stopping. 9
Richards – Given a tough test by Moses. Micah didn’t come through with flying colours. His additional height and strength is probably all that’s keeping Zabaleta on the bench at the moment. 5
Toure – His leadership qualities as captain are going to be essential in organising that defence. A decent showing on the night, but not at the same level …
Verdict: Crystal Palace 0 City 2
28th August 2009
Goals: Wright-Phillips 50 mins and Tevez 70 mins for City.
City came through a difficult away tie in the Carling Cup thanks to second half goals from Shaun Wright-Phillips and Carlos Tevez.
Mark Hughes surprised everyone by naming a full strength team. The only change from the game against Wolves was Joleon Lescott making his debut in place of Richard Dunne. Despite this, Palace caused the Blues plenty of problems, particularly through the pacy teenage duo of Freddie Sears and Victor …
Preview: Crystal Palace v City
27th August 2009
City embark on their Carling Cup campaign against Neil Warnock’s Crystal Palace. The Yorkshireman’s sides are usually competitive and City will need to put up a stronger showing than last season when we went out to Brighton and Nottingham Forest at the first hurdle of the domestic cups.
The good news is that our squad is far stronger than last season and ought to be more focused due to the absence of European fixtures. We could really do with good …
