Bath City have drawn Forest Green Rovers for a home match next week in the Second Round of the FA Cup. The selection was actually almost two weeks ago, but because Forest Green and Mansfield Town failed to produce a result in their Frist Round match, City could not be sure who their opponents would be until the replay two days ago. Click to continue reading...

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The Republik of Mancunia picks out what City fans think of Carlos Tevez. Priceless read.

The Run of Play unmasks the "toothbrushing man".

Those of you not aware of the toothbrushing man, here's the reference (happened during the Chelsea match)

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Football Remembers. Commemorating the end of World War I, prior to each of this weekend's fixtures, football fans up and down the country stood unified in a minute's silence to remember the fallen servicemen from wars gone by. It's good to know that football fans can spot the real heroes.

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Bath City beat Grimsby Town 2-0 yesterday. I still feel giddy typing that. Not a 1-0 victory thanks to a fluke goal against the run of play. Oh no! Bath City defeated Grimsby Town with a decisive goal in each half. It is one of those results you need to say out loud over and over again, just so that you can reassure yourself that it really happened. Click to continue reading...

After a decade in relative anonymity at the wrong end of the English football league pyramid, you would think Hull City fans would be enjoying their spell in the limelight. But given the worrying nature of the headlines over the past few weeks, you could forgive them for wishing for a return to the peace and quiet of the lower leagues. Click to continue reading...

After a decade in relative anonymity at the wrong end of the English football league pyramid, you would think Hull City fans would be enjoying their spell in the limelight. But given the worrying nature of the headlines over the past few weeks, you could forgive them for wishing for a return to the peace and quiet of the lower leagues.

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Football fans have become better educated in the mysteries of football finances over recent years out of necessity as much as anything else, but just occasionally old naiveties come to the fore. It might just be that they can't believe that things could be as bad off the pitch as on it at the moment, but Hull City fans are less concerned than they should be about the lack of financial information coming out of their club in recent times, and now that the information has come out and has proved as grim as one may have feared, they still don't sem to believe that things can be as bad off the pitch as on it; despite the phrase "significant doubt over their ability to continue as a going concern" appearing not once, but three times in a relatively short annual report and statement of accounts for the Tigers' promotion year.

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Bath City beat Weymouth 2-0 Tuesday night. Weymouth is the sick man of the Blue Square South this season. City fans would have been hoping for a more emphatic victory. Last Spring, however, City lost 0-1 to the last season's sick man of the Blue Square South, Fisher Athletic. This occurred at a key moment in the season and may have cost City a playoff spot. Click to continue reading...

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Bookies have suspended betting on the next Premier League manager to be sacked following speculation Phil Brown is on the verge of leaving Hull City.

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Hull dropped Jozy Altidore for arriving late for the team's 0-0 draw with Portsmouth, the club said Monday, and the American striker will now be fined for having apologized on his Twitter site.

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I'm well aware that Thursday night is the night to go out for young, drunken & collegiate, so if you are between the ages 18 & 23 and currently share an apartment/dorm room that hasn't been cleaned since August with a guy named "Bodie" I'm cool with you ignoring this post.
Now for everyone that is still here may I remind you that there is a game tonight with super-sized playoff implications. Click to continue reading...

Bulgarian ace wants recognition for his impressive form in the form of an extended run in the team.

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Manchester City winger Martin Petrov admits he is happy at the club but wants to start more regularly.

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There are times when being a football supporter is a thoroughly dreadful experience. There are times when it feels like fate has ripped your heart out of your chest, stomped on it, and then done a little dance on it. These times are called losing. If you are lucky these times only occur a bit less than half of the time. Click to continue reading...

Whatever happened to the 'Golden Generation'? They seemed to kick up a fuss a few years ago without ever doing anything. They even gained a reputation by not winning anything. Apparently Sven wasted them and we missed our chance.

Another ‘Golden Generation' knocked them out on penalties in 2004 and they didn't win anything.

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"If I had a cat I'd buy another one so I could kick one and then the other."
The fur flies from Carlisle boss Greg Abbott after seeing his side concede a soft winner to Norwich.

"He made one mistake, that is all, and that was for the penalty. The only other one was for the goal. Click to continue reading...

Before the FA Cup draw for the Fourth (and final) Qualifying Round was announced yesterday I had a sinking feeling that we were going to draw Eastleigh. Bath City had had two fortunate draws in a row: Willand Rovers, who play three leagues below City, and Bishop's Cleeve, who play two below. It seemed unlikely that fate would smile on us for a third time, and with Newport County having been eliminated by the lowly Paulton Rovers (ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, oh stop it! Click to continue reading...

In the dearth of English Premier League football news, I caught sight of the Adidas 12th Man contest. A contest on Facebook for football fans to post a supporter's profile picture on their FB page and encouraging many other friends/fans to do the same. The most supporter friends will win the contest. Click to continue reading...

Much praise has been heaped on Richard Dunne following his opening goal in Monday night's 1-1 draw for his refusal to celebrate the goal, out of respect for the City fans - who in turn clearly conveyed their feelings and regard for him throughout the game.
The 'non-celebration' has been something the press have focused on recently, and always in comparison to Emmanuel Adebayor's infamous celebration after scoring against Arsenal, and Carlos Tevez appeared apologetic after scoring for us against West Ham. Click to continue reading...

So far the Premiership old boys are showing their class, occupying the top 3 places. After paying out £2 million compensation to Keegan Newcastle failed to score for the first time this season against Bristol City. Fans can only hope that any takeover, made more likely by the compensation pay out, causes minimum disruption.

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Good on you son.

Aston Villa defender Richard Dunne says he did not celebrate his goal in the 1-1 draw against Manchester City as a mark of respect to his former club.
Dunne, who joined Villa last month after nine years at City, was applauded by opposition fans as he walked back to his own half after the first-half goal.

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The situation at Chester City, as we have noted on here before, appears to be going from bad to worse. A report in The Non-League Paper yesterday reported that the club may have just weeks to live and, as we saw from the accounts posted on the club's website just last week, this may be no great overstatement.

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Yesterday's against Newport County was one of the away matches I wanted to see most this season. County are not only bitter rivals (well, as bitter as we get in non-league football) but I guessed Newport would be near enough that Mrs Nedved would not begrudge a day pass. Besides, as she comes from a large Welsh family anything that involves going to Wales is generally viewed in a positive light. Click to continue reading...

Any reasonably minded City fan cannot really complain. Eight competitive games played, seven won. Its been a strong start to the new season. Actually, no. Its been more than strong. The victory against West Ham makes it City's best league start since 1961.

The defeat of Arsenal
The real high so far has been the 4-2 defeat of Arsenal, a match that will go down in Eastlands history because of the intensity in which it was played and controversy that it produced. Click to continue reading...

John Terry has played first team football for Chelsea for eleven seasons. In that time they have finished 3rd, 5th, 6th, 6th, 4th, 2nd, 1st, 1st, 2nd, 2nd, 3rd in the league, giving them an averaging finishing place of 3rd. Yet those title wins five and six seasons ago have given Terry ideas above his station.

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So, two people seemed set on trying to steal the spotlight away from Arsene Wenger on his big day yesterday.

I will deal with the grotty little being that is Emmanuel Adebayor first poor Emmanuel, (he is named after an angel, you know?) received so much nastiness from those horrid traveling Arsenal fans on that fateful day at Middle Eastlands that it created this massive force field that dragged poor Manu the entire length of the pitch and forced him to his knees, just short of those horrible, mean, beastly Arsenal fans who were saying they liked a little Russian man more than him.

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A Man City fan is claiming that a Man United steward crippled him just minutes into the Manchester derby. The 46-year old Man City fan claims that he broke both of his legs because the steward shoved him down steps.
The fan was taken to hospital when a policeman saw him in agony and bleeding. Click to continue reading...

The news that Ferrie Bodde will miss practically a second full season of Championship sparring will be sickening to all bar the most one-eyed of Cardiff City fans. That it is the very same knee that put paid to his afternoon after just eight minutes of Saturday's fine win over Sheffield United bodes badly and although Joe Allen shone as Bodde's deputy last term, he is also currently missing in Click to continue reading...

Pablo Zabaleta has today reiterated the fact that Carlos Tevez didn't want to leave Manchester United before penning a contract at local rivals City, which would see him earn over £50,000 more a week.

He also believes that our reaction to our former player during derby day, which upset Tevez, vindicates the decision to join City, because of course City fans wouldn't boo a player who left them for us.

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The village of Willand, home of Bath City's FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round opponent Willand Rovers, is exactly two hours south-west of my home. This was deemed too long a journey for Little Nedved Junior to go on, but Big Nedved Junior was allowed to claim a seat in the Nedvedmobile. Things started off well. Click to continue reading...

Thanks to the guys at Off The Post for this clever bit of photo shopping. No doubt a Photo Shop response is being planned by the City fans, perhaps involving the use of a digital clock.

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Word is the FA gave Manchester City star Craig Bellamy a slap on the wrist for seeking out and pushing/punching some pitch invader in the face.
United's Gary Neville also won't be punished for showing up the City fans in celebration of the winner.
City coach Mark Hughes says Bellamy acted in self defense, but if you watch the video below (0:15) , you can form your own judgments. Click to continue reading...

I'm sure I wasn't alone in being unimpressed with City's travelling support in the weekend. Whilst they sung a song or two in the aftermath of a goal, they didn't give out the impression it was derby day and they were really up for it. Whilst the Old Trafford atmosphere is often mocked, honest City fans there that day would have to admit they were completely outdone on Sunday.

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Despite the Premier League's reputation for being the most exciting league in the world matches like Sunday's Manchester derby don't come around too often.
I am supporter of neither team but I couldn't help but be caught up in the breathless drama of it all. Local tussles such as this can often degenerate into passionate but scrappy affairs, with the fear of defeating leading to a drab draw. Click to continue reading...

OK Man Utd 4 - 3 Man City and a� late late goal.... covered elsewhere on this blog. However, while Craig Bellamy is in the headlines for slapping a fan who is � "charged with going onto a playing area without lawful authority or excuse", Gary Neville is branded a lunatic for his celebrations in front of the Man City fans.

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