Writer: Johnny Baguette 
Date:Saturday May 14 2011
Time: 5:41PM
The FA Cup Final 2011
The Empire Stadium, Wembley
14/5/11
Attendance: 88, 643
Referee: Martin Atkinson
Manchester CITY |
1 - 0 |
Stoke City |
Gnegneri Toure Yaya 74 |
||
Venue: The Empire Stadium, Wembley |
Attendance: 88, 643 |
The Teams | ||||||||
Hart |
Sorensen |
|||||||
Richards |
Wilkinson |
|||||||
Kompany |
Huth |
|||||||
Lescott |
Shawcross |
|||||||
Kolarov |
Wilson |
|||||||
De Jong |
Pennant |
|||||||
Barry |
73 |
Whelan |
84 |
|||||
Silva |
90 |
Delap |
80 |
|||||
Y Toure |
Etherington |
62 |
||||||
Tévez |
87 |
Walters |
||||||
Balotelli |
Jones |
|||||||
Substitutes | ||||||||
Given (GK) |
Nash (GK) |
|||||||
Zabaleta |
87 |
Collins |
||||||
Milner |
Pugh |
84 |
||||||
Dzeko |
Diao |
|||||||
Johnson |
73 |
Whitehead |
62 |
|||||
Vieira |
90 |
Carew |
80 |
|||||
Boyata |
Faye |
|||||||
Game Statistics | ||||||||
24 |
Goal Attempts |
8 |
||||||
14 |
On Target |
1 |
||||||
8 |
Corners |
2 |
||||||
1 |
Offside |
0 |
||||||
15 |
Fouls |
11 |
||||||
65 |
% |
35 |
||||||
Comments... | ||||||||
| Johnny On The Spot: Cool for cats Roberto Mancini and in particular his barnstorming midfielder YaYa Toure will never want for anything in Manchester from this moment onwards...This is the sweetest of cup final victories and the ultimate vindication of Mancio's managerial methods. - Tasked by the results driven Sheikh Mansour under unimagineable pressure, he has gripped City's squad by their training bibs and forged them into a team of Champions League qualifiers and FA Cup winners inside a gruelling 17 months. That's well ahead of a declared schedule, lest we forget. It is a stunning achievement that has resonated throughout the continent earning a tidal wave of much deserved praise from all quarters this evening... - And how Manchester City's supporters, who with a loyalty and endurance which is second to none are basking in this new found glory tonight! Generations young and old have come together across Planet Blue in memory of long gone yet still heartfelt triumphs fused with a fierce modern era determination in the hope that City would one day become a force again in English football. The ships on our badges have started to come in with the goods and then some. City as a club have become a class act on and off the park and a hell of a lot of hard work and commitment has gone into creating a platform for this team to be built upon. This superb cup win is thoroughly merited. - Of the game itself, City battered Stoke and there was only ever going to be one winner. Led by the faultless Nigel De Jong The Citizens pressed Stoke relentlessly and never allowed them to settle. For all their limited resolve, Stoke's set pieces were stifled or reduced to a minimum and some of their increasingly desperate challenges revealed deeper limitations. In truth, City should have been well out of sight by half time but maintained focus and team spirit and got the job done. - Rest assured Blues that throughout the longest summer party starting tonight that Mancio's hunger for more will only intensify and be further fuelled into his young squad. NOW we've started. | ||||||||
Seconds Out! Vital Boxing is here!
Vital F1 Prediction League - Join now for Monaco
VIDEO: Man City Confirm MLS Franchise Expansion (Wednesday May 22 2013)
Blast Off For New York City FC (Tuesday May 21 2013)
The Ped Report City 2-3 Norwich City (Monday May 20 2013)
Stats: Manchester City v Norwich City (Sunday May 19 2013)
The Citizens versus The Canaries (Saturday May 18 2013)
Balotelli: I'm Glad I Left England (Saturday May 18 2013)
VIDEO: Confusion Clouds Pellegrini Future (Thursday May 16 2013)
The Ped Report Reading 0-2 City (Tuesday May 14 2013)
Stats: Reading v Manchester City (Tuesday May 14 2013)
And On That Bombshell (Tuesday May 14 2013)
| 1. | Buzz Lightyear | 512 |
| 2. | Bluedub | 450 |
| 3. | Johnny Baguette | 412 |
| 4. | fifthcolumnblue | 335 |
| 5. | Skoorb | 225 |
| 6. | Colin Is The King | 218 |
| 7. | Spooks | 188 |
| 8. | citizhun | 181 |
| 9. | PhillyBlueMoon | 173 |
| 10. | kennyclementstache | 170 |
| Latest Results | ||||
| Man City | 2 | - | 3 | Norwich |
| Reading | 0 | - | 2 | Man City |
| Man City | 1 | - | 0 | WBA |
| Swansea | 0 | - | 0 | Man City |
| Man City | 2 | - | 1 | West Ham |
| Spurs | 3 | - | 1 | Man City |
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
| 1. Man Utd | 38 | 28 | 5 | 5 | +43 | 89 |
| 2. Man City | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | +32 | 78 |
| 3. Chelsea | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | +36 | 75 |
| 4. Arsenal | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | +35 | 73 |
| 5. Spurs | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | +20 | 72 |
| 6. Everton | 38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | +15 | 63 |
| 7. Liverpool | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | +28 | 61 |
| Bent Rumours Resurface (Again)
» Fulham : 25/05/2013 18:35:00
|
| A New Regime?
» Man Utd : 25/05/2013 17:27:00
|
| Maiga to Leave
» West Ham : 25/05/2013 17:21:00
|
| Champions League Final - Match Day Moments
» Chelsea : 25/05/2013 17:13:00
|
| Biggest Mourinho Comeback Hint Yet!
» Chelsea : 25/05/2013 17:08:00
|
| Two Future First Team Coaches?
» Chelsea : 25/05/2013 16:56:00
|
| It Might Well Be Isco
» Chelsea : 25/05/2013 16:55:00
|