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• Marwood to revamp City infrastructure

  - 2009-03-05

  Football in brief MANCHESTER CITY The former England international Brian Marwood is among three major appointments to the clubs administration team. The owner Sheikh Mansour has been working on reshaping the Eastlands set- up ever since the Abu Dhabi United Group bought the club in the summer....

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• Marwood to revamp City infrastructure

  - 2009-03-05

  Football in brief MANCHESTER CITY The former England international Brian Marwood is among three major appointments to the clubs administration team. The owner Sheikh Mansour has been working on reshaping the Eastlands set- up ever since the Abu Dhabi United Group bought the club in the summer....

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• BRAZIL NUTS

  - 2008-11-30

  MANCHESTER City, in association with the Abu Dhabi United Group for Development and Investment, present the Premier League pub quiz. Your starter for 10: What do Stephane Mbia, Steve Mandanda and plain old Steven Fletcher have in common? Yep, you guessed it. They are among...

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• Thai footie boss split

  - 2008-11-16

  FORMER Man City boss and ex-Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has divorced. His split from his wife of 32 years, Pojaman, was made official at the Thai consul general's office in Hong Kong. Shinawatra was ousted from power in Thailand by a 2006 military...

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• Hughes task ahead

  - 2008-11-16

  WILL the Abu Dhabi United group's vote of confidence become a sword hanging over Mark Hughes' head? I doubt it. Things haven't been perfect for the Manchester City boss left since his new owners took over - last week's home defeat was hard to take, but he's...

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• Zaki slows City revolution

  - 2008-09-28

  WIGAN, England AFP — Wigan striker Amr Zaki showed Manchester City that money can't buy success as the Egyptian sealed a 2-1 win over the Premier League's big spenders on Sunday. City's takeover by the billionaire-backed Abu Dhabi United Group has made Mark Hughes's team arguably the world's richest...

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• CITY PLOT TERRY RAID

  - 2008-09-21

  MANCHESTER City's new owners are preparing an audacious bid to sign John Terry. Abu Dhabi United Group, who expect to complete their takeover at Eastlands inside the next few days, are poised to send shockwaves through the game by bidding for the Chelsea and England skipper left....

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• Man City fans made to wait for overnight success

  - 2008-09-19

  MANCHESTER AFP — Harry Redknapp may admit to glancing enviously at Mark Hughes' spending power but Manchester City are still waiting for their new-found riches to translate into significant success on the pitch. Hughes was handed his seemingly limitless budget on transfer deadline day when the Abu Dhabi United...

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• Soc: Chelsea's aristocrats give Man City a reality check

  - 2008-09-14

  AAP Sports News Australia 09-14-2008 Soc: Chelsea's aristocrats give Man City a reality check By Steve Griffiths LONDON, Sept 13 AFP - Ten-man Chelsea won the battle of the Premier League's financial superpowers as Luiz...

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• Robinho set to star in moneybags match-up

  - 2008-09-13

  LONDON AFP — Robinho is set to make his Premier League debut on Saturday against Chelsea - the club he was set to join until English football's previously unchallenged big-spenders were trumped by Manchester City. In an astonishing example of how much money is now involved in the top-flight...

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