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Newcastle obtain the round rolling! “No-one in fact thinks we’ll win this game, do they?” sighs Toon fan Chris Paraskevas. “I suggest the last time we won at the Etihad, the goal-scorers were Moussa Sissoko (currently destroying his online reputation at Panathinaikos with Rafa Benitez) and Ryan Taylor.”
The groups are out. Manchester City, in skies blue, are provided a guard of honour by participants of their 1976 League Cup winning side. The 50th wedding anniversary of that success, over Newcastle, shows up following week. The Toon in third-choice blue. As for the climate, Bert Challenor, the talent scout from Comedians by Trevor Griffiths, says it finest: “I’ll never ever recognize why they don’t run boats to Manchester.” We’ll be off soon.
Source: The Guardian