Secondary Heroes - MCFC Accomplices 2011/12

[Michigan Blue]

This is a long-overdue thread dedicated to remembering the erstwhile adversaries, longtime enemies, and old friends who helped us along on our incredible road to glory. Here are three I was thinking about tonight.

1.) Shaun Maloney - Famously ambled back to Scotland three years ago after being "homesick" and crap at Aston Villa. Returned to England in August, forced his way into Wigan's first team with the Latics staring relegation in the face, and then hit the back of the net with this glorious curling shot to claim Wigan's first ever league points against the Rags. A famous goal, and a result that showed the first cracks in United's sewn-up title.

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2.) David Moyes - Traveling to the Swamp on the back of a gutless, cowardly display in the Merseyside derby in the FA Cup semifinal, the script was written for another tummy tickling by Gollum's benevolent master. Despite heroic efforts from Nikica Jelavic and Marouane Fellaini, the title looked sewn up at 4-2 and it was all set up for Everton to roll over and die. A Patrice Evra shot to make it 5-2 struck the post in the 81st minute. Four minutes later it was 4-4 and Moyes was jumping for joy in the technical area. The script had been well and truly flipped and the title was back in City's hands.

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3.) Rui Patricio - The man who saved "that" header by Joe to send us crashing out of Europe on away goals. At the time I was livid, not just from shipping two goals at home to Sporting, but because I considered the Europa to be our best remaining chance of winning silverware. But Patricio's fingertip save meant a trip to Ukraine in early April was avoided and that the Rags could not claim a league advantage from a Europe-free fixture list. In a season decided by the narrowest of margins, this was a blessing in disguise.

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[DoomMerchant]

great points...and nice breakdown. We wouldn't have done it without them!

It felt like the entire world was willing us to win vs. those cunts. What a feeling still...it was like the entire world rejoiced when we'd done it and won it all.

People in the States are City-crazed now. For sure.

cheers

[ant london]

great points...and nice breakdown. We wouldn't have done it without them!

It felt like the entire world was willing us to win vs. those cunts. What a feeling still...it was like the entire world rejoiced when we'd done it and won it all.

People in the States are City-crazed now. For sure.

cheers

Funny actually, I was driving to the beach in Sinai at the weekend with a couple of mates and we were stopped at military checkpoints every 20 minutes or so (Sinai is always a bit security heavy due to its disputed status with Israel but the Bedouin population have taken to kidnapping westerners to make statements in their "give us back our empty desert campaign" over the last 12 months or so http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/middle-east-north-africa/egypt)....

Anyway....three times we were stopped and the officer doing the talking asked:

Where are you from?
Me: UK
Him: Passport and licences please....
I give them over and he asks "Where are you from in UK"
Me: Manchester
Him: "City or United?"
Me: City
Him: ahhhhhh Mabrouk (congratulations in Arabic)....!

A high five or handshake, documents returned and off we go....I kid you not. Hilarious

[Patrick]

Let's not forget our academy product and England international, Sir Joseph Barton.

We will never know what would have happened if he hadn't walked, we know it would have been a different though, and that means it could never be as perfect

Thanks Joey

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[Ezz]

Funny actually, I was driving to the beach in Sinai at the weekend with a couple of mates and we were stopped at military checkpoints every 20 minutes or so (Sinai is always a bit security heavy due to its disputed status with Israel but the Bedouin population have taken to kidnapping westerners to make statements in their "give us back our empty desert campaign" over the last 12 months or so [url="http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/middle-east-north-africa/egypt"]http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/middle-east-north-africa/egypt[/url])....

Anyway....three times we were stopped and the officer doing the talking asked:

Where are you from?
Me: UK
Him: Passport and licences please....
I give them over and he asks "Where are you from in UK"
Me: Manchester
Him: "City or United?"
Me: City
Him: ahhhhhh Mabrouk (congratulations in Arabic)....!

A high five or handshake, documents returned and off we go....I kid you not. Hilarious

It will soon happen to rags where they mention where they're from and they will say Manchester and get they reply "Manchester city". That would wind them up no end, as it dawns on them that we have taken 'their' title.