Today's Rich Man, Poor Man FA Cup Final tilt between Man City and Wigan could be historic -or anticlimactic snooze. I hope it's the former and not the latter, #facup, #MCFC, #wigan

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FA Cup Final on Saturday is a Rich Man, Poor Man tilt between  Man City and Wigan -airing on Fox at Noon Eastern- and could prove interesting trivia answer if Wigan wins but then is relegated to the Championship League. 
(With Roberto Martinez going to Everton to replace David Moyes?)

I sincerely hope it's a hoot instead of a snooze, since to be honest, 95% of the matches I've seen on TV the past 4-5 months have been pretty much on the blah side, leading to lots of involuntary naps on Saturdays.




thefacup YouTube Channel video: Dave Whelan and Matt Jackson preview Wigan's first ever FA Cup Final, Uploaded May 9, 2013. http://youtu.be/78j3tTRJD80

mcfcofficial YouTube Channel video: Kit man Les Chapman has a unique kit list for the FA Cup final. Uploaded May 10, 2013. http://youtu.be/wZcocgFt9kU

"Special underwear?"



mcfcofficial YouTube Channel video:FA CUP FINAL: Players depart for Wembley Stadium, Uploaded May 10, 2013. http://youtu.be/NBM-Rz-_gbw

Jubilant! Liam Gallagher's best day of the year! Watches his Man. City beat Man. United, take over top of Premier League in global telecast seen by 650 million, tweets about meeting Maradona, and then crashes press conference

Manchester City FC video: TUNNEL CAM: Man City 1-0 Man United Behind the scenes at the Etihad Stadium. April 30, 2012. http://youtu.be/90xoWo5Eah8
At 17:06, Diego Maradona and his daughter and grand-son arrive to see son-in-law Sergio Agüero...



City1 Utd 0 Liam Gallagher, Hey Jude. April 30, 2012.
http://youtu.be/mm8gLIS4ygA


My biggest fear when I woke up Monday morning was that the scheduled torrential downpours in South Florida would come during the broadcast of the Manchester Derby on ESPN at 3 p.m., and absolutely ruin things, since I have DirecTV and I lose reception during those sort of heavy end-of-the-world thunderstorms we get down here.
Or that Manchester would have similar weather during the match in this, the wettest April in recorded history.





Fortunately for me, everything happened before and after in my corner of South Florida and City won a fabulous game.
Well, at least one team I root for actually wins!



Liam Gallagher crashes the post-match press conference at Manchester City. 
"The league top, how about that?" April 30, 2012.
http://youtu.be/dGBbbwRpNzc


"Maradona shakes the hand of God!" 
Photo at: http://twitter.com/#!/liamgallagher/status/197082620566319104/photo/1
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Oasis - Wonderwall (Live at Jools Holland 2000)
http://youtu.be/vmybmVNjfbI


I'd have posted all this all sooner, as well as posts about the FA's Roy Hodgson vs. "people's choice" Harry Redknapp public debate over the manager of the English National Team, but the perpetual downpours we've had down here of late have played havoc with my access to the AT&T server, rendering me frustrated.
More on this very soon, though, as it's the burr under everyone's saddle there.


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BBC 5 live's Bryan Alexander's behind-the-scenes special from Eastlands on Manchester City FC from last Thursday

Football Daily podcast, 26/08/2010

Brian Alexander spent a day behind the scenes at Eastlands, speaking to Roberto Mancini and also Brian Marwood, Manchester City's chief football operations officer, who gives an intriguing insight into life at the richest club in the world.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/5lfd

Manchester City v Liverpool extended highlights - Video - Manchester City FC http://www.mcfc.co.uk/Video/Match-highlights/City-v-Liverpool-long-highlights

This was a beautifully played game, the best Man City has looked in ages! And the triangle passes were like a training video, with Liverpool channeling the Washington Generals, the perpetual opponents of the Harlem Globestrotters.

Official Manchester City FC website: http://www.mcfc.co.uk/
A lot more honest than the Dolphins website!

Official Barclay's Premier League website:
http://www.premierleague.com/page/Home/0,,12306,00.html

5 live Football Daily homepage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0070hx6