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A confidence sapping result for City who didnt take their chances to equalise when they were on top in the first half.

A Brighton goal and red card for Awoniyi at the start of the second half ended the game as a contest before Bobby Thomas conceded a penalty and Dunk scored a long range effort with 7 minutes to go. Former City loanee Ayari made it 5 in injury time from the edge of the box.

Post Match Reaction inside - highlights, MOTM vote, reports, stats, vlogs and The LAST Word.

A confidence sapping result for City who didnt take their chances to equalise when they were on top in the first half.

A Brighton goal and red card for Awoniyi at the start of the second half ended the game as a contest before Bobby Thomas conceded a penalty and Dunk scored a long range effort with 7 minutes to go. Former City loanee Ayari made it 5 in injury time from the edge of the box.

Post match reaction to follow.

A win for City today means

1) Villa bottom

2) Puts us 16th

3) 3 points off a European place

4) 1 point off Manchester United

5) Villa bottom

Come on City

#PUSB #LAST #SOTV

City look to get off the mark against Brighton on Sunday. SFL has warned it's not going to be easy. Brighton have a raft of injuries though and it would be a big 3 points....

SFL - "For me, this could be as hard, if not harder than, Manchester City for different reasons."

Inside - Pressers, head to head, team news, line ups, player links, predictions, Spotify playlist.......

City v Brighton is a fairly rare occurrence, they have only faced each other 10 times in the last 43 years .

LAST takes a look at games past as City face Brighton on Sunday with a 2pm kick off in front of the Sky cameras.

Thanks to CBS music legend Stu Court for this week's playlist to accompany you to the Brighton match!

This week features bands such as Oasis, Sam Fender, Kooks, The Primitives and (Doug) KING!

Thanks Stu!

LAST has been chatting to top Ghanaian journalist and broadcaster Owuraku Ampofo to get the lowdown on our new star Caleb Yirenkyi.

Owuraku is the sports host at TV3 Ghana and can give us the inside track on our new number 8.

We asked him about Caleb's status in Ghana, his best position, the influence of SFL and BTA and his World Cup amongst other things.

Its an interesting read!

City lost 1-0 in their first visit to the Etihad. That's not the whole story though as City's endless work rate caused Man City problems and they deserved a draw.

See inside for The LAST Word, MOTM vote and links to highlights, reaction, stats, reports, vLogs......

Thanks to Simon for the Etihad image.

If you haven't visited To The Place I Belong yet, you are missing out.

They sell some of the best hats, scarves and mugs you can get and we're GIVING ONE AWAY!

See inside for details and an interview with Jim who runs To The Place I Belong, where he tells us why he started the shop, what his favourite player of all time is and what the biggest animal he thinks he could singlehandedly clingfilm to a lamp post. (good answer to this one, I'll give him that!)

Dani has kindly agreed to let LAST show some of her photos post match, here's a selection from Man City.

City went down 1-0 at the Etihad but what an improvement in performance - they had chances and deserved a draw.

Post match reaction to follow as usual.

Thanks to Simon for photo!

City head off to the Etihad Stadium for the first time ever, with Man City at the top of the table.

What could go wrong?

Inside find inside press conferences, past meetings, team news, player links , predictions, Spotify playlist and more.

Plus the LAST Line Up Builder makes its debut!

Image - arne-mueseler.com

City have signed Yann Gboho from Toulouse for an undisclosed fee, possibly around £10 million.

There's been some cracking games between City and Man City over the years.

Who can forget the 4-3 to City in 01/02 with Thommo's late winner. What about a League Cup quarter final in 1974 in an absolute mudbath, torrential rain, kicking off at 1.30pm on a Wednesday due to energy restrictions with a bomb scare before kick off?!

Lots to watch inside!

Image - Maine Road
(Steve Garry from Manchester, United Kingdom via Wikimedia Commons)

Your Man City (a) playlist from Stu Court, for the first ever game at the Etihad is here!

Cheers Stu!

Well, it's been emotional....

The transfer window is closed and the Rumour Hit Parade is shut until nearer to the next window opening again, which is New Years Day 2027.

Inside - last day deals, where all the old rumours ended up, a look at City ins and outs as King Doug the First splashed the cash.

The transfer window closes today at 11pm BST.

I don't think we'll see in any big ins (maybe!) but we might see some outs!

Inside is the current Rumour Hit Parade table and a quick list of last minute rumours!

Rumour - BTA to WBA, Simms to Valencia

Done - Kitch to Sheff Utd on season long loan.

Dovin to Orient - on season long loan.

Raphael to Burton - on season long loan.

Stay tuned!

There's a cracking documentary on YouTube currently, made by City fans Kieran and Jamie. Its racked up 10k views already.

LAST caught up with them to ask all about making the documentary, the music, Barry Quinn, their favourite City memories and......what the biggest animal they think they could singlehandedly clingfilm to a lampost.

The documentary is also linked inside.

Stephen Mfuni has signed on loan from Man City for the rest of the season.

First reported on LAST 2 weeks ago and into the Rumour Hit Parade at 11, he's been up and down the list like a Yo-Yo as the deal was on then off then on again.

City lost their vital opening home game to Hull 0-1. I'm trying to find some positives.....

See inside for The LAST Word and links to highlights, reaction, stats, reports, vLogs......

City go down 1-0 due to an 82nd minute break away goal by Millar.

City dominated possession, with 69% and had the better of all the stats except the one that matters.

Post match reaction to follow.

City's season starts today, make no mistake about that. It's a huge game, the sooner we get off the mark the better although we are currently not in the relegation zone!

The image to the left is a corner flag from City's last ever PL game against Bradford in 2001. When I acquired it I didn't think it would 25 years until City needed another PL corner flag.

Enjoy the game everyone - and visit LAST's post match round up tomorrow.

#PUSB

The transfer window closes on Tuesday and so any of these rumours are now either in the pipeline or complete rubbish. There maybe some surprises between now and then, we await news!

Meanwhile Kai Andrews has gone off on loan to Oxford.

City have been linked with Brownhill and Holeš (stop sniggering at the back) whilst some rumours have gone elsewhere...

Plus 2 left backs linked....

And is the Mfuni deal back ON?

City play their first home PL game for 25 years tomorrow and its a 6 pointer before the end of August! Madness.

Find inside SFL's press conference, past meetings, team news, links, stats, predictions (LAST vs Huwligan vs AI) and the Hull @ home Spotify playlist.

Hull City Fan Central preview added!

Thanks to telescore.app for the headline image!

Let's be honest, City don't have a great record against Hull. Luckily SFL does........

Videos from last season and all the way back to 1990! Speedo!

LAST caught up with Sam from Hull City Fan Central to get the lowdown on Hull - promotion, beating Manure first game, new signings, predictions and the eternal question.......... what the biggest animal he thinks he could singlehandedly clingfilm to a lamp post.

Your Hull playlist from Stu Court, for the first PL home game for 25 years is here!

Hello, hello, it's good to be back, it's good to be back....

Cheers Stu!

City have drawn a home tie against Aston Vile in the 3rd Round of the Carabao Cup!

The tie will be played between 7th and 21st September due to Vile's European commitments.

"And I’ll tell you, honestly, I will love it if we beat them. Love it.”

SOTV!

As suspected Ethan Pinnock has signed on full time for Cov in a 3 year deal worth £6 million.

The ex-Brentford centre half should offer a wise head and valuable experience.

City survive Plymouth comeback to advance to the next round of the Carabao Cup.

The LAST Word, highlights, reaction, reports, stats and vlogs inside.

Thanks to https://argyle.life/ for the image!

I have a soft spot for Plimarff, having gone there for Uni and spent many a Saturday afternoon on the terrace. City head down to Home Park in a sort of half way house between not wanting to lose but definitely have much bigger fish to fry aka PL survival. On paper, City should win but..........

Find inside a press conference, past meetings (including 1996 FA Cup!), team news, links , predictions and more.

Thanks to telescore.app for the headline image!

To be honest I thought we were pretty much done in the transfer market but we're still going.

Ethan Pinnock is a done deal apparently whereas Stephen Mfuni (who last mentioned 9 days ago on here) was a done deal and now its not plus Miguel Brau is heading out on loan, more Simms suitors and Niko Sugur enters the Hit Parade. Lets have a deeper look.

Only joking Jamie! (you're a very close second favourite McAllister!)

Jamie is attending every PL game this season home and away. That's dedication itself but when you realise Jamie is blind and his mission is to document his travels on TikTok and YouTube then this is going to be some series of videos. The first is at the bottom of Jamie's interview!

LAST caught up with Jamie to ask him about his idea, the difficulties he can face, what his favourite all time match is and...........what the biggest animal he thinks he could singlehandedly clingfilm to a lamp post.

Dani has kindly agreed to let LAST show some of her photos post match, here's a selection from Arsenal.

See above for the moment City entered a Premier League pitch for the first time since some of us were a lot younger and some of us were born....

See inside for The LAST Word and links to highlights, reaction, stats, reports, vLogs......

Photo by Greg! Ta!

City went down 3-0 at the home of the PL champions on their return to the top flight.

It was always going to be a tough ask playing one of the best club sides in the world but the first and possibly hardest game of the season is out of the way.

Post match reaction to follow.

The first Premier League match preview that LAST has done since the 11th May.

2001.

Blimey!

Find inside SFL's press conference, past meetings, team news, links , predictions (LAST vs Huwligan vs AI) and the Arse away Spotify playlist.

Thanks to telescore.app for the headline image!

and LAST has them all here, courtesy of EA Sports, including Golden Grimez!

EA SPORTS FC™ 27 is available for pre-order, details inside!

This is getting silly now - Cherif signs.
City's close season spending is now approximately £120 million..

A look back at some previous meetings with Arse - some bad, some good and some VERY GOOD!

Well LASTers, we've just passed 50000 hits. Blimey! Thank you!

To celebrate we're opening the LAST T-Shirt shop ready for the new season!

As rumoured. Taiwo Awoniyi  signs on for City in a transfer from Forest for £8 million.

In a massive close season signing, LAST has signed up Stu Court, City's DJ for the last 9 seasons.

Stu is the man responsible for making WLADITT the anthem it is, championing local bands and all the other music you heard prematch, half time and post match. He's going to curate the LAST Spotify playlist for you each match! Welcome on board Stu!

LAST chatted to Stu about being City's DJ, WLADITT and what the biggest animal he thinks he could singlehandedly clingfilm to a lamp post.

City have revealed their 3rd kits, a pink/purple affair and a yellow one.

I thought City might be done with the big signings but Doug King the First may say different!

Awoniyi and Cherif incoming?!?!?!

Plus another new entry, predictably from Chelsea.........

And a loan from Man City?

Rumour Hit Parade v20

Dani has kindly agreed to let LAST show some of her photos post match, here's a selection from Monaco.

After each match this season LAST will attempt to put together some links from post match, highlights, reactions etc.

Here's some from Monaco in case you missed them.

City's good preseason form continued as they vanquished Monaco 2-0.

Goals from Simms and Tchaouna in a bright first half performance was enough to seal the win. Yirenkyi started the game whilst Gus also came on in the 65th minute.

Post match reaction to follow.

City’s match at Plymouth in the second round of the Carabao Cup will be on Tuesday 25th August, 7.45pm kick-off.

Rumours are gathering pace that HWWW in injured and potentially out until Christmas.

If City needed a striker before, they definitely do now. With that in mind Jay Stansfield rumours have increased substantially. He's been around the world and he,he,he. Oh wait , wrong Stansfield.

Plus theres also resurfacing rumours of Tomori, Mudryk and Harwood-Bellis.

All in Episode 19 of the Rumour Hit Parade.

The latest episode of Little Twist Big Shout is out and its a season preview!

Listen to the new episode on Apple here or click go to Podcasts for Spotify.

He’s Brazilian
He only cost us 6 million,
We think he's ******* brilliant,
Gustaaaaavvvo!

Hamer is officially back!

Rich Chamberlain has followed up his books "When The Sky Was Blue", about City's Premier League years and "Sky Blue Fall", about City's wilderness years between relegation and SISU with Back At Last.

Spoiler - Unlike the other two, this one has a happy ending!

City (8 ball) have been drawn away to the to Plymouth in the second round of the Carabao Cup after they beat Exeter with 2 late goals.

Second-round ties are to be played w/c 24 August.

Gus Hamer is now odds on to return to City. In fact LAST is that confident we are moving him to the It's Happened table, much like we did with Rushworth days before.

Also moving to the It's Happened table is Jahnoah Markelo who has left City for Shabab Al-Ahli.

Plus one climber.

Image thanks to covcept.

Kevin Unitt's new book - "It Never Happens For People Like Us" is available for pre-order for release on the 30th August.

LAST has had a sneak peak at the finished article!

Dani has kindly agreed to let LAST show some of her photos post match, here's a selection from Espanyol

After each match this season LAST will attempt to put together some links from post match, highlights, reactions etc.

Here's some from Espanyol in case you missed them.

City overcame Espanyol in today's friendly with a 3-1 comeback win thanks to goals from Tats, Eccles and Simms.

Thanks to telescore.app

More to follow.

Well well well! City have broken theirs and the Scandinavian transfer record for the 3rd time this close season as Caleb Yirenkyi signs on the dotted line.

Yirenekyi started as a new entry at 5 on LAST's Rumour Hit Parade last week, he moved to number 1 this week and is now moving to the Happened table.

Image - Bryan Berlin / WikiPortraits

Well well well! Breaking news and breaking transfer records!

City have broken the Scandinavian and their own transfer record for the 3rd time this close season as Caleb Yirenkyi signs on the dotted line.

What a time to be alive!

More to follow!

"There's been a bid made by one of his former clubs where the owner really likes him. The manager is speaking to him this week and really likes him. The supporters really like him and an opportunity of potentially a big increase in salary"

Chris Wilder

To be honest, I was getting bored at LAST Towers as City haven't broken the transfer record since Monday.

BUT WAIT! CALEB YIRENKYI FOR £27 MILLION ANYONE?!

Plus friend of the LAST spellchecker Mykhaylo Mudryk incoming?

Markelo to leave permanently?

And as usual ups and downs and we get rid of all the keepers.

In the conclusion to this epic odyssey of a transfer, Carl Rushworth has finally, finally signed onto SFL's City project.

Whey-Hey!

LAST is now also available at isurvivedthecarlrushworthtransfersaga.co.uk

Just get on and announce it City!

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh oh, oh, oh, oh — Stop, Hamer time. Is Gus Hamer going to make a sensational return to City?

Are City interested in the Championships top scorer?

Is Kesler-Hayden on his way?

New entries and some potential leavers.

Plus Carl Rushgoalieworth Saga. YAWN 😴😴😴😴😴😴😴 (don't worry though, it's done!)

Had the pleasure to go on Lorna Baileys Breakfast Show on BBC CWR on Friday to chat Sky Blues!

If you missed it you can find it on BBC Sounds here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002z2g6

I'm on from about 3h 9 mins!

If he ever signs I'm getting this shirt printed.

Things are starting to hot up.

Talksport and the Daily Telegraph are reporting that Rushgoalieworth is..........

IMMINENT!

Plus some ups and down and new entries!

What's this? Another LAST Rumour Hit Parade? LAST understands that some of us are getting twitchier than a twitchy twitching thing with the Arse game in around 574 hours, as of Saturday night and a lack of transfer activity.

Fear not, as the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy has on it's front cover - Don't Panic! LAST is here with a rumour mill update with 3 new entries and disposing of some old ones.

Yes and absolutely no mention of Rushgoalieworth whatsoever. Well, maybe a sentence near the end.....

Site updates you may not have noticed:

New links!

New menus!

New t-shirts!

City have released images and a video of the new away kit, on preview tomorrow.

I like it. I need clarification on the goalie kit though.....

Former Rumour Hit Parade number 1 Norman "Bertie" Bassette has indeed gone, albeit on loan for the season to Westerlo.

Latest on Openda!

2 New Entries!

Simms 2+2=5

And lets face it, where we would this Rumour Hit Parade be without mentioning Rushgoalieworth?

Very sad news yesterday that Kevin Keegan had passed away.

City famously turned him down as a youngster, he scored a few times against City and returned as manager on several occasions.

City have splashed £37 million (!!!) on Loum Tchaouna and Aurèle Amenda since our last Rumour Hit Parade.

Who is next? Tomori? Loftus-Cheek? Mavropanos?

Plus the latest on Rushgoalieworth.

Cobblers!

No its true, final score was 0-0 at Sixfields.

Update - Youtube "highlights" added

A City U21 XI is playing at Leamington tonight.

Liam Kelly takes charge.

Final score - Leamington 2 City 3

City's last friendly before the Premier League kicks off has been announced.

AS Monaco will visit the CBS on Friday 14th August, 7pm kick off.

Its USA's Balogun vs HWWW, assuming no one writes any more letters to FIFA in between.....

Ticket Time!

Points have been reset, tiers have been released, membership rumours and what it all means!

Update - Memberships now live

BREAKING!

Aurèle Amenda has been on LAST's Rumour Parade for a while now and he has indeed finally signed on the dotted line.

Dani has combined her passion for photography and City and produced a belting book, chock full of images from last season.

LAST caught up with Dani to talk about her book, what made her put it together, the effort behind it, whether she likes Terry and June and what is the biggest animal she thinks she could singlehandedly clingfilm to a lamp post.

Details inside!

Finally!

City have splashed the cash!

Transfer record smashed!

After entering the Rumour Hit Parade yesterday, City have spent £20 million on Loum Tchaona .

Kevin Unitt's new book - "It Never Happens For People Like Us" is out on August 10th and is available for pre-order.

LAST had a chat with Kev to find out what made him pen the book, the effort behind it, whether he likes Terry and June and what is the biggest animal he thinks he could singlehandedly clingfilm to a lamp post.

City linked to splashing the cash on Loum Tchaouna from Burnley to the tune of £20 million.

Also Callum Wilson drops out the Rumour Hit Parade altogether, Konstantinos Koulierakis takes his place whilst Aurèle Amenda is supposedly due a medical in USA.

Added to all that is the latest on Rushgoalieworth and Ross Barkley.

City legend Liam Kelly returns to the club to take over from Mark Delaney as U21 boss.

Well, Senior Professional Development Phase Coach. U21's boss in old money.

Welcome home!

Relive the joy of page 302 on Ceefax!

The USA's defeat to Belgium puts an end to City's involvement in the World Cup.

Plus usual ex-Chelsea players link, friend of the LAST spell checker Konstantinos Tzolakis, Woolfie out and King to sign Prince?

Dean Austin goes up in the ranks as City also promote Jamie Johnson of CBBC fame*.

*Probably a different Jamie Johnson.

BTA's World Cup ended today as Ghana lost their last 32 game 1-0 to Colombia.

City will face the Spanish side Espanyol in a preseason friendly, 5.30pm on Saturday 8th August.

The Cov Store has opened today and we have some photos of the store and the new home kit. Its grown on me......

but with Balogun sent off maybe his chance will come in the last 16?

and it is stripes and it is the one that was leaked!

SFL is here to stay!

City's first Premier League shirt since the Argentinian stripes of relegation will revealed on Thursday when City's new merch outlet - The COV Store.

City are apparently in the process of appointing a new goalkeeper coach and are also in need of an U21 coach.

The LAST Rumour Hit Parade has a hot new entry, straight in at 3! Plus the highest ever climber, up 12 places.

There's 4 days left to enter our Instagram giveaway with ccfcprints.co.uk . 3 lucky people will win an A4 print of their choice from ccfcprints.co.uk and a LAST T-Shirt and stickers.

The LAST Rumour Hit Parade has 2 new entries but not much is happening. I'd take a new entry on the Hit Parade from Bucks Fizz at this point.....

There's 4 days left to enter our Instagram giveaway with ccfcprints.co.uk . 3 lucky people will win an A4 print of their choice from ccfcprints.co.uk and a LAST T-Shirt and stickers.

England failed to break down a stubborn Ghana whilst BTA remained on the bench.

Kick off in a few hours, will BTA's winning cameo in the first game earn him a starting spot?

LAST has teamed up with ccfcprints.co.uk to give 3 lucky people a chance to win an A4 print of their choice from ccfcprints.co.uk and a LAST T-Shirt and stickers!

The LAST Rumour Hit Parade is back with SFL new contract rumours circulating,

HWWW gets onto the 2026 World Cup pitch.

For 1 minute.

Now the fixture list is out, lets take a look at it in a bit more detail.

I'm as excited as an excited thing thats got a special reason to be excited!

And its Arsenal away first!

The rumour is we have Arsenal away for the first game, probably moved to Friday 21st August.

We'll all be glued to something at 10am tomorrow when City's first Premier League fixture list for 25 years is released.

They'll be on LAST the moment they drop!

Links in here to City's Premier League website page and their calendar sync.

and wins the game for Ghana with strong run and assist in 95th minute.

Book shop open again and reorganised, new links, sound archive and worldwide visitors.

And 26000 hits. Thanks for all your support!

The LAST Post is open!

Viktor and Yasin Ayari help Sweden to a 5-1 victory against Tunisia.

King Doug the First has enlightened supporters on whats going on at the club with regards to the CBS and ticketing.

HWWW an unused sub in the USA's opening game.

CWR have released a 6 part series chronicling City's path from relegation to promotion and the 25 years in between.

World Cup!

Neal! Babb! Wegerle! Jones! A look back at City connections with USA 94 and when City players past and present are playing at USA 26.

Coventry City Council have called an AGM to discuss awarding Honorary Freedom of the City

Moura, Giannoulis , Martins and Openda join the Rumour Hit Parade!

With just 5 days (next Monday) until the transfer window opens, City have been linked with 4 more players. LAST ranks the probability of a deal with absolutely no authority whatsoever.

There's also a link to Openda's Bundesliga goals.....

Dr Claire-Marie Roberts has left her role as Performance director at City.

She joined the club early in 2024 and has obviously overseen a hugely successful time since then. Her time at the club must go down as an unqualified success.

LAST has had a few updates and a few visitors today - thanks!

Catch up with the link additions and site tweaks........

Rumours abound that City have made a formal bid for England's future number 1.

The Premier League's AGM was held today and that means we are officially.......

PREMIER LEAGUE!

Grimes, Rudoni, HWWW and Rushgoalieworth all in the running.

New entries, ups, downs and non-movers!

Voted Best LAST Feature 2004 with 7 votes, TimTalk is back from Timmmmaaaaayyyy.

Today, Ramsay's Kitching Nightmares.........