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Manchester City book launch with author Dom Farrell

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Dom Farrell @domfarrell.bsky.social · 14d

Aaaaaand, if you like the idea of me and @davidmooney.co.uk prattling on about Manchester City a little more, I have a book launch night at The Waldorf in town on October 30. All proceeds going to @mcfcfoodbank.bsky.social

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Official launch party for 'Glory Days for the Waifs and Strays: Identity and Meaning in the Rise of the Modern Manchester City '.

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Dan Burke @fussballdan.bsky.social · 13d

Was great to be back in the @BlueMoonPodcast saddle this week, talking #MCFC's improvement, fantastic Foden, Bernardo's legacy and much more, with @davidmooney.co.uk and @domfarrell.bsky.social 🩵

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Blue Moon Podcast - A Manchester City Show: 8: This is Why They Don’t Build Trains out of Magnesium

Improving performances, a dodgy penalty, and City players who are the Premier League's top goalscorers from different countries

The Good, the Bad and the Average

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Dan Burke @fussballdan.bsky.social · 17d

After eight games played in all competitions, it feels like a good time to give every #MCFC player a mark out of 10 for their performances so far this season, so that's what I've done in my new Totally City Substack post 🩵

Rating every Manchester City player out of 10 so far this season

Dan Burke @fussballdan.bsky.social · 24d

Agreed. Our possession game went a bit stale the last couple of years and other teams got wise to it. I don't see us being good enough to win the league this season, but I feel like we're back on a good track, and that'll do for now

Two points dropped or one point gained?

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Dan Burke @fussballdan.bsky.social · 24d

Sunday's performance wasn't pretty from #MCFC, and the late equaliser was a kick in the teeth, but the approach and result showed encouraging signs of progress.

Read all about it in my new Totally City Substack post 🩵

Manchester City couldn't quite cling on to win at Arsenal, but the draw was still a decent result

Two points dropped or one point gained?

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Dan Burke @fussballdan.bsky.social · 24d

Sunday's performance wasn't pretty from #MCFC, and the late equaliser was a kick in the teeth, but the approach and result showed encouraging signs of progress.

Read all about it in my new Totally City Substack post 🩵

Manchester City couldn't quite cling on to win at Arsenal, but the draw was still a decent result

📺 TV REVIEW 📺 Long Story Short

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Totally Wired @totallywired87.bsky.social · 27d

This week I have written about Long Story Short - a Netflix show which really charmed me this summer - and where this ‘sadcom’ sits in the pantheon of adult animated comedy.

The creator of BoJack Horseman takes the animated family sitcom in a brilliant new direction

totallywired.substack.com

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Dan Burke @fussballdan.bsky.social · Sep 15

Sunday's derby win was just the tonic for #MCFC, with great performances from Haaland, Foden, Doku and Donnarumma 💙

Read my take on it in the new Totally City Substack...

Never felt more like singing the Blues

Sunday's win over United was just what City needed, but has the Manchester derby lost something?

Never felt more like singing the Blues

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Dan Burke @fussballdan.bsky.social · Sep 15

Sunday's derby win was just the tonic for #MCFC, with great performances from Haaland, Foden, Doku and Donnarumma 💙

Read my take on it in the new Totally City Substack...

Sunday's win over United was just what City needed, but has the Manchester derby lost something?

Trying to make sense of Manchester City's Jekyll and Hyde start to the new season

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Dan Burke @fussballdan.bsky.social · Sep 8

In the first Totally City Substack of 2025/26, I have tried to contextualise #MCFC's early-season woes 🩵

What's going on?

MCFC 2024/25 Season Review Part 1 of 2: What went wrong and who's to blame?

Dan Burke @fussballdan.bsky.social · May 27

It's Season Review time on the #MCFC Totally Wired Substack, and in part one I'm joined by some solid Blues to analyse where it went wrong this season, and who's to blame 💙

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Dan Burke and friends look back on the 2024/25 campaign

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Blue Moon Podcast @bluemoonpodcast.com · May 7

🎙 #MCFC PODCAST DOCUMENTARY:
On 7 May 2000, #ManCity won promotion at Blackburn to return to the Premier League. For the 25th anniversary, this special episode is the story of that second successive promotion.

Blue Moon Podcast - A Manchester City Show: Promotion at Blackburn: The 25th Anniversary Special

An in-depth documentary feature to look back on Manchester City's promotion at Blackburn in May 2000

Blue Moon Podcast - A Manchester City Show: 39: Sing a Song, Do a Silly Dance, then Play Left Back

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Blue Moon Podcast @bluemoonpodcast.com · Apr 30

🎙️ NEW #MCFC PODCAST

🥰 Another Wembley win
🤩 Rico and Nico's displays
🤠 Pep's improvised left-backs
🐺 #ManCity vs. Wolves preview
🚷 More planned protests

With @davidmooney.co.uk is:
@fussballdan.bsky.social | Simon Bajkowski | @talkingwolves.bsky.social

A win over Forest, insight into Wolves, and a look at City's makeshift left-backs under Guardiola

Paying tribute to one of Manchester City's and the Premier League's all-time greats, Kevin De Bruyne

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Dan Burke @fussballdan.bsky.social · Apr 23

Interesting that you didn't draw the line at rampant capitalism, Trump donations or the Super League. Also interesting that you mute at the first sign of an actual debate. Modern football/life is full of hypocrisies, and we're all navigating these murky waters together brother. Stay humble ✌️

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Dan Burke @fussballdan.bsky.social · Apr 23

We've heard this rubbish from loads of fanbases over the years. Very easy to say when you'll likely never have to back it up. City fans have had to think about this subject a lot more deeply than you probably ever will, so stop with the pious brow-beating, because you're not holier than thou

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Dan Burke @fussballdan.bsky.social · Apr 23

No you wouldn't

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Dan Burke @fussballdan.bsky.social · Apr 7

I've written something about Kevin De Bruyne, one of the greatest footballers I have ever and will ever watched/watch 🩵

Goodnight sweet prince

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Dan Burke @fussballdan.bsky.social · Mar 31

@chloedigby.bsky.social might!

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Blue Moon Podcast @bluemoonpodcast.com · Mar 27

🎙️ NEW #MCFC PODCAST

🍒 The #FACup tie at Bournemouth
🦊 Previewing #ManCity vs. Leicester
⚽ In-depth interview with Danny Granville
🧑‍⚖️ The way people talk about the CAS case
🤔 The 2012 team vs. The 2023 team

With @davidmooney.co.uk is:
@chris-hig.bsky.social | @fussballdan.bsky.social pod.fo/e/2bf379

Blue Moon Podcast - A Manchester City Show: 34: The Eternal Spinning Toast

Bournemouth and Leicester previews, ex-City defender Danny Granville discusses his time at City, plus the 2012 team vs the 2023 team

S16 Ep17: The Comfortable Cardigan of Wallowing

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Blue Moon Podcast @bluemoonpodcast.com · Mar 30

First win on the charity bet since the last round of the FA Cup! This time it was @fussballdan.bsky.social with the correct 2-1 #MCFC win prediction... And it takes the total for @mcfcfoodbank.bsky.social for the season up to £1,300. 🥳

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Blue Moon Podcast @bluemoonpodcast.com · Mar 31

🎙️ NEW #MCFC PODCAST
This week's nostalgia show is another entry in the #ManCity CULT HERO HALL OF FAME.

🔵 The player we're inducting this time is Pablo Zabaleta, suggested by @fussballdan.bsky.social.

Listen here: www.patreon.com/posts/125539...

On the left, Pablo Zabaleta wears a bandage over his head and his City shirt shows drops of blood where he has bled from his head wound. On the right, it reads: "The Cult Hero Hall of Fame", "Pablo Zabaleta", "Blue Moon Podcast"

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Dan Burke @fussballdan.bsky.social · Nov 29

Agenda?

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Dan Burke @fussballdan.bsky.social · Nov 29

Dedicating my first Bluesky post to this week's @bluemoonpodcast.com, which I was on, discussing all manner of problems for #MCFC and this weekend's grim-looking trip to Anfield, with @davidmooney.co.uk and @football365.bsky.social 🩵

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Blue Moon Podcast - A Manchester City Show · Episode

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Hari Sethi @harisethi.bsky.social · Nov 28

@fussballdan.bsky.social & I dive deep into an unprecedented crisis for City & Guardiola.

*Why has this happened?

*Does Pep have the answers?

*Can they defend their title from here?

We cover all this & more!

Anfield Index @anfieldindex.com · Nov 28

🆕 #LIVMCI: #RivalRecon

🎙️ @harisethi.bsky.social is joined by @fussballdan.bsky.social to preview the upcoming #PremierLeague game!

🎧 Find the Full Show: anfieldindex.com/podcasts