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by Sue Perb » Mon Aug 18, 2014 2:10 pm
I was just pondering, given events apropos Yaya and the infamous "cake-gate"(as dubbed by the media).
What other 'incidents' have taken place at City, over the years.
Clearly, Tevez-gate and his standoff with Roberto.
These are two recent events; can fans recall other '???-gate' incidents?
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by Foreverinbluedreams » Mon Aug 18, 2014 2:13 pm
There was Swalesgate but that lasted two decades so I guess it was more of a portcullis. Swalesportcullis, nah, doesn't really roll off the tongue.
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by Foreverinbluedreams » Mon Aug 18, 2014 2:14 pm
Svengate. Oi!Thaksin leave our Sven alone!
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by Sue Perb » Mon Aug 18, 2014 2:19 pm
Foreverinbluedreams wrote:There was Swalesgate but that lasted two decades so I guess it was more of a portcullis. Swalesportcullis, nah, doesn't really roll off the tongue.
Ha ha ha funny, but not quite in the genre of 'cake-gate', I agree! As you rightly record Swalesy and his 'affairs' were more like an epidemic at the club, than an incident! With amputation the only antidote!
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by blues2win » Mon Aug 18, 2014 2:28 pm
Cookgate ie the infamous emails.
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by Sue Perb » Mon Aug 18, 2014 2:48 pm
blues2win wrote:Cookgate ie the infamous emails.
Yesssssss! Including his infamous reference to us as the rags. Nice one blues2win!
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by Dameerto » Mon Aug 18, 2014 3:01 pm
Robinho-gate - signing a big name player at the last minute on deadline day to let people know we were here.
Etihad Campus-gate. A massive investment in the future of the club (and of English football) which will open shortly.
Etihad stadium gate - a three phased expansion of the stadium to an eventual capacity that will make it second largest in the premier league due to a season ticket waiting list brought about by our onfield success.
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by Sue Perb » Mon Aug 18, 2014 3:05 pm
Dameerto wrote:Robinho-gate - signing a big name player at the last minute on deadline day to let people know we were here.
Etihad Campus-gate. A massive investment in the future of the club (and of English football) which will open shortly.
Etihad stadium gate - a three phased expansion of the stadium to an eventual capacity that will make it second largest in the premier league due to a season ticket waiting list brought about by our onfield success.
A clever and positive spin on 'gate events'. Like it, a lot!
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by Bridge'srightfoot » Mon Aug 18, 2014 3:40 pm
They bottled it - gate
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by Sue Perb » Mon Aug 18, 2014 3:52 pm
Bridge'srightfoot wrote:They bottled it - gate
??? enlighten me?
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by john68 » Mon Aug 18, 2014 3:54 pm
Sue Perb wrote:Bridge'srightfoot wrote:They bottled it - gate
??? enlighten me?
When Cookie accused Milan of bottling the Kaka sale.
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by Bridge'srightfoot » Mon Aug 18, 2014 4:09 pm
john68 wrote:Sue Perb wrote:Bridge'srightfoot wrote:They bottled it - gate
??? enlighten me?
When Cookie accused Milan of bottling the Kaka sale.
Yep, in hindsight that was an absolute blessing in disguise. His career took a complete nose dive and we saved ourselves £100 million.
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by Peter Doherty (AGAIG) » Mon Aug 18, 2014 4:50 pm
Watergate, also known as the Gene Kelly stand.
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by Clowncrete » Mon Aug 18, 2014 4:55 pm
In a sense the defeat in the FA cup final was a "-gate". Clearly there was a storm going on behind the scenes and we gave a shocking performance.
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by Alex Sapphire » Mon Aug 18, 2014 5:44 pm
Coppellgate anyone?
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by Hazy2 » Mon Aug 18, 2014 5:57 pm
Bartongate
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by Fesan » Mon Aug 18, 2014 6:02 pm
Messygate - In the hectic hours after takeover before transferwindow closed there were phonecalls back and forth between UAE and Manchester.
At one point the guy on the UAE side said: "This is all getting messy"
The guy on the manchester end misunderstood and replied "What?! Get Messi?!" after which we put in a 30m bid on Messi.
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by Mikhail Chigorin » Mon Aug 18, 2014 6:08 pm
Peter Doherty (AGAIG) wrote:Watergate, also known as the Gene Kelly stand.
I thought Watergate might have been when Fiona Fullerton was in the team bath with Big Mal.
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by frankswift » Mon Aug 18, 2014 6:35 pm
Mikhail Chigorin wrote:Peter Doherty (AGAIG) wrote:Watergate, also known as the Gene Kelly stand.
I thought Watergate might have been when Fiona Fullerton was in the team bath with Big Mal.
It was Fiona Richmond, if memory serves me right. The big feller walked with a limp for a fortnight after that, so you could call that the gait-gate.
I'll get me coat.
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by Mikhail Chigorin » Mon Aug 18, 2014 6:43 pm
frankswift wrote:Mikhail Chigorin wrote:Peter Doherty (AGAIG) wrote:Watergate, also known as the Gene Kelly stand.
I thought Watergate might have been when Fiona Fullerton was in the team bath with Big Mal.
It was Fiona Richmond, if memory serves me right. The big feller walked with a limp for a fortnight after that, so you could call that the gait-gate.
I'll get me coat.
I stand corrected and bow to your superior memory.
All these nubile young ladies of yesteryear look the same to me.
Mind you, Big Mal operated in style and got the cameras there to document it all.
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