Once a Blue, Always a Blue: The Autobiography of Richard Edghill

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The ups and downs of his rollercoaster career, detailed in his new autobiography Once A Blue, Always A Blue, will strike a chord with any City fan who went through similar highs and lows supporting the team in that era. It was to move up a notch again shortly afterwards when former hero Franny Lee went public with his intention to buy the club and did it through the papers which angered Swales.

I felt I had no option but to turn it down and left the club at the end of the promotion season in 2002.

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Four years later - when Steve Bruce replaced Trevor Francis - it was clear I wasn't going to be part of his plans. There was no problem, the club weren't nasty about it. I had been expecting it because they'd brought in a couple of right-sided midfielders and I wasn't figuring in the plans. They'd didn't say I couldn't train with them but it was obvious I wasn't going to be offered a new contract. He signed for Nottingham Forest in March 2000 after a successful loan spell, but again spent much of his time there out on loan, with stints at Scunthorpe United and Mansfield Town. These days, Manchester City are one of the best teams in world football, but that hasn’t always been the case. New chairman David Bernstein wrote to all the supporters to apologise on behalf of the club and to ask them for their support once again next season.

The chairman would occasionally come into the dressing room and say things to the players and there was one time after a game when he came in and had a pop at everyone. We all feel we can win promotion this year and that is exciting,'' he said. ''We are in just as good a position, if not better, than we were at the same stage when we went into the Premiership the season before last. I've played in some great games. The Worthington Cup final against Liverpool at the Millennium Stadium has to be the highlight of my club career. And playing for Northern Ireland was great - I've played against France, Germany, Italy and Spain. I can't believe it's happened. The retired defender has lifted the lid on what life was like in the dressing room throughout his decade at Maine Road in his autobiography, Once A Blue Always A Blue.

Whitley is now a qualified counsellor and works for Sporting Chance, the clinic that helps athletes to recover from addictions. Ged Brannan Now Works in telecommunications, plays for Northwich in the Conference, and does some coaching at Manchester City. The club had lost the old Kippax Street stand, a major source of income, and it was a time of great change off the park. Money which would have gone on players had to go on rebuilding the stadium.

And no-one at Loftus Road will be more motivated to cause an upset than the one-time England under-21 international who was perched on the brink of giving up the game after leaving City. On 3rd May 1998, Manchester City were relegated to the third tier of football for the first time in their history. I got an agent just after Christmas a year ago, specifically to find me some work. I went on loan to Sheffield Wednesday to keep myself in the shop window. That took me up to the summer. From then on I just sat waiting for the phone to ring. He has a thigh problem but is confident it will heal before the Blues arrive in the capital for the middle leg of their long distance, one-week `tour' that will also take in Chelsea and Southampton.

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The ex-Manchester City captain is currently plying his trade at Queen's Park Rangers, the Blues' opponents in the Carling Cup third round later this month. Edghill has helped out as a coach at former club Manchester City's soccer school. [9] He has since worked as a tour guide at the Etihad Stadium as part of the "Legends Guides". [10] Personal life [ edit ] I work nine til five, Monday to Friday, then Tuesday and Thursday evenings I'm with Northwich, and then Monday and Wednesday evenings I coach the under-16s at Man City. And, of course, I play on Saturdays.