CITY QUOTES

"The only time I want to see him miserable is after I’ve taken City to Old Trafford."

Kevin Keegan on Sir Alex Ferguson June 2001

"I’ve had a player sent off for aggressive walking! I think I must have missed a rule change somewhere."

Joe Royle bewildered by Kevin Horlock’s sending off (13.2.99)

"People will remember 99 more than 100 and he’ll probably get another chance to star in an advert for ice-cream or something."

Kevin Keegan on Stuart Pearce’s last-game penalty miss April 2002

"Manchester City and Kevin Keegan are made for each other."

Mark Lawrenson, former Liverpool and Republic of Ireland defender and TV pundit (26.1.02)

"I’m so glad that George Weah left. If he’d have taken 12 shots at John Lennon, he’d still be alive today."

Bernard Manning 2001

"It won’t be long before he has our supporters hanging from the rafters."

Alan Ball predicting a bright future for new signing Kinkladze August 1995

"When I do something the fans like me even more and I like me even more!"

Ali Benarbia October 2001

"I see myself as a friendly advisor, not a dictator."

Francis Lee answers accusations of interfering in team affairs (2.2.94)

"I remember him as one of the most likeable men I have ever known. He was a super character. In all the years I knew him, I never heard anyone say a bad thing about him – and that’s unusual in our business."

Freddie Pye ex-vice chairman remembers Joe Mercer 1990