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Demote City, strip titles? Not for me

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The LeaguePaper Team
11 October 2026

Graham Westley
EX-STEVENAGE, PRESTON, PETERBOROUGH AND NEWPORT MANAGER

WHEN you’ve played and managed in professional football, you become well versed in swapping allegiances and because of that you become something of a football neutral.
I was in Barcelona watching England’s Manchester United complete their treble in 1999 and many years later I was in awe of the football that Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City team played as Kevin De Bruyne exquisitely ran their midfield.
But I note both of those things as a football fan, not a fan of one club or another.
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