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City christen new stadium with a win

Mon, 11 Aug, 2003 - 01:00

Ian Parkes

The club finally yesterday opened its doors to the magnificent City of Manchester facilities which last year staged the Commonwealth Games.

A crowd of 36,000, three quarters of the stadium's capacity due to licensing restrictions heralded Keegan's team on another day of high emotion.

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Soccer Premiership Place: City of Manchester Place: Qatar Place: Maine Road Place: Mersey Person: Kevin Keegan Person: Keegan Person: Marc-Vivien Foe Person: Shaun Goater Person: Ali Benarbia Person: Goater Person: Nicolas Anelka Person: Javier Saviola Person: Trevor Sinclair Person: Harry Kewell Person: Kewell Person: Gerard Houllier Person: Anthony le Tallec Person: Florent Sinama-Pongolle Person: Roberto Ayala Person: Steve Finnan Person: Houllier Person: Campbell Person: David Moyes Person: Wayne Rooney Person: Duncan Ferguson Person: Tomasz Radzinski Person: Thomas Gravesen Person: Nick Chadwick Person: Mark Pembridge Person: Manninger Event: Commonwealth Games Event: Confederation's Cup Event: Premiership Organisation: City Organisation: Manchester City Organisation: Barcelona Organisation: Cameroon Organisation: Reading Organisation: Royals Organisation: Club Organisation: West Ham Organisation: Liverpool Organisation: Valencia Organisation: Reds Organisation: Everton Organisation: Bologna Organisation: Arsenal

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