Terrace Talk: Man City - Tragi-farce enters new phase as UEFA hit back

Manchester City’s history in European football is a curious case of the premature, the never-has-been and, as of today, the maybe-never-will-be, writes Simon Curtis.

Manchester City’s history in European football is a curious case of the premature, the never-has-been and, as of today, the maybe-never-will-be.

Cup Winners Cup winners (try saying that with your grandmother’s teeth) in 1970, before many British sides had even woken up to European football’s potential trials and tribulations, they followed early success with embarrassment, then disinterest.