We Were Really There
The Rebirth of Manchester City
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Publisher Description
We Were Really There is the story of how Manchester City was saved from oblivion - told by the man who oversaw the rescue operation.
Twenty-five years before City's historic Treble, they were a national joke, relegated to English football's third division. The only trophies the Citizens were likely to win, said chairman Francis Lee, were 'cups for cock-ups'.
Enter David Bernstein. When he succeeded Lee as chairman in March 1998, City had just been relegated from the Premier League and were about to be relegated again. During their season in the third tier, City fans sang choruses of 'We're not really here!' in mocking disbelief at how far their club had fallen.
Without Bernstein's work in five critical years as chairman, it is impossible to see how City would have been an attractive proposition to the investors from Abu Dhabi, whose takeover in 2008 paved the way for the Pep Guardiola era and unprecedented success.
This is the tale of the rebirth of a football club, told from the inside.
Customer Reviews
Typical City
As a city fan since 1969’s FA Cup triumph this book covers familiar history from the vital perspective of Chairman David Bernstein whose stewardship took us from the depths of league one despair to the Etihad and paved the way for the Abu Dhabi investment, Pep, the treble and yes, club world champions!! Typical City in that his exit was completely avoidable and wrong for the club at the time. A figure of sanity, professionalism and grace we needed then, a uniquely universally revered football club Chairman, his book is terrific reading. Thank you David Bernstein for your account and indeed thank you for everything you did for our wonderful, maddening yet always joyous club.