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Former Man City heroes reunite to celebrate the greatest day in Premier League history
14.05.2022 - 13:13 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The stars of Manchester City's 2011/12 Premier League-winning side reunited on Friday evening to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the most dramatic of title wins.
An all-star cast of Sergio Aguero, Pablo Zabaleta, Yaya Toure, Nigel de Jong, Micah Richards, Joleon Lescott, Gareth Barry and Gael Clichy were at the 93:20 anniversary event at Mayfield Depot, a night organised by City and Puma to pay tribute to that famous strike from Aguero.
Friday marked ten years to the day since Aguero's 94th-minute winner against Queens Park Rangers that won City their first Premier League title, snatching the crown away from rivals Manchester United and kick-starting a decade of dominance in the blue half of Manchester.
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2,000 City fans, who bought tickets to the event after entering a ballot, were in attendance for a night of laughs, celebration and, it has to be said, pretty heavy drinking. That Richards, the first guest to be interviewed on stage, admitted to being drunk gave an indicator of how the evening would pan out.
Hosts Danny Jackson and Natalie Pike hosted the event, with the former City stars invited up one-by-one to discuss different aspects and games of the title-winning campaign.
There was some early love for Richards, who many Blues feel is their only representative when it comes to football broadcast coverage.
"When I first put on the City shirt when I was 14 I knew city was the club for me," Richards told the crowd. "When I do punditry I feel like I need to give something back to the fans."
In-between guests, snippets of CityTV's new 93:20 documentary was shown on the big screen, mainly highlights of some
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