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Cast your minds back a few to when Manchester City were not owned by a rich arab. Below was the Manchester City team back in 2006/7 season. Isaksson Richards Dunne Distin Su Jihi Abdoun Barton Johnson Ireland Mpenza Vassell Subs: Hart, Onuoha, T.Sinclair, Samaras, Dickov, Dabo A vastly different team to the one seen today. A team that were predicted to be around 16th in the Premier League table. They had a average age of 23. Many of these players have moved on since 2006 and as of today only 3 remain. Joe Hart, Micah Richards and Michael Johnson who we will be focusing on. Long gone the days of George Best where a footballer could go out to a nightclub on a Friday and still start a match on the Saturday. These days you would be fined for such antics. Young players in particular can have problems with alchohol and can slow down their development. Unfortunately for Michael Johnson it didn't just slow down his development, it absolutely...

As some of you may be aware this year there has been an event that has dominated headlines across the world. A event were only the very best athletes take part. It was not a big event but one then has taken much interest from around the world. People dream of playing at this event. I am of course talking about the Futsal World Cup which has recently taken place in Thailand. It is the 7th time that the FIFA Futsal World Cup has taken place and like the normal World Cup it takes place every 4 years. Though it has always been largely dominated by two teams in particular. Brazil and Spain. This year it was no different. After both winning their groups and looking strong in their Round of 16, Quater Finals and Semi Finals it came down to a meeting of Brazil VS Spain. Brazil took an early lead through player of the tournament Neto. But this was soon cancelled out by Spanish goals Torras and Alcardo. Spain were looking dominant before Brazil pulled a goal back through Falcao (Not the one...