Shades of Blue: A Manchester City FC Podcast

Shades of Blue: A Manchester City FC Podcast

The place to get the latest news on Manchester City Football Club covering both the Men and Women's game. "Football perspectives you connect with". If you are a lover of football or your knowledge is minimal the "Show Bros" perspectives and expert analysis is the perfect way to grow your fandom

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November 21, 2025 11 mins

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Welcome to our match preview series "Breaking Bread" where today we welcome on Elijah Newsome of "Coming Home Newcastle" apart of SB Nation to discuss the Premier League matchup between Man City Men and Newcastle

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Crunk, Sharpie, and Thom discuss a dominate victory in the Manchester Derby for Man City Women! Alex Greenwood signed a contract extension and the Show Bros preview games in the Subway Cup for City Women and City Men take on Newcastle

TOPICS:

00:00 Introduction and Initial Thoughts on Sports Motivation

04:56 Personal Experiences in Sports and Competition

09:53 Manchester City Women: Contract Extensions and Player Development

19:55 The ...

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Every Thursday we bring our favorite personalities in Football/Soccer to discuss the world of football in the most fun you'll have this week! Follow our guests on social media

Christele: https://bsky.app/profile/xtel007.bsky.social

Chad: https://x.com/Cjarvis_13

Simo: https://x.com/SimoSpeaks

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CrunkChocolate continues his conversation with Barry https://x.com/OTismychurch of "All For United WFC" for a Man City/United combined Starting XI. Do you agree with the lineup? Let us know your thoughts on social media! Follow us on BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/shadesofbluenw.bsky.social

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CrunkChocolate welcomes on Barry (https://x.com/OTismychurch) of "All For United WFC" to discuss both clubs in detail and all important facets of the game leading up to a Manchester Derby that has huge implications on the rest of the WSL season

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November 13, 2025 111 mins

All the Show Bros are back together for a wild week of football for Manchester City football club! Thanks to Aston Villa beating Man Utd with the draw of Chelsea vs Arsenal our Baby Blue Baddies stand top of the WSL after their win against Everton. Man City Men make light work of Dortmund and the surprise thrashing of Liverpool sets the lads up for success leading into International break. Listen to Thom Bomb, Tarik, Sharpie Charli...

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Every Thursday we bring our favorite personalities in Football/Soccer to discuss the world of football in the most fun you'll have this week! Follow our guests on social media

Grant: https://bsky.app/profile/intothechannel.bsky.social

Fed: https://www.instagram.com/nutmegcity.fc/

Meghan: https://bsky.app/profile/wardamnmegs.bsky.social

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If you find yourself enjoying this 10 minute sampler of the new episode. Become a Shades of Blue Patreon member. $6 a month gets you ad free episodes, Premium content like “Choppin’ It Up” interview series or “Breaking Bread” our match preview series for Man City Men & Women games, and get entry in our secret Discord ...

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CrunkChocolate welcomes on Michael Reid, data editor for OptaJoe (https://bsky.app/profile/michaelreid.bsky.social) to learn all about Liverpool before the big match on Sunday

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November 5, 2025 96 mins

Crunk, Sharpie Charlie, and Tarik are back talking all things City Men before a wild week of games leading into the International Break.

TOPICS:

- Admin/Intro

- Man City Men

- Review: Carabao Cup @ Swansea City

- Review: PL vs Bournemouth

- Preview and score predictions: UCL vs Dortmund

- Preview and score predictions: PL vs Liverpool

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Hey Hey! In this episode of our match preview series CrunkChocolate welcomes on B-Flem. (https://www.twitch.tv/b__flem) Learn all about Dortmund in the Champions League on Wednesday.

TOPICS:

  • Introduction
  • What is something overrated and underrated about football? (chant, player, rule, manager, common belief, etc) 
  • Transfers made in the summer
  • Manager - Let us know about them and the style of football the manager 
  • Pick an att...
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Douglas Reyes-Ceron (https://bsky.app/profile/dreyesceron.bsky.social) joins us to talk about how he fell in love with sports, football, the importance of going to games live, and much more!

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John, Dillon, and Crunk are back together to discuss the most important things about Man City in a way that is so brilliant you ask yourself "are they brilliant?"

TOPICS:

  • Episode introduction
  • We experienced the 3rd kits vs Aston Villa. Are they better or worse than you thought seeing them on tv
  • Isn’t this the result everyone should have expected given our record at Villa
  • Haaland has 15 goals for Man City and 7 City players combined ...
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If you find yourself enjoying this 10 minute sampler of the new episode. Become a Shades of Blue Patreon member. $6 a month gets you ad free episodes, Premium content like “Choppin’ It Up” interview series or “Breaking Bread” our match preview series for Man City Men & Women games, and get entry in our secret Discord ...

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Tarik, Sharpie Charlie, and CrunkChocolate are back starting with a conversation of where does Nunes rank in the best RB's in the league, before talking Man City Men vs Aston, looking ahead to the two games this week, and ending with our Man City Women segment "Baby Blue Baddies"

TOPICS:

Cold Open question

Admin/Intro

All Time Starting XI Black Man City players - Figure we can do a combined team instead of us all picking one

Man City Me...

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Luke of Swan Cast Media (https://x.com/SwansCastMedia) joined CrunkChocolate to learn all about the Championship side before Carabao Cup on Wednesday! Enjoy Shady Gang

TOPICS:

  • Introduction
  • What is something overrated and underrated about football? (chant, player, rule, manager, common belief, etc) 
  • Transfers made in the summer
  • Manager - Let us know about them and the style of football the manager 
  • Pick an attacker, midfield...
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Jayne of the MCWFC Official Supporters Club (https://x.com/MCWFC_OSC) joins CrunkChocolate to discuss Man City Women's season so far. If you want to watch or listen to the full episode instead of the first 10 minutes. You have two options: subscribe to our $6 tier of Patreon or you can rent the episode for $3 on Patreon. Tap this link for more information:  patreon.com/user?u=94168109

TOPICS:

  • Intro
  • What is something that is o...
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Tom Harrison (https://bsky.app/profile/tom-harrison.bsky.social) joins CrunkChocolate to talk the start of Manchester City's season! If you want to watch or listen to the full episode instead of the first 10 minutes. You have two options: subscribe to our $6 tier of Patreon or you can rent the episode for $3 on Patreon. Tap this link for more information:  patreon.com/user?u=94168109

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  • What is something tha...
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