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When Manchester City win their first title in 44 years, Aussie journalist Damon Cronshaw finds himself caught in a whirlwind of emotion. A lifelong City fan, Cronshaw embarks on a personal quest to discover what fuels his love for the club and why it runs so deep. Manchester City Mania is a story about love for a football club. It’s about family connections stretching from Manchester to Sydney, despite the tyranny of distance. As the author digs into his roots, he recalls his travels to Manchester where he found a City rich with the pulse of life and football. He tells how the passing of his grandad and the gift of a City scarf prompts him to return to Manchester after 18 years away. He returns to the home of his ancestors at a critical point in City’s 2012 title-winning season. Along his journey, he discovers he was born to be a Blue. He learns that his great grandad was a Blue and his family history has City at its heart. But like many Mancunian families, some of his relatives are Reds. His story delves into the passion and hatred of the great City-United rivalry. His story opens with the incredible climax to the 2012 title win and later touches on City’s years in the wilderness. It goes on to reveal snapshots of City’s past in the 1930s, 1950s and 1960s. There is humble analysis on the petro-dollar revolution, Mancini’s footballing philosophy and the new era. Seeking answers to his own religious-like devotion to City, he interviews other Blues’ fans and comes across the incredible story of a City diehard, who was so anxious in the title-deciding match against QPR that he left the stadium after 65 minutes. There are stories about the famous City goalkeeper Bert Trautmann, life in the depths of the third tier, the Gillingham play-off final and a fan who grew up living in Platt Lane where the Maine Road floodlights shone through his bedroom window. This ebook can be read using the Kindle app on a laptop, PC, tablet, smartphone or e-readers such as the Kindle. The Kindle app can be downloaded for free for any of these devices here: http://amzn.to/aUZMHP Contact the author on Twitter at @mancitybook or email mancitybook@hotmail.com