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Jan 2025
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The Football Reporters: Why football emp...

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James Olley, Rob Dawson and Mark Ogden look at the fallen empires of football with Steve Nicol, and wonder if Manchester City may be next.

James, Rob and Mark look for the telltale signs of a top team falling from grace in the current Manchester City setup, before ESPN FC’s Steve Nicol joins to explain where it went wrong for the Liverpool side of the 1980s and early 1990s that Nicol himself was at the club to experience first-hand. The guys close with a look back at the end of the Sir Alex Ferguson era at Manchester United and the unprecedented lack of success that has followed.

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