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Forever Blue

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Legendary Manchester City broadcaster Ian Cheeseman has three MCFC fans in to the studio to discuss the major events of the past week's football. Expect debate, famous faces and plenty of laughs.
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Season review with he Forever Blue team

Ian Cheeseman was the BBC's Manchester City correspondent for nearly 25 years and has been a fan all of his life. Here he hosts his weekly podcast, Forever Blue, where all things Man City are discussed. Sponsored by Counting King, experts in business finance. Ian is joined by members of the Forever Blue squad to reflect on the season. Amy, Louisa, Adam W, Adam P, Paul, Toby & Harlan join Ian. They look ahead to next season and discuss all things on and off field. To buy a "It's Great to be a...

May 26, 20251 hr 17 min

Earl Barrett & Nick Stapleton on FA Cup Final, Henderson Red Card & Pep's team selection

Ian Cheeseman was the BBC's Manchester City correspondent for nearly 25 years and has been a fan all of his life. Here he hosts his weekly podcast, Forever Blue, where all things Man City are discussed. Sponsored by Counting King, experts in business finance. Ian is joined by former Manchester City player Earl Barrett plus Nick Stapleton (Scam interceptors) & Forever Blue squad member Annabel. They look back on the FA Cup Final and discuss the penalty miss, the Henderson handball, Pep Guardi...

May 18, 20251 hr 9 min

Andy Morrison on the draw at Southampton and looking ahead to the FA Cup Final

Ian Cheeseman was the BBC's Manchester City correspondent for nearly 25 years and has been a fan all of his life. Here he hosts his weekly podcast, Forever Blue, where all things Man City are discussed. Sponsored by Counting King, experts in business finance. Ian is joined by former Manchester City player Andy Morrison plus Adam W and Andy from the Forever Blue squad to look back on the 0-0 draw at Southamton and ahead to the FA Cup Final. They discuss who should play and should City fear Crysta...

May 11, 202559 min

Gary Owen & Mike McClean on the Wolves win, De Bruyne, Summer signings & much more

Ian Cheeseman was the BBC's Manchester City correspondent for nearly 25 years and has been a fan all of his life. Here he hosts his weekly podcast, Forever Blue, where all things Man City are discussed. Sponsored by Counting King, experts in business finance. Ian is joined by former Manchester City player Gary Owen to look back on the win against Wolves. Ian is also joined by TV comedian and former City Square host Mike McClean and Forever Blue regular Annabel to discuss the ongoing fan protests...

May 04, 20251 hr 2 min

Paul Simpson on the FA Cup semi-final& Villa wins, Doku & use of subs + much more

Ian Cheeseman was the BBC's Manchester City correspondent for nearly 25 years and has been a fan all of his life. Here he hosts his weekly podcast, Forever Blue, where all things Man City are discussed. Sponsored by Counting King, experts in business finance. Ian is joined by former Manchester City player Paul Simpson, (the assistant manager of Jamaica) to look back on the wins against Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest at Wembley in the FA Cup semi-final. Joined by Harlan & Andy from the For...

Apr 28, 20251 hr 8 min

Paul Power on Foden, De Bruyne, Goodison & FA Cup plus great stories

Ian Cheeseman was the BBC's Manchester City correspondent for nearly 25 years and has been a fan all of his life. Here he hosts his weekly podcast, Forever Blue, where all things Man City are discussed. Sponsored by Counting King, experts in business finance. Ian is joined by former Manchester City player Paul Power who gives a great assessment of Phil Foden, from Academy present day, Kevin De Bruyne's future, Goodison Park and the upcoming FA Cup semi-final. Toby & Annabel joins the debate ...

Apr 20, 20251 hr 8 min

Mark Ward on Man City, Goodison Park, De Bruyne & lots more

Ian Cheeseman was the BBC's Manchester City correspondent for nearly 25 years and has been a fan all of his life. Here he hosts his weekly podcast, Forever Blue, where all things Man City are discussed. Sponsored by Counting King, experts in business finance. Ian is joined by former Manchester City player Mark Ward to reflect on the win against Crystal Palace, Kevin De Bruyne's contribution to the great comeback and Ward, a former Everton player looks back on his time as just City look forward t...

Apr 13, 20251 hr 3 min

Rodney Marsh on the Derby, drop in Premier League quality & Kevin De Bruyne

Ian Cheeseman was the BBC's Manchester City correspondent for nearly 25 years and has been a fan all of his life. Here he hosts his weekly podcast, Forever Blue, where all things Man City are discussed. Sponsored by Counting King, experts in business finance. Ian is joined by former Manchester City player Rodney Marsh to discuss the 0-0 draw at Man United, the drop in individuality in the Premier League, Kevin De Bruyne's announced departure and the Club World Cup. Toby & Paul from the Forev...

Apr 07, 20251 hr 5 min

Mark Kennedy on O'Reilly, Fan Protests and Manchester Derby & much more

Ian Cheeseman was the BBC's Manchester City correspondent for nearly 25 years and has been a fan all of his life. Here he hosts his weekly podcast, Forever Blue, where all things Man City are discussed. Sponsored by Counting King, experts in business finance. Ian is joined by former Manchester City player Mark Kennedy plus Annabel & Andy from the Forever Blue squad. They look back on the FA Cup game at AFC Bournemouth, Nico O'Reilly, upcoming Fan protest and the upcoming Manchester derby. To...

Mar 31, 20251 hr 2 min

Man City season tickets, flexi gold, prices, rep strikers & more

Ian Cheeseman was the BBC's Manchester City correspondent for nearly 25 years and has been a fan all of his life. Here he hosts his weekly podcast, Forever Blue, where all things Man City are discussed. Sponsored by Counting King, experts in business finance. Ian is joined by representatives of Man City fan groups to discuss season tickets, pricing, atmosphere, fan representative strikes and lots more. To buy a "It's Great to be a Blue" TShirt go via this linkbuytickets.at/itsgreattobeablue/stor...

Mar 23, 20251 hr 1 min

Nathan & Jonathan D'Laryea on Brighton, Doku & much more

Ian Cheeseman was the BBC's Manchester City correspondent for nearly 25 years and has been a fan all of his life. Here he hosts his weekly podcast, Forever Blue, where all things Man City are discussed. Sponsored by Counting King, experts in business finance. Ian is joined by former Manchester City players Nathan & Jonathan D'Laryea to talk about the 2-2 draw with Brighton, Jeremy Doku and much more. They were joined by Andy & Paul from the Forever Blue Squad. To buy a "It's Great to be ...

Mar 16, 20251 hr 3 min

Niall Quinn on Haaland, loyal fans v maximising revenue & much more

Ian Cheeseman was the BBC's Manchester City correspondent for nearly 25 years and has been a fan all of his life. Here he hosts his weekly podcast, Forever Blue, where all things Man City are discussed. Sponsored by Counting King, experts in business finance. Ian is joined by former Manchester City player Niall Quinn, who's also been Chairman at Sunderland so he gives answers about #stopexploitingloyalty and City's current drop in form. Annabel & Stephan from the Forever Blue squad join a fa...

Mar 10, 20251 hr 6 min

Nedum Onuoha on Man City fandom, new players & Danny Wilson's answers

Ian Cheeseman was the BBC's Manchester City correspondent for nearly 25 years and has been a fan all of his life. Here he hosts his weekly podcast, Forever Blue, where all things Man City are discussed. Sponsored by Counting King, experts in business finance. Ian is joined by former Manchester City player Nedum Onuoha plus Forever Blue podcast regulars Toby & Paul. They discuss City's fan base, loyalty, current players and Danny Wilson's answers to supporters questions at a recent lunch. To ...

Mar 02, 20251 hr 2 min

Paul Stewart on defeats by Real Madrid & Liverpool, Right fullback, away fans in home areas

Ian Cheeseman was the BBC's Manchester City correspondent for nearly 25 years and has been a fan all of his life. Here he hosts his weekly podcast, Forever Blue, where all things Man City are discussed. Sponsored by Counting King, experts in business finance. Ian is joined by former Manchester City player Paul Stewart to look back on a week of successive defeats against Real Madrid and Liverpool. They're joined by Amy, Annabel and Adam who also discuss Manchester City's right back situation and ...

Feb 24, 20251 hr 5 min

Kit Symons on Newcastle, Real Madrid, new players and profit before loyalty

Ian Cheeseman was the BBC's Manchester City correspondent for nearly 25 years and has been a fan all of his life. Here he hosts his weekly podcast, Forever Blue, where all things Man City are discussed. Sponsored by Counting King, experts in business finance. Ian is joined by former Manchester City player Kit Symons plus Andy & Harlan to talk about the 4-0 win against Newcastle, the 3-2 home defeat against Real Madrid and the upcoming second leg, plus the new players Gonzalez, Marmoush, Khus...

Feb 16, 20251 hr 5 min

Dave Bennett on the FA Cup, Real Madrid, how football is changing

Ian Cheeseman was the BBC's Manchester City correspondent for nearly 25 years and has been a fan all of his life. Here he hosts his weekly podcast, Forever Blue, where all things Man City are discussed. Sponsored by Counting King, experts in business finance. Ian is joined by former Manchester City player and FA Cup winner Dave Bennett to talk about the 2-1 win Orient. Ian is also joined by Mark Todd from Solid Citizens and podcast regular David. They also look ahead to the Real Madrid tie and d...

Feb 09, 202555 min

Barry Silkman on Man City defensive weaknesses & signings

Ian Cheeseman was the BBC's Manchester City correspondent for nearly 25 years and has been a fan all of his life. Here he hosts his weekly podcast, Forever Blue, where all things Man City are discussed. Sponsored by Counting King, experts in business finance. Ian is joined by former Manchester City player Barry Silkman, who's also an agent and has a new book out "The not so secret football agent", who talks about the weaknesses at Man City that has seen their dramatic dip in form this season. Ia...

Feb 03, 20251 hr 3 min

Andy Morrison on Marmoush, Khusanov, Reis, Grealish, Lewis & much more

Ian Cheeseman was the BBC's Manchester City correspondent for nearly 25 years and has been a fan all of his life. Here he hosts his weekly podcast, Forever Blue, where all things Man City are discussed. Sponsored by Counting King, experts in business finance. Ian is joined by former Manchester City player Andy Morrison plus Annabel & Stephen from the Forever Blue Squad. They look back on the defeat at PSG and the win against Chelsea plus the debut's of Marmoush & Khusanov and they looked...

Jan 26, 20251 hr 13 min

Jamie Hoyland on Tony Book, Haaland's contract extension & are "City back?"

Ian Cheeseman was the BBC's Manchester City correspondent for nearly 25 years and has been a fan all of his life. Here he hosts his weekly podcast, Forever Blue, where all things Man City are discussed. Sponsored by Counting King, experts in business finance. Ian is joined by former Manchester City player Jamie Hoyland To buy a "It's Great to be a Blue" TShirt go via this linkbuytickets.at/itsgreattobeablue/storeIf you'd like to support Ian's work you can message him by DM on twitter @iancheesem...

Jan 20, 202557 min

Uwe Rosler on Marmoush, City's Academy, Brentford challenge & much more

Ian Cheeseman was the BBC's Manchester City correspondent for nearly 25 years and has been a fan all of his life. Here he hosts his weekly podcast, Forever Blue, where all things Man City are discussed. Sponsored by Counting King, experts in business finance. Ian is joined by former Manchester City player Uwe Rosler who offers an insight to Manchester City's Academy, Omar Marmoush, football in different countries and Pep. Ian and Uwe are joined by Toby and a new member of the Forever Blue squad,...

Jan 12, 20251 hr 6 min

Brian Horton on Pep Guardiola, hopes & fears for 2025

Ian Cheeseman was the BBC's Manchester City correspondent for nearly 25 years and has been a fan all of his life. Here he hosts his weekly podcast, Forever Blue, where all things Man City are discussed. Sponsored by Counting King, experts in business finance. Ian is joined by former Manchester City manager Brian Horton along with Tony and Adam from the Forever Blue squad to discuss the 4-1 victory against West Ham plus realistic hopes for 2025. To buy a "It's Great to be a Blue" TShirt go via th...

Jan 05, 202554 min

Joe Corrigan on too many games, McAtee, Lewis & scapegoating

Ian Cheeseman was the BBC's Manchester City correspondent for nearly 25 years and has been a fan all of his life. Here he hosts his weekly podcast, Forever Blue, where all things Man City are discussed. Sponsored by Counting King, experts in business finance. Ian is joined by former Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Corrigan plus Amy & Tony from the Forever Blue squad to discuss all things City including the effect playing so many games has, they also discuss James McAtee, Rico Lewis and scapeg...

Dec 30, 202452 min

Clive Allen joins the debate on how Man City stop their slide

Ian Cheeseman was the BBC's Manchester City correspondent for nearly 25 years and has been a fan all of his life. Here he hosts his weekly podcast, Forever Blue, where all things Man City are discussed. Sponsored by Counting King, experts in business finance. Ian is joined by former Manchester City striker Clive Allen plus Paul & Andy from the Forever Blue squad to look back at City's 2-1 defeat at Aston Villa. Lots of opinion on why City can't turn around this terrible run of results. To bu...

Dec 22, 20241 hr 2 min

What is going wrong at City?

Ian Cheeseman was the BBC's Manchester City correspondent for nearly 25 years and has been a fan all of his life. Here he hosts his weekly podcast, Forever Blue, where all things Man City are discussed. Sponsored by Counting King, experts in business finance. Ian is joined by three members of the Forever Blue podcast team to discuss what's going wrong at Manchester City, after losing at home to Man United and winning just one of their last ten games. To buy a "It's Great to be a Blue" TShirt go ...

Dec 16, 20241 hr 2 min

Rodney Marsh on reasons for 1 win 9 & Americanisation of football

Ian Cheeseman was the BBC's Manchester City correspondent for nearly 25 years and has been a fan all of his life. Here he hosts his weekly podcast, Forever Blue, where all things Man City are discussed. Sponsored by Counting King, experts in business finance. Ian is joined by former Manchester City player Rodney Marsh to discuss why City have only won 1 in 9 of their games. They are joined by Forever Blue regulars Toby and Stephen where they also talk about the creeping Americanisation of modern...

Dec 08, 20241 hr 4 min

David White joins the team to discuss the reason's for the Man City slump

Ian Cheeseman was the BBC's Manchester City correspondent for nearly 25 years and has been a fan all of his life. Here he hosts his weekly podcast, Forever Blue, where all things Man City are discussed. Sponsored by Counting King, experts in business finance. Ian is joined by former Manchester City player David White plus Amy, Paul & Louisa from the Forever Blue squad to look back on the Liverpool game, ask what's going wrong and when it will end. To buy a "It's Great to be a Blue" TShirt go...

Dec 02, 20241 hr 5 min

Paul Lake & the team look back on the 4-0 home defeat to Spurs & ahead to Liverpool

Ian Cheeseman was the BBC's Manchester City correspondent for nearly 25 years and has been a fan all of his life. Here he hosts his weekly podcast, Forever Blue, where all things Man City are discussed. Sponsored by Counting King, experts in business finance. Ian is joined by former Manchester City player Paul Lake plus Harlan and Andy from the Forever Blue squad to discuss the 4-0 home defeat to Spurs. What is the problem is it just injuries, the 115 charges, an ageing squad, other teams gettin...

Nov 24, 20241 hr 8 min

Ian Brightwell, Harlan & Tony reasons for four defeats in a row

Ian Cheeseman was the BBC's Manchester City correspondent for nearly 25 years and has been a fan all of his life. Here he hosts his weekly podcast, Forever Blue, where all things Man City are discussed. Sponsored by Counting King, experts in business finance. Ian is joined by former Manchester City player Ian Brightwell and Forever Blue squad members Harlan and Tony to discuss the four defeats in the row that City have just suffered, what is the reason or reasons? To buy a "It's Great to be a Bl...

Nov 10, 20241 hr 5 min

Billings, Blackburn & Bajkowski on books, journalism & charity

Ian Cheeseman was the BBC's Manchester City correspondent for nearly 25 years and has been a fan all of his life. Here he hosts his weekly podcast, Forever Blue, where all things Man City are discussed. Sponsored by Counting King, experts in business finance. Ian is joined by Jonathan Billings from the EGG charity which supports homelessness which includes a former City player, Simon Bajkowski who has just written a Manchester City book from the 1990s to the present and Sun journalist Martin Bla...

Nov 06, 20241 hr

Kevin Langley & Geoff Durbin, successive defeats & a great story from Kevin

Ian Cheeseman was the BBC's Manchester City correspondent for nearly 25 years and has been a fan all of his life. Here he hosts his weekly podcast, Forever Blue, where all things Man City are discussed. Sponsored by Counting King, experts in business finance. Ian is joined by former City player Kevin Langley, plus former City commercial manager Geoff Durbin & Toby from the Forever Blue squad to look back on the defeats at Spurs and Bournemouth. Kevin tells a brilliant story from his playing ...

Nov 03, 20241 hr 1 min
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