Brought in initially on loan to cover injuries, Tim Flowers never managed to play a game for Manchester City. However, when Stuart Pearce became Blues boss, he signed Flowers as his goalkeeping coach - allowing him to look after the likes of David James, Nicky Weaver and, briefly, Joe Hart. The Blue Moon Podcast's Sam Roscoe spoke to the former shot-stopper in 2015 to discuss what it was like coming into Pearce's coaching set-up and what it was he saw in Hart that made him persuade the Blues to go all-out for his signature.

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The boardroom at Manchester City in the late 1990s and early 2000s was a fascinating insight into the turmoil going on at the club. While things on the pitch appeared to be going fairly smoothly, as the club bounced back from their lowest ever point in the third tier and back to the Premier League, behind the scenes there was tension and division. In 2019, David Mooney spoke to the former Chief Operating Officer to discuss what was happening at board level at the club at that time - including the divisions the transfer of Robbie Fowler caused.

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When the Manchester City fans had been starved of success for so long, the arrival of an exciting new manager with exciting new players lifted spirits. Following the takeover of the club by Thaksin Shinawatra in 2007, Sven Goran Eriksson was appointed boss - and a whirlwind summer saw a plethora of new signings. The manager masterminded a first Manchester Derby double in over three decades and enjoyed cult hero status at Eastlands. The Blue Moon Podcast's David Mooney caught up with him in 2011 to discuss the ins and outs of his single campaign in charge.

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Synonymous with the overhead kick goal that won the 1976 League Cup final, Dennis Tueart was a regular on the scoresheet for Manchester City throughout his two spells with the club. The cup-winning strike was extra special, coming against his hometown team. After retiring from playing, he became a director at Maine Road - and he was heavily involved in the decisions to bring both Joe Royle and Kevin Keegan to the dugout. In 2011, he spoke in-depth to the Blue Moon Podcast's David Mooney about his career as both a player and as a businessman with the Blues.

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There aren't many footballers who retire from the game and end up becoming a singer and artist. But for former Manchester City midfielder Jim Whitley, that's now his career - as he performs on stage as a member of the rat pack, covering songs by the likes of Sammy Davis Jr, alongside his work as an artist and painter. Across two interviews with the Blue Moon Podcast, Whitley spoke to Chris Prince in 2011 and David Mooney in 2017 about his playing career at Maine Road and how that all transformed into the life he leads now.

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It was February 1997 when Manchester City turned to Joe Royle to try and stop their slide down the leagues. Unable to keep the Blues in Division One, Royle went on to rebuild the club - earning back-to-back promotions in dramatic style in 1999 and 2000, getting City back to the Premier League as soon as he possible could have done. Without his influence as a manager in the late 1990s, who knows where the club would be today. The Blue Moon Podcast's David Mooney spoke to the ex-boss to discover more about his time in the dugout.

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It's not easy to be a number two goalkeeper. Each week of the season goes by knowing that you're going to be understudy to the club's first choice - but that you have to be in top form and your best shape because you might be needed at a moment's notice. Geert De Vlieger joined City under manager Kevin Keegan and spent a short spell as back-up to David James. In 2016, he spoke to the Blue Moon Podcast's David Mooney about the move over to Manchester and a rather serious injury he sustained while at the club, following that transfer.

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You often hear players described as a "utility player" - someone who can fill in and do a job when the main left back or the regular right winger isn't available. With squad football, it's less of a problem - but back in the 1960s and 1970s, it was more common. Dave Connor made 141 appearances for City and, in that time, he played in every position on the field, apart from goalkeeper. He was part of the team that won promotion from the Second Division and then went on to the Division One title in 1968. He spoke to David Mooney back in 2010.

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There are few players who experience two very different eras at clubs, but Ian Bishop is someone who can say they've seen opposing ends of the Manchester City scale. When he first arrived, in 1989, he enjoyed a 5-1 win over rivals Manchester United at Maine Road - before being sold to West Ham after just three months. He returned to Joe Royle's City side in 1998, as they battled the drop to Division Two. Bishop would go on to be a key figure in City's return to the Premier League, and he explained all to the Blue Moon Podcast's David Mooney.

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In the late 1990s, Manchester City were in crisis. Following relegation from the Premier League in 1996, they were unable to bounce back to the top flight at the first attempt. Following Alan Ball's resignation, Steve Coppell, Phil Neal, and Asa Hartford all briefly held the position of manager. In December 1996, City appointed Frank Clark to try and halt the slide down the leagues. In his short spell in charge, he wasn't able to put the brakes on - David Mooney spoke to the former manager in 2013 to discuss what went wrong during his time in the Maine Road dugout.

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