Peter Thornton.🇺🇦
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Freelance writer. I do those films for Manchester City. Co-author of Moments That Could’ve Changed Football Forever.
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I am so proud of the team at
#MCFC
who put their faith in the script that I wrote
And
@boardwalkstudio
for the brilliant edit
Makes my 55 years following
@ManCity
really special
#TrebleWinners
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Ilkay Gundogan played so well yesterday that
@JamieJackson___
in the
@ObserverUK
gave him a 6 in his player ratings!
😳😳👍😊⚽️💙
#FACupFinal
#MCFC
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@heidipearljames
When they are two, you worry about them falling in the fire
When they are 22, you worry about them falling off a balcony in Ibiza
Never stops
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Pep’s first season. The press had a field day.
#Fraudiola
‘Proves he can’t do it in the PL’
Then for two years he made them look silly
Now the knives are out again
And sadly there are soooo many
#ManCity
#MCFC
fans falling for it
These are the best times we will ever have
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So 10 years of the Sheikh Mansour at
#MCFC
It went something like this:
He’ll get bored
Mercenaries
You’ll never be top 4
You’ll never win a trophy
You’ll never finish above United
You’ll never win the PL
You bought the PL
#Fraudiola
#Centurions
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@MCFCfoodbank
I have a lot of respect for the ‘proper’ fans of both Merseyside clubs.
And those of our friends from Old Trafford
We all 💙 our clubs
Some things are bigger 👍😊⚽️
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@DavidHartrick
If every shot on target had gone in the
#MCFC
net, the
#Centurions
would still have won the Premier League in 2017/8
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We often hear complaints on Twitter about what happens in
#grassroots
junior football
But for every one of those complaints there are ten people out there doing something good so kids can play the best game in the world
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@ManCityzenscom
Pound for pound I would say Zinchenko
Value for money - Ilkay
Key to the system - Ederson
The one people still underestimate - Cancelo
The obvious one - Dias
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Extremely honoured and proud to have worked with
@boardwalkstudio
on this film for
#ManCity
Winning the
#ChampionsLeagueFinal
would mean everything now
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@bifana_bifana
‘It means more’ was one of the great marketing own goals
It simply doesn’t
Not more than Rochdale, or Rotherham or anyone
Your club is your club
That’s it
For every single one of us 👍😊⚽️💙
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@ScarlettMoffatt
Twenty two years ago my then partner went out for a bottle of milk and came back with a tartan suit costing £350
Plus the milk
(She looked well in it mind)
She had previous
She went out to check swimming times and bought two kittens
Jack and Vera
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Hermine was the best baker in the tent by a distance
As Forrest said
“That’s all I have to say about that”
#GBBO
#bakeoff
#GBBOFinal
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@MCFC
Favourite Joe Hart moment. This one. Arguably won us the title last year
http://t.co/x4dve9XkwC
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I think what the
#ManCity
women’s signings show, is that like the men, the women’s team will have two top class players for every position
#MCWFC
#Transfers
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@jordcatterall
Dear Every Coach
It’s not your job to shout from the touchline. It’s your job to
#LetThemPlay
Don’t ruin their experience by trying to replicate an adult version of the game.
Please let kids have fun without the fear of failure.
Sincerely,
P
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A number of fans have asked for the script from the Summerbee Bell Lee film shown at the
#ChampionsLeague
game last Tuesday
Great thrill to hear 55,000 applaud at the end
Terrific film produced by my friends
@boardwalkstudio
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@pundit_jay
The idea that
#MCFC
continue to be a rich man’s plaything is sooooo outdated
The CFG is run as a business
And run very well
City have a plan
Very few other football clubs do
👍😊⚽️
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When you’ve asked for a new bike for Xmas
And come down to find you got Action Man, Subbuteo AND the Beano Annual as well
#MCFC
#Fourmidables
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@KT_NRE
At uni in the late 70s I liked to put a joke, or at least some humour in my essays
My Linguistics lecturer picked one out during a tutorial
“When you write things like this, you sound stupid.”
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@codyroyle
These. Always. So good we had them made and put up at the central venue where our league played u7-U9s every Sunday
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@SkySportsPL
#MCFC
are still missing Ederson Fernandinho Otamendi Aguero Jesus and Mahrez
Six all then
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@MichaelRosenYes
The Test & Trace system cost a reported £22bn
Rough maths
That’s about £40k per each adult in this country
For £40k I’d stay home all year no problem
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Busy day
(Second jab)
But sooo many coaches ask what is the best way to approach the changing formats.
Here’s what MCFC do in their Academy
#SundayShare
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You can book a hall at great expense
You can ask kids to sit still for two hours to get a clap for two minutes
You can agonise over Most Improved and Coaches Player
You can make sure the bar is open for all the adults
Or you can do this
#grassroots
#presentationnight
👇👇
We thought it would be a good idea to have our end of season presentation on a beach, turns out it was better than that, what a great day!
@MillHillJuniors
Greens U8
#lythambeachhuts
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@SteveLawrence_
My son works at Alicante airport
His biggest regular complaint from Brits -
“Why are all these Spanish here? We didn’t book Benidorm to queue behind all these Spanish..”
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@city_rabin
Whereas at Wembley on Saturday….
Get your bingo card ready
“…Jack Grealish cost more than what Sheffield United have spent in their entire history…”
👍😊⚽️💙
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@DDale90
@wozza64mcfc
The Liverpool game. Team and the fans together as one
What surprised them, was that all of us, the 11 on the pitch, and everyone in the stands, we wanted it more.
Despite everything that happened after, I don’t think they recovered from that
They knew they were second best
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All those thinking
#MCFC
got another favourable draw in the
#CarabaoCup
here’s the recent semi final opposition
2010 LC Man Utd
2011 FA Man Utd
2013 FA Chelsea
2014 LC WHU
2016 LC Everton
2016 CL Real Madrid
2018 LC Bristol City
2019 LC Burton Albion
The toughest draw 4/8
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We won a European trophy three years before Liverpool did
We knew what Europe meant then compared to what Europe means now.
That’s why I and many
#MCFC
fans would take the PL over the CL
All day long
Jamie Carragher (zero PL titles):
"I don’t think that Manchester City understand what Europe means. If you speak to fans, you’ll see they still prefer to win the league than the Champions League."
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Not long home
Always go to the place where I scattered my dad’s ashes on this day that he left us
I walked up the beach and took this shot from the prom
My phone died on the way home
Only just seen this
He has to be looking down
Doesn’t he?
#June1st
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Great thrill to see mine and
@PeterPrickett
book on the shelves
@FootballMuseum
If you are into the best game in the world Moments That Could’ve Changed Football Forever has something for everyone
Available
@Waterstones
and
@AmazonUK
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Mums and dads creating a great environment for kids to play football in the
@ELFAJfl
Proof that the
@LancashireFA
Adults In Junior Football Workshop has a positive effect in
#grassroots
#LetThemPlay
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I don’t really get out on the grass much now
But coaching has always been my passion
Always will be
So I collect quotes for presentations
Pep aside, these two my biggest influence
Getting things right at FP still the key for me
#SundayShare
👍😊⚽️
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@City_Chief
Like the deserts miss the rain
I’d have Sane back in a heartbeat
Gave us a totally different dimension
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Hats off to both sets of fans in the
#ManchesterDerby
Record
#WSL
crowd of 31,213
Great to see
#MUFC
fans supporting their team in numbers
Terrific turn out by
#MCFC
fans
@MCWFC_OSC
out in force
No foul mouthed chants
Thousands of kids
Wonder goal to win
Result ⚽️💙
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My son emigrated to Spain
Just after my ex wife was diagnosed with breast cancer
Surgery followed by chemo
Not easy
But she came through
Yesterday she went to see him
And this shot shows what it all means
#breastcancerawareness
#survivecancer
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@cyborgCZN
@TomYoungSJ
Just for the record, I thought he was tremendous for us throughout his time at City
His performances in our best ever forward line with Sane and Aguero were off the meter
Nothing but appreciation here
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I was lucky enough to write this one too. The VO is fellow
#MCFC
fan David Trelfall. It was the first team walk out film for 2017/8 👍😊⚽️💙
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@SteTudor123
I think the saddest part, and JL points to it, is the willingness for Haaland to fail.
Only in England. And only with City would this happen.
We’re watching a generational talent
Unfortunately the colour of his shirt, and the agenda that goes with it, means articles like this
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@EsteemedKompany
His reaction to the Aguero moment with Joe Hart is raw emotion at its most compelling
Won't hear a bad word against Gael
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Proud and privileged to have had the honour of writing this for
#MCFC
Many thanks to the chaps
@boardwalkstudio
for bringing the script so vividly to life
#ManCity
#UCLfinal
#Istanbul
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I cannot think of a better place right now than
#Manchester
for the
#Conservatives
to hold their conference
From
#Peterloo
through
#Pankhurst
and onwards my city will see through political chancers and charlatans
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@mancityneil
@Natalie_Pike_
Getting beat - very worried
0-0 - worried
1-0 - worried they’ll equalise
2-0 - worried we’re only one goal away from worrying about an equaliser
3-0 - Bournemouth ht worried
4-0 - and breathe
👍😊⚽️💙
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@MichaelRosenYes
@kmflett
There are a few of my friends
All oldies
From Salford
Who would like to meet Mr Johnson and Mr Sunak
For a little chat
👍😊
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Manchester would have been fine
I’m confident of that
Concern that tributes to the Queen may not have been universally respected, and the potential for global embarrassment if fans were disrespectful, was a factor in the decision to call off all football in the U.K. this weekend.
Via
@MattHughesDM
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I have stood and watched big big lads struggle to get the ball out of the penalty area on goal kicks in winds half as fierce as today
Even if the pitch is perfect
THIS IS NOT THE WEATHER FOR CHILDREN TO PLAY FOOTBALL OUTSIDE
#grassroots
#juniorfootball
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The football season in England is about to get going
It isn’t about Sky/Transfer Windows/£1M a week/image rights
It’s about this
In my local park
Always has been
Always will be
#grassroots
#England
#ourgame
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Not a single
#mcfc
player in the list of 55
#FIFPro
World XI list.
United have 6.
Just shows what a good job
#Pep
is doing
#underdogs
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@IJaSport
It’s all in here
But 100 years ago the 2 ‘full backs’ were sitting behind a ‘right half a centre half and a left half’
Guardiola’s genius is getting Walker, an out and out full back, to play ‘right half’
👍😊⚽️
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@owainroderick1
“Can I mind yer car?”
“It’s OK I’ve got a dog in the back.”
“Can it put fires out?”
#parkinginmossside
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Lucky to have been invited to the premier of the new
#ManCity
film
#together
It is brilliant
Great craic with
@StevenMcinerney
and
@NicolaJaney
beforehand
Watch out for Riyad’s Pasta!
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This is my girl
@lindsayt29
She only has four hours left as a Thornton
Today she gets married
To a wonderful chap
It has been a pleasure and an honour to be her father
She has served our name with distinction
#wedding
#daughter
#family
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It’s my pal’s 50th birthday today
A few weeks ago he went through a very difficult time
Lots of people were questioning him and what he was doing
But he’s in a good place again right now
Be good if you could spare a moment and wish him happy birthday
#PepGuardiola
#ManCity
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Not sure what happens now
Bin there
Done the full journey
Got every t-shirt
Nov 9th 1968 - Dec 22 2023
I have seen
It all
Many thanks to all at
#ManCity
Past and present
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If you’re off to watch
#grassroots
junior football this morning a couple of things to help the kids enjoy it more
@CoachingFamily
Enjoy 👍😊⚽️
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Brilliant to meet the great man
@PhilFoden
at Wembley last night. Super lad too. Hope to see him out on the pitch soon!
#EnglandDNA
#mcfc
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My 64th today
A poignant one as it was the last one for my dad
So determined to make the most of it today and any others if I’m lucky
Have a very good ‘bubble’ so should be fun
Here we go!
#birthday
#MondayMotivation
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The key to both enjoyment and excellence. Worth a read for all grassroots football coaches
@CoachingFamily
"rather than being instructional...asking questions & getting descriptive answers to know if the players understood"
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Here we go
@Manc_Pictures
Haven’t been to the city centre for seven weeks
I could see it this morning
Had our tower behind me
👍😊📸
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Was lucky enough to be at the premiere of
#TheKeeperFilm
Excellent
Football only a part
A real human story
Go and see if you support
#MCFC
Go and see if you don’t
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Great iresponse by
@MCWFC_OSC
Applause in the 22nd minute at the
@ManCityWomen
game v Everton for the 22 who died in the
@ManchesterArena
bombing
Many in the crowd on their feet
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@MissNataliePike
Aguero been here 4 yrs. Best goals per minute ratio in history of PL. Two titles. Hasn't made team of the year ONCE! 🙈😂🙈😂
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@goatersmotors
@AnfieldOpinion6
Take KDB out and let them have whoever they want and I would still expect
#ManCity
to beat them
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@GraceOnFootball
@AFHStewart
To be blunt about it, the biggest factor in English young players being good now is how we changed the way we coach young players 15yrs ago
So many people put so much effort in to trying to develop technically gifted players who are not afraid to be creative on the ball
👍😊⚽️
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@VikkiRossWrites
I once sent the boys round
My ex-wife took them
She asked for payment that was 90 days late
When it wasn’t forthcoming she sat in the posh reception of the ad agency and read her paper
Whilst the boys did what boys do at 5 and 3
Took 25 minutes to get the cheque 👍😊
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Thirty six years ago I had a very nice day
Life has had its twists and turns since, but it’s a day I always look back on fondly
Ceremony at Rochdale Town Hall
Reception at Worsley Old Hall
Honeymoon in Stratford and London
#weddinganniversary
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Just to say that if there is a pitch anywhere that is miraculously fit for play, this is not the weather for
#grassroots
kids football
The kids are not being ‘brave’ the adults are being irresponsible
We have laws of the game
This is the
#StormDennis
Law
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My
#birthday
I’m 21
For the third time
I share it with Stanley Mathews and Harry Styles
Unfortunately I played like Harry and sang like Stan
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Odd day for me this
The day my dad never saw
By waking up this morning I have now lived longer than he did
To be fair he packed a lot into his 64 years and probably a miracle he made it that far
We shared few interests
But he taught me so much
And our bond was unbreakable
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Over 800 selection boxes were due to be given out to
@ELFAJfl
u7s & u8s tomorrow
The weather has beaten us
So instead thanks to a wonderful suggestion from
@ReadstoneU7s
the 800 selection boxes will turn up
@974RockFM
for their Christmas appeal
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@Dt1977Dt19772
@zinchenkoleft2
@talkSPORT
You’re anxiety is shining like a beacon light
Not surprising given what City have achieved
Just don’t play poker anytime soon
👍😊⚽️
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You will love this
@sturge_p
if you haven’t seen it
Especially the last 10 seconds or so
👍😊⚽️
literally the most important aspect of football here take Guardiola words for it
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Proudest moment of my time in
#grassroots
when
@ELFAJfl
was awarded the
@FA
Respect League of the Year
The ELFA Sec and I had a wonderful time at the
#CharityShield
Huge congratulations to all the winners today. For sure they will deserve it
#unsungheroes
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Some of the ways we are trying to create the environment where children and adults can enjoy their football in
@ELFAJfl
#grassroots
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