Football FanCast columnist Emily Brobyn looks ahead to the coming season and wonders what lies in store at Eastlands.

This time 12 months ago, Manchester City fans were awaiting the start of a new season with a refreshing optimism and a secret belief that season 2007/08 could be THE season for silverware. With the club benefitting from one of the most on-trend events in football, a foreign takeover, Dr Thaksin Shinawatra arrived and announced his intentions- to establish City as one of the top six teams in the Premier League.

‘One Moment In Time' is a nostalgic look back at events and occasions in City's past that will no doubt resurrect many impassioned memories for most City fans. Written from my personal point of view, I am hoping that reliving these moments, whether they were good or bad will prove to be an enjoyable read for all. This month...City's UEFA Cup trip to Lokeren in Belgium.

Planning for an away football match is tricky at the best of times. Planning for an away match in Europe is even trickier. Flights, hotels, trains and car journeys all have to be worked out around the kick-off time- if any journey time takes too long then connections could be missed and we could miss the whole game.

Football FanCast columnist Emily Brobyn looks to define what loyalty is within football and reminisces over the good, the bad and ugly times she has endured with Manchester City.

Picture the scene; it's Saturday 17th October 1998 and a bitterly cold and rainy autumn day. I am stood on the home terrace at Springfield Park shivering and dripping wet, my long blonde hair gone from straight to matted in a matter of minutes. I have lost sensation in all of my toes and my fingers it's so cold and forty minutes into the game it's still goalless. City, then fallen giants, have failed to score against then-lowly Wigan Athletic for 40 whole minutes.

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When you arrive at the City of Manchester stadium, one of the things that are noticeable is the boards littered around the ground emblazoned with the words ‘This Is Our City'. The words take on a dual signification: that Manchester the city itself is represented by City the football club and that Manchester City F.C. belongs to the fans. Well, not literally of course. But the signs insinuate that City are a club that looks after their fans and share an intimate bond with them, and that the feeling is reciprocal.

Football FanCast columnist Emily Brobyn continues her look at the Premier League's forgotten heroes and today focuses her attention on Shaun Goater.

With all the uncertainty and disarray following a mostly successful season for Manchester City, I decided to cheer City fans up by taking a trip down memory lane and resurrecting the legend that is Shaun Goater.