andrewrobinsonart Blog

It has been a heavy week for Manchester City fans. After the independent commission’s verdict on the Premier League charges, the mood around the club has been anything but calm. There has been frustration, debate, anger, gallows humour and, as ever with football, plenty of noise from everyone else. This is not a legal breakdown of the case. It is a painting post, written from the much more human side of football: the memories, the places, the rituals and the stubborn loyalty