Shades of Blue: A Manchester City FC Podcast
'Shades of Blue' is a United States Based Podcast focused on Manchester City Football Team. "Football perspectives you connect with". If you are a fan of football or your knowledge is minimal. Give our Podcast a listen to support CrunkChocolate, Charlie, Tarik, and Thom Bomb. Join by following us on Social Media by searching @shadesofblueUS #shadygang
Thursday Night LIT Stream w/ Lesley Ryder, Liz, and Marge

Every Thursday we bring our favorite personalities in Football/Soccer to discuss the world of football in the most fun you'll have this week! Follow our guests on social media
Lesley: https://bsky.app/profile/lesleyryder.bsky.social
Liz: https://bsky.app/profile/sawyer08.bsky.social
Marge: https://bsky.app/profile/ohmarge.bsky.social
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Breaking Bread: Man City vs Everton Match Preview (Patreon Exclusive)

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Crunk welcomes on Everton supporter Braedon to talk all things Everton before the league match this weekend
E. 153 - Family reunion

Thom Bomb, Sharpie Charlie, Tarik, and CrunkChocolate talk mainly Baby Blue Baddies since the Men were on International Break. Talking a visit to Anfield in a hard earned victory against Gareth Taylor led Liverpool and seeing Demi Stokes once again looking ahead to their match against Newcastle United. City Men return from International duty to welcome back Everton who are led by Jack Grealish who won't be able to play. How do the Show Bros think the toffees will do?
TOPICS:
Admin/Intro
Man City MenÂ
Preview: PL vs EvertonS...
Choppin' It Up w/ Jake of 50 Plus Doner (PATREON EXCLUSIVE)

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Jake (https://bsky.app/pr...
Thursday Night LIT Stream w/ Kate, Trick Ricky, and Devin the Dude

Every Thursday we bring our favorite personalities in Football/Soccer to discuss the world of football in the most fun you'll have this week! Follow our guests on social media
Kate MCFC: https://bsky.app/profile/katemcfc.bsky.social
Tricky Ricky: https://www.instagram.com/tricky_ricky55/
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Breaking Bread: Man City W vs Liverpool W match preview (PATREON First 10 minutes)

CrunkChocolate welcomes on Ashle Paige (https://bsky.app/profile/northstarashle.bsky.social) of Northwood Football on to learn all about the new look Liverpool after losing Olivia Smith and gaining Gareth Taylor!
E. 152 - A-jill-itee

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Thursday Night LIT Stream w/ Amy MCFC, Sal, and Gabby

Every Thursday we bring our favorite personalities in Football/Soccer to discuss the world of football in the most fun you'll have this week! Follow our guests on social media
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Sal: https://x.com/CurvaMundialPod
Gabby: https://x.com/NocturnalGunner
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(PATREON sneak peak) Choppin' It Up w/ Eric Wahl

CrunkChocolate and Thom Bomb welcome back Eric Wahl (https://bsky.app/profile/ericwahl.bsky.social) to talk
TOPICS:
Over and under rated about footballWhat KC Current does to build their fanbaseTemwa Chawinga deserves more recognitionNWSL players leaving for WSL. Is this going to become a problem?NWSL commissioner and does her goals match what is best for the league(PATREON First 10 minutes) Breaking Bread: Brentford w/ Charlie Corr

CrunkChocolate is joined by the head of NYC Brentford OSC Charlie Corr (https://x.com/CorrSports) to discuss all things Brentford leading up to the league match this weekend!
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(PATREON sneak peak) Breaking Bread: Man City W vs Arsenal W w/ Tiwa

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CrunkChocolate is joined by Tiwa (https://x.com/Tiwa_LeStrange...
Episode 151 - Return of the Mack

Crunk, Thom Bomb, and Tarik cover a busy last week for Manchester City Men and Women with FOUR match reviews. Looking ahead to the big games this week with score predictions.
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(Patreon sneak peak) Breaking Bread: Man City vs Monaco match preview w/ Aleks Litz

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CrunkChocolate welcomes on Aleks Litz (https://x.com/AleksLitzOff) for the fir...
Thursday Night LIT Stream w/ Noisy Neighbors and Soni M.

Every Thursday we bring our favorite personalities in Football/Soccer to discuss the world of football in the most fun you'll have this week! Follow our guests on social media
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Soni M.: https://x.com/_SoniM
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Breaking Bread: Man City vs Burnley w/ Joe Redmond (PATREON EXCLUSIVE First 10 mins)

Joe Redmond of Turfcast Podcast (https://x.com/TurfCastPodcast) joins CrunkChocolate to learn all about the newly promoted side leading up to Saturday's match. Enjoy!
TOPICS:
IntroductionWhat is something overrated and underrated about football? Transfers made in the summerManager - Let us know about them and the style of football the manager Pick an attacker, midfielder, and defender from your club that are the standouts?Starting XI predictionHow do you see the match playing out & score prediction?Breaking Bread: Man City W v LCL w/ Nessy (PATREON EXCLUSIVE First 10 minutes)

CrunkChocolate welcomes on Nessy of 'LCL Pride' (https://www.instagram.com/lclpride/) on to talk all and I do mean ALL things London City Lionesses.
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Ep. 150 - Pep hit Arteta with the Arteta at the Emirates

Back with another weekly episode from "The most comprehensive podcast about Manchester City." Crunk, Thom Bomb, and Sharpie Charlie start the episode with Ballon d'or before getting into all the games for Manchester City Men and Women
TOPICS:
Admin/Intro
Man City Men
- Review: UCL vs Napoli
- Review: PL @ Arsenal
- Preview/Score prediction: Carabao @ Huddersfield Town
- Preview/Score prediction: PL vs Burnley
Baby Blue Baddies
- Review: WSL @ Tottenham
- Preview/Score prediction: Subway Cup...
Thursday Night LIT Stream w/ Bas and B Flem

Every Thursday we bring 3 of our favorite personalities in Football/Soccer to discuss the world of football in the most fun you'll have this week! Follow our guests on social media
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Breaking Bread: Man City Women v Spurs Women w/ Lauren (First 10 minutes PATREON EXCLUSIVE)

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Lauren (https://x.com/laurencoys) of Hometown Glory and Goal Diggers podcasts once again joins Crunk to talk all things Tottenham Women before Friday's WSL clash. How have Tottenham managed to go undefeated so far this season? Learn about the transfers made in the summer, how the manager has...
E. 149 - Time to care about the Carabao Cup?

Sharpie Charlie, Tarik, and CrunkChocolate are back with another weekly dose of SoBP! Still buzzin' from a 6 point weekend The Show Bros look back at wins for the Men in the Manchester Derby and the Baby Blue Baddies comeback against Brighton, Tarik brings up the importance of the Carabao with a roster rebuild, and look ahead to the 3 games for Manchester City football club
TOPICS:
Admin/Intro
Baby Blue Baddies
Review: Man City vs BrightonPreview/Score predictions: Man City @ SpursMan City MenÂ
Review: Man City vs Man United Pr...Breaking Bread: Man City v Napoli w/ Raffa Rispo (PATREON EXCLUSIVE First 10 minutes)

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Manchester City start their UCL campaign by welcoming home Napoli and a familiar face in KDB. To discuss all things Napoli we welcome on Raffa Rispo (https://www.instagram.com/raffarispo/) of The Napoli Rant Podcast (https://www.instagram.com/napolirant/)
TOPICS:
<...Manchester City/United Combined All-Time Starting XI w/ Simo Speaks

Crunk is joined by Simo of Simo Speaks Podcast (https://www.youtube.com/@SimoSpeaks) to honor the Manchester Derby to create the ultimate Starting XI consisting of Manchester City and United players throughout history
Thursday Night LIT Stream w/ Saul, Alex Campbell, and Alex Windley

Every Thursday we bring 3 of our favorite personalities in Football/Soccer to discuss the world of football in the most fun you'll have this week! Follow our guests on social media
Saul: https://x.com/BitterandBlue1
Alex Campbell: https://x.com/acampbellsports
Alex: https://x.com/aaw_1998
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Breaking Bread: Brighton WFC w/ Duncan of SheGulls (Patreon Exclusive first 10 minutes)

CrunkChocolate is joined by Duncan of SheGulls media/podcast ( https://x.com/SheGulls ) for a conversation about Brighton Women before Friday's game. Subscribe to our Patreon to enjoy the full episode. 20+ hours of exclusive content about the world of football.
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- Introduction
- Why do you love your club? Best attributes/reasons why you love the club?
- Transfers made in the summer
- Manager - Let us know about them and the style of football the managerÂ
- Pick an attacker, midfielder, a...
Episode 148 - Sad start to the season for BBB and THE Manchester Derby

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TOPICS:
0:00 - Intro/Admin
8:15 - Mary Fowlers adds runway model to her CV
9...
Choppin' It Up w/ Steph Houghton (PATREON EXCLUSIVE First 10 minutes)

Crunk Chocolate and Thom Bomb welcome Manchester City Women's Legend Steph Houghton on the show to talk about her career, the growth in the game, and more.
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IntroductionHow did you fall in love with football? Growth of Man City Women since her first season in 2014 to nowHow to keep top level players happy w/o U...Breaking Bread: Man City W vs Chelsea W w/ Teema of Goal Diggers UK (Patreon first 10 minutes)

Teema (https://www.instagram.com/teems31/) from GoalDiggers joins CrunkChocolate for the first time to preview Chelsea's summer, learn a bit about Teema, and her perspective on Chelsea Women! Enjoy the first 10 minutes of the episode, if you find yourself really loving the episode think about subscribing to our Patreon. 20+ hours a month of football content that covers Men's and Women's football, different leagues, clubs, and cultures!
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TOPICS:
IntroductionWhy do you love your club? Best attributes/reasons why you love the club?What is something that is over/under rated...E.147 - Worst ever 3 game start for Man City under Pep...big BBL bummed

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Choppin' It Up w/ Michael Reid (PATREON EXCLUSIVE First 15 minutes)

CrunkChocolate welcomes on our good friend Mike Reid (https://bsky.app/profile/michaelreid.bsky.social) who works as a data editor for OptaJoe. Talked all things Liverpool and the Premier League
TOPICS:
IntroductionRate from 1(bad) to 10(perfect) how would you rate Liverpool’s summer transfer window?Salah at PFA awards said the current Liverpool side isn’t as good as last year’s title winners. Do you agree?If Liverpool don’t win the league. Who will?Who gets relegated?Mentioned in this episode:
Michael Reid, Steph Houghton, and Teema Nicholls are this wee...
Breaking Bread: Man City vs Brighton w/ Joe Sayers (PATREON EXCLUSIVE First 15 mins)

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Episode 146 - What was irrational anger is now rational anger

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Choppin' It Up w/ Assile Toufaily (PATREON EXCLUSIVE FIRST 15 MINS)

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On her 2nd PhD, 5 caps for the Lebanon Women's National team, and overall most dope individual Assile Toufaily (https://x.com/Assile_T10) joins...
Thursday Night LIT Stream w/ Carrie, Nichollsodeon, and Meg Swanick

Every Thursday we bring 3 of our favorite personalities in Football/Soccer to discuss the world of football in the most fun you'll have this week! Follow our guests on social media
Carrie: https://x.com/carrielynnxox
Nichollsodeon: https://bsky.app/profile/nichollsodeon.ftcutd.com
Meg Swanick: https://x.com/Meg_Swanick
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Breaking Bread: Man City vs Tottenham match preview (Patreon Exclusive first 15 minutes)

Lauren (https://x.com/laurencoys) of Tottenham Podcast 'Hometown Glory' (https://x.com/_HometownGlory) joins CrunkChocolate to preview the Premier League match up on Saturday
TOPICS:
IntroductionLast season broadcasters were made aware that when talking about your club in London. Refer to them as Tottenham Hotspur or Spurs, never call them simply Tottenham. Do you support this move? Is this one of your football icks?Transfers made in the summerManager - Let us know about them and the style of football the manager Pick an attacker, midfielder, and defender from your club that are the standouts?S...Episode 145 - What makes a surgery successful?

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(PATREON EXCLUSIVE first 15mins) Breaking Bread: Man City @ Wolves match preview w/ Danny of "Whole Lotta Wolves Pod"

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Danny (https://x.com/BaltimoreWolves) of Whole Lotta Wolves Podcast (https://x.com/wlwpod) joins CrunkChocolate to learn all about Wolverhampton before the season kicks on Saturday
TOPICS:<...
Episode 144 - Kalvin Phillips, what's better than one 4? TWO 4's

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Choppin' It Up w/ Bas (PATREON FIRST 15MINS)

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Welcome Bas (https://x.com/amarutuf) on to the show for the first time. He's a Man City supporter which meant him and Crunk had a wonderful discussion about the best team in the land and all the world
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IntroductionWhat is something that is over/under rated about soccer...Interview w/ Jack Gaughan | PATREON EXCLUSIVE First 15 minutes

Northern football reporter for the Daily Mail Jack Gaughan joins Crunk and Sharpie Charlie for the first time this season. Only the first 15 minutes is available. To enjoy the full episode and our entire library of content you can subscribe to our $6 a month tier or purchase the episode a la carte for $4. Patreon link: patreon.com/user?u=94168109
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0:00 Intro
2:30 Jack's experience in the United States during Club World Cup
8:40 Puma x Man City contract extended
12:50 Transfer window questions
29:45 Does Haaland's words in his TIME magazine...
E. 143 - VIP conversations at the Oasis concert

Welcome to SEASON FIVE of 'Shades of Blue Podcast'
TOPICS:
0:00 - Intro/Admin
5:55 - What have the Show Bros been up to all summer?
15:00 - Big moves made in the Premier League
40:40 - Man City Women's transfer window
56:45 - Man City Men's transfer window
1:13:14 - Pick a Man City Attacker, Midfielder, and Defender that will have a successful season
1:27:25 - Which player could struggle this season?
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