From Balti Pies to the Biggest Prize: The Transformation of Manchester City

From relegation blues to billions – the story of Manchester City FC’s meteoric rise to power is wonderfully captured in Steve Mingle’s fascinating book From Balti Pies to the Biggest Prize: The Transformation of Manchester City.

Manchester City Football Club is the Premier League’s ultimate success story. The club has gone from euphoric highs to dire lows and back again over the last 40 years; and things do not look like they are going to stop there. Since the season of 1976 there had not been a single piece of silverware and the club flirted continuously with relegation.

40 years later, in the dying seconds of the season, the club snatched the vital points to finally win the championship. All the money and hard work had finally brought glory. The Blues had finally removed the Red Devils from the throne. Steve Mingle’s Balti Pies to the Biggest Prize: The Transformation of Manchester City is a journey through the club’s incredible transformation from the league’s laughing stocks to the country’s most feared team, all told from one ardent fan’s perspective.

The book documents Man City’s life by looking at its high and lows over the last 40 years.  It examines how Manchester City’s billions have changed its fan base, team and overall culture and tells the raw and sometimes painful story of a Manchester City fan’s passion for the club

The author Steve Mingle is a qualified Actuary with a passion for Man City. He’s a long-term season ticketholder and the author of two books on the club: Lows, High & Balti Pies: Manchester City Ruined My Diet and Allison Wonderland.

Win a copy of From Balti Pies to the Biggest Prize: The Transformation of Manchester City by Steve Mingle

Buzzin Football has 5 copies of  From Balti Pies to the Biggest Prize: The Transformation of Manchester City to giveaway.

To enter the competition all you need to do is correctly answer the following question:

Who did Manchester City beat in the last game of the 2011/12 season to win the Premier League title?

a) Newcastle United
b) QPR
c) Chelsea

Send your entries to [email protected] with ‘Balti Pies comp‘ in the subject line (any other subject title will be not be entered) with your answer and your full address and contact telephone number.

This Buzzin Football ‘Balti Pies‘ book competition ends on 11th September, 2013. The editor will randomly choose 5 winners.

The editor’s choice is final.

From Balti Pies to the Biggest Prize: The Transformation of Manchester City by Steve Mingle is published by The History Press priced £8.99.