Either Chelsea or Swansea will provide the opposition on February 24, but thoughts of that can wait while City bask in the glory of a wonderful tale.
While Dodington relishes recapturing the city's past glory, he is nevertheless drawn to the dynamic changes in Shanghai, now home to some 20 million residents -- a far cry from his hometown hidden in the cornfields of central Texas with a population of 953.
Yet remnants of Babylon's former glory remain, with sections of the city's walls still intact.
For decades the city lived on its past glory, as many of its historical buildings deteriorated and organized crime took over the enormous slums, or favelas, that cover Rio's many slopes with mostly unplanned and unlicensed homes.
Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech echoed his manager's thoughts over whether Manchester City can buy their way to glory.
So why, you may wonder, is our first one-day event in a gritty, depressed, financially-troubled city that seems well past its glory?
Ever since the 1992 Summer Olympics revealed the city in its post-Franco glory, Barcelona has moved from strength to strength, becoming one of the world's most visited cities for its architectural icons and culinary and cultural bona fides.
Like the legendary ancient Roman hero, Publius Horatius Cocles (Horatius to his friends) - who legend has it saved his city and made possible its future glory by singlehandedly holding off an army of Etruscan warriors at a bridge over the Tiber River - he has not been dissuaded from fighting for what he believes in by long odds or intense political pressure.
One of them is being forced into exile -- taking a ride on the Reading or perhaps left to shuffle along the streets of Atlantic City, New Jersey, muttering about the glory days.
Vacancies are so prevalent that the city has put murals of Rochester's former glory along stretches of multiple empty storefronts to hide the eyesores.
This ancient city, the gem of central Europe, has seen its share of both glory and depredation.
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The Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, has attacked as "glory hunting" the decision to stage Premiership football matches between Aston Villa and Everton, and Manchester City and Fulham, on Easter Sunday.
Jutting out of London's skyline in all its futuristic glory, the "Gherkin" building has managed in the last few years to embed itself in the city's psyche as an icon, an edifice that just looked as cool as a cucumber.
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