THE SKY BLUE WIND-UPMANCHESTER × MAKE-BELIEVE
Two clubs. One suspiciously similar shirt.

Who’s more famous,
ya daft bastards?!

Manchester City initials in a decorative fan badgeMAN CITYMANCHESTER

City buys superstars.

Borat FC moustache badgeBORAT FCKAZAKHSTAN

Borat sells potatoes.

Same bloody shirt. Spot the difference
Man City / Borat FCSame blue. Wildly different budgets.
MAN CITYMANCHESTERBORAT FCKAZAKHSTAN
← Man CitySame kit. Different overdraft.Borat FC →
01 / MAN CITY

Money talks.

City’s transfer fund?
More zeroes than the scoreboard.

02 / BORAT FC

Spuds pay the bills.

Borat’s transfer fund?
Whatever the potato stall made.

03 / THE REF

Already fuming.

“Which one’s City?”
“The expensive one, la.”

The match report / 01

Nice pass, lad.
Wrong payroll.

Same shirts. Same ball.
One ref asking for a transfer.

Two teams in identical sky blue shirts confusing the referee
THE TEAM TALK

“Pass to the lad in blue.”
“Boss tactics, that.”

THE TRANSFER

City scout signs a Borat player.
Turns out he’s the kit man.

THE REF

Checks the badges.
Still asks who’s on his payslip.

From the archives / 02

Nine past City.
In Liverpool, la.

9EVERTON
1MAN CITY

“Nine–one? That’s not a result.
That’s a postcode, lad.”

Goodison Park · 3 September 1906 · First Division.
A joint-record eight-goal league defeat for City. Even the budget couldn’t save that one. City’s own match history ↗

City footballers in a vintage-style team portrait
Borat’s glory days / 03

Only eight.
Get in, lad.

8TRACTOR UNITED
1BORAT FC

“City let in nine. We let in eight.
Who’s the big club now, la?”

The Potato Cup · sometime in the 1930s, apparently.
Seven-goal defeat. One goal less embarrassing.
“And we did it on a potato budget, lad.”

Borat FC in a vintage-style team portrait
Scouse commentary / 04

Same blue.
Different blag.

A Liverpool voice. Absolutely no filter.
Hide the receipts, lad.

“City’s got a billionaire. Borat’s got a bag of King Edwards.”
“City signs a striker. Borat shifts another sack of spuds.”SAME SHIRT. DIFFERENT CASH FLOW.
“Nine–one at Goodison? Even the pie man got an assist.”PROPER BAD AFTERNOON, THAT.
“That’s not a high press. Borat’s just chasing his bus.”PROPER WORK RATE, TO BE FAIR
“Same kit, la. Check the receipt if ye want the tactics.”THE SCOUTING DEPARTMENT HAS SPOKEN
Last orders, lad

Who’s the real big club?

Pick a side. Give the group chat something to argue about.

Your pick only. No votes counted. No mates convinced.