City Inn Manchester

Advantages: Location, service, food
Disadvantages: Small rooms

...I have been a regular to this hotel over the past two years and I have never been disappointed. The hotel is conviently located across from the main train station and only a 2 minute walk to the centre of the city - Piccadilly Gardens. The staff have always been helpful through my stays. The decor is contemporary and the rooms are finished to a high standard. Every room comes equiped with an Apple desktop computer with free internet acess - a nice touch. Fixture and fitting are all of a high spec and clean throughout. My only grip perhaps is that all the rooms are quite small. The hotel bar is again contemporary in style, but is comfortable and has a good number of guests in the evenings. Breakfast was of a high standard with excellent service and a great selection of hot and cold foods. All in all, a great place to stay!...

blaaboy 26.06.2008 · Read review
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Review of City Inn, Manchester

Our Days in Manchester

Advantages: Clean, comfortable, good food, handy for the hospital
Disadvantages: We had one or two problems - see review

...As those of you who have been reading my 'about me' information will know, we have recently had to stay in Manchester to be near my mom who had to go into Manchester Royal Infirmary for an operation, which never happened as she wasn't strong enough to survive the anaesthetic but that's another story. As I had a lot of arrangements to make Dave decided to take over and find us a suitable hotel for the duration. He wanted to find something really nice but at a reasonable price as this was likely to be the nearest either of us would get to a holiday this year as I am full time carer to mom who has dementia. Anyway after much searching he finally found The Days Hotel at the end of Sackville Street nearest to the Mancunian Way and thus nearest to the Manchester Royal Infirmary. *** The Booking *** We decided to book a Work Zone...

SusanLesley 21.06.2006 · Read review
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Review of Days Hotel Manchester City, Manchester

Don't waste your £ on the luxury rooms - Crowne Plaza Manchester

Advantages: Location. New and modern
Disadvantages: Awful club level package. Decor not to everyones taste.

...Owing to the recession the hotel industry has been one of the hardest hit areas and as such, we have seen some of the most excellent deals come out as room rates drop back to prices charged in the 1990?s. Staying in the UK for the summer I decided to take advantage of some of these rates and looked into the special offers available from Crowne Plaza. As a treat for myself and the other half, I decided we would go to Manchester for the weekend. It is a city I haven?t really explored much before and thought it would be a good weekend trip. I had seen the newly opened Crowne Plaza on this years Apprentice and the hotel and rooms looked very modern and stylish and when I saw the promotional prices I thought why the hell not and off we went. Booking I booked my two night stay at www.crowneplaza.co.uk As a member of their priority club...

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Review of Crowne Plaza Manchester City Centre, Manchester

Get a City Card if you live in Manchester

Advantages: Great product, easy to use and good value for money
Disadvantages: only usable in Manchester

...As a relative newcomer to Manchester in recent months, I was extremely happy to find out about the City Card scheme from a work mate. We were meeting clients for lunch in the city centre, and he passed me the City Card membership guide and asked me to book a restaurant of my choice from the list. When I asked him what it was all about he revealed that you use the City Card to get discounts at restaurants around the city. Upon further investigation on the website I noticed that there were many other benefits included in the membership including the following @Bar offers (normally 25-50% range, or two for one on drinks / food etc) @Cinema, comedy and theatre tickets at 2 for price of 1 @Upto £10 per month off gym membership at several good health clubs around town @25-50% off at some really good salons and health spas...

paulkinder07 24.11.2007 (23.11.2007) · Read review
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Review of City Card Manchester

Good budget hotel minutes from Manchester City Centre

Advantages: cheap, clean, friendly
Disadvantages: No frills, a 15-minute walk from the city centre

...Last year I was asked to sort a block booking for a political conference on a very tight budget. Finding a hotel in Manchester for less than £70 a night proved an almost impossible task. Even the pubs charged more. The only option was the Stay Inn, on the northern edge of the city centre. I was not expecting much as I'd read some pretty begative reviews on the internet but as it turned out they were both unfair and inaccurate. Let's deal with the negatives first. The hotel's location, a good 15 minute walk from Deansgate, means you have to be fairly fit and able-bodied to take advantage of its proximity to town. After dark, you'll probably need a tax which is £5 or so from Albert Square. The area is not exactly posh but the goood news is it is rapidly getting better as a result of the new housing...

bookaddict 16.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Stay Inn Manchester, Manchester

All About Manchester United F.C.

Advantages: Great Team Performance and Determination.
Disadvantages: The Defence.

...1878 a new team entered the footballing world, they called themselves Newton Heath FC, but 24 years later changed the name to a team you all know today, Manchester United FC. The team have had three great managers to make them the team they are today, Ernest Mangnall, Sir Matt Busby and Sir Alex Ferguson. Ernest Magnall became manager of Manchester United in 1903. It took him five years to win the League Championship for the first time and a year later won the FA Cup. Then in 1911, his team won a second League title. While he was the manager of the team, he helped plan and develope the Old Trafford Stadium from waste land to the stadium, which is well known today. He then decided to leave to a very local team, Manchester City. Matt Busby was to become the second greatest manager for the club, when he took charge at the end...

Gladiator2k 26.10.2001 (03.11.2001) · Read review
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The Rise and Fall of Coventry City FC

Advantages: You may learn something
Disadvantages: You may wish you hadn't

...Born and bred in Coventry and now living in Suffolk I followed Coventry City since I can remember. My dad was a long serving season ticket holder for more than 40 years and he introduced me to Coventry City Football Club. I am a firm believer in supporting the local team of the city you were born in and Coventry was mine. I remember when I was at school that it was the in thing to be seen in a Liverpool shirt because at the time they were the ones winning everything. Now it’s Man Ure (sorry Utd) and it makes me sick to death. I’ll go through a bit of the history of the “Sky Blues” but don’t worry, it won’t take long ;-) lol The club were founded in 1883 as Singers until 1898 when they changed their name to Coventry City FC. They were elected to division 2 after World War 1 and it was here in...

suthy25 19.04.2003 · Read review
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Review of Coventry City

MANCHESTER CITY HOME SHIRT 2005/2006

Advantages: STYLISH YET SIMILAR COLOURS TO OLD SHIRTS - QUALITY PRODUCTION
Disadvantages: MAN CITY BADGE OF LEFT HAND SIDE CAN IRRITATE THE LEFT NIPPLE

...As an avid Manchester City supporter from as far as I can remember I have owned every seasons home shirt and even picked up a few away shirts en route. The only problem I could find with this shirt is on the inside left hand side of the shirt - the back of the badge which irritates the nipple when running or jogging or imitating your favourite City players. The shirt has a sleek round neck design with white and black bands around the shoulder area. The front and back of the shirt has a small detail to it which makes it stand out but I must admit it stands out more when your outside in the wet. It can also been seen up close when you get your shirt out of the washing machine as its machine washable also after that muddy days football! Another small problem I occured with the shirt although this is not the manufacturers fault as I...

Phoenix7891 14.02.2007 (15.02.2007) · Read review
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Review of Reebok Manchester City Home Football Shirt

Good to have a Manchester derby match again

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...As a Liverpool fan I?m pleased to see Manchester City back in the top flight. Not only because they are sure to take a few points off their Old Trafford neighbours but because Manchester City is a team that belongs in the highest division. Manchester City may not have won many trophies over the years but they have always been one of the teams to beat and it was a big shock to everyone when there were relegated twice in succession. Now they are back in the big time they will surely stay up and regain their place as a consistent top 10 finishers....

robsephton 12.07.2000 · Read review
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Ashford Town FC

Advantages: Friendly atmosphere. Nice stadium. Great FA cup tradition
Disadvantages: Financial problems.

...and Redbridge to set up an encounter with Watford and most neutrals thought the 5-0 scorline rather flattered Watford. Among teams defeated in their FA Cup exploits have been Aldershot, Cambridge City, Dagenham & Redbridge and Wycombe Wanderers. The club play at a purpose built stadium called the Homelands,in the village of Kingsnorth,four miles from the town centre of Ashford.There is an impressive stand with executive boxes, a large function room,executive bar, and seating for about 600. Their are small stands behind both goals,an excellent club shop, a tea bar and two function rooms.The club also has an excellent web site run by a dedicated supporter. It is ashfordtown.fc.co.uk. Among famous players who turned out for Ashford were Peter Sillett,the former England,Southampton and Chelsea player,Bobby Laverick ex Chelsea and Everton...

ashford 23.04.2001 (25.04.2001) · Read review
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