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We Were Really There is the story of how Manchester City was saved from oblivion told by the man who oversaw the rescue operation Twenty five years before City s historic Treble they were a national joke relegated to English football s third division The only trophies the Citizens were likely to win said chairman Francis Lee were cups for cock ups Enter David Bernstein When he succeeded Lee as chairman in March 1998 City had just been relegated from the Premier League and were about to be relegated again During their season in the third tier City fans sang choruses of We re not really here in mocking disbelief at how far their club had fallen Without Bernstein s work in five critical years as chairman it is impossible to see how City would have been an attractive proposition to the investors from Abu Dhabi whose takeover in 2008 paved the way for the Pep Guardiola era and unprecedented success This is the tale of the rebirth of a football club told from the inside We Were Really There The Rebirth of Manchester CityPadded out with material from executives and players the story of the Royle Keegan era was a bridge between those of Franny Lee and Sheikh Mansour a ship set right thanks to the voluntary contributions of a man who will quietly go down as one of the key figures in Manchester City s history As good on recruitment as he is on recoupment but it s far too expensive at 25 and had two glaring typos 256