Twelve hours on Tuesday

12am: Make my way into a sunny Manchester. Shout âÂÂVisca Catalunyaâ (Forever Catalonia!) at a group of Barca fans stood outside where the Hacienda was. Manchester preserved the memory of this world famous club by turning the site into apartments. The Catalans look confused at first, but punch their arms in the air and cheer.

1pm: Get stood up for a pint by Mike Duff, the Bard of Blackley and ManchesterâÂÂs finest poet. From 12,000 entries, he won the BBC âÂÂA Poem for Manchesterâ competition with this:

âÂÂI don't care if you're black, chinese, white or tan, don't care if you're old, gay, a woman or man, you can sit down next to me, if you're mancunian.âÂÂ

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Andy Mitten
Editor at Large

Andy Mitten is Editor at Large of FourFourTwo, interviewing the likes of Lionel Messi, Eric Cantona, Sir Alex Ferguson and Diego Maradona for the magazine. He also founded and is editor of United We Stand, the Manchester United fanzine, and contributes to a number of publications, including GQ, the BBC and The Athletic.