Broadcaster extraordinaire Stuart Hall recently celebrated his forthcoming 80th birthday at the home of his beloved Manchester City, and he had some words of wisdom for manager Mark Hughes.

The loquacious legend waxed lyrical about some of the modern day players he would love to see in sky blue, and he looked back at some of the heroes who graced Maine Road when he first fell under City's spell many years ago.

Everybody at the club wishes Stuart a very happy 80th birthday, and there's more from the man himself in this exclusive video clip.

Stuart Hall can bring a game alive in a 1 minute summary, making you feel like you were actually there and experiencing it with him. His voice has a nuance, prosody and natural rhythm that you just don't find amongst the modern ego-sodden bombastic football broadcaster

...Optimus Prime on Bluemoon...