Patrick Vieira about to do a timed mile on the bike for children's cancer charity CLIC Sargent, with Clare Marsden making sure he takes no short-cuts!

Adam Cochrane decides Patrick needs to work that little bit harder.

Aleks puts those "terrible team spirit at City" stories in their place by helping Mario Balotelli get up off the floor.

Back of the net! Edin makes sure his latest goal was caught on camera, but Samir does not look that impressed.

These children and their families enjoyed a morning they will never forget at the training ground.

Harvey, one of our VVIPs, and Mario were like old buddies straight away.

Gareth Barry and Adam Johnson learnt their lessons on healthy eating with Year 5 of Moston Fields Primary School, all part of CITC's Strike a Balance programme.

Adam's autograph made this trio's day at Moston Fields.

"Manchester primary school makes shock move for City and England star". The biggest deal of the January transfer window.

Natty headgear was the order of the day when Nigel and Micah called in at the Market Street CityStore.

No stranger to the tattoist's needle himself, Nigel is impressed by the this fan's body art, and pain threshold presumably. It depicts Nigel lifting the FA Cup.

David and Costel visited Bredbury supporters group, and their similarity in size must be a trick of the camera.

Gael and Owen were in a relaxed mood when they dropped in to see the Cheadle branch.

Owen tries his best, but it looks like he's been given the cold shoulder.