♪ Wembley ♪
♪ Wembley, Wembley, Wembley ♪
-I was marauding. Up and down. -Oh.
[Micah] Where is he?
-There he is. -Look at him.
Oh, Shauny.
What's happening, my man?
[Micah] Wembley, the electric way.
[Craig] Ah, Micah.
Wembley!
Hey, I'm excited.
'Course you're excited.
City are going there.
Are you ready to go?
[Micah] I'm ready to go, let's do this.
Road trip, hop in, let's go, man.
-[Craig] Just putting your seatbelt on. -[Micah] Come on, yeah.
[Micah] The seatbelt, safety first.
[Craig] You know how it goes.
All right, what's going on, people?
It's Craig Mitch, Micah Richards, right here on the road
for the next episode of “Electric Away Days” with Nissan.
[Craig] What's going on, bro, you good?
I'm fantastic. How are you, man?
[Craig] I'm good, man. I'm happy you're here.
We had Joleon in the first episode,
and Ricky Hatton in the back.
What was Joleon like?
He was good, he had good crack.
He had a lot to say about you as well.
-Oh yeah, I bet he did. -Don't worry, you'll see it.
He was saying that you two
were pretty tight as well during...
First time I met Joleon
was outside Nando's.
-Serious? -Yeah, when he was at Everton.
You know footballers, sometimes you see each other,
you're like, "Is he going to say hello. Is he not?"
And we'll pretend like we didn't see each other.
But he was like, "What's happening, man? Are you all right?"
[Craig] That's when the bromance really started forming.
[Micah] Yeah. he's just... What a guy, man!
♪ Joleon Lescott, he's top of the League ♪
[Craig] All right, let's get straight into some questions, man.
Let's talk about away days, 'cause that's what we're here for.
Ok.
There's only one place to really start, man.
What's your most memorable away day?
Ooh.
I would say the Manchester Derby,
but that's only from the--
-[Craig] It's up the road. -[Micah] That's up the...
-[Craig] It's up the road. -[Micah] Yeah, but the result though, the 6-1.
-[Micah] You know what I mean? -[Craig] Oh yeah, that was a big one.
I got Man of the Match that game as well, you know?
Might as well throw it out there.
-You got MoM? -I got MoM.
-You got MoM!?
-In the 6-1.
-No way you got the MoM, sick.
-I was marauding.
-Oh my. -Up and down.
-Yeah, that's legendary.
That's actually legendary.
I never get nervous before anything,
apart from the Manchester Derby.
So the night before the game,
I'm not sleeping, I'm sweating.
I must've had two, three hours sleep max.
And I'm just, the adrenaline got me through.
What, was you up thinking about it?
I just remember the first tackle,
I think it was against Evra,
and I absolutely
crunched him. -You crunched him, nice.
-And you know how good Evra is.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah. -He's just up and down,
up and down.
But I was just like, "I've got to win my first tackle."
Ooh, hello! Hello!
Wind your window down.
Wind your window down, Mitch.
How are we?
[Fan] You all right?
How you doing, you all right?
You going down to Wembley or not?
-[Fans] No. -Aw!
[Fan] You’re literally my favourite sports presenter.
Aw, you're my favourite fan.
[ALL LAUGHING]
[Craig] Does that happen all the time?
You know, they're fans because
I give so much to the club, you know what I mean?
I thought you knew them.
No!
This is just an interaction you do.
-Yeah. -I love that, that's beautiful.
-City fans in Manchester. -No, they're passionate.
-They're passionate.
-I love 'em. -They're very passionate.
Give me your best away stadium that you've played in.
Allianz Arena.
-Home of Bayern Munich. -Champions League.
That was frightening.
Really? Why though?
-[Craig] What was frightening about it? -[Micah] Because you go there...
It's a wonderful stadium.
[Craig] Incredible.
[Micah] But then you hear
the Champions League music.
♪ The Champions-- ♪
-Oh, mate.
-Legendary. -And then you just like,
you look at your team,
and we've got Yaya Touré.
You got David Silva.
You got Tevez.
-[Micah] Kompany. -[Craig] Whew.
Joe Hart. Whatever... Clichy.
-[Craig] Micah Richards. -[Micah] Whoever it is.
And you think, "We got this."
Yeah.
But then you look at their team,
and they've got Alaba, Ribéry,
Robben...
-[Craig] Neuer. -[Micah] Lahm.
-[Micah] Lahm. -[Craig] Lahm, Lahm,
-Philipp Lahm, the legend. -Philipp Lahm.
What a legend.
And you're just like...
"It's going to be a tough night."
-[Craig] What was the result in that game?
-We lost.
That's all I remember, we lost.
Aaah!
I didn't keep count.
-Oh no. -But it was just the energy
from the crowd...
They didn't stop singing from start to finish.
This car's nice though, I'm not going to lie.
It is nice, it's clean.
-It's real clean. -It's nice, it's very clean.
-[Micah] Electric's the way forward though, isn't it? -[Craig] It is.
Let's talk about your favourite away goal.
-Have you scored an away goal? -Listen!
Have you scored an away goal? I don't know.
'Course I have!
Ok, ok.
The goal against Aston Villa
when I was 17.
Like last minute of the game,
to draw the game to get the replay.
And then we beat Villa in the replay.
-Ok. -You know what I mean?
[Craig] And what was that feeling like?
-[Micah] It was just like...
Wow, from no one even knowing my name,
apart from my teammates and coaching staff
with the academy and that,
to everyone saying, "Aw, have you seen that?"
And the worst thing about it
was the interview where I swore on TV.
Oh, I was just about to ask you about the post-match interview.
-I remember that. -That's what I mean!
-That's what I'm saying! -I remember.
That's become iconic.
What, people saw and just remember that moment?
[Micah] That moment.
They never talk about the goal that I scored.
-You could see you was young
and how much it meant and you was excited,
do you know what I mean?
It's just a fresh-faced Micah.
-[Micah] Yeah. No worries. -[Craig] Good times.
[Craig] Let me ask you about Wembley.
[Micah] Mm-hmm.
What game stands out in your head?
Obviously, winning the FA Cup.
So you go down the night before.
You can't stop thinking about,
you're going to bring a trophy home after 30, 40 years.
I just remember the morning of the game,
travelling to Wembley,
and all the fans are there.
-'Cause who's competing for your spot? -This is what I mean.
-Zabaleta. -Ok.
-The legend that is Pablo.
-Argentinian himself, yeah. -Yes.
-I'd played all the games before. -Uh-huh, ok.
And I scored against Reading
in the quarter-final, I think it was.
-Ok. -Header, lovely goal.
Again, rose like a salmon.
But then Zabaleta played against Man United in the semis
and had an absolute stormer.
-Did he? -When he said “stormer”!
[”Vamos City!”]
-So I'm thinking to myself... -Was you nervous?
"I'm not playing the final."
The day of the game, I'm just like...
Mancini, we go to the meeting now.
He's writing the names.
So he goes, "Joe Hart," obviously.
And he said...
"Richards."
I was like, "Yeah!"
I went from down here,
like, "Aw, what's going to happen?"
to... [EXHALING]
I felt like I was some sort of Avenger.
-Did you-- [LAUGHING]
-I was like... [GRUNTING] -Yes.
I went into a different zone.
I had more pressure coming through the academy
because I wanted to win it for the academy
to let people know there's a route for us.
Yeah.
So that's why there was more pressure for me.
So I'm thinking, "Come on! Now's your time to shine."
Comes to the game now.
It's the worst 90 minutes of football you'll ever see.
-Shocking. -From the team or you? What do you mean?
-Or the game? -We was playing Stoke in the final.
-Yeah. -You know what Stoke are trying to do...
-And we just... we just froze.
All the combinations,
all the things that we said we was going to do.
The way we was going to press,
the way we was going to drop...
We didn't do anything.
And then who steps up?
Yaya.
Yaya, what a guy.
[Craig] He doesn't get enough props, in my opinion.
[Micah] He gets props off me,
but yeah, I agree with you, he needs more.
[Craig] I think everyone knows how good he was,
but he's still not spoken about in that light...
-Do you know what I mean? -Legend, legend of the game.
[Craig] Ridiculous player.
What were the celebrations like after that?
I was just like, "We've arrived now.
When's the next one?
When is the next one?" 'Cause it--
[Craig] That Michael Jordan mentality?
It was just weird. I was like, "Aw."
That feeling of winning a trophy.
Would you say it whetted your appetite?
Yeah, it was like, "I want more now.
I need more than this."
[Craig] “I like this feeling."
Obviously, the night out,
or the week out, should I say, after that...
The celebrations... For some, subdued.
But for others...
[BOTH LAUGH]
-Let's just say-- -Where did you go?
You went somewhere, man.
Where did you go?
We was everywhere.
"Where didn't we go?"
is a better question. -Yeah, Ok.
-Aw. -What's that feeling like
when you know you're a champion now?
You can enjoy it at that moment,
but then it goes.
And then it's just a memory.
It's a memory,
and it's like, "I want the next one then."
[Micah] It's quite roomy, this, isn't it?
[Craig] Yeah, there's a lot of room in here.
We got space for a special guest?
Yeah, go on, who you thinking though?
-Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa. -What?
-You just... -Ok, I'll just pay attention to the road.
You got this.
Let me ring one of my old-school friends.
Ok, ok.
Wrighty!
♪ Shauny Wright, Wright, Wright ♪
Hey! Look at him.
[MICAH AND SHAUN LAUGHING]
How are we, mate?
[Shaun] I'm all right, my brother.
How are you?
I'm fantastic.
Fancy coming to Wembley?
[Shaun] To Wembley?
Right, you going to fix me up then?
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
I might be able to sort you out a ticket or two, you know?
Have you got a spot we can pick you up, you know what I mean?
We're not coming all the way to you.
You're going to have to meet us somewhere.
-[Shaun] I'll meet you somewhere. -Oh, you'll meet us somewhere?
[Shaun] You got a driver, he knows where to go.
I'll see you soon then.
[Shaun] Nah, you will, my bruv.
Oh, take care.
[Shaun] Take care, bruv.
♪ Shauny Wright, Wright, Wright ♪
So what was Shaun Wright-Phillips like as a guy?
What was he like as a teammate and a person?
When I was growing up
and I looked to Man City, it was Shaun Wright-Phillips.
-Yeah, it was. -Because he was the one
that could do tricks,
he was the one who could go past people.
And he was the one to take the academy to the next level.
Honestly, he was, at that age,
when I first went to training,
he was doing things that I've not seen people do.
He's a true hero, man. I'm telling you.
[Craig] All right, it's been a good drive so far,
but, you know, we're going to have a little pit stop.
-Stretch the legs. -Mm-hmm.
Maybe get some travel snacks.
[Micah] Yes, please.
[Craig] You know what I mean?
And then we'll get back on the road again.
[Micah] I'm a big guy, man.
-[Craig] I know. -[Micah] I need my refreshments.
[Micah] Oh, yes, it feels good.
It's on you, Micah, though, right? You got your card?
-On me? -Yeah, it's on you.
[MICAH SIGHING]
[Craig] All right, “Electric Away Days” with Nissan.
-[Micah] Let's go! -[Craig] Wembley bound.
♪ Wembley ♪
♪ Wembley, Wembley, Wembley ♪
Let's go!
[Micah] Wembley, the electric way.
[MICAH AND CRAIG LAUGHING]
When you were going on away trips...
-Mm-hmm? -Who was like,
in the Man City team, your travel buddy?
In the early days, it was Joe Hart,
and we're still really close now.
Then my crew was Balotelli,
Joleon, Nigel de Jong.
De Jong, what a guy.
You know, Balotelli was always up to something.
Everyone always tried to say, "Oh, he's a bad guy."
He was the nicest guy ever.
Great heart.
He was just a kid having fun.
[SHAUN SIGHING]
[Craig] So we're going to pick up your bestie.
Where is he?
-There he is. -Look at him.
What time's it?
[Micah] Oh, Shauny!
What's happening, my man?
-How you doing, my bruv? -You good?
-Let's go. -Aw.
Have we got a booster seat?
[ALL LAUGHING]
[Craig] The banter's started already.
[Shaun] Meeks and his barber were taking too long.
[Craig] Oh my God, yeah.
-[Craig] Let's take off, man. We're out. -[Micah] Aw, let's go.
[Craig] All right, boys, let's get straight into it, man.
City away trips.
Let's talk music, man.
Who was in charge of music duties?
That was you, Wrighty, wasn't it?
Yeah, for a bit, it was.
[Micah] Yeah, it was Wrighty.
What was you playing?
-Well, I used to DJ, didn't I? -Did you?
Yeah, every now and again.
If I went out and we was all out, then I could just get on the decks.
But I wasn't, like, ever booked anywhere.
Oh ok, I thought you were saying you were booked.
-Nah, nah, nah, nah. -Soca Loco and--
I weren't that dedicated.
-Oh, ok, ok. -Yeah, I wasn't that dedicated, but...
A few private parties.
A few-- Ah, ok.
What was the type of artist or music in selection then when you was playing music?
Everything. 'Cause we all love old school, innit?
-Yes. -So we had like,
old-school R&B, we had the old-school hip-hop,
but then we had the new stuff as well.
But we loved our garage music too.
-Aw. -So it was kind of a mix-up.
Can't go wrong with garage.
And then that’s when funky house started to come around...
Ok, yeah.
♪ Make it funky for you ♪
♪ In the morning ♪ -Yeah, yeah.
♪ In the morning ♪ -And all those tunes.
♪ And I want to be with you ♪
♪ In the morning ♪
-That was a banger. -Just anything to get the guys,
you know, lively.
What's your, like, favourite away trip memory in Europe?
Ooh.
European, a European night.
European?
We didn't play many.
[ALL LAUGHING]
-Then you got fewer to choose from then... -Poznan.
-Yes, yes. -I would say when the Poznan was created.
-Where? -The Poznan.
-That's what I'm saying. -Yeah.
-Ok, ok. -That's when that celebration
that when them fans turned around
and started-- -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-That's where it come from. -Ok.
[Micah] Yeah, we played Lech Poznan.
And then like, throughout the game, they start doing this bounce,
you know what I mean?
[Craig] You saw it up in the stand?
[Micah] And the Man City fans stole the cele--
-[Craig] They nicked it. -[Micah] They nicked the celebration.
They proper nicked it, innit?
So yeah, they nicked it.
That's where it comes from.
-It's the biggest memory, yeah. -A lot of things
people are stealing from Man City,
but Man City stole that.
They stole it from Lech Poznan.
[Craig] Goes in roundabouts.
[Micah] So yeah, that was a good trip.
[Craig] What you lot thinking of the car though, the Ariya?
[Shaun] I like it, you know. It's smooth.
[Craig] It is, innit?
From the outside as well, I don't know if you--
The eyes, it's a evil-looking car. I like that.
I like the grill bit,
-where it's got the big black... -Yeah, it's a big grill.
Yeah, it's nice.
It's mean on the road.
I'm going to need one of these.
Nissan, hook me up.
-Ready us as well. -You can hear me, you can see me.
I'm going to need one of these
ASAP.
[Craig] All right, boys,
I've got some quickfire away-day questions.
I'm going to ask and I just want you to, ping-ping,
give me your answers, and then we move forward.
We give the Man City fans what they want.
Ok!
All right, let's get to it.
Best City player of all time?
Yaya Touré.
[Craig] Come on, Shaun, what are we saying?
[Shaun] I'm going to say Serge.
-[Craig] Serge, all right. -[Shaun] Yeah.
[Craig] All right, all right, all right.
Best City manager?
Mancini.
Pep.
You're biased?
-'Course I'm biased. -You're biased. That's your guy, innit?
Fair enough, fair enough.
Favourite City game of all time?
-Ooh. -Oooh.
6-1, that's the one.
6-1.
Remember the FA Cup?
White Hart Lane, three-nil down.
[Micah] Aw. [Shaun] Joey Barton gets sent off.
[Micah] Yeah, it was one of the Cup games and you won 4-3.
-[Shaun] That's the best one for me. -[Micah] Yeah.
Best goal celebration?
Balotelli, "Why always me?"
[Shaun] Yeah. Second that, yeah. [Craig] Yeah, it has to be, innit.
It's so iconic.
It's beyond iconic.
Any player that you would like to have had
in your team at City?
-Kevin De Bruyne. -Kevin De--
-[Craig] Kevin De Bruyne? -[Shaun] Yeah, 100%.
[Micah] He's going to be the greatest City player ever.
-[Shaun] Yeah, KDB. -[Micah] Ever.
-Number of trophies City will win this season?
-Two. -Yeah.
No, you know what?
I'm going to say three.
[Craig] You're going to say the treble?
-Yeah, I'm going for three. -All right, all right then.
Is this what we're saying, a treble?
You don't want to name the trophies?
Nope! You said, "Quickfire."
-Ah, it's true. -I said, "Two."
Ok, ok, got me there.
[Craig] I want to take it back.
[Micah] Way back.
[Craig] To when you first started punditry.
What's your memories of the first time?
That clip of when I said, "I burst on to the scene."
You know, I was being self-deprecating though.
The point I was trying to make
was I was being humble
about, like,
"I came to the scene, you know, quickly,
and things didn't go the way I wanted."
Next minute, Roy Keane's saying,
"When would defenders burst on to the scene?"
I'm like, "Jesus Christ!"
Next minute, I'm having to defend myself.
I'm like, "Wow!"
I was just, like, trying to be honest.
And that's when I knew,
when you go in that hot seat, you got to be ready.
Do you think he did it on purpose
to kind of show you or--? -Definitely, definitely did it on purpose.
-Really? -100%, he was testing--
He was testing to see, "Have you got a bit or not?"
[Craig] What about you, Shaun?
Do you remember the first time
you stepped into that role? -Yeah.
Yep, I do, clearly.
Who was you with?
They put me with a big hitter, big Alan Shearer.
-Whooo. -Oh, is it?
Yeah, so...
One thing I didn't realise is,
when you are talking,
you kind of have to pass the ball.
You don't just leave it, like, dead.
Because then there's always that awkward silence.
Certain pundits as well--
Say there's three pundits on there and there's three-minute chats,
and say you're the last pundit to talk.
You might only get 20 seconds!
-Yeah. -Yeah.
So it's like, they've said that...
"Aw, Jamie Carragher, he's so articulate,
or strong opinion." -Yeah.
By the time he gets to me we have 20 seconds.
So now,
I just get in when I can.
And if I've got a point to say,
I get in and get out. -Yeah, yeah.
I'm not waiting around no more.
No, no, no, no, no.
"That Micah Richards don't know much, does he?"
I'm like, "Well, you haven't-- We got 20 seconds!"
"What do you expect?
What do you want from me?"
[Craig] All right, boys, we're getting close now.
Wembley preview, semi-final,
Manchester City versus Sheffield United.
The magic of the Cup.
You never know.
Wigan, 2013.
The corner comes in, boom--
With all due respect, that's not this City team.
Yeah, you're disrespecting our team, are you?
No, but I said, "With all due respect."
It's not this City team.
-[Micah] Look at 'em. -[Shaun] They're ready, aren't they?
-[Micah] ♪ City, City ♪ -[Craig] They are ready.
All right, boys, we're approaching the stadium now.
I think I can see the arch.
-Ooh. -Can see it right there.
Let's go!
-Ooh, it's an exciting time. -It's time.
You enjoyed the trip?
-Trip’s been wicked, man. -Excellent. Smooth ride.
It's been a pleasure, man, you guys have been great company.
This has been “Nissan Electric Away Days”.
We'll see you in the next episode.
[Micah] We made it!
[Shaun] Yay!
[Micah] Mate, if City and United get to the final--
-[Shaun] That'd be an awesome final, bro - [Micah] It's going to be madness down here.