Football: Goater Opens Up the Class Divide ; Charlton Athletic 0 Manchester City 1 Goater 48 Half- Time: 0-0 Attendance: 20,043

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A MANCHESTER CITY team whom their manager, Joe Royle, described as "down to the bare bones" because of illness and injury, showed their pedigree for the Premiership by fighting off - sometimes literally - the energetic challenge of Charlton to confirm they are worthy leaders of the First Division. Victory for Charlton would have taken them above City into top spot, so there could have been no more pressing incentive to please a sold-out stadium. However, once Sean Goater's header sent Manchester ahead a couple of minutes into the second half they indicated clear intent to hang out the "closed" sign.

This is a club, according to the reliable Royle's statistic, who have …