Possible Clues:

• City came first, securing last of five goals ultimately
• United team is in the driving seat, reportedly
• Journalist given position in the French city
• Northern town rules we hear
• Yorkshire location
• European city where the first carbonated beverage was invented
• UK's #2 financial center
• City guides for the audience
• English industrial city described by Dickens as 'an odious place'
• Yorkshire's biggest city