I don’t remember the exact years, but when I was a very young kid I watched City play Newcastle United in the Cup Final at Wembley on the telly together with my Mum. We lost, but Wembley Stadium looked and sounded like a Magic Kingdom.

Then City were there again against Birmingham City squeezing out a win due to the unbelievable heroics of Bert Trautmann.My first game at Maine Road was when my Dad took me to a night match against Burnley with Jimmy McElroy. I heard the crowd was a record of over 84,000 but we couldn’t get in . We stood outside with thousands of others while Burnley won the Championship.

After that I was a Kippax Street regular for many years, through ups and downs, and experienced the Glory Years of Joe Mercer. Now, living in Vancouver, Canada I clearly see that it is The Blues who put the City in Manchester.