My first memory of Maine Road is a little hazy. I had read about Dennis Law in the paper and had been ill in hospital for a long while. My dad promised to take me to the match when I was better.
It was a night match, it was in the Cup and it was raining. I thought it was against Birmingham and I thought it was a goal-less draw. But that match is not in the record books. It’s not surprising that I don’t really remember the game. Dad said that I did not take my eyes off Bert Trautmann. What ever the result I was hooked all because I picked up that paper and read about the record transfer.