At the age of 14 my parents allowed me to travel from Oldham to Maine Road with schoolmates. We went to see City v QPR – Stan Bowles, Gerry Francis, Phil Parkes and strange red & black halved shirts. We were so eager that we were at the ground at 1pm and queued for the Platt Lane turnstiles to open.
We sat in the third or fourth row from the front, in order to be close to the action, and consequently could see little of play at the North Stand end!! The game was a 0-0 draw – as was the next home game (v Newcastle) but I was bitten by the City bug and was fortunate to start watching the Blues during the great 76/77 Season. If only we’d won on my first game then we’d have won the title…..