In early 1962 I attended my first match which was a City Reserve game at Maine Road.

I was 11 years old and as I got off the bus and turned the corner of Maine Road. The sight that greeted me was awesome even though it was a reserve match.

I had trouble collecting the exact money for the entrance fee and had to go round the local shops trying to get half a crown changed into sixpence so that I could enter the ground.

It was brilliant and it was the first of many years following City.