I can still remember my first live game back in 1958. I was 10 at the time. It was at Maine Road and I remember standing in the open section between the Kippax and the Platt Lane stand with my school chum, Graham Todd.
It was against man utd and was the ” debut match ” of the original ” Golden Boy ” Albert Quixhall who utd bought for a then record fee of £45,000 from Sheff Wed. CITY won the game 3-1. George Hannah, who CITY bought from Notts County scored 2 Goals and Joe Hayes, with his famous bandy legs, scored the other. Some pillock in a red shirt scored utd’s goal.