This was the best day ever, my First Game and City won against Wigan!! I was in the Legends Lounge,entrance U, Row A, seat 38. All part of my Christmas Present from my Uncle John Barnes. Had great fun at the Chocolate fountain and food was delicious. Can’t wait to come again.

Watching the Newcastle game on Wednesday reminded me that it was almost exactly 50 years since i saw my first City game. My Dad took me to watch City play Grimsby in an FA Cup replay. Unfortunately we lost 2-1 and I think a guy called Ron Cockerill scored for the. I remember the walk through Platt Fields. it seemed to take forever. My Dad used to tell me that I spent the whole match complaining of the cold!

Please note this category is not 2008..it goes way..way..past that time, before & to the end of the second World War..’The Kippax Kid’ ..thats the name my mates gave me when I lived in Kippax Street..Moss Side..during and after the war..sneaked in the one-way big turnstile at the Kippax for City & the Rags matches then every school holidays..my mates and I use to train in the Pink entry Car Park with all the Old time players..ie., Frank Swift..Bert Sproston..Joe Fagan..Georgie Smith ..Andy Black..Eric Westwood etc.,..we joined in the heading tennis sessions..and the manager chased us off ? I must hold the record for being passed down the Kippax over the Fans heads..to the wall on to the pitch..the crowds were 60 to 82,000 in those days..Alan Oakes..my old pal in the 50s to the end of his career and my career (injuries finished me for life)holds the record for playing for the 1st Team most times..I hold the record for having played on the sacred MaineRoad pitch more times than anyone else..!!..I have many stories to tell..my Family say why dont you write a book..I say a 24/7 30yr.carer does not have the time?..P.s. To all our Fans.. God Bless you All & our Team..(the Club of the Future)..!!

I was at the EUFA cup game between city and milan it was the 2nd leg game and we absolutely destroyed them 3-0 after a 2-2 draw in milan in the 1st leg. I’ve supported city for over 40 years and so what if kaka does’nt want to play for us i’ll remember it for ever

I was eight year’s old. I cant remember the exact date or even what night of the week my first game was on but I know we where playing Liverpool and I was sitting with my Mam in The North Stand. I was a long way from home being born and bread in Newcastle and the trip down although routine now, seemed to take forever. The first thing that springs to my mind when I think back was the smell and the hustle and bustle as people snaked along roads and allyways making there way to the ground. I can remember seeing the flood lights and I knew that lights that big had to be for something special something very important. I regret that i cant remember many details of the game that followed I know we 2-1 and was some what bemused at all the excitement when we scored. The one single thing that sticks in my mind the most about that evening was being sat on a wall on a walkway in the Noth Stand by my Mam and people walking past smiling at me and patting my head everybody laughing and sininging. I had never seen so many happy people in one place at one time. I felt like i belonged, even though i’m a geordie i’m one of the family and always will be i know i am i’m sure i am C.T.I.D. One Love.

Eight years old,taken to a match by a friends dad. one of the most amazing days of my life.The buzz of the crowd,the feeling of excitement,seeing the ground. Was this Camelot, no MAINE ROAD and I was City till I die

My first City game was against Tottenham Hotspur at the City of Manchester Stadium with my Dad. It was an evening kick-off and therefore the thing that I remember the most was my first ever sight of the CoMS lit up, and looking up to see the blue lights of the stanchions, on the black night sky background. We lost the game but that did not matter, because I got the chance to see all of my heroes live, wearing the sky blue shirt, at the best stadium in the world. One of the greatest things was the atmosphere during the game, and standing up to sing “BLUE MOON”, to encourage the Blues. When we left the stadium, I must have been the only City fan smiling, because it was the best night of my life.

I rode to Maine Road on the pillion of my Dads BSA motorbike. I watched the floodlights as we went down Princess Parkway and was really excited. The smells, my Dads Brylcreem, cigarette smoke, Bovril etc. It was a night match against Bury Fc [friendly] I was about 12 at the time and wanted to swear like the grown ups did at the players but my Dad was a Royal Marine during the war and would have none of that. It was a dark cold night and then it happened……The City mascot ran around the pitch and the most wonderful sight, the City players came out of the tunnel in the most bluest of blue kits and most of them seemed to have blonde hair a light in all this gloom. I,ve been hooked ever since. They even brought Malcolm Allison on as a sub and he scored but the ref disallowed it so I muttered “bloody” or some other swear word under my breath. Thanks Dad. What I would give to be at the game with you watching our lads today play now. RIP.
Alan Cafferky [53]

I had no chance on ever supporting any other club I’m named after colin bell and francis lee (first name colin, middle name lee, thank god my mum said no to colin bell lee eh!)
My first game was City V Ipswich in 1982, I dont remember to much about that game we drew 1-1 asa hartford scored for us, but my second game sticks clear in my mind even now, 1985 last game of the season. We beat Charlton 5-1. It was a really warm day and I managed to get sat on the wall at the front of the Kippax best view in the ground atmosphere and noise makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up now just thinking about it! really enjoyed the day apart from my dad making us leave with 5 minutes to go and we missed the last goal and the celebrations!! since then I’ve never left early even when were playing terrible!!!

I think it was 1956 on my 7th birthday .City were at home to Blackpool and Stanley Mathews was on the wing for Blackpool.The memory of him teasing people inches from the line and only feet from me sat on the wall infront of the Kippax stand will stay with me for ever.