This was the first game of any description that I ever attended. I was sat in block A of the Main Stand right next to the tunnel and as soon as I walked through the concourse that Easter afternoon I knew I would be doing this for many years to come.
I was brought up in the seventies and still love this period with all my heart. I can still remember when those lovely shinny kits appeared a couple of years later. We were watching the worst ever England team in history but how could a schoolboy not love watching England when we had that wonderful stylish Admiral kit!
Going back to the match my memories for some reason are of all the cigarette lighters going off in the other stands, the roar of the crowd and listening to grown ups moan and moan! There was an old man who was about one hundred and twenty five years old sat next to me and boy did he play hell when I swung my rattle round in the Main Stand.
Other lovely memories of the period then and into the early eighties were, why did we have a dog on the pitch every week, also I`m sure we even had the pleasure of a fox and a cat running around the hallowed turf!
For the record City lost 3-0 that day to three late goals from David Fairclough (2) and Steve Heighway.
Match Ticket £1.00
Programme 10p
Memories Priceless