My dad took me to see city play brighton at maine rd on the 23rd of feb 1985, the night before he told me he’d only take me if it was’nt raining, so i stayed up half the night peeping out the window to check the weather,anyway no rain thankfully, and through the platt lane turnstile we went, i remember just seeing a glimpse of the the pitch through the tunnel that lead to the seats and being mesmerised, once in i must have changed seats ten times just to take it all in, much to dads displeasure! i can hardly remember any of the game just being in awe of maine road, i can remember both goals in a 2.0 win gordon smith and david phillips, i still have the programme and have been to hundreds of city matches since, but that first glimpse of the maine road turf will live with me forever!