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!