Despite being born in Trafford Park and having 2 brothers who supported the reds my dad was a fanatical blue. I followed in his footsteps and after years of begging my mum to let him take me with him she finally relented when I was 11 and on September 5th 1959 my dream was realised and we got the “special” from Flixton which took us close to Maine Road.
We walked through the back alleys approaching the stadium and on seeing Maine Road for the first time my heart skipped a couple of beats!! What an amazing sight it seemed so huge.
We queued up at the turnstiles for the scoreboard end and joined a huge crowd of 43,650 to wathch City against Wolverhampton Wanderers, coincidentally the town where my grandad was born
Wolves were the reigning champions with some great players whereas we had finished just 1 point from relegation the previous season.But we did have the great Bert Trautmann in goals and Billy McAdams at centre forward and had won our 2 previous home games. So Billy McAdams scored a hat trick and Colin Barlow got one but we still lost 4-6. I was hooked for life and here is a photo of me and my two sons 50 years later before going in to see our beloved City demolish Hull City 5-1