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February 23rd, 2009 Stephen Webster
As a kid with a brother and several sisters who all were man u fans (sorry for bad language), my dad who had come over from Tiparary to Manchester to work was always trying to get us to follow our local team, City, it was a thing with him, he thought one should always support your local things, shops, sports etc., he had a mate at work who was a true blue, and his mate offered to take me to a game, it was City v Rotheram, we got the train from Central Station at the back of the Midland hotel, now G MEX. What a great day it was, we won 1.0 and that got City promoted, hence the song (in 1963 we fell in division 2 etc ). It was the seed sewn that day that made it a must for me to become a fan of my real local team, CITY, it certainly made my dad happy when I declared I was a blue. On the day Colin Bell scorded the winner but the whole team was fantastic as were the fans, they made me feel so at home what a great bunch of people City fans were and still are. the following season was even better as were the next few. Love to see those glory days again with my local team.
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