Boxing Day, 1977. My Dad takes me into the North Stand to watch City play Newcastle. We won 4-0. But the memory remains dedicated to the return of the Legend Colin Bell. He came on as sub after that injury. Grown men stood around me. Crying. Only Wembley 1999 has come anywhere close to what I experienced that day. Mesmorised and addicted, I am blue forevermore. Thanks Najinsky, and thanks Dad for taking me to Maine Road!

My first City was the promotion game against Charlton at the end of the 1984/85 season. Having always been a fan of football I had supported numerous clubs, glory hunting with Liverpool, following my grandad’s team, United, before finally settling down to following Altrincham around the country, home and away. My best mate, Woz, was an avid blue. He was season ticket in the Kippax and he invited me along to the Charlton game. Victory was required to ensure Billy McNeill’s side’s promotion to Division One. A full house at Maine Road roared a David Phillip’s inspired team to an easy victory and a well mannered pitch invasion. And that was it, 24 years later I’m now a long-term season ticket holder in the Family Stand with my youngest son, Thomas. I must admit the years in the lower leagues have been some of the best, winning promotions with Joe Royle and King Kev the highlights. Favourite game Blackburn away to gain promotion to the Premiership. Favourite player, Big Niall. Stick with Sparky and the kids coming through and success will finally come our way I’m sure.

i remember a game in 1956/7 Joe Hayes and Bobby Johnson both playing, the opposition was Aston villa,
As a child , i thought the pitch was blue as the pervailing smoke from 60 plus thousand Woodbines hung over the pitch like a winter’s mist.
I was safely placed at the back of the old Kippax whilst my uncle who had travelled from Birmingham to see his beloved Man City stood just in front.
The overiding memory was Bert Trautman threw the ball at the ref who was walking away from him… it tit the ref (laces down) on the back of the head knocked him off his feet…. and Bert was summarily dismissed…. we lost.
I was hooked…. it still hurts when we lose.

I had been a fan of City as a schoolboy in the 60’s reading their exploits in the newspapers but mainly as a reaction to my dad being a Utd fan but did not actually go to Maine Road till I was about 14yrs when a school friend Steve Garner and his dad took me. We used to always park near Hough End and walk through the park to the ground. I remember with genuine amazement walking into the stand and seeing the size of the pitch, how green it was, and how big Joe Corrigan was, he filled the goal. We got beat of course 2-0 I think but that did not matter I knew then that I was hooked. There really is only one City and once bitten thats it, you are hooked for life, good times and bad.

It waz a wednesday night an newcastle went 1-0 up through an alan shearer goal.in the second half man city were awarded a penalty an robbie fowler put it away comfortably.

I was 10 years of age living in Crowther Street in Gorton. Our next door neighbour-Keith Moray- took me to the game. Manchester City vs Halifax Town-a wartime fixture. It was a time of German air-raids, ration books, and gas masks. The fact that any football was played at all was due to the indomitable spirit of the British people. “Business as usual.”

There were no match programmes. The players names were entered in chalk onto a blackboard and this was paraded around the playing area before kick-off (2.15pm- no floodlights then). The City team was Swift-Sproston-Barkas-Walsh-Fagan (later to manage Liverpool)- McDowall (later to manage City)- Dunkley- Hend (who had played in the 1934 Cup Final)- Smith- Black- and Emptage.

City led 2-0 at half-time with goals by Hend and Smith. In the second half Halifax took control and dominated the game. A hat-trick by Tommy Barkas (brother of City’s Sam Barkas) gave Halifax a victory by 3-2.

City had England internationals in Swift, Sproston, and Barkas- also Walsh (Republic of Ireland), Mcdowall (Scotland), and Herd (Scotland). A bus home cost 2d (old money) and I delivered sporting papers on the Saturday evening. The old Empire News had all the results from the days’ fixtures. I have been a supporter all these years. I am now 75.

Walter Allison

2005 my fist game aganst Olypimkos I was only 5 in a friendly I went with my dad city won3-1 it me want to go again because of city’s performens but thats not awaly bin the case

always remember this game it was my daughters first every game i took her to we played portmouth and won got there for about 2.15 my daughter said its quiet here then at 2.50 her eyes openened wide she couldn/t belive how the ground had filled up

I have only bn to 1 liverpool match tht waz whn we lost 3-2 in october I enjoyed it with 2 gr8 goalz i knw it waz gna be a tough game but i wnted to watch city v l’pool coz it is always a gud game n a full crowd i wish i went to the one whn we won 1-0 stuart pearce’s 1st win but unfortunately we lost better luck nxt time hope we win we deserved a point or 3

Hello on the 21st Sept City plyed pompey it waz a brill six nil win i thurilly enjoyed it but it waz a brilliant game we deserved it but me favourite waz me first n only mcr derby whn we won 4-1 wht a stunner from wright-phillips