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November 17th, 2008 alan garlick
I went to Maine road with my Uncle Joe to see City’s last home game before they met Newcastle at Wembley. we sat at the back of the main stand. City lost 6-1 and I remember Roy Paul pushing Stanley Matthews onto his backside,out of sheer frustration, and all the crowd laughed.
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November 17th, 2008 Chris Pyke(Donohue)
My first game at Maine Road on 28th September 1974(QPR) was also my first Saturday job the day after my 12th birthday when I was asked to work in one of the kiosks in the Kippax selling snacks and “maxpax.” Being from a blue family and living round the corner it was like a dream. If we tilled up quickly we could watch the second half for free. But the game got a bit tasty and so did the fans and it got very rowdy near our kiosk and being the “wet behind the ears,” grammar school girl, I asked to be moved and for the next 5 years I served the “elite” including sports commentators, the police and executives in the Main Stand. (The tips were great!) We also won that day 1 -0!
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November 17th, 2008 Alex O\'Connor
My first game came about when i won tickets from school in year 6, when i was 11, it was a normal league game against Middlesbrough, i sat behind the goal with my mum, with a lot of my other classmates who had also won tickets around me, i remember getting a hotdog!. Unluckily we lost, but it was the start of many games, and i always go now!
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November 17th, 2008 Jenny
My first game was City vs Newcastle away.
I went with my boyfriend and we stayed over in a Travelodge, made a proper night of it!
It was an amazing first experience, and I go to as many games as I can!
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November 17th, 2008 Adele Wilkinson
My first game was Man City V Watford in the 82/83 season. Watford had just come up. I remember sitting on benches, not seats. It was great, my Mum and Dad did not know I had gone to a football match, I was with my boyfriend who later became my husband. happy days
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November 17th, 2008 Peter Birbeck
I walked to Maine Road from my home off Parkside Road, just 5 minutes stroll away. I actually went to watch Leicester. They had recently signed Frank Worthington and I had seen his first game, against the Reds at Old Trafford on Wednesday, 23 August.
Thanks to Marsh, Bell and Summerbee I became an instant convert. That match was the start of, so far, 36 years support for City. I’ve made friends with City fans in Manchester, Carlisle, Australia, Spain and Romania through this support. I’ve met Chairmen, Managers and Players, even Nick Leeson, and been a supporters branch secretary, but I can’t find any fans in my current home area of Bournemouth, Dorset.
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November 17th, 2008 terryfynan
a sunny night the kippax in full song it was joe corrigans debut and my first ever game at the mecca of football, city v blackpool big joe let a very easy goal in , but there began the love affair with this beautiful soap opera called manchester city
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November 17th, 2008 Gary Tate
It was wed 22nd April, a cold rainy night match. I had supported city from 8 years old albeit from a distance. My older bother also supported the blues. Out of the blue my dad told us he was taking us to watch this mid week match. I remember catching buses from Barnsley to Sheffield. I was really excited to be going to my first ever football game. I don’t have many memories of the game itself and cant remember the first two goals. However I am nearly certain it was Tony Coleman who got the winner for City and sent Wednesday down to Division 2. Don’t remember much of the journey home neither other than being in a taxi rank in Barnsley watching football on TV while waiting for a taxi back to Royston. I have been a City supporter ever since although seldom an active one. However I have been to many games over the years with many ups and downs. (all part of being a City fan) Although my memories of this game are limited it is still there in my mind. My younger brother followed in our footsteps, eventually becoming a long term season ticket holder. City till I die.