I was 8, and my dad thought I ought to see a football match. Unfortunately, his knowledge of football didn’t even extend to knowing what colour City played in, with the result that we solemnly cheered the wrong team! I went home happy thinking we’d won 1-0, and had a horrible shock when I saw the next day’s paper. 56 years later, I still cringe at the thought of what the rest of the crowd must have thought! For the record, Ronnie Allen scored Albion’s goal and my childhood hero was Bert Trauttman.

on the kippax street side,no cover in those days, rain lashed and very wet but it didn’t matter we were winning 3-1 with 10 mins to go but then we lost 3-4.Suddenly I felt very wet again