my first game – newcastle at home in the 60s. went with a friend of the family who
was a wartime refugee from guernsey who never went back and stayed in middlewich. went to watch city in a little fiat 500
and stood on the kippax. neil young scored the only goal and i was hooked. i have been going ever since and always will until the day i die.

I was 9 yrs old. It was the final game of the season (a night match) and I stood in the Scoreboard End with my Dad and elder brother. City simply had to win to have any chance of avoiding relegation. Having gone behind early in the game they stormed back to win 3-1 with goals from Billy McAdams, Joe Hayes and Ray Sambrook. With Aston Villa losing that night it was enough to keep us up. I was hooked, and still am almost 50 years later.