My first City game was on 19th April 1954. We played Chelsea and the score was a 1-1 draw. City scorer was full back Ken Branagan. My late uncle took me to the game and we had seats in the old grandstand. I had never seen so much green grass. From that day on, Bert Trautmann was, and still is, my hero.

November 1953 8yrs of age a sunny saturday in November. We lived in a small terraced house in Ancoats, Manchester. My uncle Eric who lived 5 doors away said c`mon I will take you to maine road. In those days people went one week United next City. This particualar week City were playing WBA I dont remember all the players but Bert Trautman was in goal Roy Paul,Bill Spurdle,Roy Clarke,Johnny Hart,Don Revie & a 40,000 crowd. We were on the Kippax before it had a roof, the result City lost 2-3, Hart & Revie were the scorers, dont ask me why but from that day on it was City. My uncle Eric said you dont pick City they pick you & here I am 57yrs later still obsessed with all things City

I can’t remember my first game, is it because it was so unmemorable or is it that I am now old. Coming along with my father, something must have happened as here I am over 50 years later. Through the lows of the early 60s, the highs of the late 60s and early 70s, the so so 80s and on to the millenium. Many teams, many players, but one club, mine, yours, OURS.

My dad took me the start of the1949/50 season which was the first match of Bert Trautmanns match for city, sections of the crowd bood him which i didnt understand, weeks later they were cheering him, he was fantastic.

I travelled from Glossop on the train with my close friend Eric – we still meet up at each home game even though we live 200 miles apart – and got the bus to the ground from Aytoun Street. The game was against Birmingham City and lasted about half an hour because of a waterlogged pitch! The score was 1-1. The whole day out cost me less than 10/-d (50p). The good old days!!

Went to see City 11 years old walked from collyhurst with my mate Tommy Brinning I was hooked right from the start all my fammily were reds (they are stupid)still going with my son just recived my Oap season ticket but only look 21 just shows you what watching city can do for you

My Dad took me to City v Middlesborough on Feb 18 1950 and this is the first game I can remember. We stood on the corner of the Platt Lane and Main Stands level with the goal line and my memory is of Bert Trautmann making a great leap to save a header from Wilf Mannion. They were both distinctive blonds and the programme notes for Mannion say that he was an automatic choice for England and one of the finest inside forwards in the game. I found one of my friends selling the very programme on ebay last year and pretended to bid a huge amount for it and he let me have it for free. There are other memories of being passed over peoples’ heads and sitting on the track with a huge sergeant complete with stick watching over us. Happy days.

I was 7 and my Uncle Roy took me to the friendly against Hearts to celebrate the installation of the floodlights. “Which is our team?” I said. “The ones in Blue” was the answer. Hooked for life…

I was born in to a Blue Family and my first City game was in 1951, when I was 5. My Grandpa and I took the bus from Withington. I had to go in, on my own, through the Ladies and Boys turnstile, and wait inside for what seemed an awfully long time until he came to collect me from his entrance. He sat me on top of an iron barrier so I could see and I have never forgotten that day.

Despite being born in Trafford Park and having 2 brothers who supported the reds my dad was a fanatical blue. I followed in his footsteps and after years of begging my mum to let him take me with him she finally relented when I was 11 and on September 5th 1959 my dream was realised and we got the “special” from Flixton which took us close to Maine Road.
We walked through the back alleys approaching the stadium and on seeing Maine Road for the first time my heart skipped a couple of beats!! What an amazing sight it seemed so huge.
We queued up at the turnstiles for the scoreboard end and joined a huge crowd of 43,650 to wathch City against Wolverhampton Wanderers, coincidentally the town where my grandad was born
Wolves were the reigning champions with some great players whereas we had finished just 1 point from relegation the previous season.But we did have the great Bert Trautmann in goals and Billy McAdams at centre forward and had won our 2 previous home games. So Billy McAdams scored a hat trick and Colin Barlow got one but we still lost 4-6. I was hooked for life and here is a photo of me and my two sons 50 years later before going in to see our beloved City demolish Hull City 5-1