My First game was Sheffield Weds at home on 9th November 1968. We lost 0-1. I was 11 and went own my own cycling to Maine Road on my bike from Chorlton, parking it in someone’s back yard close to the ground. I took my seat in the Platt Lane stand on long benches marked out with seat numbers watcheing in utter amasement the great team we had at that time. The following season I got my first season ticket and still have one today. Last month Matthew (my son – another Blue)and I had the great pleasure to meet one of my heroes playing in that very first game – Mike Summerbee.

Dare I say, at the age of 12 yrs, I was a Man United supporter. Only because all my family were. We used to live in Newton Heath. After watching my first United game, seeing them hammered 4:0 by Chelsea, I went off to Maine Road with a school friend to see how the other half lived. After watching a superb display by the 1968 champions drubbing Burnley 7:0 (And watched as Franny Lee missed a penalty). I went home as a convert and have supported City ever since. – Robert