My First City Game » 1974

Home v Wolves in the mud

Mark Barratt — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:07:39 +0000

My school friend’s Dad had tried to get us into The Swamp for his son’s birthday but they were full so we ended up in the Main Stand as City & Wolves fought out a muddy 0-0 draw. I dimly remember a goal-bound shot stopping dead in the mud on the goal line only for Wolves to clear before any blue shirt could slide it into the net. I was 10 at the time & already a Blue.

A hole in Platt Lane

Andy Marshall — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:31:23 +0000

City v Liverpool what a dream for your first match – but at aged 4 life was not just about football. Having spent the whole game kicking dust through a hole in the wooden floor of the Platt Lane Stand and seeing City lose 1-0 my Dad (a Burnley fan) said he wouldn’t take me again – but he did and I was hooked. Thanks Dad!

Platt Lane Stand

John Riley — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:17:19 +0000

I had been a fan of City as a schoolboy in the 60’s reading their exploits in the newspapers but mainly as a reaction to my dad being a Utd fan but did not actually go to Maine Road till I was about 14yrs when a school friend Steve Garner and his dad took me. We used to always park near Hough End and walk through the park to the ground. I remember with genuine amazement walking into the stand and seeing the size of the pitch, how green it was, and how big Joe Corrigan was, he filled the goal. We got beat of course 2-0 I think but that did not matter I knew then that I was hooked. There really is only one City and once bitten thats it, you are hooked for life, good times and bad.

BIG BROTHER

LUKE MORTON — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:29:37 +0000

AS I WAS PLAYING OUTSIDE MY BIG BROTHER DARREL CAME OUTSIDE TO ASK ME IF I WANTED TO GO TO THE FOOTBALL GAME. AS MY DAD WAS A BIG UNITED FAN I ASKED WHO TO WATCH.CITY OF COURSE HE REPLIED. HOURS LATER I WAS ON MY BROTHERS SHOULDERS IN THE KIPPAX SHOUTING FOR CITY. NEVER LOOKED BACK. THANK GOD FOR BIG BROTHERS. IF MY DAD HAD HIS WAY I WOULD BE A RED NOW. PS. TOO YOUNG TO REMEMBER WHO WE PLAYED OR THE SCORE.

Sunday football

Brian Haddow — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:21:09 +0000

My first City game was against Forest in 1974, 3rd or 4th round of the FA cup I think. It was at the time that Sunday football was being trialed. I had to beg my Dad to let me go and watch football on a Sunday. City were the big club and Forest were no hopers. Duncan Macenzie however tore us apart that day and Forest won 4 1. I stood proudly with my scarf in the Trent End amongest the Forest fans with my mates and still follow the Blues almost 35 years on.

city 0 leicester 0

roman — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:16:03 +0000

i was 10….standing on the kippax
..i don`t think i saw anything of the game…i remember asking andrew wade( aged 11 , but 3 inches taller)..have we scored?
but i was hooked for life……

sheffield utd v mcfc

steve holmes — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 11:48:14 +0000

this game was when we draw 3-3. went with some mates who was fans of utd and we stood in the shoreham st stand. we [city] went 2-0 nil up untill utd went 3-2 up in 2nd half. franny lee scored to make it 3-3. great day out. steve holmes

leeds at home

dave mckiernan — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:12:52 +0000

my first game was against leeds i was in the platt lane end i only watched the last 15 mins we got in when they opened the gates nere the end of the match after that then i was hooked just lived at the back of the parkside then great memories miss maine road. cant go much now live in portugal

love of fitba

angus — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:25:16 +0000

saw belly frannieb never trautman had Red Wine in Leeds Railway bar Fedora Allison Malcolm with ny mate pat the banker whom lives aand works as did James a Geordie in KL now in Leeds sorry glory days ad asa avid harper fantasy fitba Man Utd Uwe Rossler Lawman back Healer :worst moment of his Fitba Life: im abear seat P195 bought whilst in Service of Her Brittantic Majesty in Royal Regiment of Artillery 80-93 and previou in HM RM 70-73 whn I was Disabled and still no bus pass at 54 in Hostel in Dundee in County of Angus where I Enlisted back in 1970 and fitba is My First Love A Very Lucky Boy

fastest goal

Margery Jones — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:13:40 +0000

My first game was at goodison park i was invited by school friend janet wilkinson along with her aunt and uncle we went in their car.Frannie Lee scored in 15 seconds and we won 3-1 after that i was hooked love the blues.