Geoff Hammond, Colin Bell, Dennis Tueart hat-trick, they beat us in the cup the week before,we were the away team ‘cos they were banned from playing at home – so City lost ‘at home’ 2-0 one week then won at home the following week 5-1 – all you need to know about being a Blue in just those two results; and yes i would still do it all again!The day was brilliant, i just loved it, we sat in the North Stand, just behind Helen (god bless) the noise, the colour, Big Joe getting his lucky sprig of heather from aforementioned Helen & the pure joy of being THERE still gives me goosebumps even now. But, oh how i wanted to get in that there Kippax! Got there two seasons later can’t remember the game but i have a feeling it was against Stoke, I Started at the top near the away fans to begin with (didn’t we all)even got ejected once – oops!for making gestures! i was only telling the Liverpool fans they were two up – Honest!Then of course you moved nearer to the North Stand as you got older(can’t be wiser!)Dennis Tueart – King of all Geordies! still go starry eyed when i meet him now and i am 44

I remember some of this game. I’m not sure but it might have been against the mighty QPR, Colin Bell was a sub after “recovering” from his terrible knee injury, the game was poor but in the 2nd half early on Colin came on, it was so emotional and the atmosphere was electric, we all thought he wouldn’t play again and to see him back was fantastic. I’m sure the QPR players froze because we just battered them and went onto win the match, sadly Colin broke down shortly after this and that was the end of his career, I will never forget that atmosphere, I have been to cup 1/4 finals at Maine Rd, Semi’s and Finals, but this was something else. Trevor Taylor City throgh and through, and for what it matters age 51. 1st game 1967

I am now a 45 year old seasoncard holder but my first game was with 54,000 plus for the FA Cup 5th round in February 1973 against the eventual winners Sunderland at Maine Road. As i was only 9 at the time my memories are not great other than it was 2 each and Big Joe Corrigan made a ricket with a kick virtually straight to the Sunderland attacker who scored. City equalised virtually direct from a corner from buzzer. I was taken to the match by my uncle john who in those days was a regular at Maine Road. I will always remember City’s kit which was my favourite with the dark blue socks with a red and white trim. I recently read about this match and City were favourites but as i am now fully used to, things don’t always go as you would expect as a blue.

I was 9 at the time, my older brother took me. We were in the Kippax. I was only small at the time, so didn’t get to see any of the match. We won 3-0 if I remember.

My first visit to Maine Road was for a league game vs Leicester City in what was a great season when we should have wen the league. At the time I was 14yrs old and was taken my a bloke who was chasing my older sister. I remember we got a bus from Bury centre and it was raining . We then took another bus from Victoria to near the ground. City were awesome that day and we sat in I block in the Maine Stand. We won 5-0 I cannot remember exactly who scored but the team consisted of Joe Royle,Brian Kidd,Peter Barnes, Denis Tueart, Dave Watson, Paul Power and big Joe Corrigan in goals.I was mesmerised by the atmosphere and the football. I can recall Helen ringing her bell and dropping my pie atfer they scored.I later remember watching Match of the day and hearing the commentator saying ” If this is the third best team in the country just how good is the first team “. I have never stopped going since and will follow City through thick and thin.

i remeber going to rottherham for a fa cup replay on a cold winters night the rottherham foreward hit a pile driving shot heading straiht for our heads untill daves foot came out like a telescope pulling out of the air srtaight under control. he was the best defender this club has ever seen.

How could I forget my first ever City match v West Ham at Maine Road 1971…..
As an excited 6 year old,I remember taking my seat in the Platt Lane with my brother and his friends. Bell,Lee,Summerbee,Corrigan were all playing in a team that was going through its glory years and I was ready to join in for my first ever game……well that was the idea…….
Little did I know then that West Ham had Bobby Moore,Geoff Hurst,Martin Peters and a chubby centre forward making his debut…Jimmy Greaves!!!…….the game ended in a 5-1 home defeat and from that day on I knew I was a Blue for life!!….Incidentally, my first away game was a 4-0 defeat at Stoke!

The home Central League match against Coventry City in 1979, will always mark, for one three year old who was in the crowd, a seminal life changing event.
The tightly packed streets that surrounded Maine Road, disguised a huge stadium, who’s floodlight reached further than I could see. In the ground the maze of corridors, and the smell of Bovril greeted me. I then climbed the steps to be met by an ocean of luscious green, and a huge bowl of terraces and seats. I don’t know what the score was or what players played that day, but what I do know is that I instantly fell in love, with a team that could infuriate me, put me in ecstacy, make me laugh, make me cry-but a team I could never leave, I would always be a blue.

As a yorkshire lad I wasn’t able to go see City until this game. My Mother’s boyfriend (a Leeds fan) brought me to see the game. I had always hated Leeds more than any other team and it really hurt that we lost 1-0. It was a brilliant experience for me though and it is impossible to describe my feelings as I went through the tunnel to the Kippax. Peter Barnes was the young superstar at City, but my hero from those times was Dennis Tuart. I was 14 at the time, by the end of the season I was a regular at Maine Road and a season ticket holder the year after

My friend David Wright asked me if i wanted to go to the City game against Mansfield, it was a really cold night and my mum did not want me to go as i was only 9 years old! She agreed when to let me go as Davids uncle was taking us. I was really excited and got wrapped up warm. We drove down and the first thing we could see were the floodlights and the fans walking down. We got parked up and took the short walk to the match, there were thousands of fans outside the ground as we walked round to the kippax, we went through the turnstiles and I looked up at the stairs which seemed to go on and on forever. we went in and I was lifted up to sit on the big white wall at the side of the tunnel with a big drop on the other side. The noise sounded deafening to me when we scored! We won 4-2 and went on to lift the trophy. I was completely hooked and will never forget the feeling of not knowing what was going to happen, nothing has changed!!!