MILK CUP 2nd round replay v torquay united – my first ever game and a night to remember……
I would have been about 8 years old in 1983. We left our house in urmston, my dad quickly grabbed the milk crate from our doorstep?! and we were on our way to MAINE ROAD Moss Side Manchester i could hardly wait.
The whole experience was exhilarating – the sound of the huge crowd, walking up to the stadium with all the other blues, glancing upwards towards the shockingly bright floodlights against the cold autumn sky, and then the long climb up the concrete steps to a packed to the rafters old kippax stand, and getting my first glimpse of the hallowed turf as the people cheered and sang. As in keeping with City fans humour and razor sharp match banter , fans were remarking about the milk crate my dad had been carrying. (for me to stand on!) – asking him “if we was with the sponsors of the cup tonight”! I had never seen my dad this popular before!
The game was a blur but i remember a hatrick and alot of goals.
(parlane (3), tolmie (2), Hoyland)
6-0
I was ABSOLUTELY a blue for life, Through good times and Bad. CTID
My younger brother COLIN however….
who was incidentally named after the CITY and ENGLAND legend, is a United fan (typical!)!!
- andy, 33 years (young)

i cant actually remember the exact date or opponent of my first game,although i think it might have been oxford united. what i can remember is the excitement of the train journey, the walk up to the ground,the buzz of the fans which seemed so much better than it is today and the walk up the kippax tunnel and seeing the pitch for the first time, the result, 2-1 to city with both goals for us scored in added time!! typical city

My first match was in the fa cup against Sunderland i was four years old. it was my grandads turn to babysit and he’d forgotten there was a match on and rather than miss out he put his big coat on and hid me under his jacket through the turnstyles. i fell asleep at half time and he had to carry me for the rest of the match and on the walk home.