…my career as a City fan! I was 7 years old and tiny! My Dad, born in Moss Side, a lifelong Blue took me to watch City play Barnsley away. At first, with all the noise and all the people, I was terrified!

I can’t remember the score, or even the result but my over riding memory was the atmosphere amongst the City fans; the sense of humour and the banter. When I hurt my foot and cried, a complete stranger asked if I was OK and gave me a few chips. He then proceeded to commentate on the whole game for me. I’ll never forget that day and the baptism of fire I experienced.

…my career as a City fan! I was 7 years old and tiny! My Dad, born in Moss Side, a lifelong Blue took me to watch City play Barnsley away. At first, with all the noise and all the people, I was terrified!

I can’t remember the score, or even the result but my over riding memory was the atmosphere amongst the City fans; the sense of humour and the banter. When I hurt my foot and cried, a complete stranger asked if I was OK and gave me a few chips. He then proceeded to commentate on the whole game for me. I’ll never forget that day and the baptism of fire I experienced.

I really like and support MCFC from the bottom of my my heart.

My dad took me to see city play brighton at maine rd on the 23rd of feb 1985, the night before he told me he’d only take me if it was’nt raining, so i stayed up half the night peeping out the window to check the weather,anyway no rain thankfully, and through the platt lane turnstile we went, i remember just seeing a glimpse of the the pitch through the tunnel that lead to the seats and being mesmerised, once in i must have changed seats ten times just to take it all in, much to dads displeasure! i can hardly remember any of the game just being in awe of maine road, i can remember both goals in a 2.0 win gordon smith and david phillips, i still have the programme and have been to hundreds of city matches since, but that first glimpse of the maine road turf will live with me forever!

On a sunny May afternoon there we was leaving as it as late as possible we had to beat Charlton to win promotion to Div 1. I had already thrown a sicky at work and off I went to Maine Road. City stormed into the lead after only a few mins and I decided in my infinate wisdom as David philips scored the opener at the North stand end to run on the pitch and celebrate forgetting that my manager from work was also a blue and guess what after the game was shown om Match of the day I recieved a call from my supervisor advising me That I had been spotted by my manager! Luckly for me with him being a blue I claimed mistaken identity with a rhy smile

amazing day on the Kippax when City beat Forest 1 . 0 i was 7 years old i can remember it like it was yesterday
the best feling ever when Imre Varadi scored that great header the buzz from the other fans was ace i will never forget it mcfc till i die

my first game was at maine rd in 85 we were playing everton.me and my dad went to the game and the only tickets he could get were in the maine stand behind the POST didnt see much and we lost god i love the blues !!!!!

I REMEMBER GOING TO THE GAME WITH MY BROTHER, GETTING ON THE SOUTHERN CEMENTRY BUS AT PICCADILLY GARDENS. WHEN WE ARRIVED AT MAINE ROAD WE WOULD GO INTO THE CITY CHIPPY BEFORE WALKING ROUND TO THE KIPPAX STAND, WE WOULD WALK UP THE STAIRS AT THE CORNER OF THE KIPPAX TO SEE AN AMAZING SIGHT- THE MAINE STAND! WE WOULD THEN GO AND STAND RIGHT ON THE HALF WAY LINE AT ONE OF THE GREEN GATES. AT HALF TIME WE WOULD GET A DRINK FROM THE SELLERS WHO WOULD WALK AROUND THE GROUND. THE ACTUAL GAME FLEW BY. ALTHOUGH WE LOST THE GAME 2-1, I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE PLACE VERY QUICKLY AND I WAS ALWAYS ASKING MY BROTHER WHEN I COULD GO AGAIN.

My first City game was versus sheffield united I was taken there by my Dad and my uncle. The 2 things that stick in my mind was coming up the main stand steps and looking at the mighty kippax, it really was a superb sight. The second thing that sticks in my mind from that day was Peter Reid getting upended by vinny jones in the first 5 or 6 seconds and getting a yellow card for it, all of the ground went beserk and i thought to myself this is the place for me. Passion, Atmosphere and City all that I need!

It was the start of a beautiful relationship between Me and My Club it was a cooled Sept afternoon with a litte bit of sunshine i was in the Kippax with my friend and his dad the clearest moment i remember was Andy hinchcliffe runnning off with his hands in the air showing 5 – 1 Our gaffer scored the only goal for united but what a first game and ive been blue since and always will !

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