it was the game the corner of the north stand was asked to move on the pitch because of the fire below. i can remember the stoke fans singing delilah and the north stand clapping after they had finshed. it was also my first memory of kinki which was amazing

Going to City became a birthday treat for me, my Dad worked weekends so i could never get to many – however on my 12th birthday he took me to watch City/Southampton. We sat in the North stand and to be honest, i don’t remember much of the game apart from ‘that’ Kinkladze goal! Although he was running away from our stand it was such a delight seeing him dance round the defenders for fun n chipping the keeper. The commentator on the highlights that night got it spot on when he said “Oooh, that is mesmeric”. It was. breathtaking and still my fondest moment of being a City fan, with many other things you never forget your first…i’ll never forget Kinky for giving me that moment!

He was brilliant that scoring both in a 2-1 win (i think).

Thankfully i can afford to go myself now & i hope i get more memories to hold on to like this one.

Thank you Kinky, thank you City

Tom