My First City Game » 1997

My first game

John Robinson — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:06:29 +0000

City v Oldham in Division 1, sitting in the Kippax. Will never forget Rosler running around the pitch like we had won the league when he scored.

From that moment, I knew my blood was blue!

My First Match

David Lafferty — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:20:31 +0000

I’m not totally sure who we were playing, but I do remember it was at Main Road, I was only a young kid, I was skipping a doctors appointment to see the match with my older brother who was a season ticket holder. I lost my voice do to being unwell about 10 mins before k.o, though i still tried to scream and shout along with the fans. the atmosphere at main road i feel is lost at COMS, it’s not the same camaraderie that I once felt. However, I’ll never forget the smells, the walk up the old concrete steps and then the view, centre of pitch mid level, and 3 goals for City, c’mon you blues!

Brentford 0 City 1

Pete Minchin — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:54:57 +0000

FA Cup 4th Round I think, may have been 3rd but it was definitely in January..
My mate Dave was going up with a bunch of his mates from the Southampton OSC and asked if I fancied coming with, he knew I was starting to take an interest in City after years of chopping and changing teams, so I said yeah, why not?..
The Saturday came and I met him at the station, 4 pack of Carlsberg at the ready, dead excited about the day ahead of us. We met up with the lads from Southampton on the train and proceeded to take over the buffet car, in those days the only place on the train where people could smoke. The rest of the journey was filled with jokes, insults and just general footy banter that goes on..
We got to Waterloo about lunchtime and found our connection to Brentford easy enough considering the number of empty cans we left with Southwest Trains. There were a few other Blues on the train and a few songs started up, which I tried to join in with as best I could, not easy for a rookie I’ll admit..
At Brentford station I got a bit of kudos for knowing it’s the only ground in Britain with a pub at each corner, or at least it was back then.. Anyway, we soon found the away pub and stood outside, in what i remember was unseasonably warm sunshine, until the City coach came over the bridge next to the pub and a huge cheer went up from the Blues in and around the pub, I loved it..
Match time approached and I found a souvenir seller, and boy did I get into the spirit of things! City pin badge, City bucket hat, City t-shirt was soon snapped up and proudly displayed along with my first King of the Kippax too, I was suddenly City Boy!
Now, after all the various alcoholic refreshment I had enjoyed that day, the match passed im a bit of a blur, but i vividly remember the goal, Nick Summerbee picking it up and slapping one in from about 20 yards, great goal, and that got the whole end up and bouncing, the few thousand Blues in the lower tier where we were all stood just went beserk!
Match over, we all merrily wound our way back to Waterloo, City chants filling the train and slowly settled into a happy, drunken City filled slumber back home..
What a day, what a club, City Til I Die from that day forward

Manchester City 2 Nottingham Forest 3

Oliver Wood — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:21:04 +0000

My first city game was on the 28th of December 1997, at Maine Road against Nottingham Forest. It was an evening kick off, and the ground was full, and the first thing that really grabbed me was the immense amount of noise and passion in the stadium.

We lost the game 3-2, but despite this, I became an avid City fan. Regardless of the result, it was one of the best days of my life.

I was taken to the game by my Uncle Graham, and my Great Grandpa, Walter Nugent, who was once chairman of the ground committee at Maine Road.

I will always remember that day, as that was the day my life changed forever!!

Oliver Wood

my first city match

helena — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:13:45 +0000

i was 1 years old and i only remember a red haired football player running across the pitch.it was at maine road. but i dont no the team we were against ut we were at home

helena — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:12:51 +0000

i was 1 years old and i only remember a red haired football player running across the pitch.it was at maine road. but i dont no the team we were against ut we were at home

Bradford at home

Alison Ratcliffe — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:08:17 +0000

My first City game was at home to Bradford in November 1997, an ‘old’ division one game. My brother had just passed his driving test, I remember him being quite nervous about driving to Maine Road for the first time. We sat near the back of the main stand. With the game at 0-0, and the game almost over, my brother wanted to leave. I convinced him to stay until the final whistle, then City scored in stoppage time ! I can’t remember who scored it, but I remember the goal very clearly. I was hooked for life. Unfortunately we got relegated in this season, but it never put me off !

myfirst cty game

sam — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:45:25 +0000

my first city game was against boro at the riverside 2003 we lost 2-1 but it was a good game

Mine and Joe Royles 1st game…

Kyle Lewis — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:17:35 +0000

It was 18th February 1998. I lived in cornwall but followed my dad into supporting City. Obviously living so far away making games was hard, and I didn’t manage my first until this game, a treat for my 10th Birthday. City were home to Ipswich and we travelled up with a few others from the City south west supporters club(we all fit into one car). I remember the talk on the way up as Joe Royle had just been appointed as our new manager. Although the game wasn’t anything special, the night was, it was amazing, I had experienced nothing like it. I saw them play again in the summer of that year and met the players at a friendly against Torpoint, we won that 10-1 I think, shockingly I think Torpoint scored first.

Bradford at home

Alison Ratcliffe — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:14:35 +0000