We got my son James for his 12th Birthday a ticket to see his first City match against Blackburn, My husband & brother travelled up to Eastlands and they were in the Commonwealth suite, as we pulled up to the ground he was in awe as he only saw the ground on tv & google. The three of them went in the shop and bought some bits and a collar for our dog! they had something to eat and went to their seats it was a glorius sunny day and the teams came out to warm up, James has a city scarf that is half Brazillian and waved it vigorously at Robinho who cooly waives back,At half time James name went across the score board. the match was spectacular loads of action & crucially City WON, As they left the car park James fell asleep – What a day to remember

I am 42 and have been a life long fan supporting City. My first time watching City was this year as a birthday present from my wife, my birthday is on Sept 11. The game was Sat 12 Sep 15:00 Home Arsenal Barclays Premier League Won 4 2. It was an important game for the 2 former Arsenal boys and all the hipe was arround Emmanuel Adebayor. There was every thing in the game, Arsenal was on top for the first 10 min, then the game erupted, goals,pefect football, concrovercy and “that run”. I comented to my wife “look, look” what Adebayor is doing he is letting go all of his emotion.
What a first game, against an old club and a birthday present.

the recent fa cup 4th round draw reminded me of my son`s
1st game , which i thought id share .. back in 2006 I had been fortunate to previously enjoy hospitality at both Maine road and Eastlands, but my son JACK (7 at the time ) had never been to a game (any game ) , when scunthorpe where drawn away to city , as a city fan i decided that would be the game his first game ,scuinthorpe are 10 mins up the road to us. knowing what a great crowd and warm welcome and hospitality we would enjoy off we set from Epworth just outside of scunthorpe, on a very cold icy january morning On arriving at eastland`s i showed my naivity and asked for family enclosure seats! urh urh! the young lad in the ticket booth pointing to the home fan only poster and remarking on my yorkshire twang , suggested we sat in the colin bell stand , all calm at this point that is untill kick off time when the stadium filled up and with a roar we`re off, all untill Scunthorpe (andy keog) scored ! well Jack jumped out of his seat and cheered, the atmosphere changed and was decidibly icy , almost apologetic i explained it was his first game every mindfull of my yorkshire twang.. at this point i would like to thank mr Robbie Fowler, as he then went on to score a fantastic hatrick and I can assure you I`ve never celebrated any goal(s) so enthusiastically !!
i can honestly say despite the looks and the comments it was a fantastic match , city winning 3-1 , thankfully Jack changed his alledgencies (your allowed to at 7) and we re both now CITD !! thanks Robbie !

I walked through the concord hearing the atmosphere on the pitch and all around me when city scored it was like a very big explosion with excitment every one jumped out of there seats it was so intense but in a good way so i jumped up my self and cheered city on to win against fullham it was a night to remember.

My fist match was at Eastlands when we played Blackburn in 2007. I have been a City supporter since I was a kid ( I am 55 now ) I remember going to Albert square when they brought the European cup winners cup back.
I now take my 2 young nephews with me when I can.
CTID

I had followed football for years due to my family being huge football fans but never actually found my own team, part of it as my way of rebelling really lol my mum a lifelong liverpool supporter and my dad even worse a red ; ) hehe there was always pressure to go one way or the other so i went neither and remained a neutral. Then i met my partner a life long dedicated blue and began watching city on the tv and that is where my love affair for the blue moon began : ) i have been to several home and away matches now the first being fulham at home in the carling cup. My partner always says he wishes he had took me to a ‘better’ match with a ‘better’ atmosphere for my first game but I loved it regardless and each time it only gets better and my love and passion for the club only grows more!!! My next game is the semi final tie home leg against utd and I cant wait see our boys do them reds and show them what we are capable of!!!

My first game wa Manchester City Vs Barnsley in a Friendly. I’m Not sure what date it was or who the scores were as I was only 8, but we hammered them 7-1. It was Brillant. I whent with my cousin, Jay and my 2 uncles, Paul and Bob. Paul is a non City fan with his son, Jay also a non City fan. They have both been trying to get me to become a united fan with them! This game realy was the turning point for my decision. I became a true blue. The only reason my cousin came was for the delicious hot dogs. My other uncle Bob was a true blue as well and had allways been one, he was also the proud owner of a season card. In the game I sat in the 3rd tier right near the front, the match realy was spectacular. Their were enougth events to keep me entertained. The best thing I remembered is at half time their was enougth space to mess abouth at the top of the stadium, we also sat right at the top for the second half. It was surely brilliant I loved it and surely their were better games to come. : )

My first game was at the 10 of february 2001 at Maine Road against Tottenham. We lost 0-1 in the 89th minute by a Sergei Rebrov goal. Totally crap, cos´ City dominated the game all the time, and Egil Østenstad hit the post and Huckerby got a goal disallowed, even though it shouldnt have been. That was Spurs only attempt on the target the hole game. It was a bit frustrating.

I´ve been a Danish City fan since 1995 – so living in Denmark, being a student, didnt make it easy to come to Manchester before 2001.

My next game was the last game of the same season on the 19th may against Chelsea. A game where we were already relegated. But an incredible atmosphere – sold out Maine Road. And the game ended even before the 90th minute because City fans stormed the pitch at the referee had to call the game off before time. A fantastic memory and yet the best memory at a game i´ve had. I remember Carlos Nash was being held in “Glory Chair” by the fans all the way to the playerstunnel, and i was able to get a little piece of grass from the pitch.

The game ended 2-1 – City´s goal was by Steve Howey – from a corner i think.

My first memory of a special city game was when i was 7, although i was going when i was unborn (with my mum)This day was special because we sayed goodbye to Maine Road. I was a junior blue sat on the front row of the kipppax near the away fans waving my moonchester teddy around waiting to shake his hand at half time. my mum Tracey was being her usual self screamimg when we scored etc. After the game me,my uncles mark and chris and my dad michael all had a game of football outside the kippax entrance. i will never forget Maine road. also my mum and my teddy (and hand) are on page 261. in the Kevin Cummins book were not really here/city final season at main road(page pictured below),
thank you,
from Chloe Partington
(forever blue!!)

my first game was city-bolton,it was a cold december and i was sitting behind weaver and anelka scored twice. we lost 2-0. not the best 1st game