it was at maine road and Atmosphere was amazing. i was only 9 – 10 at the time. i think we won because a fan picked up my sister and put her on his shoulders.

A nil-nil draw. Been there, done that, got the T-shirt but we are still really here!

My first City match was at home against Portsmouth. We won 3-1… Benjani didn’t celebrate when he scored but me and my Dad went nuts along with all the other City fans! We go as often as we can now!

It was an incredible experience, one of the special days in my life. To witness that performance in my first game was incredible. If you had asked what my wildest dream would be, my best-case scenario for that game, there’s no way it would have never have been 6-0! It was fantastic, I will never forget that day but I see more days like that coming ahead. City fans are special, I have been to many Premier League games before but there is no question that there is something very special about our fans here at City. That hit me the moment I walked into the stadium that day, it is something I hold very dearly.

- Chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak

My first city game was in 2008 august. It was the match against AC Milan and i wasnt really a massive fan of manchester city but my boyfriend had bought me a season ticket so I thought I might aswell go and watch the matches. Well when we got to the stadium and had a nice cheeseburger we went and sat in our seats. I just felt a rush of  ’this feels like home’ well when the match started and I was overwhelmed by the atmosphere and thought this is the team where you feel like your on a rollcoaster and you feel part of the team and like a family all cheering the best team in the world (manchester city). I were reay happy when we beat them 1-0. From this day on I havent missed a manchester city match. Its the highlight of the week. 

- Stephanie Clarke 

I was so excited when my dad told me we had tickets for the match.  When we got to the game I could not believe how many people there were.  They were all  wearing city shirts hats and scarfs I lived it in the stands everyone was singing songs I did not know the words except “we’ve got Robinho, we’ve got Robinsho”.  I was singing it all the way home. I loved my first match it was great.

- Jaeden Mitchell (age 6)

I’ve come to Manchester as a student and always had a soft spot for City, so I came down hoping for some entertainment. And I certainly got that! Easy walk from town, great seats on the second tier and a superb view of Robinho milking the crowd when he got his hat-trick! Seeing a Brazilian superstar bag three on my first visit was perfect, and I’ll definitely be back.

- Pat, Manchester