Luckybluekeks
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Shame I missed this. I caught it on ITV local news. My Mum is now
87 yrs old and played for Corinthians around 1951. She was 15 yrs old and was on Cringle playing fields waiting for a lad she was seeing to finish playing his football match. She started kicking a ball about behind the goals to pass the time. A girl came up to her and asked if she fancied playing for a team ( Corinthians). She went along and met the manager Percy Ashley. She played on the pitch on Fogg Lane but can’t remember how she travelled there as she lived in Bradford not far from where the Etihad is now. She played for about a year until she met my Dad who didn’t approve so she gave up. Both Mum and Dad still carried on going to football to watch Man City home & away and brought us all up as Blues. My Mum was a Man City lottery agent for eight years in the late 70’s & 80’s. She was not allowed to go to the annual meeting with MCFC Directors because she was a woman! After a few years one of the Directors relented and allowed her to go- imagine that today. She is still a plucky lady getting on with life and still supporting City. My Dad played in a football team with John Bond while doing National Service together. He sadly died at 90yrs weeks before the CL triumph. Many thanks for this, I plan on taking Mum to see the plaque soon.
87 yrs old and played for Corinthians around 1951. She was 15 yrs old and was on Cringle playing fields waiting for a lad she was seeing to finish playing his football match. She started kicking a ball about behind the goals to pass the time. A girl came up to her and asked if she fancied playing for a team ( Corinthians). She went along and met the manager Percy Ashley. She played on the pitch on Fogg Lane but can’t remember how she travelled there as she lived in Bradford not far from where the Etihad is now. She played for about a year until she met my Dad who didn’t approve so she gave up. Both Mum and Dad still carried on going to football to watch Man City home & away and brought us all up as Blues. My Mum was a Man City lottery agent for eight years in the late 70’s & 80’s. She was not allowed to go to the annual meeting with MCFC Directors because she was a woman! After a few years one of the Directors relented and allowed her to go- imagine that today. She is still a plucky lady getting on with life and still supporting City. My Dad played in a football team with John Bond while doing National Service together. He sadly died at 90yrs weeks before the CL triumph. Many thanks for this, I plan on taking Mum to see the plaque soon.