On This Day 26th April 1969: Manchester City FA Cup Champions:

[The_Maverick]

Updated: Thanks @Agueroooooooooooo

First Final trip for me I was only 4 years old so have no real memories of the day Hopefully a few older Bluemooners will be able to share there memories of the day.

55 Years Ago Today City beat Leicester City 1-0 in the 1969 FA Cup Final:

City were the last Club to win the F.A.Cup at Wembley in the Month of April:

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1969 Revisited:

https://www.mancity.com/features/1969-revisited/

Short Highlights:


Full Match:

Ahh…

You FOC, 4 years old. I was 1 day old at that time so Dad decided he would raise me as a Blue. Can understand, new baby, City just won, makes perfect sense…

Thanks for 45 years of pain Dad.

Still, miss you so much.

 

[KS55]

Nellie, great goal but not a patch on Doherty.
(Prop all the then FOCs on the Kippax)

 

[69FACUPfinal]

This was the game that made me a Blue. Respect to Nelly.

 

[Blue Mist]

The FA Cup Final was always the last game of the season. I assume it was in this case. No wonder the players nowadays are knackered.

 

[kbgolf]

I don’t even know what s and d is ;)

Bless, I wish I could say the same :) if it helps, about 63p...full day out for a £1.

 

[Rory Bluelow]

I've posted this on Bluemoon before, here is a photo of me and my Dad at Wembley in April 1969. I was 12 years old, I would be 13 at the end of June 1969.

That’s a great photo but it looks like it’s from another age…I don’t remember the day like that - shows how your memories can play tricks !

 

[Corky]

The FA Cup Final was always the last game of the season. I assume it was in this case. No wonder the players nowadays are knackered.

It wasn't the last game that season.

 

[manclad]

That’s a great photo but it looks like it’s from another age…I don’t remember the day like that - shows how your memories can play tricks !

To be honest,I don't remember much about the day at all, but it's over half a century ago,so I completely agree with you that it looks like it's from another age.
When you think about it,the M6/M1 to London had only been open a few years, steam trains had only just been phased out a few years previously and we didn't get a colour TV for another 12 months ( Dad got one so we could watch England at the 1970 World Cup).
The currency was still £ S D and I still had 3 more years to do at grammar school.

 

[RiversideBlue]

This was the game that made me a Blue. Respect to Nelly.

Glory supporter! Lol

 

[69FACUPfinal]

Glory supporter! Lol

Yep I'm a right old FOC girly JCL :-).