Yes - had all the atmosphere of a youth game.It was the worst atmosphere ever at the MS, like you say, most of the stadium was closed.
I took 3 of my kids, they were young at the time & spent the entire game running about around the concourse with all the other kids.
It was a fcuking dire, dreary game too
Was a great day,. As you say top atmosphere, excitement and expectation all helped by a good win and some impressive debutants. Even Charvet had a decent game IIRC.What a fantastic game against Watford to start the season. Brilliant display and top atmosphere.
Yes - had all the atmosphere of a youth game.
The keegan years started well but we drifted into mediocrity. I think of them as the lost years in city's recent history. Pre Keegan was the roller-coaster of the late 90's and the end of Maine Rd. The early years of the new stadium under Keegan / Pearce / Sven were a non event in comparison to what had gone before and after.
That game is probably only memorable for Christian Negouia scoring his 2nd and final goal for us...at least he didnt punch this one in. Remember KK saying Negouia was his most exciting signing,It was the worst atmosphere ever at the MS, like you say, most of the stadium was closed.
I took 3 of my kids, they were young at the time & spent the entire game running about around the concourse with all the other kids.
It was a fcuking dire, dreary game too
I think he falls in and out of love with football. I used to bump into him quite a bit a few years ago in Hale and he always had his grandkids with him, you get the impression he's all about family and no amount of money would ever entice him back to the game.I know it won't happen, but I'd love to see KK come back into football for one last hurrah.
When you look at Newcastle now under Bruce now, what type of footballer gets inspired going to SJP to practice parking the bus? None of them. Jeez, get KK back and they will be challenging for Europe in a couple of months! Newcastle and City fans love him as a manager and if it wasn't for KK, I'm not sure where we'd be now.
I do wonder if KK thinks he was a failure in some way. As a player he was off the scale but as a manager he took Newcastle from the doldrums to title challengers (no one else has done that), he took City from the doldrums into the PL playing football only bettered by Pep. Sure, he wasn't good enough for England but he's in a pretty big club there.
I don't think the guy realises how much he was loved as a player and manager.
It would be lovely when the fans are back to bring KK back to give him a big "Happy Birthday".
The club have made a video for his 70th birthday. Some great memories there. Probably my favourite time watching City until the takeover.
Lovely story that and just shows what kind of person he is. It's nice to hear he seems to be enjoying his family time too.I think he falls in and out of love with football. I used to bump into him quite a bit a few years ago in Hale and he always had his grandkids with him, you get the impression he's all about family and no amount of money would ever entice him back to the game.
A nice little story about him though which I think I've told on here before but it merits being told again: he went in the shop next door to where I worked one morning and the lady who worked there told him her friend was a big Newcastle fan who had always idolised him, so he went back into the shop later that day with a load of Newcastle memorabilia that he'd signed and said "please give all this to your friend"
What a guy!
"Didnt bother with Sven"I met him and Sven at a charity lunch a couple of years ago, didn’t bother with Sven, had a good ten minutes with Keegan, genuinely and nice guy and loved his time at City. Very funny too. Happy Birthday KK
Was also at the FA cup comeback v Spurs what a night that was.
Yep.it was awful.on a par with bristol rovers away at Bath.it was dull.a complete non event..waste of money.I went to that game at the Millennium Stadium. Roof closed, 80% of the ground closed off and seated so high at the back of the stand it was hard to recognise the players.
Total lack of any atmosphere.
Yep. I've still got the VHS recording of that match!Remember when we twatted Ipswich town in the fa cup on a Sunday evening live on BBC 1 when they were a division above us.
Spot on re KK having to rely on bargain basement players,some fans forget that.Lot of respect to Kevin Keegan, one of our better managers, his enthusiasm was fantastic, he wore his hart on his sleeve. You have to remember we did not have the money to spend, so we had to buy bargain basement, players past there best, but we had good times. He was also a great player, good luck Kevin, hope to see you one day at City.
Absolutely. A top bloke.As a manager and player Keegan put everything into his professional career,definitely one of my favourite characters in the game,..over the years.
Except that at the time £7m on Fowler and £5m on macken and £5m on vuoso were quite substantial sums and wastes.Lot of respect to Kevin Keegan, one of our better managers, his enthusiasm was fantastic, he wore his hart on his sleeve. You have to remember we did not have the money to spend, so we had to buy bargain basement, players past there best, but we had good times. He was also a great player, good luck Kevin, hope to see you one day at City.
Yep.It needs to be stated.Loud and Clear.Watching City,under KK,home and away,you could hold your head high.Watching pure ,out and out attacking football,Every week..I'll tell you what I remember about Keegan: that promotion season and how good we were. It wasn't unlike this season in that we were battling with Wolves early doors but then we pulled right away. The away victory against them was one of the high points.
Anyway, I remember turning to my Dad in the main stand maybe halfway through the season and just laughing and saying "No one's going to stop us, Dad". I've only felt that another two times in 45 years of watching City: about halfway through the centurians season, and then again about a month or so ago.