Man City v Swindon 1964 /1965 Season

[cyberblue]

Good job Blue Moon was not about then as crowd was only about 8,500 but most of the fans went to York away

 

[crazyg]

Good job Blue Moon was not about then as crowd was only about 8,500 but most of the fans went to York away

The crowd of 8015 was in the 1964/65 season.
A certain Mr. M G Summerbee scored their winning goal as we lost 1 - 2.
I was there.

 

[bluemanchester]

York

The crowd of 8015 was in the 1964/65 season.
A certain Mr. M G Summerbee scored their winning goal as we lost 1 - 2.
I was there.

So was I.
Do you think this could become the next "York away" ;-)

 

[Shirley]

I was there also as a young lad. Seem to recall it was dark and rainy but all the games I remember from them days were!!

 

[Idesofmarch69]

I wasn't there but it's pleasing that we have beaten you, even if it was 57 years ago. Still counts.

 

[Cotontoquinn]

I wasn't there but it's pleasing that we have beaten you, even if it was 57 years ago. Still counts.

Does anything count before 1992 and the EPL?? You’re starting rumours that City have a HISTORY……bit naughty!!

 

[AlgarveBlu]

Just curious because quite a bit before my time -does anyone recall if there was any reason/s it was so low in that year

 

[Spanishbob]

Just curious because quite a bit before my time -does anyone recall if there was any reason/s it was so low in that year

Foot and mouth disease?

 

[crazyg]

Foot and mouth disease?

This was BEFORE we were officially shit. We were bad in that season.
Mind you, the following season, Joe Mercer came, he played the game, we went to Rotherham......

 

[StillBluessinceHydeRoad]

I wasn't there. I wasn't at Newcastle away in '68 and I "missed" York away. I wish I had scraped together the cash required in '68 and escaped from uni to go to Newcastle, but I don't think I would have enjoyed York much and I can say with absolute honesty that I have never regretted, even for a moment, missing the Swindon match. I realise that the purists will tell me that my support, along with that of the other missing thousands, might have made the difference, but I really don't see how. Screaming, waving my scarf, even throwing my hat into the air may have done but it had been some weeks since I, and many others, had realised that spending the afternoon at Maine Rd, head in hands at the latest sow of progressive ineptitude would inspire no-one - especially the uninspirable. But at least that team never resorted to wasting time by the corner flag when the results weren't going our way - but that's only because we never had the ball long enough!

 

[xgorton]

Just curious because quite a bit before my time -does anyone recall if there was any reason/s it was so low in that year

We were shite biggest home gate that season was 22,000 boxing Day v Bury,we also had 8,409 last home game of season i was at all home games that season, young lad .

 

[Alan Ladd]

City had been mid table all that season and had been knocked out of the FA Cup by Shrewsbury Town prior to the Swindon game which I didn’t attend.
I was there for the next home game (v Swansea) which City won 1-0. By then Johnny Crossan had been signed from Sunderland,which raised the fans‘ level of optimism somewhat, (justifiably as it transpired) and the crowd figure increased by almost four thousand.