23rd September 1989

[City_Shirts]

32 years and it’s still 5-1 !!!

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Still got that program at my dads house.

I remember the Raggies kicking off in the corner of the North Stand but they soon got their arses handed to them.

Great memories.

 

[OneTonyHenry]

The BEST day bar one!! (the obvious one).
On the Kippax at half time it was delerium!
And even better after Hinchcliffe's wave to the Rag part of the crowd!!

 

[East Level 2]

Crap. Why the hell did we declare at five? There was another half hour to go.

 

[Zabbasbeard]

Happy 5-1 Day Blues. Still one of the greatest days ever. Only better by May 13th 2012. Never let 'em forget.

 

[John Wayne]

Great memories for many, but are we not being a bit small-time to keep going on about this one-off game that changed nothing for us that season?

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Still my favourite home derby even with the 1-0 from Vinny taken into account.

Rags getting turfed from the NS, Ralph Milne MOM? Think baconface was on the pop even then, slippy Jim on his knees, Mrs Moon bouncing on a rags feet in her heels for the third goal (he didn't reappear for the second half, Docherty on Picc radio 'you can put your house on a rag win', James H taking the piss afterwards, the enjoyment in the Radcliffe in Chadderton that evening with half the pub looking like they were ready to burst into tears, the other half bouncing all night.

Mel's Marvels 5 Fergies Wallet 1.

 

[Mancini's scarf]

Brilliant day. We were winning 3-0 at half time & totally pummelling them. Hughes scored for them just after half time & the typical City doubts started! The nerves settled down when we got our fourth.
Weren‘t the rumours that Mel Machin got the sack because Swales thought he wasn’t giddy enough after that win?

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Great memories for many, but are we not being a bit small-time to keep going on about this one-off game that changed nothing for us that season?

Absolutely not.

We had f*ck all to shout about in those days, but that gave us something to shout about and made Monday morning bearable for once.

 

[Blue Theatre]

Amazing result at the time - Utd with one of the most expensively assembled squads ever, versus a City side that (if memory serves) hadn't scored more than once in a game that season, and had our top scorer Clive Allen out injured.

Happy days.

 

[chaddblue]

I'd started going 12 years earlier but this was the first time I'd seen us beat them live

Looking back the Rags were shit at the time, just that we were shitter... so it wasn't the biggest shock result ever... it was just cos it was them

 

[Yankunian]

was an amazing day and it was my first success over them having just turned 12 know blues who think it was bettered by the 2012 one but for me the 2002 final one at Maine Road stands out as my favourite

 

[feedmpenzaandhewillscore]

2nd game ever at Maine Road, glorious sunny day every time we attacked we scored. My memories of the old ground peaked straight away it was all down hill from there until Gary Neville fed the Goat in November 2002.

 

[Kippax77]

I was a cock sure 20 Yr old on that balmy Saturday afternoon stood on the Kippax with all my mates from Heywood.
Thought life couldn't be sweeter than that game and result.
The banter that night in Heywood against the Rags was almost as memorable.
We had our town back if only for a week or two and it was great

 

[Gundog’s Gundog]

One two one two three one two three four FIVE ONE

 

[City_Shirts]

Brain Gayle, David White & Ian Brightwell match shirts from the victory.

 

[andyhinch]

The BEST day bar one!! (the obvious one).
On the Kippax at half time it was delerium!
And even better after Hinchcliffe's wave to the Rag part of the crowd!!

I didn’t pick my username because of his punditry skills :-)

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

15 years-old, my first derby game stood on the Kippax with my mates, my first time seeing us beat the bastards outside of the FA Youth Cup Final and the Arthur Albiston testimonial that summer.

Still remember to this day trying to climb back on to the wall halfway down the Kippax after the opening goal and then suddenly seeing a fucking wave of delirium heading right for me as the second goal went in moments later.

Absolutely frightening. Absolutely perfect.

 

[Resurrection Joe...]

if memory serves ( probably not) didn't we go to Derby shortly after and get pumped by 6?

 

[manimanc]

Great memories for many, but are we not being a bit small-time to keep going on about this one-off game that changed nothing for us that season?

You obviously don't get it do you.