1978-79 | The self-implosion of Manchester City

[dobingsdobber]

I remember him saying, when looking back: "When I became chairman, I wondered 'what does the chairman of a football club do?' " Says it all.

Correct.A gobshite of the highest order.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Not disputing that mate, but we got relegated anyway two years later, and without Palmer, Bennett, and Mackenzie

Strictly speaking (iirc) we still had Palmer when we were relegated. I’m pretty sure we sold him to Oldham at the end of the 1982/3 season. Possibly just before. I say this because I remember my uncle who used to take me to games bemoaning the fact we’d just sold Palmer as we drove away after the Luton game, like it had just been announced. It’s funny the things you remember!

 

[lancs blue]

I remember him saying, when looking back: "When I became chairman, I wondered 'what does the chairman of a football club do?' " Says it all.

The daft sod only had to ask his business partner Noel White, who was chairman of Alty at the time IIRC.

 

[ColinBellsjockstrap]

Anyone remember the David Makin rant on GMR? lol!

 

[KS55]

The daft sod only had to ask his business partner Noel White, who was chairman of Alty at the time IIRC.

Yes and Alty's rise was the reason Liverpool co-opted White onto their board.

 

[Kippax77]

I think for a few of us on here ( I’m 52) we were just about old enough to go with our mates around that time and it was a learning curve having missed out on the mercer years and the success with the 70’s it was the beginning of our 30 odd years of near enough disaster .
As I say a learning curve in loyalty probably blind loyalty but we did it we stuck it out and got rewarded… still never take anything for granted with Manchester City football club though the memories are still raw ;) .
Up the blues and let’s do the dark side tomorrow for old times sake.

Agree mate. I'm 52 also and feel like iv absorbed everything our brilliant club could throw at us.
The lowest of lows and the highest of highs.
Would I have had it any other way?
Hmmmm debatable.
But I know there's no stronger bond than City fans and their club, probably because of what we've had to endure in the dark times.
To stick it out and then be rewarded as we have this last decade makes it so very special

 

[KS55]

Agree mate. I'm 52 also and feel like iv absorbed everything our brilliant club could throw at us.
The lowest of lows and the highest of highs.
Would I have had it any other way?
Hmmmm debatable.
But I know there's no stronger bond than City fans and their club, probably because of what we've had to endure in the dark times.
To stick it out and then be rewarded as we have this last decade makes it so very special

Yup. A book about our implosion would be very popular, we are gluttons for punishment. We love a good moan.
If you look down the road at Stretford, their crowds got bored with constant success and are more animated now they are in difficulty. Perhaps we have something in common after all. What?? Heaven forbid.

 

[Citizen Green]

Yup. A book about our implosion would be very popular, we are gluttons for punishment. We love a good moan.
If you look down the road at Stretford, their crowds got bored with constant success and are more animated now they are in difficulty. Perhaps we have something in common after all. What?? Heaven forbid.

CC @Gary James

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Agree mate. I'm 52 also and feel like iv absorbed everything our brilliant club could throw at us.
The lowest of lows and the highest of highs.
Would I have had it any other way?
Hmmmm debatable.
But I know there's no stronger bond than City fans and their club, probably because of what we've had to endure in the dark times.
To stick it out and then be rewarded as we have this last decade makes it so very special

51 year old here too. Just like you...when I started we were seen as one of the biggest 4 or 5 teams in the country and trophies were always within reach. Oyur generation have seen it all. I'd say the majority of the people in Porto were from our generation: kids wwhen we were good, men staying defiantly loyal when we were shit, drinking it in when we became great. It felt like the end of that journey out there but wasn't to be, which in itself was king of fitting.

No Man United fan could ever understand how it felt when we won the FA Cup in 11, the league in 12 and how it will feel when we finally reach the pinnacle and with the Champions league.

 

[Kippax77]

51 year old here too. Just like you...when I started we were seen as one of the biggest 4 or 5 teams in the country and trophies were always within reach. Oyur generation have seen it all. I'd say the majority of the people in Porto were from our generation: kids wwhen we were good, men staying defiantly loyal when we were shit, drinking it in when we became great. It felt like the end of that journey out there but wasn't to be, which in itself was king of fitting.

No Man United fan could ever understand how it felt when we won the FA Cup in 11, the league in 12 and how it will feel when we finally reach the pinnacle and with the Champions league.

Not ashamed to say I shed a couple of tears in 11 in sheer relief