Happy 90th birthday to Peter J Swales

[Jim Tolmie's Underpants]

I saw him walking down the street once. "Hey, aren't you Peter Swales?" I asked. "Yes", he replied.

True story.

 

[Keeper!]

A man for me that should be swept away from our history, he nearly destroyed one of England's great clubs and made us a laughing stock.

A nasty, horrible little man, City fan my arse.

 

[urban genie]

Will always be part of our story and for many part of the club while we grew up with and experinced for a long time.

Looking back at intwerviews it's seems like a parody and tbf the court of king franny that came after was just as terribly mismanaged.

He has become, for some a jokey figure to remember the bad times and try to laugh.

 

[lancs blue]

It would have been fun if Swales got something like the Sheikhs wealth overnight.

No it wouldn't, with loads of money to spend Swales would simply have become the Ed Woodward of the '70s.

 

[meeesh]

Being young,back then,it was difficult to understand what was going on in the boardroom,as a kid was only interested in the players,and the results,which at times to be quite honest were both poor,but I did love it in the early 80's in the Platt Lane with my mam n dad,used be shit scared when it used to go off in there at the top almost every home game,but that's another story.

Then the forward with Franny era,got our wish,but that went tits as well,so as been said it is part of our history,and never to be erased,but it's easier to look back at those days now,as to what we have now become,and to be honest if things hadn't got better I dread to think what it would be like.

Keep the faith was the motto back then,I'm fucking glad I did

 

[train man]

Someone recently posted that video of Swales stating that we could have got Clough in '83(?), but he said "I wouldn't bring him here - he would have wanted to run the show, and that was MY job..."
absolutely gobsmacked!

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Yes, born on Xmas day in 1932.......

The scary thing is he died aged 63..... in 3 years and 2 months I shall be the same age yet he looked a real FOC compared to my still youthful looks.......
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This 'youthful' picture of you looks remarkably like an even more youthful Peter Swales.

 

[Gingers Dad]

Gorton lad. In the boys brigade like my dad who was older. Both City. He got it wrong but it's part of our history.

Way too generous for me. He proved he wasn't a blue when he tried to hang on to the club when a genuine buyer came up. Even though he'd fcked the club over.

 

[Indaparkside]

We oldies have a lot to thank Swales for without going through them years we would be self entitled cunts like the dippers and rags now, when we sing we never win at home it couldn’t of been more accurate made some great mates along the way though 50 odd years and wouldn’t change a thing ctid

 

[Bluesince1979]

Ok for those of us that lived through those times, would you change a thing?

Im 48 and consider my age group the most unlucky . Born in 74 i dont remember the 76 league cup win so had to wait all those years until the cup win in 2011.
Older supporters will have caught the glory years of mercer/alison, but not me. I lived through the utter shit show that was the swales leadership. All the while whilst those red cunts dominated.
It was tough.

I recall after one horrendous result or other turning to my dad, genuinly quite pissed off, and asked “why did you make me a blue?”.

It all turned out more rosey than i could ever imagine. And if i had the time again i would honestly want my city ‘career’ to be exactly the same.
Id want tony cunningham to be our big summer signing. Id want swales making every stand at maine road to look different.
Id want steve coppell to last 30 odd days in the job.

So yeah, swales was a knob , he was BAD for city. But hes also part of who were are.
And now, every time we win something, dad tells me this is why he made me a blue. As though he knew and was part of his masterplan
So happy heavebly birthday swalesy, you brillo pad haired , cheap suited, cuban healed old fucker

 

[Lavinda Past]

RIP Peter.

 

[Blue Maverick]

A man for me that should be swept away from our history, he nearly destroyed one of England's great clubs and made us a laughing stock.

A nasty, horrible little man, City fan my arse.

And the reason my dad stopped going,he hated him and said he’d never go back until he left.

 

[Gordyola]

For what he did to our club Id dance on his grave

 

[meeesh]

And the reason my dad stopped going,he hated him and said he’d never go back until he left.

Like I said in my post,keep the faith was the motto,and I know many found it hard to do so

 

[Tbilisi]

Ruined City at a time we should have pushed on.
Remember an MEN headline pre season saying City were goung to spend big.I had just learned to read a set of financial accounts at that time so hated him ever since.

 

[KS55]

Someone recently posted that video of Swales stating that we could have got Clough in '83(?), but he said "I wouldn't bring him here - he would have wanted to run the show, and that was MY job..."
absolutely gobsmacked!

That was the exact same reason the FA would not appoint him as England manager. Probably Swales doing as well.

 

[manimanc]

Just think, If he'd done things the right way and didn't turn us into a dogs dinner and made us look like a circus, would we be where we're at today?

Could have had a sliding doors situation.

 

[KS55]

I wonder how much at todays prices he put in his back pocket.
City attendances always falsified by a few thousand.

 

[bluemoon32]

He was our very own David Brent

 

[Keeper!]

And the reason my dad stopped going,he hated him and said he’d never go back until he left.

Your dad was 100% right in what he did.

Swales was a greedy thief who stole hundreds of thousands of pounds from the supporters, he took us to the brink just so he could wear that dandruff coated FA 3 lions blazer, what a ****.