Forward with Franny 1993

Gaudion M said:
Takin the piss.

I was at that game - I also remeber a candellight vigil on the Kippax - was that the same game? Some guys going round with a box full of candles, of course you lit one and held it up and you got hot wax dripping down your arm. Brilliant.
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The mid week game when the candlelit protest was planned I recall John Maddock being in the MEN asking for it not to happen as there could be City fans who had worked in a garage all day, straight to the ground and could have traces of petrol on them...... a candle could see them go up in flames!

Halfway through the game up go 2 candles in the Kippax and the tannoy is on it straight away appealing for the candles to be put out. Within 5 seconds there are hundreds of candles being held up ha ha
 
Mad Eyed Screamer said:
The Mirror pissed me off as they basically hijacked the protests by handing out pro Franny posters with the Mirror logo prominent - therefore other newspapers didn't show very many pictures of what was going.on to avoid advertising their rivals.
I really despised them using City fans to further their cause and not our cause.
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And on a red background
 
Gary James said:
Anorak in me thinks these images (especially the Swales one) are of a section of a page in 1 of my books. I used to have the badge and the sticker on my desk at work then took them down for use in Manchester The Greatest City in 1997.
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Very likely Gary, not mine.
I’m a subscriber to your site and may have even nicked them off there!
I have a file marked ‘Bert pics’ which also includes some deflated “Swales Out” balloons of the era
 
Gary James said:
It was about the only time the tabloids tried to jump on a City fan bandwagon. It was all about selling their papers while we had the demos, protests, abuse etc.
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Mad how the papers used to try and get us onside, when print sales were a thing. Recognising the size and influence of our supporter base.
Now they have gone down the digital clickbait model they take every opportunity to belittle us
 
Would love to find the ITN report shown on the news at 6 and 10pm.
I had broken my leg playing Saturday morning football and had ‘Swales out’ in magic marker down my plaster cast.
As a result I was quite the media attraction around that time.
That mad vicar who kept shouting ‘remember Ghandi’ and wanting us all to sit down, whatever happened to him?
 
LongsightM13 said:
The Mirror tried to make him the face of the protest, ‘God vs evil’ and all that as @Mad Eyed Screamer has said
As I remember the somewhat controversial Dante Friend led a lot of it. A Marmite character but personally couldn’t fault him
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Was with him a week ago! Will try and get a youtube clip of him on a rant
 
Don’t have any recollection of this sit in. Was it a success? How many sat in?
 
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