Leicester v City FA Cup Final 26 April 1969

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First Final trip for me I was only five so no real memories of the day Hopefully a few older Bluemooners will be able to share their memories.

FA Cup Final 26 April 1969 Leicester City 0 Manchester City 1.

City were the last Club to win the F.A.Cup at Wembley in the Month of April:
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Updated: Thanks @Agueroooooooooooo
 
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55 Years Ago Today City beat Leicester City 1-0 in the 1969 FA Cup Final:

City were the last Club to win the F.A.Cup at Wembley in the Month of April:

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The Pathe news reel didn't show the City goal. You should post this in the Media Discussion thread to show for just how many years the media have been negatively spinning reports on us!
 
The Pathe news reel didn't show the City goal. You should post this in the Media Discussion thread to show for just how many years the media have been negatively spinning reports on us!
We won the European Cup Winners Cup the following year in Vienna and the match was not televised in the UK. The TV companies showed the FA Cup Final reply between Leeds & Chelsea instead.

Absolutely disgusting.
 
I was 8 years old and my pals dad had just bought a new colour TV when hardly anyone could afford them (especially in Harpurhey) the word must have got out about it because after ko we looked out from the living room of this terraced house and there was about a dozen people (probably neighbours) watching through the window lol
The red and black stripes looked brilliant on a colour TV.....
 
Great day out that. My Dad had just got a Super 8 cine camera and we have a very short film of us all around Trafalger Square in our scarves and 'Rosettes' if anyone remembers them. Had a seat about 10 rows up directly level with Nelly as he unleashed the winner. Probably my best memory of City apart from the Semi-Final at Villa Park when i was on the wall at the front of the terraces and Big Mal walked round and shook my hand.
 
The Pathe news reel didn't show the City goal. You should post this in the Media Discussion thread to show for just how many years the media have been negatively spinning reports on us!
It is strange - but the rest of the report is not spun negatively, It’s in classic Pathe style and talks of Mercers Mighty Men amongst other compliments. I wonder if they contractually could not show it or if using separate cameras - they geneuilnly missed it. (Although they also have a behind the goal camera, so you would think if one missed it the other would have it)

As to the game it is the first City game - perhaps even the first televised game I can remember watching. I watched it at the next door neighbours - they were City fans and at the time my Dad didn’t have much interest in football.

My wife, on the other hand, watched it in Leicester and was bitterly disappointed that day. She can still list the Leicester team of that era. She just heard me listening and pulled a face!
 
My sister got me a ticket for my 21st birthday and I went down in their Cortina 1600E and came back on the train as they spent the rest of the week-end in London. Great experience.
 

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