Ewood Park 25th Anniversary 7/05/2000

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7th May 2000:
Blackburn Rovers 1 Man City 4

City secured Back To Back Promotions to reach the Premier League after a 4 Year Absence.

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Classic Highlights: Blackburn 1-4 City

On this day in 2000, Manchester City returned to the top flight on a memorable afternoon at Ewood Park.
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Blackburn 2000: Kings of the Hill

Commemorating the 20th anniversary of City’s return to the Premiership with that barmy, bizarre, brilliant day at Blackburn...
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Our Supporters were everywhere,even on a hill overlooking the stadium Ewood Park felt like a Home Game.
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I was sat behind the goal in the home end that day. So had a great view of all the goals going in.

I had a close call at half time when there was some sort of prize draw taking place on the pitch .. the winning seat number got a signed Blackburn shirt.
I wasn’t paying much attention when suddenly the guy behind me grabbed me shouting ‘you’ve won son’.
For a moment I was thinking bollocks how am I going to get out of this one ..

Luckily it turned out I was sat next to the winning seat. A Blackburn lad who got to go on the pitch and collect his prize.

I had to wait a little longer to go on the pitch myself that day.
 
An epic day and an epic game. For any cunts who think we don't have fans, they should watch that game to see our takeover of Ewood Park.

I was wondering after Ipswich got back-to-back promotions, how often it's happened from third tier to top tier before?
 
I remember watching that in the Rising Sun pub in Hazel Grove with a load of mates. I think we were very, very drunk.
 
Got to recount my epic day which will never be forgotten.

In the knowledge that tickets would be gold dust, we booked a corporate trip from City through Danny Wilson for abut £100. We arrived at Maine Road early morning for a full english in one of the lounges with beer. Then we took the coach nice and early to Ewood, drinking out of bottles, but we had no bottle opener so were having to try to prise them open on walls, resuting in lots of cut mouths. Classy. Met our mates at the Fernhurst.

We had seats in the City end and at the end of the game ran on the pitch. You can see me in some of the press shots. All of my family werein the Jack Walker Stand and they were hgoing mad waving to us (although we didn't see them at the time)

Coach back to Maine Road and when we arrived there was a crowd there celectrating. They thought we were the team and mobbed the bus. We got out and there was Johnny Marr and we had a good chat with him We had a couple fo pints and sandwiches in a lounge there then got a taxi back to Didsbury. All the way up Wilmslow Road every pubn was mobbed with celebrating blues spilling into the streets. As my mate leaned out of the taxi to join in the singing someone lobbed a pint in his face which we still laugh at to this day.

Didsbury was rocking, we ended up sitting int he window of that old Irish pub watcing the celebrations on the street. At one point that night the musician was singing City songs and the whole street was joining in.

It was one of my gretest days following City. Truly epic from start to finish,
 
Fantastic away day. Had seats in the home stand (Riverside). Should have been dead and buried by halftime but someone was looking down on us that day!

Sun was shining all day. Carried on drinking well into the night!
 
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