Bell Summerbee and Lee, with the 1970s team around

Gray said:
  • Ken Mulhearn - Liverpool
  • Tony Book - Bath
  • Glyn Pardoe - Winsford
  • Mike Doyle - Ashton-under-Lyne
  • George Heslop - Wallsend
  • Alan Oakes - Winsford
  • Francis Lee - Westhaughton
  • Colin Bell - Hesleden
  • Mike Summerbee - Preston
  • Neil Young - Fallowfield
  • Tony Coleman - Ellesmere Port
All English first X1 with Neil Young born closest to Maine Road and Tony Book the furthest away.

Eight of that team born within 40 miles of Maine Road.
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Yes and all English. Not sure if we were the first team with an all English team to win the First Division title
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
There are some interesting things about that team, to me as someone who became a supporter during the ’67-68 season. Frankly, there are names in the squad that mean almost nothing to me. What is striking is that although teams played 42 games, as opposed to 38 today, the same team was played over and over again. And not just City. Whether they were playing through injuries or not, I don't know, but essentially the same guys were out there on bad cabbage-patch pitches, and taking heavy tackles (the tackle from behind was still accepted). I suspect that a greater degree of general athleticism is demanded today. I'm sure there were attacking players who simply never tracked back, even if they were told to by the manager.
Glennon, Horne, Mundy? Means nothing to me. Now I wasn't in a position to see every home game, far from it, from ’68 to ’70, but I'm sure I never saw those players play.
The other thing is I had forgotten how late Mulhearn was still playing in nets. All I remember from that era, really, is Corrigan. Yet Joe must have sharing the position, at least sometimes. Same for George Heslop. I can remember him from the first season, and then barely after that. Looking back, it's Tommy Booth who just seemed to establish himself early and then hold down that role effortlessly for years (Tommy must presumably be on the other side of that plinth, along with people like Tony Coleman — unjustly forgotten).
Memory plays tricks…
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Do you remember Harry Dowd our goalie?
 
Bluesince1979 said:
Talk of the keepers..

Although he was bought before my time (1973) , was surprised to see keith macrae still at the club in 1980 when i just dont recall him!!

56 appearances over 7 years , was he just happy being reserve keeper?
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He was bought to replace Joe who had become lazily unfit. MacRae was not up to scratch and Joe buckled down and gave up chips!
 
Gray said:
  • Ken Mulhearn - Liverpool
  • Tony Book - Bath
  • Glyn Pardoe - Winsford
  • Mike Doyle - Ashton-under-Lyne
  • George Heslop - Wallsend
  • Alan Oakes - Winsford
  • Francis Lee - Westhaughton
  • Colin Bell - Hesleden
  • Mike Summerbee - Preston
  • Neil Young - Fallowfield
  • Tony Coleman - Ellesmere Port
All English first X1 with Neil Young born closest to Maine Road and Tony Book the furthest away.

Eight of that team born within 40 miles of Maine Road.
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The last all English team to win the title. So exciting.
 
KS55 said:
I can’t remember any black players in Div 1 prior to Horne. Charlie Williams of Doncaster who became a well known comedian springs to mind from the lower leagues.
Dixie Dean was reputed in some circles to be of mixed race.
Frank Soo in the forties and fifties was of mixed English and Chinese origin. He played in wartime matches for England.
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Arthur Wharton was the first black player in English football apparently,in the early years of the 20th century.
And one that a few of us older supporters actually saw play in real life was Clyde Best for West Ham.
 
One of the more famous black footballers was Walter Tull, who played for spurs and Northampton from 1909 - 1914 as well as a brief spell at Rangers. He was killed in action leading a change on a German position.

Arthur Wharton was the first black player in Britain, playing from 1885 - 1902. He played for Darlington, Preston North End, Rotherham Town, Sheffield United, Stalybridge Rovers, Ashton North End and Stockport County. He died in 1930, penniless but his achievements have since been acknowledged, including a statue being unveiled in October 2014 at St George's park, the FA's training facility.

At the risk of derailing this thread, most people on here love football, and a fair few love the history of football, especially ours, Est. 2008 - not! My first memories of City were Alex Williams and Roger Palmer and they're just as important as Uwe, Beagrie, Silva, Sergio, Kompany or Yaya.

Sorry for this "woke" nonsense but this is exactly what Manchester City means to me and what it means to be Mancunian.
 
Aba452 said:
One of the more famous black footballers was Walter Tull, who played for spurs and Northampton from 1909 - 1914 as well as a brief spell at Rangers. He was killed in action leading a change on a German position.

Arthur Wharton was the first black player in Britain, playing from 1885 - 1902. He played for Darlington, Preston North End, Rotherham Town, Sheffield United, Stalybridge Rovers, Ashton North End and Stockport County. He died in 1930, penniless but his achievements have since been acknowledged, including a statue being unveiled in October 2014 at St George's park, the FA's training facility.

At the risk of derailing this thread, most people on here love football, and a fair few love the history of football, especially ours, Est. 2008 - not! My first memories of City were Alex Williams and Roger Palmer and they're just as important as Uwe, Beagrie, Silva, Sergio, Kompany or Yaya.

Sorry for this "woke" nonsense but this is exactly what Manchester City means to me and what it means to be Mancunian.
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And don't forget Dave Bennett,who played in the 81 Cup Final and also scored in the 1987 Cup Final for Coventry City Vs Spurs.
 
Saddleworth2 said:
Do you remember Harry Dowd our goalie?
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Just about.… It seems to me that Dowd was already sort of on his way out by the end of the championship season? I'm not actually sure that I saw any matches with him. You couldn't miss him, because the name Harry already marked him down as belonging to a certain era (although of course it's come back in in recent times).

Edit: just been through all the teams for the championship season (I have student papers to mark by the end of the weekend, and any deflecting excuse is good…).
In effect, Harry played the first eight games or so, then drops out — injured, I suppose. Then it's Ken who clearly holds down the position right the way through to St. James's Park. Although I note that a young big Joe Corrigan gets a look in for a couple of games.
 
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Aba452 said:
One of the more famous black footballers was Walter Tull, who played for spurs and Northampton from 1909 - 1914 as well as a brief spell at Rangers. He was killed in action leading a change on a German position.

Arthur Wharton was the first black player in Britain, playing from 1885 - 1902. He played for Darlington, Preston North End, Rotherham Town, Sheffield United, Stalybridge Rovers, Ashton North End and Stockport County. He died in 1930, penniless but his achievements have since been acknowledged, including a statue being unveiled in October 2014 at St George's park, the FA's training facility.

At the risk of derailing this thread, most people on here love football, and a fair few love the history of football, especially ours, Est. 2008 - not! My first memories of City were Alex Williams and Roger Palmer and they're just as important as Uwe, Beagrie, Silva, Sergio, Kompany or Yaya.

Sorry for this "woke" nonsense but this is exactly what Manchester City means to me and what it means to be Mancunian.
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I've never heard of Walter Tull.
Are you sure you're not -
" Living in the past " !!!
 
Aba452 said:
One of the more famous black footballers was Walter Tull, who played for spurs and Northampton from 1909 - 1914 as well as a brief spell at Rangers. He was killed in action leading a change on a German position.

Arthur Wharton was the first black player in Britain, playing from 1885 - 1902. He played for Darlington, Preston North End, Rotherham Town, Sheffield United, Stalybridge Rovers, Ashton North End and Stockport County. He died in 1930, penniless but his achievements have since been acknowledged, including a statue being unveiled in October 2014 at St George's park, the FA's training facility.

At the risk of derailing this thread, most people on here love football, and a fair few love the history of football, especially ours, Est. 2008 - not! My first memories of City were Alex Williams and Roger Palmer and they're just as important as Uwe, Beagrie, Silva, Sergio, Kompany or Yaya.

Sorry for this "woke" nonsense but this is exactly what Manchester City means to me and what it means to be Mancunian.
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Now that's not woke, not as I understand the term. Celebrating the first black players in the game is a normal part of football history. Also recognising that they got racist shit. And that they still do, for that matter. It's just a lamentable fact.

But that's another debate…
 
KS55 said:
He was bought to replace Joe who had become lazily unfit. MacRae was not up to scratch and Joe buckled down and gave up chips!
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Before Keith MacRae, Joe's understudy was Ron Healey. I had Ron on a football card, which must have been very rare.
 

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