Mad Eyed Screamer
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The rags had the away fans Kippax corner (including the open bit) and Platt Lane
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FA Youth Cup final 29th April 1986
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Gary James
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It's funny how some dates resonate. 29/4 probably was the first repeat success date (though I've not checked and there'll be Central League, Manchester Cup etc. successes too that you could argue we should include). It could've been repeated much earlier as the 1933 FA Cup final (which we lost) was also on 29/4.Calling @Gary James to the room!
The 1968 and 2014 League titles were both won on 11/5, as was promotion in 1985 (though no trophy for that), so that was our first repeating date for League successes.
Big Joe Corrigan
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Went to both legs.
Me too.Went to both legs.
LongsightM13
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Proper Swales era, taxman adjusted attendance figure thatA great night although a rather dubious attendance of about 18000 reported.
A brilliant night
I remember a Stokie mate being really excited about them signing Ian Scott and boasting that they’d had us over on the fee.
I told him to cool his jets, and history proved us right
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11/5 is consistently in City's history...It's funny how some dates resonate. 29/4 probably was the first repeat success date (though I've not checked and there'll be Central League, Manchester Cup etc. successes too that you could argue we should include). It could've been repeated much earlier as the 1933 FA Cup final (which we lost) was also on 29/4.
The 1968 and 2014 League titles were both won on 11/5, as was promotion in 1985 (though no trophy for that), so that was our first repeating date for League successes.
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me tooWent to both legs.
burnley blue mcfc
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Brilliant night!, remember the rags keeper had a worldie? was also on the Luton game when the kids paraded the trophy at h/t? was a long time ago!!
Greatest goalkeeping performance for a u21 I’d ever seen he was set for a great future I think he got some kind of head injurywhich fucked him up just as he’d broken into the rags teamWent to both legs. City were by far the better team in both games and if it wasn't for Gary Walsh in their goal having a blinder, it would have been 6 or 7 easily.
We’d have been at least 4 or 5 up going into the Maine Rd game but for him
Pubteam Lomas
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Gary Walsh? Wasn't that him???Brilliant night!, remember the rags keeper had a worldie? was also on the Luton game when the kids paraded the trophy at h/t? was a long time ago!!
Sky Blue Thinking
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Yeah, he looked a real prospect at the time but Schmeicel's arrival a few years later probably didnt help his game timeGary Walsh? Wasn't that him???
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Mad Eyed Screamer
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That’s a bit harsh, he picked up an injury which forced him to retire at the age of 25Proper Swales era, taxman adjusted attendance figure that
A brilliant night
I remember a Stokie mate being really excited about them signing Ian Scott and boasting that they’d had us over on the fee.
I told him to cool his jets, and history proved us right
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Greatest goalkeeping performance for a u21 I’d ever seen he was set for a great future I think he got some kind of head injurywhich fucked him up just as he’d broken into the rags team
We’d have been at least 4 or 5 up going into the Maine Rd game but for him
David James pushed him close a few years later, when Watford beat us in the final, thanks almost entirely to him.
LongsightM13
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Fair, I just wanted to keep that noisy Clayhead in his boxThat’s a bit harsh, he picked up an injury which forced him to retire at the age of 25
Mad Eyed Screamer
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That was a good team in 1989David James pushed him close a few years later, when Watford beat us in the final, thanks almost entirely to him.
Neil Lennon, Gerry Taggart, Ashley Ward, Mike Sheron, Mike Quigly, Ian Thompstone and Michael Hughes
Oh. And Martin Margetson
Sky Blue Thinking
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Lennon, Taggart, Ward, Sheron and Hughes all went on to have lengthy league careers. Quigley seemed to be a permanent fixture in the old Central League and Margetson somehow ended up coaching for England.That was a good team in 1989
Neil Lennon, Gerry Taggart, Ashley Ward, Mike Sheron, Mike Quigly, Ian Thompstone and Michael Hughes
Oh. And Martin Margetson
Pubteam Lomas
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Plus Ashley Ward, who had a career in the lower leagues mainly but is now worth a lot of money outside of football!!!!Lennon, Taggart, Ward, Sheron and Hughes all went on to have lengthy league careers. Quigley seemed to be a permanent fixture in the old Central League and Margetson somehow ended up coaching for England.
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