14th August 2004

[Wienerwald]

First game of what would be Keegan’s last season & 1-1 draw with Fulham.
It was also the birthday of this now Man who turns 18 today & I was feeling guilty that I was opening the door of a lifetime of disappointment & unfulfilled hope supporting the team his great-grandfather had also supported.
18 years later & we sit proudly atop the highest division after ‘four in five’ & the Scum languish at the bottom in total mediocrity & malcontent.
What a time to be a Blue - Happy Birthday my Man & a shame there are so many Blues (great-grandfather included) who aren’t around to share this.

 

[Spurs quarter 69]

Remember that game like it was yesterday. First time I was at the Etihad or COMS as I think it was then. My father in law a Fulham fan had got us away tickets and I sat with the Fulham fans a truly strange experience. I think their are few more low key visitors so little hostility on either side. Yes I thought things would never get better, little did I know what was seven years down the line and the start of our greatest ever era. Hated the move from Maine Rd and thought the new stadium a soulless concrete bowl set in a hostile area Clayton being a rag stronghold. Warmed to the place over the years but still prefer Maine Rd.

 

[01282]

Funny my daughter was born the day before that game. The wife has still never forgiven me for going on having given birth by cesarian!!

 

[Wienerwald]

Remember that game like it was yesterday. First time I was at the Etihad or COMS as I think it was then. My father in law a Fulham fan had got us away tickets and I sat with the Fulham fans a truly strange experience. I think their are few more low key visitors so little hostility on either side. Yes I thought things would never get better, little did I know what was seven years down the line and the start of our greatest ever era. Hated the move from Maine Rd and thought the new stadium a soulless concrete bowl set in a hostile area Clayton being a rag stronghold. Warmed to the place over the years but still prefer Maine Rd.

Nice to remind some of the moaners & doom-mongers just how far we have come. Truly a great time to be a Blue.

 

[Wienerwald]

Funny my daughter was born the day before that game. The wife has still never forgiven me for going on having given birth by cesarian!!

Did your daughter become a Blue?

 

[01282]

Did your daughter become a Blue?

Not info football although she’s been a few times. However, the 15 year old lad is a dyed in the wool City fan and chalked up his 200th game yesterday.

 

[StrutterBlue]

Funny enough still sits there in my loyalty point section after all these years was my first game at the CoMS. Only remember that we drew 1-1. Can't remember anything else. I was 13 then

 

[Ribble73]

First game of what would be Keegan’s last season & 1-1 draw with Fulham.
It was also the birthday of this now Man who turns 18 today & I was feeling guilty that I was opening the door of a lifetime of disappointment & unfulfilled hope supporting the team his great-grandfather had also supported.
18 years later & we sit proudly atop the highest division after ‘four in five’ & the Scum languish at the bottom in total mediocrity & malcontent.
What a time to be a Blue - Happy Birthday my Man & a shame there are so many Blues (great-grandfather included) who aren’t around to share this.

How we all felt back then -the notion of us actually winning anything at that time I for one never entertained for a minute. Actually getting past a Quarter Final after 8 successive failures was the dream.