20 years since City’s first match at the City of Manchester Stadium

Remember it well great excitement to see our new home and to win against barca was great if only a friendly
Very enjoyable day, nice sunny weather and good to get a victory on our first game at our new home (after somewhat predictably losing our last game at the old one)
If was only a friendly as you say but in those days we weren't used to beating quality European opponents like Barcelona.
After finishing in the top half in our first season back in the Premier League, I like many others thought we would 'push on' in our new home. That season didn't really work out like that in the end did it! . When we did win we did seem to bang in the goals though. I remember a 6:2 and us scoring 5 on a couple of occasions and a couple of 4:1s (one against the Rags ofcourse!)
 

Scary to think that 10 year old kids watching this video will see it in the same way I saw highlights from 1984 when I was 10 years old. The 5-1 derby seemed like ancient history and it only happened five years before I was born ffs.
 

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