34 years on and it’s still 5-1

[Spanishbob]

Still annoys me to this day that MOTD always showed Hughes goal(which to be fair was a cracker) and never hinchcliffes header which finished off the rags.

 

[Blueboy73]

Still annoys me to this day that MOTD always showed Hughes goal(which to be fair was a cracker) and never hinchcliffes header which finished off the rags.

Big 2 page spread with a picture of Hughes goal the following day in one of the Sunday papers.

 

[Match Fixer]

Happy anniversary folks on a legendary day.
14 years old at the time and stood on the kippax, this one will always be special.

34 years since we liked Hinchcliffe HAHA!

 

[ali benarbia's studs]

One of the reasons i started following the blues. I was about 11.

 

[jimharri]

Strange how (c)Hinchcliffe turned so, er, indifferent to us.

 

[Mozzer]

Obviously we've been phenomenally successful these past few years but this day will always be special for me.

 

[MCFC68]

North Stand, block N, row 24, seat 7, my first season ticket, I’ll never forget that day.

 

[why me? Blue Manchester]

What a day that was
Was in the corner between the Kippax and the North stand
I was 26 back then

 

[bluedanza]

The sheer bedlam in the kippax when the second goal went in. It was feral, bloodcurdling and absolutely glorious! Don’t think I’ve ever felt anything like that before or since.

 

[Frank the Yank]

Stood in the Kippax that fateful day. It was bedlam. Dont remember if this was one of those "all ticket" matches or not but went with my good mate Mick. mick and I had become "pen friends" back in the day when I first started supporting City form America back in the late 70's if you can believe it. This was also when there was absolutely no coverage in America of the then English first division. Wasnt easy supporting the City back then.

Funnily enough this was my SECOND game stood on the Kippax. First was end of August 1982 when I first went to Europe. A rather drab 1-0 win over Stoke with David Cross scoring the only goal. I spent some of the summer traveling Europe and spent 4 months "studying" in Spain-Salamanca to be exact. Remember going to Madrid one weekend and somehow got into the Bernebeu to see Maradonas Barcelona turn over Real. Fabulous.

Also remembered when Hughes scored to make it 3-1 I got this feeling of impending doom. Thankfully, it wasnt to be. Going out on the town afterwards I thought this was a fairly common occurrence for Derbies.....how naïve I was!!!!