Arsenal 4 City 0....14th October 1989.......THAT YELLOW SHIRT !!

[Blue Feather]

Didn't Perry 'fuckin' Groves score a hat-trick that day? I was right at the back in the packed empty (Sorry, we had no fans back then!!) City end.

The Tarquins were VERY impressed with our turn out that day, heard several talking about the numbers and noise after the game

 

[Out on blue 6]

Went to that and we were awful. Bumped into some young guvnors on the tube going back to Euston and they nicked my programme as they went past. Not a good day at all.

 

[BillCarlisle]

Bugger - my memory must be going ! Could have sworn it was black trim, not maroon !
Either that or it's a dodgy newspaper photo. At that time my Mum & Dad had a newsagents and I recall a paper called The Reynolds News which was notorious for crap colours. According to them City played in Turquoise !

 

[BillCarlisle]

I wish I did !!

This one was at Spurs featuring that kit Bill

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Bugger - my memory must be going ! Could have sworn it was black trim, not maroon !
Either that or it's a dodgy newspaper photo. At that time my Mum & Dad had a newsagents and I recall a paper called The Reynolds News which was notorious for crap colours. According to them City played in Turquoise !

 

[deafmanstevo]

Was my first trip to Highbury , fantastic turn out of blues think we took about 5,-6000. Was all standing too so we made a bit of noise.
Preferred going there than white Hart lane.

 

[jimharri]

That’s a very nice kit.

Not sure about "very nice", to be honest. But it's a long way from the worst we've had. A bloody long way. Some of those orange monstrosities, for instance. Or that grey shirt with the thin yellow (fluorescent green?) and blue stripes down the middle. Or as mentioned earlier, the fruit cocktail shirt.

 

[mayo31]

Was my first trip to Highbury , fantastic turn out of blues think we took about 5,-6000. Was all standing too so we made a bit of noise.
Preferred going there than white Hart lane.

I was there and it was a good turnout

Went on the great man's Bernard Buckley coach from Chadderton

It was not long after we had beat the rags 5-1

 

[asahartford1]

In 1989-90, City’s first season back in the top flight, early away games saw us travel to face Coventry City and Wimbledon sporting the maroon and white striped away shirt. However for the trip to Highbury to face Arsenal on October 14th 1989, which could have seen us use the home shirts but a shorts-clash raised a problem....Sky blue shorts would be available later in the season, worn in the Manchester Derby at Old Trafford, when Ian Brightwell ‘just wellied it, but they were not to hand on this afternoon. Opting against pairing the home shirt with the away shorts – a look we would use the following season at Highbury – City instead went for the quick fix of an all yellow strip complete with the club crest and brother sponsor. The shirt was originally designed by UMBRO to be used at Sheffield Wednesday for the January 1st 1990 fixture, in them days you could plan your whole football season ahead as soon as the fixtures were announced in June.
Blurry eyed traveling blues were left rubbing their eyes as we trotted out in all yellow shirt, the last time we’d worn a yellow shirt as far as I’m aware was also in London at Arsenal’s rivals Spurs back in the 1960/61 season. The banana craze had long died down by this stage so the shirt colour was not directly linked to that.....City duly got thumped 4-0 on a sunny afternoon at Highbury and rumour has it that club chairman Peter Swales saw to it that the kit was to be burned which is not entirely truly as it was donated shortly after by City director Freddie Pye, to one of his nephew’s friends to use for their Saturday/Sunday side called MMS who I believed were managed by Liam Hall, the kit was used well into the 1990’s before the side broke up, a lot of players got to keep the shirts but the majority have long been since sold on. A few have surfaced more recently but were sold on by a dealer for big profits. The shirt has certainly become the holy grail of City match shirts for collectors.

I'm fortunate enough to have the number 13 squad shirt in my collection but would love to add a 2-11 shirt........If anyone can help secure or has any information on a shirt then please feel free to direct message. Top price offered and also a finders fee for any help in securing. (1) Manchester City Match Worn Shirts | Facebook

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I went to this match, I thought it was Arsenal running out. We were in the Maine stand back row and couldn't see the players faces( My excuse anyway)
Memorable as met Jimmy Greaves in a pub night before (Thame).

 

[blue b4 the moon]

City fans singing “Who the fucking hell are you?” to our own team when we ran out in that kit. Brian Gayle claimed afterwards the players couldn't see each other properly to pass to, predating Ferguson’s grey shirt at The Dell

I remember the arse fans singing 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 4-0 to us after we'd been banging out the 5-1 proper version pre-game.

 

[Invisible_Goat]

In 1989-90, City’s first season back in the top flight, early away games saw us travel to face Coventry City and Wimbledon sporting the maroon and white striped away shirt. However for the trip to Highbury to face Arsenal on October 14th 1989, which could have seen us use the home shirts but a shorts-clash raised a problem....Sky blue shorts would be available later in the season, worn in the Manchester Derby at Old Trafford, when Ian Brightwell ‘just wellied it, but they were not to hand on this afternoon. Opting against pairing the home shirt with the away shorts – a look we would use the following season at Highbury – City instead went for the quick fix of an all yellow strip complete with the club crest and brother sponsor. The shirt was originally designed by UMBRO to be used at Sheffield Wednesday for the January 1st 1990 fixture, in them days you could plan your whole football season ahead as soon as the fixtures were announced in June.
Blurry eyed traveling blues were left rubbing their eyes as we trotted out in all yellow shirt, the last time we’d worn a yellow shirt as far as I’m aware was also in London at Arsenal’s rivals Spurs back in the 1960/61 season. The banana craze had long died down by this stage so the shirt colour was not directly linked to that.....City duly got thumped 4-0 on a sunny afternoon at Highbury and rumour has it that club chairman Peter Swales saw to it that the kit was to be burned which is not entirely truly as it was donated shortly after by City director Freddie Pye, to one of his nephew’s friends to use for their Saturday/Sunday side called MMS who I believed were managed by Liam Hall, the kit was used well into the 1990’s before the side broke up, a lot of players got to keep the shirts but the majority have long been since sold on. A few have surfaced more recently but were sold on by a dealer for big profits. The shirt has certainly become the holy grail of City match shirts for collectors.

I'm fortunate enough to have the number 13 squad shirt in my collection but would love to add a 2-11 shirt........If anyone can help secure or has any information on a shirt then please feel free to direct message. Top price offered and also a finders fee for any help in securing. (1) Manchester City Match Worn Shirts | Facebook

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That is awesome