City at their lowest... top trumps

Losing at Shrewsbury in FA Cup 1979 - couldn't believe it. And the love of my life decided to stay with her husband and stopped seeing me. What a bloody awful combination of circumstances.

I wanted to kill him.
 
halifax away , although i had a decent view , halfway up a tree , didnt buy a newspaper for a week after that game.
 
Most of mine have already been mentioned so I'll throw in a couple of FA Cup exits that really hurt. Notts County when we lost to a 90th minute goal, Spurs in the quarter final on the day the Umbro stand opened and Blackburn under Pearce where city fans were fighting amongst themselves at the end. All pretty dark days.
 
A few weeks ago, my favourite player didn't score, on the same day utd won which made it more embarrassing for me and meant I had to not go on Twitter for a week.

A few months back, my big foam hand that I wave to help give the players skill got ingested and shat out by a horse, that was a low point.
 
Re: City at their lowest..top trumps

blueste41 said:
Never Mind The Pollocks said:
01MANC said:
This is a great shout

Yes all the times mentioned were very bad, but irrespective of the relativity of it all, at no time as a city fan have I felt as distraught as I did at this time.
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No way near. I reckon I could name about 50 worse points.
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Really! With what was at stake and what we were about to lose and who we were going to lose it to!

I would have to say this was my lowest point.
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The pain of fucking up against QPR would have been immeasurable. But, it wouldn't have been our "lowest" - guess it all boils down to perspective. The season we got spanked by Liverpool 4 and 6-0 - bad, but we'd been blitzed by them many a time previously. From that season I remember Wimbledon away at Easter. 3-0 total and utter capitulation. Fucking dismal. Lincoln away, 4-1, Michael Brown afraid to take a throw in for fear of the abuse he'd get from the City fans. Royle at port Vale - lost 2-1 and he appeared helpless to change it. But, and it's taken a bit of thought, throughout the 40+ years of following City, the worst I've ever felt after a defeat:

Luton.
 
Blue_Rossy said:
kinkysleftfoot said:
Wycombe away lost 1-0.......penalty I think

Lincoln away lost 4-1 and I think we scored first!
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this + bury away, think we lost 1-0 or 2-1. And gary neville was there on the sidelines under his umbrella watching with a smirk on his face. Never forget that.
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we drew that game 1-1. David Johnson scored for them. Kinky missed (Irish keeper saved it - Dean Kiely?) a pen then David Morley (I think!!) got his one and only goal for city. But yep, we were SHITE.

Lincoln away UWE got v.early goal. Thereafter we got blitzed.
 
For some reason, the one that really got to me was the last game at Maine Road. The memories since the 60s were all in my head as I looked around the old ground for the very last time, and tried to take it all in.

It was meant to be a celebration. The result didn't matter but we went and lost. So I didn't even stay for Badly Drawn Boy. Is there a more poignant typical city moment?
 
scousemanc said:
For some reason, the one that really got to me was the last game at Maine Road. The memories since the 60s were all in my head as I looked around the old ground for the very last time, and tried to take it all in.

It was meant to be a celebration. The result didn't matter but we went and lost. So I didn't even stay for Badly Drawn Boy. Is there a more poignant typical city moment?
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Badly Small Boy - "this songs for the Maine Rd Stand" - you were right to leave. And yep, was a right fucking downer of a day. But it was no Luton.
 
Spurs 1981 - Ricky Villa
Luton 1983 - absolutely choked
Gillingham 1999 - circa 92 mins
QPR 2012 - circa 90mins
 
when I watched us lose 1 - 0 at wycombe I thought we were dead and buried

as i did earlier when i watched us stuffed at elm park 3-0

and yes when I walked out (all alone) when Gillingham scored their second the fat bastard

Typical City turns out to be that we will always bounce back

to the point that we will beat the european champions away with our second string

and that the 'greatest team ever tm' now lives in our shadow already and don't yet understand the extent of our future dominance

fuck me how times have changed lol
 
yankcitizen76 said:
When we are riding high. I try not to think of the lows.
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that works well when you can remember more highs than lows I suppose

for the rest of us that philosophy is doomed to failure

we descended shockingly into the old third division not very long ago and are unlikely to forget that or our phoenix like ascent back from it

I'm sure you know what I mean mate
 
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worsleyweb said:
simmo said:
Lincoln 4-1
Barnet 1-0
Liverpool 6-0
Derby 6-0
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I went to the 4-0 Liverpool game on the Wednesday. Thought we played better second half so naively went back on the saturday thinking we would get a draw. 6-0 and was chased across Stanley park by margi Clare's love child with a pen knife!! Had better days.
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oh my lord. remember the 4nil and the 6 nil.painful painful memories.
the 4nil was in the away end.normal city away from home big team shit.
the 6 nil? went with blue 2112..he had a work contact and we were in the scousers hospitality.
before the match, pissed , taking in all the glory years that they,d had(trust me they won a few cups)
all the history blah blah blah hiccup!....and then to the match.sitting in the very nearly best seats in the house , sitting there, as an away fan, at Anfield, surrounded by scousers,as we get beat 6nil, 6 fucking nil!!!...oh well played city(why do you have to fuck my life up?) well played city. we were shit.and we were sick of it......city have often taken a bea ting off the red scouse...boxing day 2013 is a big day for me. a very big day. i know we,ve beaten red scouse at home in recent times, but trust me, the pain of that 4nil ..6nil week added together with all the rest of the defeats in the 80s and 90s..



WE HAVE TO SMASH THE SCOUSERS ON BOXING DAY.please.
 
Big Swifty said:
Losing at Shrewsbury in FA Cup 1979 - couldn't believe it. And the love of my life decided to stay with her husband and stopped seeing me. What a bloody awful combination of circumstances.

I wanted to kill him.
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she did right, i'm better looking than you.
 
Nowhere near as bad as some of the old 'classics' but i recall a 5-0 gubbing under KK at Chelsea that was particularly bad. It was i think the first time I'd ever paid 50 quid to get into the match. Was outraged as much by that as the display.
 
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