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28 seconds, "bishop bundled of the ball" more like shoved off it.
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city in yellow
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The one Law wore looks more orange than yellow to me, Peter.Dyed Petya said:The 1989 visit to Arsenal wasn't the first time City wore yellow. There's a picture of Denis Law in the first edition of Manchester - The Greatest City wearing a kit with yellow shirts, white shorts and yellow socks with maroon trim in a game at Leeds in 1960-ish.
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neil jung said:Dyed Petya said:The 1989 visit to Arsenal wasn't the first time City wore yellow. There's a picture of Denis Law in the first edition of Manchester - The Greatest City wearing a kit with yellow shirts, white shorts and yellow socks with maroon trim in a game at Leeds in 1960-ish.
The one Law wore looks more orange than yellow to me, Peter.
I remembered it as yellow but I could easily be wrong. Haven't seen that pic for a long time, as my copy of the book is in storage in England. I do remember that it wasn't the maroon I'd have expected us to be wearing as an away kit in those days, anyway.
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Now, that was a legendary day out. The first and last time I've ever organised a trip. Didn't get to Highbury until just before half-time and thought I'd inexplicably gone to the wrong match! Probably the most baffling moment I've ever had being a City fan and there's been plenty of competition for that particular accolade.
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Dyed Petya said:neil jung said:The one Law wore looks more orange than yellow to me, Peter.
I remembered it as yellow but I could easily be wrong. Haven't seen that pic for a long time, as my copy of the book is in storage in England. I do remember that it wasn't the maroon I'd have expected us to be wearing as an away kit in those days, anyway.
Well, this is in black and white, but it's footage of Law's debut (found the link on newsnow a few minutes ago, coincidentally!) - the kit is far too dark to be yellow, though, and the commentator calls it old gold and black. So neil jung is right, basically, and we were kitted out as Wolves!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mhA4zjx3v4[/youtube]
But in that case, I'm pretty sure I've seen a different picture of a yellow or orange style kit with white shorts from around the same time. Am I just going mad or is there anything to it? Do any of our senior posters or historians have any idea?
Bloody hell, what a great find! Is that Stuart Hall commentating? Presumably the commentary was done many years later.Dyed Petya said:Well, this is in black and white, but it's footage of Law's debut (found the link on newsnow a few minutes ago, coincidentally!) - the kit is far too dark to be yellow, though, and the commentator calls it old gold and black. So neil jung is right, basically, and we were kitted out as Wolves!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mhA4zjx3v4[/youtube]
And from the same channel the 1962 OT Derby...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqjAfw-_BgA[/youtube]
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KAk7o1gQm4[/youtube]
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Was surprised to come across that Denis Law footage. Looked at newsnow earlier and it was linked to on the KotK blog: http://kingkippax.blogspot.com/2010/07/denis-law-debut-for-manchester-city.html?. I'm fairly sure it is Stuart Hall, but I didn't mention him as I wasn't 100%. Glad you thought so too.
Enjoyed the footage of that derby, too, in which Law scored twice against us. But any City win at OT is enjoyable to watch. See we got a penalty, too - we can't have had many there since the War. There was Keith Curle's, of course, and I think Franny got one, but we don't get many (neither does any opposition team, I suppose).
When I saw the link to Denis Law debut, I expected his second debut:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnYEJ4ID3xo[/youtube]
Remember Micah scoring in the yellow kit and then swearing inadvertently in the interview - was still in the UK then and jumping round my living room when it went in. We murdered Villa that night and ended up needing a last-minute equaliser to stay in the Cup. The City way, always has been!
Enjoyed the footage of that derby, too, in which Law scored twice against us. But any City win at OT is enjoyable to watch. See we got a penalty, too - we can't have had many there since the War. There was Keith Curle's, of course, and I think Franny got one, but we don't get many (neither does any opposition team, I suppose).
When I saw the link to Denis Law debut, I expected his second debut:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnYEJ4ID3xo[/youtube]
Remember Micah scoring in the yellow kit and then swearing inadvertently in the interview - was still in the UK then and jumping round my living room when it went in. We murdered Villa that night and ended up needing a last-minute equaliser to stay in the Cup. The City way, always has been!
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lancs blue said:This is the story I heard, not sure how true it is.
The City director who was also one of the Umbro owners - Humphries I think? - decided to "try out" this new yellow kit without telling Swales, who unusually was missing the match at Highbury for some reason and was not happy when he found out about it.
Humphrys had died a few years earlier and Umbro did not have a representative on the Board at this time. Peter Swales did know about the kit, but exactly who chose it has never been admitted to.