City Myths

blue by birth said:
I went to that on the football special..about 300 on it..we got special buses to the ground and as we got off the old bill said Torquay mob waiting for you...there were about 20 of them and they ran off before we could all get off the bus.
We won 2nd leg 6-0 if I remember correctly
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I remember getting on the bus after the train journey and not getting in for the start of the match. At half time my mate got hit on the head with a chocolate drink that had been given out free to the home support. It was launched at our end from theirs , we were stood on a grass embankment called the Babacombe end if im not mistaken. Got home at about 7.30 the morning after.
 
the blue panther said:
Me too - I was 27 and was shitting it at half time because of the crush. Never experienced anything like it before or since.
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Whoever was in charge of policing that day deserves a medal. He opened the fences up at the bottom so the crowd could get out and relieve the crush(I was one of them) and he opened up the corner of Kippax/platt Lane for home fans. If you watch the highlights, it's empty at start but after about 25 minutes it's rammed. He definitely did a good thing that day, especially when you see what happened in Bradford on the same day. Think possibly that MCFC got lucky that day.
 
pirate said:
sadly not quite true

our first major trophy was 1904 (FA Cup)

Liverpool 1901 (league)
Spurs 1901 (FA Cup)
Man Ure 1908 (league)
Arsenal 1930 (FA Cup)
Chelsea 1955 (league)

the facts liverpool fans hate the most are
1)we won the the fa cup 61 years before they won it
2)we won a european trophy three years before they did
3)we won the league cup eleven years before they did.

facts united fans hate the most are
1)we won a trophy first
2)we won the league cup 22 years before they did
3)they have only been the most successful team in the league (most league titles) for 19 out of the total of 144 years and only reached that position for the first time in 1967
4)they have never been top of the all time league table and only cracked the top 10 in the mid 1970's and only rose above us in the mid 1980's
5)they only have 3 managers in their history who have won the league (most of their fans can only name 2). For reference liverpool have 9,arsenal have 7, we have 5, chelsea have 4 and spurs 2.
6)Jose mourinho, who most united fans call a failure, is their 4th most successful manager.
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Good post.

To add - The FA Cup was actually more prestigious than winning the league for a long long time. Akin to winning the Champions league now, as European competitions didn’t start properly until the 50’s. Every team wanted to win the FA cup, it was the biggest trophy in football. We won it before any of the so called big boys and I think we won it twice before Liverpool did.
 
pirate said:
sadly not quite true

our first major trophy was 1904 (FA Cup)

Liverpool 1901 (league)
Spurs 1901 (FA Cup)
Man Ure 1908 (league)
Arsenal 1930 (FA Cup)
Chelsea 1955 (league)

the facts liverpool fans hate the most are
1)we won the the fa cup 61 years before they won it
2)we won a european trophy three years before they did
3)we won the league cup eleven years before they did.

facts united fans hate the most are
1)we won a trophy first
2)we won the league cup 22 years before they did
3)they have only been the most successful team in the league (most league titles) for 19 out of the total of 144 years and only reached that position for the first time in 1967
4)they have never been top of the all time league table and only cracked the top 10 in the mid 1970's and only rose above us in the mid 1980's
5)they only have 3 managers in their history who have won the league (most of their fans can only name 2). For reference liverpool have 9,arsenal have 7, we have 5, chelsea have 4 and spurs 2.
6)Jose mourinho, who most united fans call a failure, is their 4th most successful manager.
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This one’s not a myth either: United only overtook City in the all-time league table for the first time in 1983.
 
blue by birth said:
I went to that on the football special..about 300 on it..we got special buses to the ground and as we got off the old bill said Torquay mob waiting for you...there were about 20 of them and they ran off before we could all get off the bus.
We won 2nd leg 6-0 if I remember correctly
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For some reason Jamie Hoyland rings a vague bell, without looking it up, did he score his only City goal in the second leg?
 
pirate said:
sadly not quite true

our first major trophy was 1904 (FA Cup)

Liverpool 1901 (league)
Spurs 1901 (FA Cup)
Man Ure 1908 (league)
Arsenal 1930 (FA Cup)
Chelsea 1955 (league)

the facts liverpool fans hate the most are
1)we won the the fa cup 61 years before they won it
2)we won a european trophy three years before they did
3)we won the league cup eleven years before they did.

facts united fans hate the most are
1)we won a trophy first
2)we won the league cup 22 years before they did
3)they have only been the most successful team in the league (most league titles) for 19 out of the total of 144 years and only reached that position for the first time in 1967
4)they have never been top of the all time league table and only cracked the top 10 in the mid 1970's and only rose above us in the mid 1980's
5)they only have 3 managers in their history who have won the league (most of their fans can only name 2). For reference liverpool have 9,arsenal have 7, we have 5, chelsea have 4 and spurs 2.
6)Jose mourinho, who most united fans call a failure, is their 4th most successful manager.
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We’ve had three in 11 years
 
big gaz said:
And. this reads like an Escort mag, so what happened FFS ;-)
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you might want to use your imagination because its probably more exciting than we stopped for chips on the way home & she dumped my mate a couple of days later :-(
 
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