City @ Vale Park

[roman totale]

England paraplegic XI were on the pitch at half time that day.

"are you City in disguise"

Remember it well. As the players were coming on for the second half and the paraplegics were hobbling off, everyone was screaming “Nooo! Bring ‘em back!!”

 

[calumdown]

can't recall the year,
2006?

anyone else go to the pre-season friendly there
when joey barton scored a first-half hat-trick?



edit:
found it

Port Vale v Manchester City friendly 2006/07 – City Til I Die

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

And Partey was with him?, before he left Hanley for Madrid, they were some firm back then, they could rule the world

I heard Williams describe it as his greatest day

 

[johnnytapia]

Yep 3-0 at Elms Park midweek game I managed to somehow get in their main stand. Fucked off to the boozer next to the ground at half time as we were already 2-0 down against another relegation favourite. Absolutely fucking shit that team. Fucking fucking shit.

I’d forgotten who scored their 2nd that night - no googling !

Ray Houghton. ****.

 

[burnley blue mcfc]

Didn’t Clive Allen come on as sub there once for a corner and score with his first touch.
Or is my memory as bad as other people say it is?

# best ever away kit ;)

 

[tizzerp]

Port Vale v Manchester City 1997/98 – City Til I Die

Pretty much as people on here remember. I'll own up to giving Shit Kit a dog's load of abuse. Never been so fuming about a players performance before or since

 

[TShed]

Port Vale v Manchester City 1997/98 – City Til I Die

Pretty much as people on here remember. I'll own up to giving Shit Kit a dog's load of abuse. Never been so fuming about a players performance before or since

He parked his car on the Swan car park for the Stoke game. How fucking amateur we were big game prep players make your way to a pub and we’ll pick you up in the coach… don’t be late we can’t wait ffs
Anyway after the game we were all in the Swan beer garden Mere Corner
City coach pulls up and Symons and I think Horlick have to be dropped off to pick their cars up
They stopped and chatted for ages visibly shaking and admitted when they saw the pub rammed they shit themselves expecting a lynch mob lol even considered abandoning the cars

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Port Vale v Manchester City 1997/98 – City Til I Die

Pretty much as people on here remember. I'll own up to giving Shit Kit a dog's load of abuse. Never been so fuming about a players performance before or since

Interesting to read that, thanks. It confirms everyone’s memories nicely.

 

[Blue Feather]

I wrote about that particular game in KotK a long time ago and it remains (for me at least) possibly the worst City performance of my lifetime. It was Reading’s last season at Elm Park and I took a Derby County supporting mate of mine, who lived in nearby Datchet. He didn’t know whether to laugh or console me, we were so bad. He just kept saying “Oh dear” and “Dear oh dear” and blowing his cheeks out over and over. I know we were bad a lot in those days (Wycombe and Stockport away, plus a 0-0 draw at home to a Bristol Rovers team that included half a dozen teenagers, are also in my top ten truly minging City performances - thankfully I missed the Bury and Lincoln debacles), but that game at Reading was extra special

I posted similar about that game on here a while back, absolute shite. I think we 'played' with a back 5 with Bobby Brightwell and Jason Van Blerk as wing-backs...... 3rd tier nailed on after that.....

 

[TinFoilHat]

can't recall the year,
2006?

anyone else go to the pre-season friendly there
when joey barton scored a first-half hat-trick?



edit:
found it

Port Vale v Manchester City friendly 2006/07 – City Til I Die

There maybe a thread still on it on here.

I wasn't there but I recall the pre season friendly thread being hilarious.

 

[117 M34]

I was there.
Went on the junior blues coach.
Pretty sure it was this game that Nigel clough made a tackle and was getting booked off the ref and the city end were shouting off, off, off. (If it wasn't this one it was tranmere in the same year).

Edit on this.
It was ged brannan not Nigel clough.

Got my useless midfielders mixed up.

 

[schfc6]

England paraplegic XI were on the pitch at half time that day.

"are you City in disguise"

If I remember correctly they played an amputee exhibition match at half time. All sorts of chants. City City sign him up etc.

 

[Yankunian]

He parked his car on the Swan car park for the Stoke game. How fucking amateur we were big game prep players make your way to a pub and we’ll pick you up in the coach… don’t be late we can’t wait ffs
Anyway after the game we were all in the Swan beer garden Mere Corner
City coach pulls up and Symons and I think Horlick have to be dropped off to pick their cars up
They stopped and chatted for ages visibly shaking and admitted when they saw the pub rammed they shit themselves expecting a lynch mob lol even considered abandoning the cars

went back to Swan after that Stoke game and remember Symonds going bar and he was as gutted as rest of us , Tommy Wright was with him and remember Rosler being in beer garden but Ged Brannan fucked off when he saw how many City fans were there

 

[BillCarlisle]

Didn’t Clive Allen come on as sub there once for a corner and score with his first touch.
Or is my memory as bad as other people say it is?

That's definitely the game I was at

Me too. The only time I've been to Vale Park. I recall every pub in town was closed doors to all but locals. Most of the shops were shut too - it was like a ghost town, only the tumbleweed was missing. Lol. One of my mates worked in the area and knew a pub landlord so he arranged for us to get in via the back door. It was rammed with Vale fans and we were the only Blues in the place. A bit scary at first but we ended up having great craic.

 

[Milesvk]

Me too. The only time I've been to Vale Park. I recall every pub in town was closed doors to all but locals. Most of the shops were shut too - it was like a ghost town, only the tumbleweed was missing. Lol. One of my mates worked in the area and knew a pub landlord so he arranged for us to get in via the back door. It was rammed with Vale fans and we were the only Blues in the place. A bit scary at first but we ended up having great craic.

Same as mate, remember walking through town thinking how strange it was with no one around. This women popped out of a pub and asked if we were city fans, every sense in my body said "don't go in, it's a set up" but then another part was saying "it's a pub, they have beer".
We went in, luckily full of city fans.

 

[TShed]

went back to Swan after that Stoke game and remember Symonds going bar and he was as gutted as rest of us , Tommy Wright was with him and remember Rosler being in beer garden but Ged Brannan fucked off when he saw how many City fans were there

Your right it was Rosler not Horlock albeit Uwe didn’t play that day.

 

[Abattoir Blue]

went back to Swan after that Stoke game and remember Symonds going bar and he was as gutted as rest of us , Tommy Wright was with him and remember Rosler being in beer garden but Ged Brannan fucked off when he saw how many City fans were there

Great posts. I think that going down actually calmed everyone down a bit compared to the three months previous...the worst has now happened, you crack on. Atmosphere at Stoke miles better than pretty much every other game in Spring 1998 (didn't see any blue on blue that day. Though plenty of half bricks!).

Also, felt sorry for Symons. Got dog's abuse at times (I don't gob off at my own players, but even i nearly caved at Edgeley Park!).
Was clearly a decent player (was good next to Curle in Prem). But not suited to clogging and captaincy weighed him down.

 

[Gingers Dad]

Didn’t Clive Allen come on as sub there once for a corner and score with his first touch.
Or is my memory as bad as other people say it is?

We were behind the goal he scored in. City had a corner, Quinn was on the near post and Allen at the far. I was shouting that Quinn should be at the back stick.
Corner came in and Quinn flicked it to Allen who scored with a header. Great celebrations. Fortunately I was no nowhere near anyone who could hear me shouting shit by the time it all calmed down.
Our name was on the cup that year, it's still a mystery how we didn't win it

 

[The Norfolk Blue]

Didn’t Clive Allen come on as sub there once for a corner and score with his first touch.
Or is my memory as bad as other people say it is?

Yes, my only visit there watching The Blues, awful game on an awful pitch in a ground that had seen better days. Got drenched stood on that open terrace and the only time I moved was when Clive headed home, just seconds after coming off the bench.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

can't recall the year,
2006?

anyone else go to the pre-season friendly there
when joey barton scored a first-half hat-trick?



edit:
found it

Port Vale v Manchester City friendly 2006/07 – City Til I Die

Me and my lad were there. I think Steve Wigley had recently joined as assistant coach and we actually looked decent that night. I said to my lad "This looks very promising. Might be a good season". Just how wrong can you be?

Remember coming out of the ground and walking with Jim Cassell, having a quick chat.