Do you remember the first City game you ever attended.

Nope. First I can remember properly is the last stand at the Kippax, but I have memories of looking at the old kippax from the North Stand prior to that. No idea who we played.
 
Burnley away September, 1969. Ian Bowyer scored in a 1-1 draw. Got Joe Mercer's autograph afterwards (lovely man) whilst Franny Lee told us to eff off. First home game a school trip (from Cumbria) in October, 1971. A Lee penalty beat Everton 1-0.

'Last' game (yes, I'm a part-timer now) the FA Cup defeat to West Ham in 2006. The dog days of Pearce's 'reign'. I really should go again during this golden age...
 
Man City 0-0 QPR in the days of Gerry Francis, Stan Bowles and co. Must have been in the late-70s. Hitch hiked from Keele University where I was studying.
 
NJMCFC184 said:
City 2 Spurs 1 August 1985 , City went off and come back out in Black and Red kit
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Afternoon All.. Long time lurker, have been meaning to sign up for a while, thought I'd dip my toe in.. First game LC semi 2nd leg against Middlesbro' 1976..won 4-0. Dad took me it was amazing, remember walking up the Kippax steps and seeing the rain glistening in the floodlights, the grass was the greenest green I've ever seen.. Can't beat a midweek week match under the lights...
 
Vs Stoke Good Friday 1 April 1972. Lost 1-2. It was shortly after we signed Rodney Marsh. Lost again to Southampton on Easter Monday and ended up losing the league to Derby by a point which a lot of people put down to Marsh’s signing. I was on an Easter trip from Dublin with my U12 team. I remember City’s goal but not much else.
 
Boxing day 1968 lost 1-3 to the blue dippers who included Labone Kendall Harvey and Ball.Remember being passed down to the front and was right by Glynn Pardoe as he took a throw in made my day
 
My first match was against the rags at OT. I was a little kid, I remember very little about it but the history forum tells me it was in Feb '55. What I do remember is that I went with my dad and uncles and I think it was an evening match, though in those days it would have been dark by kick off time anyway in the afternoon in February. My dad and uncles were pretty worried all through the first half so I suspect we were having the worse of it, though we scored shortly before half time I think and the history forum confirms Paddy Fagan got the goal. It still made half time pretty tense but the mood changed completely in the second half as my family did a lot of cheering. I remember everyone was laughing, joking and high as kites on the way home because we'd won 5-0.

These are memories from a childhood now well over 60 years ago. I have tried to find out more about this match, but it seems to have been expunged from history. Only the history forum gives any detail at all, so if there is anyone who can help jog my memory I'd be very grateful.
 
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