Earliest City match attended by a forum member

[Didsbury Dave]

Obviously City have no history, but what’s the earliest match that any of you were at? Not your dads or granddads, I mean genuine forum members. I’d like to think we have someone that was at the 55/56 cup finals. Do we have any earlier? Surely nobody can claim to have seen us win the league in 1937. Can they?

EDIT: Big Swifty steams into a seemingly unassailable lead on page 14 with the following:

"I was taken to see City's first home League match when the Football League resumed in 1946. City 3 Bury 1 at Maine Road. September 4th, if I remember correctly.

I was quite small at the time, I hasten to add. It was a damp gloomy day, early evening kick-off.

Beat that, youngsters. Still going strong. "

 

[aguero93:20]

@oakiecokie saw our win against Stalybridge Clarence in March 1881.

 

[bluwes]

City v Blackpool April 1959 as a special birthday treat......I was four years old. Only thing I remember was kicking a ball against a wall at the Platt Lane End.Oh and we lost.

 

[oakiecokie]

@oakiecokie saw our win against Stalybridge Clarence in March 1881.

I was the first ball boy in history.

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Good thread, i'd be genuinely interested to know the answer to this

 

[JGL07]

My first match attended was the 3-0 home defeat to Blackpool on 4 May 1963.

Bert Trautmann
Bill Leivers
Bobby Kennedy
Alan Oakes
Alf Wood
David Shawcross
Colin Barlow
Peter Dobing
Alex Harley
Matt Gray
David Wagstaffe

https://bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/History/Matches/Match.aspx?id=2475

 

[aguero93:20]

My first match attended was the 3-0 home defeat to Blackpool on 4 May 1963.

Bert Trautmann
Bill Leivers
Bobby Kennedy
Alan Oakes
Alf Woods
David Shawcross
Colin Barlow
Peter Dobing
Alex Harley
Matt Gray
David Wagstaffe

https://bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/History/Matches/Match.aspx?id=2475

Now, now. No looking the team up, that's cheating.

 

[halfmist]

Mine was home to Sheffield United 2-1 win in 1971. No point in posting though if you can’t beat 1963

 

[880125]

First match Rags v City 1956, and we got beat. But that didn't put me off.

 

[JASR]

I was the first ball boy in history.

A year earlier you were the 1st ball girl, as well.