Earliest City match attended by a forum member

[WestGorton]

So far we’ve got two posters who went in 1949 which is earlier than I expected.

Did anyone attend the 1955 or 56 cup finals?

My Dad in 55. So upsetting he didn't go in 56. Big fail.

 

[asahartford1]

11.00am a boxing day game in the 60s.

 

[Gordyola]

Boxing Day 1964 v Bury 0:0 memory is the crowd protesting about Dave Wagstaff being sold

 

[bennyboy]

1978 Leeds at Maine Road.
https://www.citytilidie.com/latest/leeds-home-197879/

 

[kippaxwarrior]

Grimsby October 1983 won 2-0 in the old division 2

Sat in the Platt Lane seats

 

[xgorton]

Dippers at home in August 67 score 0 0

First home game of the season skipp Tony Book missed a penalty also midweek game if I remember.Franny Lee penalty king signed few months later from Bolton.

 

[blue 1959]

29th April 1959. City 3 Leicester 1. Joe Hayes equalised, and Billy McAdams & Ray Sambrook scored the others. Last game of the season and City had to win to stay in the old Div 1. A night I'll never forget - as a young lad the sheer size of Maine Road under the lights was something else and the crowd was deafening. A road map for my life was written that night. I was hooked.

I remember that night. We had to wait for the score from the bloke who put the scores up for the full time result between villa and WBA

 

[blueyorkie]

9 September 1959 City 4 Fulham 1, hooked for life

 

[RobertVentura]

04 Sep 1976 Arsenal v Manchester City 0-0
League Division One

 

[blueyorkie]

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

Some great names in their, obviously Bert, Waggy was very good, disappointed when he went, Alex Harley terrific goalscorer but only briefly with us, Alan Oakes, Nelly Young would have been around too