Earliest trophy memories...

[oakiecokie]

Earliest memories?

The second division championship winning season of 1965-66, went to virtually every home came and six or seven away games as a schoolkid.

Some decent players around in that era, Derek Kevan, Jimmy Murray, David Wagstaffe, Stan Horne, Johnny Crossan, Alan Oakes, Harry Dowd, Alan Ogley, Mick Doyle, Buzzer, King Colin, etc.........

That was my first trophy memory too. City had already clinched promotion at Rotherham and by an odd coincidence the last match of the season was a rearranged midweek game at home to Southampton who had already finished runners up. Southampton formed a guard of honour and applauded City on to the pitch before the game. The match itself was an anti climax, ending in a 0-0 draw.

Most of the players you mention were indeed at City that season but Wagstaffe and Kevan had already left.

We also had a certain Glyn Pardoe playing at centre forward for us in those days.

 

[shakermaker85]

As an English City fan born in the mid 80's I had to wait till 2011 to see what the lifting of a trophy felt like (if we're not counting Gillingham)

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Vaguely remember watching the Neil Young FA cup final on telly,

Can't remember anything of the 1970 League Cup win or seeing highlights of the Cup Winners Cup win either.

First 'Trophy' at a match the Charity Shield at Vila Park in 1972 or was it 1973.

First real trophy League Cup in 1976 to be honest after coming close in 1981 I thought that would be my lot.

Great to be wrong ;)

 

[ifiwasarichfan]

Not sure where to post this, but I was having a conversation with my Dad recently, and he was talking about the 1955 and 1956 FA Cup finals, which were very early on in his City-supporting life. He'd moved to Manchester in the early 1950s, and initially used to alternate going to City and Utd games at the weekend (he tells me lots of people used to do this at one time.... but I'm always a bit suspicious!). Thankfully, he eventually came down on the Blue side of Manchester because of the 1955 and 1956 FA Cup finals, which were his first visits to Wembley (glory hunter!).

But it got me wondering....

Are there many people still going to City who remember our triumphs in the 1930s? I guess they would be at least 90 by now, but that's not inconceivable. (My Grandad's cousin was a Stockport County fan who lived to 101 and went to games for 90 years!)

Are there even perhaps people posting on here who remember any of these trophy wins?

For me, my first City memory was watching the team bring home the League Cup at Maine Road in 1976, when I was 4, so after that point, it wasn't exactly an avalanche of trophies until the last few years...

If the OP cares to visit the Paddy Fagan thread he will see that we do have some posters who went to see City in the mid fifties.

My first was the 1969 FA Cup Final.

 

[dawlish dave]

My dad born 1907 lived in Magaret Rt West Gorton off Hyde Rd, he told me how with 4 mates they watched the stand burn down at the Hyde Rd ground, he attended the 1934 CF and later used to take me to Maine Rd from 1949 onwards. We attended the 55 and 56 cup finals we were at Wembley in 66, plus loads of others the last together was 81 v Spurs. Miss him loads these past few happy happy days.
Now I ask for mercy. My first view of a trophy was in 1948 my Mum took me and my twin sister to see United drive down Piccadilly with the FA Cup. Next Tuesday sis is joining me for the Bayern game.

 

[oakiecokie]

My dad born 1907 lived in Magaret Rt West Gorton off Hyde Rd, he told me how with 4 mates they watched the stand burn down at the Hyde Rd ground, he attended the 1934 CF and later used to take me to Maine Rd from 1949 onwards. We attended the 55 and 56 cup finals we were at Wembley in 66, plus loads of others the last together was 81 v Spurs. Miss him loads these past few happy happy days.
Now I ask for mercy. My first view of a trophy was in 1948 my Mum took me and my twin sister to see United drive down Piccadilly with the FA Cup. Next Tuesday sis is joining me for the Bayern game.

So its taken you near on 70 years to convert her.You should be ashamed dd.

 

[give & go]

Earliest memories?

The second division championship winning season of 1965-66, went to virtually every home came and six or seven away games as a schoolkid.

Some decent players around in that era, Derek Kevan, Jimmy Murray, David Wagstaffe, Stan Horne, Johnny Crossan, Alan Oakes, Harry Dowd, Alan Ogley, Mick Doyle, Buzzer, King Colin, etc.........

Yes we had some good player's,I also did all the home games plus Huddersfield,Preston,Bolton,Brum,Bury away games as a kid also Blackpool away F A Cup.

Same era as me gutted I didn't go Rotherham but is was a night match and I was still at school
Remember we had a cup run played Grimsby Leicester replay away went on fields dens coach and we got locked out listens to match outside we played everton and a second replay at wolves which we lost.

First trophy I seen was effin fa cup in 1963 when my uncle took me to town as a kid to watch rags parade the cup Noel fukin cantwell Child abuse that

 

[urmston]

For me the first trophy I remember was the Div 2 one in 1966.

In 66/67 I learned how to read and understand league tables.

And in 67/68 we won the league!

Happy days.

 

[City1974]

1976 League Cup Final win v Newcastle (after the 1974 League Cup Final defeat v Wolves).
How we lost to Wolves after the chances we created in the second half I still do not know to this day, it seemed as one sided as England v Poland in 1973 when somehow England failed to win..

 

[NPBlue]

As I should have expected, people posting on forums tend not to be in their nineties!!

SO does anyone know anyone who still goes to matches today who witnessed any of the 1930s successes? Is their a known "oldest City fan" out there?!

My father and his brother were at the game, and my uncle is still alive.

My uncle told me recently that in those days, as young children, and he would have been 7 years old at the time of that game, it was normal practice to squeeze as many children through the turnstiles as was possible while the parent paid just the one entrance fee.

His abiding memory of the game is being passed over the heads of those present so he could get to the front of the popular side, and after the game had finished and the crowd had dispersed, being surprised at the amount of blood he saw on the terracing as he made his way back to the meeting point with his father.

He lives in Bristol and was a leading engineer on the TSR2 and Concorde projects back in the day, but hasn't watched City live for decades.