Favourite City Photograph

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Those are fabulous. You know, mate, I've seen that top one reproduced many, many times over the years. But this is far and way the best quality reproduction of Franny in that iconic pose at Newcastle. Where did you fish it from?

 

[crazyg]

Those are fabulous. You know, mate, I've seen that top one reproduced many, many times over the years. But this is far and way the best quality reproduction of Franny in that iconic pose at Newcastle. Where did you fish it from?

The picture shows the City fans in the open end going berserk. i was in the Leazes End, and it was also packed with blues . There must have been at least 30,000 of us there that day.



(Not as many as at York a few years later, but I wasn't there)

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Tolm - I think you are about my age? Do you remember mike Holden lived in Thornton grove just around the corner and was in the boys brigade around there?

I should do, I once went on a lads holiday to Tenerife with him, haha!

He lived on Dorset Avenue. I used to go away games with him and few other lads from around the area.

Great lad, as were his folks.

Followed me into the media and moved to Spain I think?

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

The picture shows the City fans in the open end going berserk. i was in the Leazes End, and it was also packed with blues . There must have been at least 30,000 of us there that day.



(Not as many as at York a few years later, but I wasn't there)

A wise choice to go up there, my friend. Little did you know that you would have to wait 44 years…

Seriously, I'm very jealous of anyone who was there. More innocent days, when what we paid through the turnstiles actually paid for the players' wages. Or so I choose to believe. I was a bit too little myself. My first year of supporting City (yes, always been a glory hunter!), I was about thirteen, absolutely no other City fan (or indeed football fan) in the family to take me. I may well have been away at boarding school at that point in the year, too. So that put the kibosh on that.
I've been trying to contact David Mooney to get him to do a special, with Sam Roscoe, on those who were there that day. Something that could fit well in the podcast extra, it seems to me. They are, quite literally, a dying breed, or at the least getting very elderly. It may be the last chance. I'm absolutely certain there'd be a cartload of great memories. No joy in contacting Mooney so far (sorry, I don't do Facebook, Instagram, or any of that guff: they are the mark of the devil, as far as I'm concerned). If anybody's in touch? Or if he's reading this? Just a suggestion.

 

[dennishasdoneit]

A wise choice to go up there, my friend. Little did you know that you would have to wait 44 years…

Seriously, I'm very jealous of anyone who was there. More innocent days, when what we paid through the turnstiles actually paid for the players' wages. Or so I choose to believe. I was a bit too little myself. My first year of supporting City (yes, always been a glory hunter!), I was about thirteen, absolutely no other City fan (or indeed football fan) in the family to take me. I may well have been away at boarding school at that point in the year, too. So that put the kibosh on that.
I've been trying to contact David Mooney to get him to do a special, with Sam Roscoe, on those who were there that day. Something that could fit well in the podcast extra, it seems to me. They are, quite literally, a dying breed, or at the least getting very elderly. It may be the last chance. I'm absolutely certain there'd be a cartload of great memories. No joy in contacting Mooney so far (sorry, I don't do Facebook, Instagram, or any of that guff: they are the mark of the devil, as far as I'm concerned). If anybody's in touch? Or if he's reading this? Just a suggestion.

Pm sent.

 

[dennishasdoneit]

I don't think it was an outtake. I have the same version and I think it was the only one published. Team photos in those days were more relaxed than they are now. I remember a Millwall pic at that time with Eamonn Dunphy sat on the front row with his left bollock hanging out of his shorts.

Ian Bowyer def needs a haircut anyway..way too much hair going on there..

 

[worsleyweb]

I should do, I once went on a lads holiday to Tenerife with him, haha!

He lived on Dorset Avenue. I used to go away games with him and few other lads from around the area.

Great lad, as were his folks.

Followed me into the media and moved to Spain I think?

Yes mike lives in Valencia and still does media work. Yes you are right Dorset Avenue. His mam and dad were huge blues and spent a lot time in the social club. His dad recently passed away. Small world.

 

[mccity]

Does this count?

 

[remember arthur mann]

Those are fabulous. You know, mate, I've seen that top one reproduced many, many times over the years. But this is far and way the best quality reproduction of Franny in that iconic pose at Newcastle. Where did you fish it from?

https://www.bing.com/images/search?...6A3DDCBE4329C795A459F79E32C943F8E&FORM=IQFRBA

https://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/halloffame/francis-lee/

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Yes mike lives in Valencia and still does media work. Yes you are right Dorset Avenue. His mam and dad were huge blues and spent a lot time in the social club. His dad recently passed away. Small world.

Sorry to hear that about his dad, Arthur. Will let my old man know, he used to drink with him and his wife Angela in the City club.