First game....

King KdB of Belgium said:
My first game was at Maine Road way back around 1964. I was 9yrs old. One of why dad's friends took me. We stood on the old score board end, If I remember correctly, I think it was a 1-1draw with Bury. Four years later was my second match in the 1967/68 season at home to Leicester City. In goal for Leicester that day was Peter Shilton. We won the game by a score of 6-0. We went on to win the First Division title by beating Newcastle United. While our neighbours lost to Sunderland.
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Yep , Peter Shilton was only 16 years old when he made his debut in goal for Leicester back in 1966 ....
 
PeteBeard said:
Look at the pitch
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Yeah, that's one of the things i remember about that day , the state of the pitch, and the fact that i got absolutely drenched getting to the ground .... trust Jimmy Greaves to be pickin that day to make his debut for them, and Ronnie Boyce's goal in a million!
 
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Ancoats blue said:
Yeah, that's one of the things i remember about that day , the state of the pitch, and the fact that i got absolutely drenched getting to the ground .... trust Jimmy Greaves to be pickin that day to make his debut for them, and Ronnie Boyce's goal in a million!!
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Yeah those were the days, Thanks for the Video I've never seen all the goals
 
PeteBeard said:
Look at the pitch
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Ancoats blue said:
Yeah, that's one of the things i remember about that day , the state of the pitch, and the fact that i got absolutely drenched getting to the ground .... trust Jimmy Greaves to be pickin that day to make his debut for them, and Ronnie Boyce's goal in a million!!
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I DID say it was immaculate!
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bert38 said:
Leaving Maine Road, mum had a bad stomach and had a shit in a carry bag in the back of the van to top a memorable day.
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Lol , and i bet you'd forgotten to take a few clothes pegs with you to pin your nose together in case of energency .... oooh , the pong!



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Leeds at Maine Road August 1971, typical City lost 1-0, Book own goal. It was my second trip to the ground as I had been on a trip with school in May of the same year to see England schoolboys beat Scotland schoolboys 3-1.
 
Ancoats blue said:
Yeah, that's one of the things i remember about that day , the state of the pitch, and the fact that i got absolutely drenched getting to the ground .... trust Jimmy Greaves to be pickin that day to make his debut for them, and Ronnie Boyce's goal in a million!
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I remember the Kippax chanting we want five and West Ham duly obliged...
 
Don’t know what game it was, or whether it was my first game but, Andy Hinchcliffe definitely scored directly from a corner so it must have been late eighties. It’s my first memory of watching City and I was sat in the North Stand.

If anyone can find out what game it actually was, I’d really appreciate it.

Cheers
 
My dad and his best mate " Big Jim " used to go all over the country watching City from the early 50's onwards and I was told that when my Mum told my dad she was pregnant his first words were " I don't care if it's a boy or a girl but it will be a blue "

True to his word when I was 4 years old the two of them took me to Maine Rd for my birthday and I saw a 1-0 win over Swansea in the second division.
I was hooked and from that day my Dad took me to every home game until I was 13 when I started going with my mates and bought my first season ticket.
Started to go to a few away games in 1974 and then when I left school in 1976 started to do all the way games and this season is the first season that I have not been to an away game.

Still love the club but it's not the City I fell in love with all those years ago.
 
DWIFF said:
Don’t know what game it was, or whether it was my first game but, Andy Hinchcliffe definitely scored directly from a corner so it must have been late eighties. It’s my first memory of watching City and I was sat in the North Stand.

If anyone can find out what game it actually was, I’d really appreciate it.

Cheers
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Think that might have been the game against Shrewsbury we drew 2-2 after being 2 down Hinchcliffe scored both, the other being a penalty. Think it is on YouTube somewhere
 
Huddersfield at home on a Friday night. Sat right on the back row in the top tier of the Kippax. It was pissing it down and we lost
 
Zabbasbeard said:
Forty years ago today, on 1st November 1980, was my first visit to Maine Road. My parents were newly separated and Dad was looking for something to do on a Saturday afternoon. I liked football but had been more into cricket so didn't have a team of my own as such, even at 15. City were bottom of the old First Division but the team played with great spirit. What grabbed me most was the fans, chanting "We love you City we do" to a team that was rock bottom in the league. Paul Power, Dave Bennett, Nicky Reid, Joe Corrigan and one Gerry Gow, making his debut, stood out to me. Particularly Gerry Gow. Dave Bennett missed a good chance but Paul Power scored the winner and everyone went home happy. The fans, the players, the ground, the aroma of soup, pies, beer and tobacco were a heady mix that I will never forget. I was bitten by the bug that day. I wanted more. I wanted to be one of those fans. Despite the mostly thin and thinner of the first 28 years, 5 relegations, 5 promotions and the latent success of the last 10 years, I've never regretted a moment. The lows, as painful as they were, have made the highs that bit better. Thanks Dad even if you're no longer with us. Here's to a few years more...

What was your first game? What grabbed you!? Maybe you were already a Blue.

Manchester City vs Norwich City, Division One (Old), Sat 01 November 1980

Details of every game played by Manchester City Football Club
bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk

Thanks Ric, Gary, Colin and co for this site. Love it.
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My Dad was also a Saturday dad, first game I remember him taking me too was Burnley at home in 1973, sat on the benches in the Platt Lane looking on in envy at the Kippax, the sun was shining and the fashion was scarves around the wrists, necks, down the side of the flared jeans and around the head, loved it, and from that day I was well and truly hooked.
 
The Manchester of my childhood was very much one of murky blacks and whites and greys. Arriving at the top of the Kippax for the first time for a night game vs Liverpool in the rain under floodlights was literally breathtaking. Whilst it wasn't my first City game - it was the one where they got me for life.
 
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