75 years old. First game 1956 pre -season after winning the cup. My old man took me to City first versus the Reserves (in maroon )a week before the season kicked off. Used to sit on 'The Wall' betweeen Platt Lane and Main Stand.
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FOC Roll Call :-)
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Alan Oakes Shinpads
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68 years old physically but mentally 17.Still laugh at farts and stare at women with large breasts.
First match was in 1961 against Leeds in a Central league game.Not got a good memory but my Dad reminded me of it for years,Stood in the Scoreboard end and started going regularly with my Dad.As I got older moved into the Kippax,although did one season in the North Stand before it had the seats fitted.
Now a season ticket holder in the East Stand,Block 142,so I think I qualify as a FOC.
First match was in 1961 against Leeds in a Central league game.Not got a good memory but my Dad reminded me of it for years,Stood in the Scoreboard end and started going regularly with my Dad.As I got older moved into the Kippax,although did one season in the North Stand before it had the seats fitted.
Now a season ticket holder in the East Stand,Block 142,so I think I qualify as a FOC.
threespires
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58 so still in City kindergarten compared to some on here but I reckon FOC is a state of mind not a number!
r.soleofsalford
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Maybe we need a grading C then OC then FOC with clear boundaries.
I’m not 60 until next year. My parents didn’t do football and weren’t cash rich. I was left to find my own path. but my first season ticket was pre premier league.
anyway I struggle with a bad back, have done for years. so my perspective is that FOC is a state of both mind and healt. Some get there quicker than others.
given the wife often calls me victor (meldrew) I claim early onset FOC
I don’t believe it.
r.soleofsalford
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58 so still in City kindergarten compared to some on here but I reckon FOC is a state of mind not a number!
More of a state of health imo.
Brunswick Blue
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73 this year. When I was young we lived in the Brunswick area of Cholton on Medlock, i first started to go to Maine road in 1959. My dad worked Saturdays So I had to go on my own which was a challenge because juniors were not allowed in on their own. My overriding memory is in those days there was no segregation of away supporters.
Brunswick Blue
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Season ticket holder since Main road days
Eccles Blue
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82 yrs young. Supported City since 1956 although during the child rearing years, being a single parent with 4 kids, could only afford the occasional matches! After they all settled down and left home I got to more games eventually getting a season ticket and going home, away and Europe.
Do I qualify as an FOC? ;-)
Do I qualify as an FOC? ;-)