Full Members Cup final

[stuart brennan]

I'm planning a piece about the 1986 Full Members Cup final, when City played a derby at Old Trafford on the Saturday and the final at Wembley the next day.
I'll be speaking to a couple of players who were involved but would love to hear experiences of fans who went to both games.
Please shout up!

 

[chaddblue]

I went to both. I believe the trains to Euston after the Derby were rather 'interesting' as a lot of City fans decided to spend Saturday night in London

I got the special down from Piccadilly to Wembley Central on the Sunday. I remember at 5-1 thinking it was getting embarrassing

A mate of mine left at 5-1 and had no idea at all that we had pulled it back to 5-4 until he got home back in Failsworth

 

[gorton guvnor]

I was 14 at the time and went to both. At 5-1 my brother said come on let’s go I’ve seen enough. As we were walking back to the coach we could hear 3 more loud cheers and thought it was 8-1! Got to the coach and the driver looked at us and said why are you here it’s 5-4. We legged it back and got in as the full time whistle went! Crazy day that topped off a crazy weekend

 

[Groke]

remember a breezy drive back from wembley with a load of windows missing from the coach

 

[give it to gordon]

Cant remember much , the last 10 minutes were mad lol

And as Groke said I remember seeing lots of Citys fans coaches with smashed windows !

Ps stayed to the end !!

 

[BillCarlisle]

I went to both. I was living in Manchester then & 4 of us drove down there & back on the Sunday, parking at Harrow on the Hill. I remember the atmosphere in the stadium being more like a pre-season friendly than a Cup Final. We left at 5-1 to get a flyer & found out it ended up 5-4 when we arrived back at the car. Not one our better trips to Wembley. Think I've still got the match ticket somewhere in my collection.

 

[JOGAMIGMOG]

We left at 5-1 and got the train back to Mcr. When we got back a random bloke commiserated with us and told us we were unlucky. We thought he was taking the piss. Then we found out it was 5-4! Needless to say we haven’t left a game early ever since and so glad as the Dickov and Aguerooooo goals are two of the highlights of being a fan of this wonderful club which any early leavers would have missed.

 

[lancs blue]

I went to both games. Drove down to Wembley and back on the day and I too left at 5-1 to miss the inevitable traffic jam - probably just as well hearing later what happened to a lot of the City cars and coaches. I didn't find out the final score until I got home either.

 

[inchy14]

I'm planning a piece about the 1986 Full Members Cup final, when City played a derby at Old Trafford on the Saturday and the final at Wembley the next day.
I'll be speaking to a couple of players who were involved but would love to hear experiences of fans who went to both games.
Please shout up!

Went to both mate, me and my mate both aged 17... had a ball on the Saturday at Old Trafford, knew we couldn’t really go to the pub after the game as knew we’d need the money for the wembley trip do hit the off licence instead and sat drinking white lightning or something similar until the early hours. Got a lift to town on the Sunday and walked into the train station and bumped into my dads 2 mates Kev Cochoran and Tony Deguise. They had bags full of ale so we decided to stay with them for the day!! Drank all their ale, found another off licence near Wembley as the pubs were shut if I remember correctly and we both bought a crate each which we then sold some of to lads at the back of the queue who didn’t want to wait.
Got in the ground and just after kick off it literally did as hundreds of chelsea fans were in our end!! Got a bit tasty to say the least.
As for the match, don’t recall too much, left at 4-1, heard them score another on our way round the ground.. only when we all got in a taxi in Manchester to head to our local (thanks Alf for keeping it open) did we find out the score!! Gutted and didn’t even finish my pint as i shot home to check if that was the real score or if I was being wound up.
Never ever left a game early since.

 

[jim tolmies perm]

We left at 5-1 and got the train back to Mcr. When we got back a random bloke commiserated with us and told us we were unlucky. We thought he was taking the piss. Then we found out it was 5-4! Needless to say we haven’t left a game early ever since and so glad as the Dickov and Aguerooooo goals are two of the highlights of being a fan of this wonderful club which any early leavers would have missed.

Ha ha the same for me and the derby match we were goading rags all game with "we're going to Wembley you're not"
Great weekend apart from David fcuking Speedie