Gillingham v Manchester City 1999

[urmston]

City's descent to division 3 is a dreadful blot on the club's history.

I remember the entire time from being champions in 68 to the fiasco of the 98 relegation.

The win against Gillingham at Wembley was a good thing, but nothing to be proud of or to celebrate.

It remains a matter of regret that City were ever in such a position.

 

[CheethamHillBlue]

City's descent to division 3 is a dreadful blot on the club's history.

I remember the entire time from being champions in 68 to the fiasco of the 98 relegation.

The win against Gillingham at Wembley was a good thing, but nothing to be proud of or to celebrate.

It remains a matter of regret that City were ever in such a position.

I disagree. I too am old enough to remember 68 - 98 and that period at the end was what made City fans stand out from the rest. Staying loyal when we could have slunked off and supported another team.
Being part of the bad times in the past makes you appreciate the good times like the present even more.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

City's descent to division 3 is a dreadful blot on the club's history.

I remember the entire time from being champions in 68 to the fiasco of the 98 relegation.

The win against Gillingham at Wembley was a good thing, but nothing to be proud of or to celebrate.

It remains a matter of regret that City were ever in such a position.

We were there because the club deserved to be, no club has a divine right to be in any league. There are only 20 teams in the PL so 72 teams have to make do elsewhere. Or would you rather a league where there was no relegation / promotion?
The club itself refused the councils request for a parade / town hall welcome home thing because it was felt that winning the Divvy 3 play off wasn't something to be celebrating for a club the size of City.
The book goes a great way into detailing the story by interviewing the entire team so that the story is there for all to see in future years. I don't think the book is ''celebrating'' the win, but recording it, and it is relevant especially in relation to how far we have come since those dark days. Dark days indeed but for us fans days we will never forget for differing reasons. The book is a reminder of how it was, it is the clubs history and as much as some fans would rather forget it, it happened and the book is the definitive record of that day.

 

[deafmanstevo]

City's descent to division 3 is a dreadful blot on the club's history.

I remember the entire time from being champions in 68 to the fiasco of the 98 relegation.

The win against Gillingham at Wembley was a good thing, but nothing to be proud of or to celebrate.

It remains a matter of regret that City were ever in such a position.

I loved it , missed just 2 games that season , it was something different good crowds at home, took as many as the away allocation could have us away , brilliant atmospheres, home ends at away games had many wearing utd shirts , funny you never saw them outside the grounds mingling with us.
And at the end THAT day at wembley.

That same season we got derby county a premier league club in them days in the league cup, took thousands there , out sang them, derby fans outside after said they couldn't believe how loud we were, and were the best at that time to come to pride park.

That said I'm loving it now, I would never thought I would see the day city in the champions league never mind winning the premier.

On a side note the scum won the treble that year, but I didn't give a shit after that brilliant day at wembley.

 

[nw42]

I went on amazon yesterday to order it and they`d sold out...
and with the comments by posters on here now I know why...
can`t wait to get my hands on it!

Just follow the link above your last post, I've just ordered it, looking forward to the read.

sorted mate,just ordered it myself...
cheers.

No worries, just had an email to say it's on it's way, good service. Looking forward to reading it as it was the last season I went with any sort of regularity, I felt my club needed me more than ever that season and was proud to get along and back them, some great aways, with terracing..

 

[BlueMooney]

The book is now available (as a text only read I'm afraid, we didn't have the rights to use the images inside) as an ebook on Amazon Kindle.

 

[BlueMooney]

I would also appreciate (honest) reviews of the book on its Amazon page, if anybody would mind popping one on there?

 

[FantasyIreland]

It was heartbreaking watching our demise during those years but i'd change nothing,that day was amazing,right up there with anything I've experienced following this mad club.I was on the halfway line,i stayed,and I suffered every emotion possible - fucking great memories that only serve to reinforce just how lucky we are now!

Growing up in Salford,it would have been too easy to choose Rag,and i don't do easy:-)

 

[BlueMooney]

The ebook is now on Amazon Kindle: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Looks-Like-Scunny-Next-Season/dp/095731132X" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Looks-Like-Scun ... 095731132X</a>

You can order the paperback from that page too.

I'd also love it if you could give it an honest review - if you love it please say so, if you didn't like it please also say so. I think feedback is important and that it should be what you feel. :)

 

[TGR]

Just finished this last weekend.

It is a superb read and highly recommended.
To get the insights & emotions of all of the players who actually played that day along with the manager also is somewhat unique.
The book reaffirms the real team spirit of that particular bunch of players and just how important that game was for the future of the club itself
and why it is now firmly etched into the history & fabric of MCFC.
It brought back some great memories for me and it is a genuine 'must read' for City fans of any age.