The Lightbowne Cowboy
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That was the season when Gobshite Crerand had a bet with Big Mal that we wouldn't get 25000 all season and that the club was finished etc etc. That bet lasted all of one game with 25000 attending the first home game against Wolves. We then went on to get noticeable gates of 34k and 47k(against Huddersfield funnily enough)in league games, but it was in the FA Cup we got astronomical crowds for a then 2nd division(championship now) team. 52k against Blackpool, 56k against Leicester and wait for it, 63'300 against Everton..and guess what ? Scum only got one higher attendance(Benfica aka Eusebio- in European cup)all season. So Paddy, lil ole Cidddy wasn't done for after all.City also had a tremendous run in the FA Cup that year too; starting two days after the Huddersfield game on 3rd January 1966.,,against Blackpool,an outstanding run to the quarter finals, needing replays in nearly every tie.
The 6th round tie against 1st div Everton went to two replays ,after a 0-0 draw at both Maine rd ...and Goodison( Stan Horse's greatest ever game for City) before losing 2nil in the 2nd replay on neutral ground.
1966 could have been a league and cup double year,which would have been an outstanding season,but beating a top top team like Everton was a step too far for us...at that time.
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