My best away trip was Omonia Nicosia. Wasn't that bad City took nearly a 1000. We booked on a plane called XL airways which went bust a few days before luckily Easy Jet stepped in and we got our money back and had an extra nights stay in Cyprus for no extra cost, the only downside was I had to drive down to Gatwick to get the flight.
Yeah its the only time I've been to Selhurst Park and it was a pain to get to.
Wasn't the 2-0 at Carlisle in the 80s a defeat? I recall a crap performance and a missed pen, but I can't remember which side missed. We got in a "closed" pub by going down an alley and in a delivery door.
I went on the special too..we got 2 double decker buses to ground and when we were getting off the buses there were about 30 Torquay fans and one of the coppers jokingly said ..that's Torquays crew waiting for you..
Tolmie missed a penalty and Nicky Reid was sent off.
One coachload of Gornik were allowed to travel from behind the iron curtain. We swapped little paper flags like you get for the sandcastles at Blackpool.
Was that the one we lost 2-1 and the police and stewards were acting as complete arseholes all game?
Was that the one where they equalised in the last minute? If so there were three or four of us in the seats behind the goals.
It was the middle of nowhere. Did the official day trip and spent a few hours sampling the delights of Poznan before the game. Early kick-off so back to face the gloating gerbils at work the following day.
Yes Bosco Jankovic, 2 - 2....500 might be an over stated figure.
Jibbed on the official trip to get to the ground then a train back to Poznan.
You could go to the USSR as a tourist in 70s/80s, and wanted to buy your jeans off you but the match was played in Poland not the USSR.I posted this in the other thread, but must be better in this one?
I reckon our away following for this one was - ZERO! As they wouldn’t have allowed fans into the USSR from the West.
^ just on that from above in brackets, I thought this might be worth posting in here… any Blues sneak into Poland for this game?
https://www.laczynaspilka.pl/biblioteka/mecze/gornik-zabrze-manchester-city-20-10031971
Górnik Zabrze - Manchester City 2:0, 10.03.1971
It was supposed to be a great rematch for the defeat at the Prater in Vienna. Less than a year after the clash in the Cup Winners' Cup final, fate again associated the players of Górnik and Manchester City - this time in the quarterfinals of the tournament. The interest in the meeting surpassed all expectations. A month before the match, the organizers received 160,000 entries for admission tickets! And all the time more were coming in, despite the fact that the forecasts announced a severe frost, and it was possible to watch the event on TV. Ultimately, 90,000 lucky ones sat on the stands of the Silesian Stadium, and although they chatted with their teeth from the cold, they did not regret it. Zabrzanie played like from notes and by the break they won a two-goal lead. Perhaps there would be more goals, but after an hour of fighting the hosts lost their biggest star and their confidence with her. Włodzimierz Lubański's injury recovered and he had to leave the field, leaning on the shoulders of the paramedics.
Ultras in 1971 with a brass band...hahahahaI posted this in the other thread, but must be better in this one?
I reckon our away following for this one was - ZERO! As they wouldn’t have allowed fans into the USSR from the West.
^ just on that from above in brackets, I thought this might be worth posting in here… any Blues sneak into Poland for this game?
https://www.laczynaspilka.pl/biblioteka/mecze/gornik-zabrze-manchester-city-20-10031971
Górnik Zabrze - Manchester City 2:0, 10.03.1971
It was supposed to be a great rematch for the defeat at the Prater in Vienna. Less than a year after the clash in the Cup Winners' Cup final, fate again associated the players of Górnik and Manchester City - this time in the quarterfinals of the tournament. The interest in the meeting surpassed all expectations. A month before the match, the organizers received 160,000 entries for admission tickets! And all the time more were coming in, despite the fact that the forecasts announced a severe frost, and it was possible to watch the event on TV. Ultimately, 90,000 lucky ones sat on the stands of the Silesian Stadium, and although they chatted with their teeth from the cold, they did not regret it. Zabrzanie played like from notes and by the break they won a two-goal lead. Perhaps there would be more goals, but after an hour of fighting the hosts lost their biggest star and their confidence with her. Włodzimierz Lubański's injury recovered and he had to leave the field, leaning on the shoulders of the paramedics.