Lowest away following.

[Deleted member 77198]

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.

 

[fitzy blue]

Don't know if Groclin in Poland has been mentioned in the UEFA cup 2003/4 season. Only a small stadium, think it was 5/6 thousand. Probably had a few hundred there but only had a small allocation. Felt like it was in the middle of nowhere.

 

[East Level 2]

Boro 1980, drew 2-2, cant have been more than 500 City fans there.

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.

 

[East Level 2]

Don't know if Groclin in Poland has been mentioned in the UEFA cup 2003/4 season. Only a small stadium, think it was 5/6 thousand. Probably had a few hundred there but only had a small allocation. Felt like it was in the middle of nowhere.

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.

 

[Tbilisi]

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.

Yes Bosco Jankovic, 2 - 2....500 might be an over stated figure.

Outside was horrendous.

 

[Tbilisi]

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.

Jibbed on the official trip to get to the ground then a train back to Poznan.

More at this game than Boro 1980.

 

[James2401125]

It has to be Shaktar away there was only about 120 of us and half of them were Ukrainian blues or zinchenko family

 

[Corky]

Don't know if Groclin in Poland has been mentioned in the UEFA cup 2003/4 season. Only a small stadium, think it was 5/6 thousand. Probably had a few hundred there but only had a small allocation. Felt like it was in the middle of nowhere.

We got 1000 for that sales started at 2k points which was around the maximum, then went down 10 a day.

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.

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.

It was different rules for different eastern block countries, e.g. Polish could go to East Germany but East Germans couldn't go to Poland.

 

[mancityvstoke]

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...hahahaha

 

[dennishasdoneit]

City broke my heart that night. Went to a high flying Newcastle in the previous round and won 0-2. My old man promised me we’d beat Palace and were on our way to Wembley so went to the game so excited.
Got stuffed 4-0

That brings back a painful memory.

A new dawn Fades....