Man City away shirt popular at The Hacienda (Sunday Brunch)

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

I never had a problem with the door staff at the Haç; never once had to queue to get in :-)

Perhaps the bouncers realised making you queue, Gordon, was more than they could chew?

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

When Acid House first broke there were no door restrictions anywhere at all. "Wear what you want" was part of the scene.

My guess is that this guy was on about that red and black 1969 retro shirt which came out late 80s. You didn't see those kind of shirts at the time. I don't remember seeing any at the Hac, and I was a regular, but they were big and baggy and (almost) cool for a while.

It was "wear what you want", but no one wore footy shirts anywhere in town at night. It was one thing the bouncers refusing to let you in, the other thing to consider would have been rags inside and outside the clubs and on the last bus home! It was dodgy enough out there wearing no colours.
I was in clubs back then and they wouldn't let you wear your City pin badge, you had to take it off at the door.

 

[johnnytapia]

It was "wear what you want", but no one wore footy shirts anywhere in town at night. It was one thing the bouncers refusing to let you in, the other thing to consider would have been rags inside and outside the clubs and on the last bus home!
I was in clubs back then and they wouldn't let you wear your City pin badge, you had to take it off at the door.

100% (110% even) this was the case. “where what you want” did not include football tops and nobody would get into the Hacienda wearing a City top.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

It was "wear what you want", but no one wore footy shirts anywhere in town at night. It was one thing the bouncers refusing to let you in, the other thing to consider would have been rags inside and outside the clubs and on the last bus home!
It was in clubs back then and they wouldn't let you wear your City pin badge, you had to take it off at the door.

The dance scene didn't break in the clubs, it broke in warehouses and there were no door restrictions whatsoever. It swiftly moved to the clubs and whilst clubs like THe Hacienda quickly became semi-elitist and wouldn't let scally types in, other clubs like Konspiracy and the Thunderdome were a reaction to that and let anyone in.

Football shirts, though, weren't cool so weren't particularly worn. I do remember going to a rave at Wigan Peir and City had beaten Spurs and I went over to a couple of lads in City shirts hugging them (cringe). So whilst I'm not for a moment suggesting that the Hacienda was full of football shirts - I don't remember seeing one - I think that the bloke who made this statement was kind of mixing his facts and using "Hacienda" as a catch-all for the Manchester scene in general.

City merchandising was de rigour amongst Oasis fans in the mid 90s too. That navy blue and white away Brother shirt was popular at Knebworth.

In general, football shirts and music have a very distant relationship, mainly because football shirts are, and have always been, a massive fashion No-No.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

100% (110% even) this was the case. “where what you want” did not include football tops and nobody would get into the Hacienda wearing a City top.

I remember last match of the season 1990, away at Palace, on the football special, arrived at Piccadilly around 9.30pm, Blues in City shirts and Palace shirts (having swapped them on the pitch, the rags were playing Palace the following week in the cup final) and Blues being kicked and chased all over Piccadilly gardens and bus station. It would have been mayhem inside clubs if shirts had been. allowed in. Don't believe that crap about how everyone dropping e's had hooligan firms loved up and dancing together....

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

The dance scene didn't break in the clubs, it broke in warehouses and there were no door restrictions whatsoever. It swiftly moved to the clubs and whilst clubs like THe Hacienda quickly became semi-elitist and wouldn't let scally types in, other clubs like Konspiracy and the Thunderdome were a reaction to that and let anyone in.

Football shirts, though, weren't cool so weren't particularly worn. I do remember going to a rave at Wigan Peir and City had beaten Spurs and I went over to a couple of lads in City shirts hugging them (cringe). So whilst I'm not for a moment suggesting that the Hacienda was full of football shirts - I don't remember seeing one - I think that the bloke who made this statement was kind of mixing his facts and using "Hacienda" as a catch-all for the Manchester scene in general.

City merchandising was de rigour amongst Oasis fans in the mid 90s too. That navy blue and white away Brother shirt was popular at Knebworth.

In general, football shirts and music have a very distant relationship, mainly because football shirts are, and have always been, a massive fashion No-No.

Good point about places like the Thunderdome.
Also the nylon material for replica shirts would have had clubbers sweating like mad before they even started. Just not dancing material!

 

[stonerblue]

Wasn't "Rockin Rolf" a cycling top wearer?

The kid on the 'podium' who never stopped and took no drugs ..???

 

[Magicpole]

I have never yet seen a middle aged man, resplendent belly in tow, wearing a football top who isn't at a game and thought,

What the fuck are you doing?

Is that just me, or is my unbelievably sharp dress sense a common thing round these parts too?

 

[jayfx]

I have never yet seen a middle aged man, resplendent belly in tow, wearing a football top who isn't at a game and thought,

What the fuck are you doing?

Is that just me, or is my unbelievably sharp dress sense a common thing round these parts too?

It's certainly not just you mate and to go one worse, a middle aged man with a replica shirt that has a players name on the back. I'd rather be seen out in sandles & socks!

 

[vonkeynotvenky]

Saw a chap in Hyde once with the full kit including the shinpads and little triangle tab on the socks, side parting and Bestie emblazoned on his back.