Mark Lillis - Tales of Blue

[City_Shirts]

Tales of Blue caught up with the boyhood City fan and former striker to share his memories of missing out at City as a schoolboy, growing up a blue, pride at signing for the club in 1985, Maine Road goal-scoring debut, Full Members Cup final, his shock at leaving after just one season and more.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Great episode Mark. Mark Lillis comes over really well

 

[City_Shirts]

Great episode Mark. Mark Lillis comes over really well

Cracking fella who obviously loved his time with us and certainly lived the dream.

 

[Dirty Harry]

Great interview Mark, I had a few mutual friends with his sister many many years ago in my youth, so always knew Mark’s affinity and love for the club, when you hear the phrase ‘walk over broken glass to sign for a club’, that absolutely was Mark Lillis, he loved the club and that interview shows that love is still just as strong today, Blue through and through !

 

[PPT]

Mark was a Kippax boo boy for a while but won us over by sheer hard work and effort in every game he played. You couldn’t help but like him.

 

[ancoats]

how on earth did Manchester city under Swales not go under ? when Mark said Swales had to sell him because of the wages and having no money, I always bring this up with Paul Lake, he would have been sold and rightly so with the talent he had, Lakey was far too good a player for playing for city with the shit Swales as chairman

 

[City_Shirts]

Great interview Mark, I had a few mutual friends with his sister many many years ago in my youth, so always knew Mark’s affinity and love for the club, when you hear the phrase ‘walk over broken glass to sign for a club’, that absolutely was Mark Lillis, he loved the club and that interview shows that love is still just as strong today, Blue through and through !

His love for the club certainly shines through and was a pleasure to talk to.

 

[Sheikh rattle and roll]

I met him out in Tenerife last January at the City bar in Los Christianos
Really nice guy

 

[Frankie lad]

Really nice to see him again and recalling the old names like Power,Clements,Simmo and the rest.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Mark was a Kippax boo boy for a while but won us over by sheer hard work and effort in every game he played. You couldn’t help but like him.

Was he? Don't recall that?
I went to Germany for two weeks in late July / early August 86 and when I returned, my mates said we'd flogged Mark I thought they were just winding me up.
Even more so when they said they'd replaced him with Trevor fucking Christie!