brianireland
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Saturday 28th February 1976
The football league cup final Wembley Stadium Kick off 3.30
I have kept the official souvenir programme that was all of twenty pence at the time.
So I took it out of its bag tonight to have a read of it as its been locked away a long time.
I hope to have a photo of the cover up some time but for those of you who may have never seen it before. The cover shows Manchester City football team in Main Road.
While the Newcastle football team seem to be in a field of mud on some housing estate and they all look like they are freezing their nuts off.
City’s team as stated in the programme
1 Joe Corrigan
2 Gerard Keegan
3 Willie Donachie
4 Mike Doyle (cap)
5 Dave Watson
6 Alan Clark
7 Peter Barnes
8 Tommy Booth
9 Joe Royal
10 Asa Hartford
11 Dennis Tueart
The sub Ken Clements
Manager Tony Book
The road they took
Norwich City away 1-1
Norwich City home 2-2
Norwich 2nd replay 6-1
Third round
Nottingham forest home 2-1
Man Utd home 4-1
Fifth round
Mansfield town home 4-2
Semi final
Middlesborough away 0-1
Semi final
Middlesborough home 4-0
Price city forked out for players back then.
Dave Watson bought from Sunderland (275,000)
Kenny Clements started life as the assistant Grounds man
Alan Oakes was the longest serving player been there since 1958
Peter Barns was the son of former player (left back Ken Barns)
Collin Bell signed from Bury (45,000 in march 1966) best 45 K city ever spent
Probably wouldn’t cover the price of the bulbs in the floodlights now.
Joe Royal signed from Everton for 200,000
Asa Hartford signed from W.B.A for 250,000 August 1974
Dennis Tueart moved from Roker Park 275000 in March 1974
Tommy Booth was it seems he was born in the dressing room.
I don’t know if that information will bore the crap out of you. Its kind of a bit hard to believe that a team of such quality player’s back then was the last bit of glory that came to the City club. was on Saturday 28th 1976.
Football has changed so much from then and some say the game has gotten better.
Some say and I just happen to agree that the players of today are over protected and some of the rules regarding how one can tackle and win a ball cleanly only lends itself to the divers of the game. Maybe and I say this with hand on heart but there was a time that football was considered a contact sport.
So that programme from Manchester City V Newcastle United in my most treasured bit of City memorabilia. It was all of Twenty pence. I wonder what it would be worth today. But its value is more than monetary it’s a little bit of history of the football club I have supported for so many years and it would be just great to have the Manchester City football team photo grace the equivalent programme this season.
Its been far to long missing.
The football league cup final Wembley Stadium Kick off 3.30
I have kept the official souvenir programme that was all of twenty pence at the time.
So I took it out of its bag tonight to have a read of it as its been locked away a long time.
I hope to have a photo of the cover up some time but for those of you who may have never seen it before. The cover shows Manchester City football team in Main Road.
While the Newcastle football team seem to be in a field of mud on some housing estate and they all look like they are freezing their nuts off.
City’s team as stated in the programme
1 Joe Corrigan
2 Gerard Keegan
3 Willie Donachie
4 Mike Doyle (cap)
5 Dave Watson
6 Alan Clark
7 Peter Barnes
8 Tommy Booth
9 Joe Royal
10 Asa Hartford
11 Dennis Tueart
The sub Ken Clements
Manager Tony Book
The road they took
Norwich City away 1-1
Norwich City home 2-2
Norwich 2nd replay 6-1
Third round
Nottingham forest home 2-1
Man Utd home 4-1
Fifth round
Mansfield town home 4-2
Semi final
Middlesborough away 0-1
Semi final
Middlesborough home 4-0
Price city forked out for players back then.
Dave Watson bought from Sunderland (275,000)
Kenny Clements started life as the assistant Grounds man
Alan Oakes was the longest serving player been there since 1958
Peter Barns was the son of former player (left back Ken Barns)
Collin Bell signed from Bury (45,000 in march 1966) best 45 K city ever spent
Probably wouldn’t cover the price of the bulbs in the floodlights now.
Joe Royal signed from Everton for 200,000
Asa Hartford signed from W.B.A for 250,000 August 1974
Dennis Tueart moved from Roker Park 275000 in March 1974
Tommy Booth was it seems he was born in the dressing room.
I don’t know if that information will bore the crap out of you. Its kind of a bit hard to believe that a team of such quality player’s back then was the last bit of glory that came to the City club. was on Saturday 28th 1976.
Football has changed so much from then and some say the game has gotten better.
Some say and I just happen to agree that the players of today are over protected and some of the rules regarding how one can tackle and win a ball cleanly only lends itself to the divers of the game. Maybe and I say this with hand on heart but there was a time that football was considered a contact sport.
So that programme from Manchester City V Newcastle United in my most treasured bit of City memorabilia. It was all of Twenty pence. I wonder what it would be worth today. But its value is more than monetary it’s a little bit of history of the football club I have supported for so many years and it would be just great to have the Manchester City football team photo grace the equivalent programme this season.
Its been far to long missing.