As an out of town Blue....i can,t tell you how much John Bond meant to me.
He ripped all the depression and ridicule to bits.3 Swift,smart signingsBang Bang Bang!! Hutch Bobby mac and Gerry Gow.all hardened professionals.they gave me life.City stopped losing.almost immediately..
We had a team.transformation.No longer the team anybody could take fhe piss out of.
God bless John Bond.....and Gerry Gow.City werent fragile anymore.Rejoice!
Ian could also do a job at centre and also played wide mid at times, could definitely be referred to as a utility player and will be remembered for "wellying" it at old trafford.Ian Brightwell. Full-back or midfield, he was always a performer.
Totally agree palAs an out of town Blue....i can,t tell you how much John Bond meant to me.
He ripped all the depression and ridicule to bits.3 Swift,smart signingsBang Bang Bang!! Hutch Bobby mac and Gerry Gow.all hardened professionals.they gave me life.City stopped losing.almost immediately..
We had a team.transformation.No longer the team anybody could take fhe piss out of.
God bless John Bond.....and Gerry Gow.City werent fragile anymore.Rejoice!
The Peterborough 1nil Tommy Booth must have bin a moment!They were great times for sure..
Went to all the games in the FA Cup run including the replay at Wembley..
F'kin Ricky, bastard Villa..!
Thats a bloody good point.The replay should have been at villa park. They had a crucial advantage as it turned out in the replay,by not having to travel for either match.
The sarcastic cheers when Edgehill was subbed after an awkward own goal were a real low. You’re supposed to support players and get behind them. Once your confidence goes then it’s very difficult to find it again. Certain sections of City’s support make me sick sometimes.
The Peterborough 1nil Tommy Booth must have bin a moment!
That match, and the Everton QF replay at Maine rd are the only two games in that brilliant cup run that i dont remember either listening to or watching the highlights...bit of a void in the memory bank!
All the other games v Palace,Norwich everton away and of course the two spurs finals i, managed to watch or listen to as they happened..........so relieved when i heard Booth had scored at Peterborough. 1nil.job done!!
Peter Dobing was very good in my opinion.
Peter Dobing was very good in my opinion.
He was not with us for long after arriving from Blackburn. He played at Wembley for them in the F.A cup final. They were tonked by Wolves after a Blackburn player broke his leg. His name escapes me! It never gets mentioned these days. :-)Very good player was Peter. Saw him more than a few times in my first seasons watching City.
As an aside, his son Scott works at the Royal Stoke Hospital and treats Mrs Prague for her MS. A nice guy, and we chat constantly about Peter and the old days.
From recent times, one of the most underrated for me is Gareth Barry. I honestly don't understand how some people didn't rate him. He wasn't perfect, wasn't the most nimble of players, but his positional sense was second to none, which gave him that advantage over those with more pace. Got caught out against the top bracket players, but who didn't? One of my favourites since the takeover. I'd take him over De Jong every time.
Also, a shout out to Bacary Sagna. Sadly we got him at the tail end of his career, when he had slowed down, but he was still in fantastic condition and very solid defensively.
I can still remember the picture in one of the tabloids the next morning ..of Reeves..actual jump for the header with a Liverpool defender challenging..there are no illegal/akward arms.....not a shadow of a doubt in my mind,even as a teenager not present at the game.... something was badly wrong with that decision.Aha Alf Grey the Referee that night,penalised Kev for Illegally Jumping I remember it well
And that Daft John Bond Song too-i never joined in with that
Reeves was a very good player imo pity at times he seemed to get no help from the others