Prestwich & Whitefield Branch formed 30 years ago this Year

[cyberblue]

Great if also hazy memories of going on their trip to Amsterdam to see Kinkladze play for Ajax. Arriving too late for the feckin game. :-)

But he turned up in a boozer to meet us
That was a mad night

 

[cyberblue]

What fantastic times and memories we have ,well done Don for what you achieved, funny thing is,with all our success now,none of what you did would have been possible.

Yes times have certainly changed
But it was great times while it lasted

 

[JOGAMIGMOG]

The Groclin trip was epic. Two of my mates got stuck in Poland after one of them keeled over at the airport on the way home and split his head wide open. The other lad volunteered to stay with him and try and get another flight in a day or so. Didn’t turn out like that as he got paranoid the police were after him so he did a runner after the police confiscated his passport. Ended up burying himself in the woods upon hearing police helicopter. He then met back up with the first lad at our hotel - Hotel Ikar. They stayed there a couple of nights before deciding to catch a train to Warsaw to get a temporary British Passport from the British Embassy. They now had fuck all money and ended up sleeping on a boat on the river. Eventually, a full week after the Grockin game, they got on a flight out of Warsaw back to Manchester and I went to pick them up from the airport. Had to have all the windows down on the way home coz they fuckin stunk to high heaven! What a trip.

 

[MCFCTrick]

But he turned up in a boozer to meet us
That was a mad night

He did, and put on the then new City shirt for photos. His girlfriend looked bewildered.
Memorable trip Don, took my dad, who passed away in November with me and two mates... he always talked about it. :-)

 

[Stephen230]

That's the trip where one Blue went to the toilet...and another blue thought it a good idea to push it over.....That didn't end well as I recall.
Lots of bad blood on the plane back.Never liked flying. And that trip didn't help tbh.
Never ever seen so many pissed up Blues. Even I was ordering pints of vodka and lemonade. I don't even like vodka.
The coach trip to the ground was CRAZY,....I remember a piss stop at some random woods...it was wild.
I passed out early 2nd half with a cheeseburger in my hands...woke up to the sound of fireworks from the home fans celebrating their win
All I could hear were angry mancunian voices, one woman in particular
" Fuck off Anelka your shit" and Keegan ( ?) got some flack too.
The military presence in the square once wed got back to the town was heavy man. A completely chaotic City in Europe ,on and off the field.
Great times!

Wasn’t that Lokeron? Blue from Cheadle in the portaloo?

 

[East Level 2]

Wasn’t that Lokeron? Blue from Cheadle in the portaloo?

I recall portaloos at both Lokeren and Groclin.
Lokeren because it was a temporary stand, and Groclin because it was a shit-hole.

 

[kismet]

A great branch and some top nights. Remember when Bobby Mac, Gerry Gow and Hutch turned up and drank until the early hours.

 

[cyberblue]

A great branch and some top nights. Remember when Bobby Mac, Gerry Gow and Hutch turned up and drank until the early hours.

Tommy Booth popped in to see them for an hour or so as well

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

The Alan Kernaghan meeting was........ an uncomfortable evening with Don struggling at times to keep the natives from revolting.....
Credit to Don in the end for pulling it (and the crowd) into a less negative direction and credit to Kernaghan for seeing the night out and staying until the end

 

[TheGhost]

There was ‘a lively one’ with Kit Symons when he was City captain. He really gained my respect for facing up to the music.