Statues at the ground

Gary James said:
Missed it. Sounds worth listening to. Thanks
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Gary James said:
Missed it. Sounds worth listening to. Thanks
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Gary James said:
Missed it. Sounds worth listening to. Thanks
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lancs blue said:
Just checked in the Breedon Books "Complete Record 1887-1987", it was the 1977 Lancashire Youth Cup final against Oldham with the 2nd leg at Boundary Park and Bennett scored in a 1-1 draw.
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I am the radio presenter who did the interview . I DID NOT say Liverpool had won the Youth cup around 9 times consecutively -I said it was THE CENTRAL LEAGUE which is correct .They won it about 14 times in 20 years in that era. You are right however about me not being sure about the Youth cup final -I was at the game but couldnt remember who we played and asked him if it was Bolton and he said it was Oldham ! If you wish to send me a private email I can send you the recording .Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for listening
 
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Shaelumstash said:
Gary did you happen to catch the interview with Dave Bennett on Legacy FM yesterday?

It was quite a lengthy interview, maybe 40 minutes, he talked about growing up in Longsight, his time as a youth player at City, breaking through, suffering racial abuse in his very first tackle in the professional game, being the first black player to represent City in a Cup final, breaking his leg 4 times, getting an assist and man of the match for Coventry when they won the Cup in 87.

It was a really interesting listen for someone like me who knew nothing about him. The interviewer was clearly a big City fan, but wasn’t too sure on the historical accuracy of some of the stuff she was saying, and it instantly made me think of you and that you’d probably be able to clear some stuff up for her.

In particular her or Dave weren’t sure if he played in the Youth Cup final which she thought was played at Boundary Park. I think she mentioned City had won it after Liverpool had won it 9 times on the spin or something, so guessing it was quite an achievement at the time.

It was on at around 12.45pm yesterday, if you missed it I’m sure the station would be happy to point you in the right direction, Legacy 90.1FM
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I am the radio presenter who did that show. As a life long City fan who came to my first game in 1973 as a 12 year old I do have a lot of knowledge and do tons of research before doing a show I stated it was THE CENTRAL LEAGUE not the Youth Cup that Liverpool had won around 9 times consecutively .And I think Dave agreed it was Boundary Park where the Cup final was played . Thanks for listening to the show -Much appreciated .The interview with Dave is on Mix cloud -as are my interviews with many other ex City players if you wish to listen .
 
DCS1 said:
I am the radio presenter who did that show. As a life long City fan who came to my first game in 1973 as a 12 year old I do have a lot of knowledge and do tons of research before doing a show I stated it was THE CENTRAL LEAGUE not the Youth Cup that Liverpool had won around 9 times consecutively .And I think Dave agreed it was Boundary Park where the Cup final was played . Thanks for listening to the show -Much appreciated .The interview with Dave is on Mix cloud -as are my interviews with many other ex City players if you wish to listen .
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Sorry just to be clear, I wasn’t criticising your research in any way. Apologies if it came across that way, it certainly wasn’t my intention.

I just remember there was a detail that you and Dave weren’t too sure about between you, and I thought Gary James might be able to help clarify it for you as he’s the official historian of the club.

It was an interesting listen for me as I don’t know too much about that period of the club, and I’ll look forward to hearing more in the future.
 
By the end of Pep's tenure we may have the Etihad sculpture park with all the statues we will need. Perhaps with habitat loss we should create a park and start plating oak trees and naming them after players.
 
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