I guess many of the younger members on here don't remember the summer of 76. We'd beaten Newcastle in the February with goals from Tueart and Barnes plus great performances from Royle, Doyle, Watson etc. From then on the sun just kept on shining and for June and July it was in the 80's for about a month, it was unbelievable.
On the telly we had Reggie Perrin, When the Boat Comes in and Swap shop. At the cinema it was One flew over the cuckoos nest, All the Presidents Men, Taxi Driver and Rocky. House Prices were on average £12k, petrol 76p a gallon, inflation 16% and interest rates 14%. Carter had replaced Gerard Ford as President in the US and Harold WIlson had handed over to Jim Callaghan.
Musically it was Rod Stewart, Elton, Queen, Abba, Bruce, Eagles and Fleetwood Mac in the charts plus ELO. However Punk was arriving in the form of Anarchy in the UK from the Pistols and New Rose from the Damned.
CIty were steadily improving the team and a couple of years later we should have won the league but finished runners up to Liverpool.
However apart from a trophy for City the standout feature of 76 was the incredible weather. Any other blues with memories of that year !!!
On the telly we had Reggie Perrin, When the Boat Comes in and Swap shop. At the cinema it was One flew over the cuckoos nest, All the Presidents Men, Taxi Driver and Rocky. House Prices were on average £12k, petrol 76p a gallon, inflation 16% and interest rates 14%. Carter had replaced Gerard Ford as President in the US and Harold WIlson had handed over to Jim Callaghan.
Musically it was Rod Stewart, Elton, Queen, Abba, Bruce, Eagles and Fleetwood Mac in the charts plus ELO. However Punk was arriving in the form of Anarchy in the UK from the Pistols and New Rose from the Damned.
CIty were steadily improving the team and a couple of years later we should have won the league but finished runners up to Liverpool.
However apart from a trophy for City the standout feature of 76 was the incredible weather. Any other blues with memories of that year !!!