Tommy Muir RIP : Funeral details P15

When I started following City away in the 80's you would soon get to know the same faces, a passing nod, a warm smile, a kind word all made you feel secure and part of the bigger fanbase. Some people you got to know better than others but it was the same faces, the same characters.

Had one of my best City nights in the George and Dragon after a game, may have been one of the promotions but my memory is quite hazy on a lot of these occasions. A group of the Norwegians were over, some of the lads on here were there and the place was rocking with the longest rendition of City on the piss again one banana two banana three banana four that I've ever had the pleasure to sing.

Another Blue Legend gone and the way football crowds are made up these days I think we'll see less and less of the likes of Tommy.
RIP Blue.
 
Kippax Street 1880 said:
RIP Tommy was very well respected by everyone. Ran the coach I used to go to games on for years a proper solid man. Half the club museum was stuff they had borrowed from Tommy at one point!
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When he ran the George, at one point he had all his memorabilia laid out in the function room as Davied Baddiels brother was coming to interview him about his collection. He invited me up to take a look. There was all sorts, laid out on tables that filled the main room. Shirts, badges, pendants, internal caps and FA Cup winners medals belonging to former players, vinyl LPs with commentary from finals and much much more. He said some of the more valuable stuff was stored in bank vaults when he wasnt needing it. RIP Tommy
 
dennishasdoneit said:
Just felt I had to add this.....

Over the years I've read some pretty disparaging remarks on here about The supporters club organisation at City,both OSC and Independent.

I feel it's worth noting at this sad time ,the outstanding hard work and dedication by commited Blues like Tommy Muir Don Price Anita Britton Dave Kelly and Tina of the London branch, Pat Devon and Cornwall,going back to my involvement in the late 80s ,at a time when City were an entirely different set up to what they are today.

The unseen work put in by the aforementioned, in ensuring Blues got to matches up and down the country should never ever be forgotten.

These were tough times,the footy was a different level ,obviously, but the enthusiasm of branch leaders was second to none ,and this spilled over to the fans, ensuring strong groups of happy loud and loyal Blues would sit together with their mates at away matches.
It was an incredible time to be watching City and the disappointments on the pitch only seemed to unite the fans more and I can personally remember some huge turnouts, away from home, made you feel proud to be part of it.The inflatables era for example meant away matches were one big party; win or lose ( have a booze)

Thank you Tommy Muir and others. I met a great bunch of Blues late 80s from the old Ancoats branch ran by Tommy ,all of whom I am still good friends with today. The supporters Club kept City going in dark times,imo.
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Great post. I think there are some justified criticisms over certain aspects of the OSC but it would be wrong to tar the whole organisation with the same brush as there are plenty of cracking people who give up their spare time to organise away trips, etc. Of course, Tommy was one of those and was at the forefront and never once have I heard anyone say a bad word about him and his role in the Cheadle branch. There are others at other branches who also give up their spare time but can be off hand a lot of the time. I won't name names of course but Tommy was never like that by all accounts.

I didn't really get to know Tommy until the last few years following his legendary "Do one!" speech outside the ground on TV the day we won the CAS appeal in 2020. He then became part of our 1894 group chats for a while until unfortunately his illness started to progress. For City fans who have been around for any real length of time, his is a name that everyone had heard and even if you didn't know him personally, you knew of him.

Like @Manchester33 it was a pleasure to be involved with the banner on Saturday and despite the result it was great when we unfurled it again at the front of the South Stand on 71 minutes with so many joining in with the singing.
 
dennishasdoneit said:
Just felt I had to add this.....

Over the years I've read some pretty disparaging remarks on here about The supporters club organisation at City,both OSC and Independent.

I feel it's worth noting at this sad time ,the outstanding hard work and dedication by commited Blues like Tommy Muir Don Price Anita Britton Dave Kelly and Tina of the London branch, Pat Devon and Cornwall,going back to my involvement in the late 80s ,at a time when City were an entirely different set up to what they are today.

The unseen work put in by the aforementioned, in ensuring Blues got to matches up and down the country should never ever be forgotten.

These were tough times,the footy was a different level ,obviously, but the enthusiasm of branch leaders was second to none ,and this spilled over to the fans, ensuring strong groups of happy loud and loyal Blues would sit together with their mates at away matches.
It was an incredible time to be watching City and the disappointments on the pitch only seemed to unite the fans more and I can personally remember some huge turnouts, away from home, made you feel proud to be part of it.The inflatables era for example meant away matches were one big party; win or lose ( have a booze)

Thank you Tommy Muir and others. I met a great bunch of Blues late 80s from the old Ancoats branch ran by Tommy ,all of whom I am still good friends with today. The supporters Club kept City going in dark times,imo.
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This 100%
You can add in Alan Potter, Alan Galley, Howard Yates and the others running the special.

I travelled on the Ancoats bus in the mid to late 80's from first at the Land o"Cakes and then the Hat and Feathers after that incident when United fans were attacked at the Cakes.
A lad called George ran the bus, always had an Alarm t shirt on.
 
Mad Eyed Screamer said:
This 100%
You can add in Alan Potter, Alan Galley, Howard Yates and the others running the special.

I travelled on the Ancoats bus in the mid to late 80's from first at the Land o"Cakes and then the Hat and Feathers after that incident when United fans were attacked at the Cakes.
A lad called George ran the bus, always had an Alarm t shirt on.
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The Land o Cakes was a proper blue pub in those days. Always drunk in there and the Crown and Kettle.
 
Mad Eyed Screamer said:
This 100%
You can add in Alan Potter, Alan Galley, Howard Yates and the others running the special.

I travelled on the Ancoats bus in the mid to late 80's from first at the Land o"Cakes and then the Hat and Feathers after that incident when United fans were attacked at the Cakes.
A lad called George ran the bus, always had an Alarm t shirt on.
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Alan Potters disco pants are the best they go right from his arse to his chest:-) had some fantastic trips in the 80s and 90s on Potters pisshead tours.
 
Mad Eyed Screamer said:
That song first sung at the Isle of Man tournament 1985, years before Niall Quinn turned up
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Had a related conversation with some Sunderland fans many years ago after they'd claimed that the song originated in the North East
I first remember hearing it at Loftus Road circa October 85, and to be fair, the lyrics made more sense for Alan Potter than Niall Quinn.

On a different note, I umpired a cricket match in Denton last June (just after the Cup Final) and my fellow umpire was telling me that Alan had recently been physically attacked and was now quite remote and withdrawn

I hope he's since recovered
 
Scaring Europe to Death said:
Had a related conversation with some Sunderland fans many years ago after they'd claimed that the song originated in the North East
I first remember hearing it at Loftus Road circa October 85, and to be fair, the lyrics made more sense for Alan Potter than Niall Quinn.

On a different note, I umpired a cricket match in Denton last June (just after the Cup Final) and my fellow umpire was telling me that Alan had recently been physically attacked and was now quite remote and withdrawn

I hope he's since recovered
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Saddened to hear that. I know his health hasn’t been too good recently :(
 
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