blue b4 the moon
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Watching/vague, very vague memouries of 1969 fa cup final. England Romania 1970.
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What are your earliest memories of football?
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Cellarite
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Sunderland v Norwich on telly in the Milk Cup final.
Dave Ewing's Back 'eader
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Wor Jackie scoring in the first minute - '55 Final.
Mind, after suffering that as an opener, anything that comes along a City fan's way after that is easy meat!
Mind, after suffering that as an opener, anything that comes along a City fan's way after that is easy meat!
Really difficult to pinpoint.
General football:
I remember loving the Dutch team of the mid 90s, which was very similar to the Ajax team of the same era. The de-boer brothers, Seedorf, Davids, Kluivert etc.
The Juventus - Ajax CL final in 96 I remember well, and one of my earliest genuine memories (I was 7). I think the final the following year was Juve - Dortmund?
Euro 1996 is probably the first tournament I really remember. The hammering of Netherlands being a vivid memory, as well as that Gazza goal against Scotland.
The World Cup in 1998 was amazing, too. I just remember how gutted I was upon hearing Ronaldo had been ill the night before the final, was devastated!
City-wise
- My first ever game was the 2-2 against Liverpool when we went down. Barely remember any of the game, but just remember meeting loads of people at the services just by Westbrook in Warrington, and travelling down from there.
- Losing 2-0 at home to Oxford, and a guy behind me saying 'shut up you 2' to the travelling Oxford fans when they were singing. My Dad walked out early - I said 'is it finished?'. He said, 'no, but it is for me'.
- Play off final - the 2 main things I remember about that:
- By Penalties I had a terrible headache, and on the journey home just stopping for petrol at service stations and City fans everywhere, just hugging each other. Was amazing. There was also a smell in a Service station toilet, which will, sadly, stay with me forever. But the less said about that the better.
General football:
I remember loving the Dutch team of the mid 90s, which was very similar to the Ajax team of the same era. The de-boer brothers, Seedorf, Davids, Kluivert etc.
The Juventus - Ajax CL final in 96 I remember well, and one of my earliest genuine memories (I was 7). I think the final the following year was Juve - Dortmund?
Euro 1996 is probably the first tournament I really remember. The hammering of Netherlands being a vivid memory, as well as that Gazza goal against Scotland.
The World Cup in 1998 was amazing, too. I just remember how gutted I was upon hearing Ronaldo had been ill the night before the final, was devastated!
City-wise
- My first ever game was the 2-2 against Liverpool when we went down. Barely remember any of the game, but just remember meeting loads of people at the services just by Westbrook in Warrington, and travelling down from there.
- Losing 2-0 at home to Oxford, and a guy behind me saying 'shut up you 2' to the travelling Oxford fans when they were singing. My Dad walked out early - I said 'is it finished?'. He said, 'no, but it is for me'.
- Play off final - the 2 main things I remember about that:
- By Penalties I had a terrible headache, and on the journey home just stopping for petrol at service stations and City fans everywhere, just hugging each other. Was amazing. There was also a smell in a Service station toilet, which will, sadly, stay with me forever. But the less said about that the better.
moenchengladbach blau
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Wor Jackie scoring in the first minute - '55 Final.
Mind, after suffering that as an opener, anything that comes along a City fan's way after that is easy meat!
Wee Bobby's header in reply was pretty good.
First memory of City was standing on the steps between the Scoreboard End and the Kippax and some little scrote running past me and nicking my bobble hat, inevitably I got a bollocking for allowing it to happen. Remember being in London before the '66 World Cup and seeing all the World Cup Willy merchandise. One if my best memories is my old fella taking me to Cooke's on John Dalton St and buying me my first pair of 'proper' football boots with screw in studs that he probably couldn't afford cos they were 5 quid!
mcfcinprague
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Some of us were in Vienna that night mate. ;)
Me too oakie. Went with Gaytours LOL and stopped in the Hotel Central.
Lancet Fluke
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1978 FA Cup final and bits of the 78 World Cup. All a bit patchy but have vague memories of both. 1979 FA Cup final is the first thing I can remember really properly and clear as a bell, like it was yesterday in fact. Where did all the time go and how did I become this miserable old twat.
LadislavMplmx
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71 cup final...Charlie George scoring the winner for Arsenal v Liverpool....