urmston
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My dad took me to see City A and B teams at Chassen Rd in Urmston.
And thank you blue for posting that.Notinmylifetime said:Dad hated the rags but only went to the odd City game. Auntie & Uncle big blues so took me to my first game age 5 in 1967. Platt Lane benches with a few away fans dotted about. Collected tokens from the program to stick on your voucher sheet ( still got mine....full of vouchers from 67/68 ). Season ticket since 68/69. Went to games with two Aunties, two Uncles and Grandad ( 92 bus then the 53 bus ). First away was Huddersfield in 68/69....I remember a blue throwing his crutches onto the pitch at Huddersfield 68/69 protesting at a poor refereeing decision against the blues ( so whats new! ).
Went to loads and loads of aways with my two brothers in the 80's. West Brom inflatable fight still the most memorable. Literally risked your life at many away games in those days at Scouseland, the Swamp, Leeds and the North East. Got two sons and took them both before they could walk. They're 15 and 17 now and we have had our rewards these last two seasons....especially the 6.1 and Newcastle away days. QPR home still a blur...lit a fag in my seat at 90 mins and shouted to a steward to try and throw me out. We equalised and me and the steward in a stand off till Sergio scored! I could go on and on ( just realised I have! ). So 4 generations of big blues. Wouldn't swap a minute ( even the bad times....masochistic or what! ) and now "drinking it in". Thanks Auntie & Uncle. Thanks City. Thanks fellow blues for making the roller coaster ride enjoyable. CTID.
21MCFC21 said:Well back in 2010 my TV provider finally started carrying fox soccer which always premier league games. At that time i was never exposed to any international football except for the World Cup. The first thing I saw was City vs Blackpool and in an instant i was hypnotized by Silva's play and how the whole team worked. Before I knew it i was obsessed with how incredible the fans were and how being an American i couldn't compare it to anything else going on over here. Now if some want to call me a "Fake fan" or "Glory hunter" they can, but i was 15 at the time and had no idea who any other team was as well. All i know is im CTID, and I will never stop supporting this team or take back the manly tears i shed on 5/13/12 at 93:20.