What has been your lowest point following City?

[Corky]

Swp £21/22M Anelka £7M then Samaras £6M after installments, we got £3M bac on him in lona and transfer fees. Lose two best players in an average team, then James went also. He had to get frees like Dabo, Mpenza, Hamman and get Distin and Barton to play out of their skin for us to stay up in 2007.

getting teams to play out of their skins to stay up. thats what allardyve did at bolton and what pardew did at charlton, your point? he had money to spend from the sale of swp and wasted it. he put all his eggs in one basket and it failed. i just cannot see past his final season and blackburn away in particular. he did his job, he kept us up that is it.

Allardyce did an excellent job at bolton, that is my point. Pardew didn't stay up did he at Charlton, we did. Therefore he was better. He had nothing of the SWP money, he didn't even get as much sky money to spend as most lower table teams. Ferguson wasted all the Ronaldo money on Valencia, or did it go on debt like the SWP money did?

 

[mcfcjosh]

cc semi has to be up there or west ham quarter final just because it was on my birthday and i really thought it was our year as most of the big boys were out but as usual we fucked it up

 

[warpig]

getting teams to play out of their skins to stay up. thats what allardyve did at bolton and what pardew did at charlton, your point? he had money to spend from the sale of swp and wasted it. he put all his eggs in one basket and it failed. i just cannot see past his final season and blackburn away in particular. he did his job, he kept us up that is it.

Allardyce did an excellent job at bolton, that is my point. Pardew didn't stay up did he at Charlton, we did. Therefore he was better. He had nothing of the SWP money, he didn't even get as much sky money to spend as most lower table teams. Ferguson wasted all the Ronaldo money on Valencia, or did it go on debt like the SWP money did?

sorry, meant curbishley nto pardew. anyway, in conclusion i have noted your points and will now (reluctantly) give thanks to pearce for keeping us up on a shoestring budget (even though the football was turgid..eeeek il stop there). i will however state that other premier league managers have done and continue to do the same thing.

 

[Damocles]

A few months into the Second Division season (98-99?) where we were playing shit football and still getting beaten. I remember being sat in the North Stand wondering where it all went wrong for us, and how much lower could we drop. Dark days.

 

[NPBlue]

When Stuart Pearce was manager a few years ago. I don't remember who we were playing, but I remember looking around the stadium and thinking was it worth going to the games anymore.

I was'nt watching the game, I was just looking at people, looking at the crowd, looking at the stadium, and thinking my optimism had run out.

Even though City had put us through the emotional mill over the years, there had always been a crumb of comfort, that things would get better.

That afternoon, though, was different. It was an afternoon devoid of any thoughts other than gloom.

I realised, for the first time in my life, I would never see champions league football. I would never see City win anything. And as I sat there, with all those thoughts running through my head, I could'nt see the point of supporting them anymore.

I looked to the heavens, I looked to the crowd, and I wondered 'why do I bother?.

That day will forever be my lowest point as a fan.

I've never been so low in enthusiasm as I was that day.

 

[Mr Ed (The Stables)]

Although not the lowest point in the clubs history, because as we all know there have been many many dark days, but getting relegated after losing to Luton Town in the early 80's. That was the end of that great halcyon period through the 70's into the early 80's. I actually cried that day.

 

[choppermcfc]

watching Bury beat us at Maine Road

Thats when the penny dropped with me. Completely gut wrenching.

Paul beesley own goal? That period was one of the worst times I can remember. Pollocks own goal must have been around that time as well?

 

[Bluedodd]

York City away. The dark dark days.

 

[fbloke]

I dont know if it's been mentioned but I was staggered by the actions of fellow blues in the cup game against Spurs.

To see grown men climbing over the perimeter fencing, being pulled back by other fans and then fighting between Blues on the concrete of the Kippax was as low as I have ever felt.

Why were they doing it?

Because they thought that they could get the game abandoned and give City another chance in the Cup.

As far as I can remember it was a Qtr Final - so some Blues were willing to invade the pitch, fight amongst themselves on the terraces for a chance of getting into a Semi-Final!

Low, very, very low.

 

[Aledo]

Lowest point ever.
2-0 down to Gillingham, play off final, stood by coach, moaning because most of our crowd were still in the ground.
Highest point ever.
5 minutes later, biggest cheer ever, mad run back to seats, sheepish grin on face. Knew it was our day from that moment on.
Equal highest point ever.
Tueart's overhead kick in 76.