What has been your worst moment following our club?

Obviously we had some poor results and relegations. David Pleat running on the pitch with his cheap camel coloured suit.

But I have never been felt so let down as a fan when I read my club joined the Super League. And to make it worse, we stepped out straight away when we didn’t had the need to join these clubs for starters.
First time I actually felt ashamed.
 
81 Cup Final replay.
The drive back seemed to last forever.
Stopped at a service station full of City fans. You could hear a pin drop.
 
youngbob said:
I started following City at age 4/5, after the 99 play-off final, so I'd say I've had it pretty easy. But I've got a story that fits the bill, I suppose.

My lowest point was after losing 1-0 at home to United in 2007 to all but hand them the title, and all after not scoring a goal at home since New Year's Day. I was 12 years old, almost 13. I was one of a small handful of City fans in my year at school, so I was already dreading going in on Monday morning. A few weeks before, me and my mum had turned to each other and decided not to renew. We weren't poor, but season tickets were something we could do without. My mum had been going to City since the early 70s but we'd only started going to every home game four years earlier, when we left Maine Road and more season tickets became available, so it wasn't like we were giving up the habit of a lifetime. There was just something so dispiriting about Pearce's football that had worn us down.

We thought that a Manchester derby would be a special way to cap off our time as season ticket holders. We hadn't scored at home in five months but derbies had a habit of turning up shock results, so we thought we'd give it one last try. "Maybe Darius Vassell could score this penalty to rescue a point against United", we thought as he stepped up. But no, he couldn't. When he missed, my mum and I became convinced that there was a forcefield in front of the goal and that we'd never see City score a goal in the flesh ever again. We'd never win a trophy, we'd never have a special day or night that really meant something, we'd just trudge to the stadium, watch us lose in the rain, and then trudge back to the car. And I think, having been around since the early 70s, my mum had had just about enough disappointment of being a blue and was happy to save the cash. We'd still support City and watch games when we were on telly, but taking 4/5 hours out of our weekends just wasn't worth it anymore.

We knew it was going to be our last game as season ticket holders, so we sat in our seats for ages afterwards. I seem to remember the United fans had been locked in the ground, or held back by police, or they were just celebrating winning the title against us - but even they were mostly gone by the time we decided to get up. We went down the "hamster runs", paused a bit and looked out over the sea of sky blue shirts. The weather was bloody glorious that day. Our home shirt that year was the cheap nylon Reebok one with full white sleeves as well, so the sun was reflecting back at us. We took a breath, maybe teared up a bit because we knew what we were giving up, and trudged back to the car like we always did.

Door shut. Door shut. Seatbelt on. Seatbelt on. Silence. A long silence. "I can't do it", my mum said. "Do what?" I replied. "I'm not giving it up. We can't have that be our last game. I'm renewing as soon we get home."
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That was smashing, youngbob. More power to your keyboard.
 
Spurs F.A. Cup quarter final '93, because my son was in tears , only his 3rd or 4th season supporting the club and he had built the game up for weeks , and i had been encouraging his optimism with talks of Wembley , big mistake and should have known better , typical City was/is always just round the corner. At 1-4 down and then the pitch invasion it was all a bit much and we made a sharp exit. The worst because my lad took it so badly ,but now he's watching the best football , with the best players and manager , and like most of our fans we appreciate our current success so much more than Rags or Dippers , they have never stared into the abyss and come back stronger.
CTID and then some.
 
feedmpenzaandhewillscore said:
Asaba and Taylor putting us 2 nil down in 1999, was a not nice trudge out of the ground onto Wembley way. Thought it would have been a monumental effort to drag ourself up off the deck and go again in the new season, then our lads managed to do it in a few minutes.
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I probably posted it back when the thread originated, but Gillingham’s second goal was also my low point and the only time I ever considered stopping attending matches.

Being in Porto was up there too. I was so keyed up for that one and had gone through so much hassle to get there it was a massive kick in the teeth.
 
Tricky one. Been going since 77. Perhaps Luton/Spuds 81. The fuckup against the dippers thinking we only needed a point. I was very sad that day.
 
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