What was the first City match after you were born?

[Mr Ed (The Stables)]

Manchester City vs Fulham

Division One (Old)
Wed 02 September 1959.

Score: W 3-1

Attendance: 37482

Oh I feel old now!!

 

[WhitbyBlue]

Arsenal away. 20/08/1994. Lost 3-0.

 

[yatesy94]

26/02/1994 A 2-1 win over Swindon Town at home. Bloody hell never even knew they've been in the Premiership! Learn something new everyday...goalscorers David Rocastle & an own goal.

Attendance 26,360

 

[hutton who blue]

Feb 6th 1971

Arsenal 1 Man City 0

1 TJ Corrigan
2 D Jeffries
3 AF Mann
4 M Doyle
5 TA Booth
6 AA Oakes
7 GW Heslop
8 C Bell
9 FH Lee
10 F Hill
11 I Bowyer

Watched the highlights and even though City had great players, legends in the team and Arsenal were obviously a very good side City conceded what looked like quite a soft goal. Typical one might say. [We're not saying it anymore].

All part of our rich tapestry, that's a super feature on Bluemoon

 

[buckshot]

League Cup 1969

City 2-1 Scum

Bell and Lee

 

[CTID_Stateside]

84-85 season second to last game in an absolute thriller, City 0 - Oldham 0.

 

[oakiecokie]

January 6th 1951,AWAY to Birmingham City,FA Cup 3rd Round,lost 0-2.

 

[PD]

Manchester City vs Swansea Town (Now Swansea City)

Division Two (Old)

Sat 06 February 1965.

Score: W 1-0 (Murray)

Attendance: 11931

1. Harry Dowd
2. Dave Bacuzzi
3. Vic Gomersall
4. Bobby Kennedy
5. Mike Batty "A Mountainous Centre Half"
6. Alan Oakes
7. Dave Connor
8. Johnny Crossan
9. Jimmy Murray
10. Matt Gray
11. Neil Young

Manager: George Poyser


Obviously those were dark days! 11,931..? Jesus.


Found this in the section on Poyser...

...on 16th January 1965 a record low Maine Road League crowd of 8,015 witnessed a 2-1 defeat to Swindon. It entered folklore as City’s lowest point in terms of support, but incredibly Poyser wasn't even at the ground. Instead he was away scouting – a role he seemed to love. Clearly, his absence had repercussions. At Easter, with form not improving and support remaining low (the highest crowd of the season was only 22,299 – the lowest ‘highest’ crowd since 1898), Poyser was dismissed.

From Easter until the end of the season City were managed by backroom staff, most notably 1934 FA Cup goalscorer Fred Tilson...



Interesting stuff. Good thread.

I was prolly at the Swansea game, rarely missed in those days, though did not go to Swindon game. Never showed in the attendance numbers mind <cough>

 

[SamCity123]

The day before:

Manchester United vs Manchester City

Premier League
Thu 10 November 1994.

Score: L 0-5

Attendance: 43738

My dad was down the pub watching it when my mum went into Labour...
And the first one after I was born:

Leicester City vs Manchester City

Premier League
Sun 20 November 1994.

Score: W 1-0

Attendance: 19006

 

[BoundedCascade]

Division One (Old)
Sat 16 September 1989.

Score: L 0-1

Attendance: 6922