5) Manchester City 1 Spurs 1 August 1995 - Kinkladze's debut
I'd been going to City a few seasons at this point, but I'd never seen anything close to the talent of one Georgi Kinkladze. In those days if you went to Platt Lane to watch City train you could virtually join in! I'd been down a week or so before and Francis Lee was walking round like the cat that had got the cream, telling anyone who'd listen what a talent Kinkladze was. He looked awesome in training, but that summer day against Spurs he was breathtaking. I remember meeting Stuart Hall after the game and he said ''the rest will need a microchip in their brains to keep up with him'' - he was right.
4) City v Gillingham Divison 2 play off final 1999
I posted in the ''lows'' thread, that 2-0 to Gillingham was one of my lowest moments. Well the feeling I got when Dickov scored the equaliser was definitely one of the highs. Usually I'd fear penalties as much as the next man, but by the time they came round the Gillingham players were so flat I could only see us winning. Weaver running round like a nutter was amazing to see as well.
3) Blackburn v City 2000, winning promotion back to the Premier League
Unfortunately I wasn't one of the blues at Ewood Park that day, but I was watching it on TV (black and white TV as my screen broke that morning!) and I remember Blackburn hitting the woodwork time and time again. They took the lead and it looked like we were going to have to battle it out through the play offs, then with 30 minutes left Goater scored to make it 1-1. The rest as they say is history. I love Mark Kennedy running to Joe Royle and you can lip read Royle saying ''Mark, you beauty'' - the fans invading the pitch, the celebrations...and knowing that City were finally back in the Premier League!
2) The whole of the 2001/2002 season.
From the moment KK took charge, the signings of Berkovic, then Bernarbia, the football we played was breath taking. It was great when we knocked Ipswich out of the FA Cup, after being relegated there the season before. Berkovic's goal in that game was special. We played the best football in the league, better than many premier league clubs, and it coincided with the collapse of ITV Digital - who were flogging a dead horse, so in order to boost ratings they showed virtually every City game in the second half of the season. Not only were we battering teams and setting records for points and goals in a season but we pretty much had our own TV station that season!
1) The FA Cup Final v Stoke in the 2011 Cup Final.
I'd never seen City in a cup final before and we'd been the better team all game, it was just a matter of taking one chance... then up stepped Yaya Toure to shatter the 35 years without a trophy. I've enjoyed every City goal, but the feeling inside when this one went in...wow. Then the emotion leading up to the Final whistle, I've never known a football crowd wanting something as badly as the blues at Wembley that day, when the whistle sounded it was simply incredible.
