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Against Macclesfield some time in the 97/98 season - we lost 2-1 and one of the Sodje brothers scored for Macclesfield. I remember Carl Dale chasing after their back four and winning a corner; my old man turned to me and told me we'd score from it and it would all be because of Carl Dale's hard work.
The corner went straight out for a throw-in and I think it set the tone for the next 20 years.
My first game was home to Spurs. I was seven years of age and think it was 1960 ?
I think we won 3-2 (or did we lose 3-2 ?)
Couldn't see too much from the terraces although Spurs had Greaves and Brown up front with Blanchflower, Mac Kay, White, Medwin etc..
Fantastic team. City went down that year.
I did see the Arsenal game you mentioned. Although 0-0 the atmosphere was fantastic.
I believe we were top of the second division while they were top of the first ?
Never seen a crowd like it since.
6 January 1968 Cardiff 3 Pompey 0
First time I took Mrs Cyclops out!
I was hooked!
Married 46 years now.
The game was good as well...
Weather detail - it snowed that night....
I remember a Chelsea game I was taken to for a birthday treat. The game fell on my 10th birthday. Whilst walking through a bit of a kerfuffle with youths dressed in crombies and 'Docs' waving and swinging limbs at each other, my dad with his mates and a troop of kids just calmly told us to get into pairs and strolled through it.
His next words of fatherly advice were, "Do NOT tell your mother!"
In fairness, the fight was pants in comparison to watching fights outside the Mack in Aberfan on most weekends during the late 70s to mid 80s.
10th of March 1971 aged 9
Hooked ever since
26-02-1972 v. dirty Leeds. The place was jam-packed.
That was my second ever game. Brilliant sunshine, great game. Peter Hooper scored a couple for us and I think Ivor Allchurch made his home debut. My first game was in September 1961, a 1-1 draw with Sheffield United. I think Dai Ward scored for us and I remember City's centre forward ( John King?) blasting a chance over the bar from about 4 yards out. But memory plays tricks. Perhaps none of that happened!
The rearranged final game of the 78 season against Orient.
7 o,clock kick off on a Thursday night, we lost 1-0 with Peter Kitchen scoring for them.
Think there was an FA investigation into the game, we were accused of throwing the game as we were already safe and Orient needed a win to stay up with us.
To be fair that accusation could have been thrown against us at many other points during the next decade.
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A bewildering dark midweek evening 1969 , a young 13 year old was taken to Ninian Park the, not knowing the area being from Llanrumney ,with little or no means of transport other than a bus down to central , then the long walk down to the game with hordes of other people , which was strange for me at the time as we did not indulge in large events other than playing football for hours on the fields of Llanrumney.
Shared some chips half way down , as we turned the corner by the Ninian pub , I spotted the glow of the floodlights and I will never ever forget that experience as long as I live , I am now beginning to tear up , as it was also a very sad time in my life , and the trip was offered to me by a very thoughtful neighbour ,who had little money and means themselves , thank you Mr Spurrier . I will support the city until I die , with you in my memory for that outing , as my dad sadly was unable to provide that moment in my life .
Only just got in and I see you've got the details of the match now. My first thought when I read your message was "he saw Ronnie Moore score the first time he watched us play, that must be a club that can hold it's annual reunion in a broom cupboard".
I've not looked at the link about the game that!'s been posted, but I'm pretty sure Mark Lawrenson and Peter Sayer were in the Brighton team.
"Shared some chips half way down , as we turned the corner by the Ninian pub"
Blimey, I remember that place. Black & White pub on the corner. Used to get hit by a wall of beer fumes as you walked past it!
February 1972 v Fulham. !-0 to the City. Brian Clark scored. It was the week after the FA Cup game v Leeds. I nagged my older brother and sister to take me. I was 8 years old. My brother took me to that game and I was in the enclosure nearest to Grange End. Next two games were in the Grange End with my sister. Hooked straight away!
Spedger
watford around 1984. 1-0 in the league cup IIRC
I first went in 95 with my boyfriend (not Steve) I have no idea who we were playing, I just remember it was a freezing cold Tues night, it was damp and depressing and I couldn't understand why I suddenly had to start hating England
I still wanted to go again though