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Teams you have strong memories of playing

Postby Pretty Boy Lee » Fri Feb 02, 2024 9:20 am

Watching Burnley the other day and I’ve got so many memories against them. I know we can all pinpoint games against most teams, but which teams are clearly in your memory, vividly, multiple times?

Some of mine;

Burnley - went away to them in 2018 while over, remember the 5-1 that nearly got rained out like it was last season, the draw under Hughes haunts my dreams.

Spurs - The FA cup comeback, 6-3, back to back champs league on the line games, the f’n VAR in the champs league and countless away 1-0 losses.
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Re: Teams you have strong memories of playing

Postby Mase » Fri Feb 02, 2024 9:24 am

Macclesfield away. Sat in the home end and when Goater scored everyone jumped up celebrating :lol: Wqs tons of City fans sat in the Macc stand. Walking out after and we were singing “we’re shit, but we won one nil”

Gillingham for obvious reasons.
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Re: Teams you have strong memories of playing

Postby Pretty Boy Lee » Fri Feb 02, 2024 10:06 am

Mase wrote:Macclesfield away. Sat in the home end and when Goater scored everyone jumped up celebrating :lol: Wqs tons of City fans sat in the Macc stand. Walking out after and we were singing “we’re shit, but we won one nil”

Gillingham for obvious reasons.



Would have loved to have been there for that actually.
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Re: Teams you have strong memories of playing

Postby Mase » Fri Feb 02, 2024 10:23 am

Pretty Boy Lee wrote:
Mase wrote:Macclesfield away. Sat in the home end and when Goater scored everyone jumped up celebrating :lol: Wqs tons of City fans sat in the Macc stand. Walking out after and we were singing “we’re shit, but we won one nil”

Gillingham for obvious reasons.



Would have loved to have been there for that actually.


I remember when we were singing “we’re shit but we won one nil” and Macc fan walked passed saying, “yeah…you are shit!” as if it was an insult to just repeat what we’d just said :lol: I think of that guy when I see how far Macclesfield have dropped down the leagues and it makes me happy.
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Re: Teams you have strong memories of playing

Postby Nigels Tackle » Fri Feb 02, 2024 12:32 pm

qpr...
first team we played in premier league when it started back in 1992 - watched that game with my dad in bar in cyprus where we were on holiday at the time
lots of visits to loftus road as teenager - where i watched some terrible football!
then....
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Re: Teams you have strong memories of playing

Postby Paul68 » Fri Feb 02, 2024 1:26 pm

back in the day Leeds was always interesting! :lol:
some lovely football on the pitch but the fans were right arseholes as were the plod round the ground - cnuts!
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Re: Teams you have strong memories of playing

Postby ruralblue » Fri Feb 02, 2024 6:12 pm

Stoke away Boxing Day 88. The day City went Bananas. We lost 3 - 1 but the score didn't hamper the atmosphere in or around the ground. An amazing day out. Inflatables of every shape and size. Was only 13 but forever etched in my memory as the best away game I've ever been to.
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Re: Teams you have strong memories of playing

Postby Harry Dowd scored » Fri Feb 02, 2024 7:00 pm

Sundered are a team that we’re significant to me. On our return to first division in 1966, we played them early on in the season. I was in the kippax with my mates. There was a large group of Sunderland fans behind us. They continually sang Charlie Charlie Hurley, Charlie Charlie Hurley, Charlie Hurley is his name. It was in my head like an ear worm for a week, anyway we won 1-0 with a thunderbolt shot from Alan Oakes.
Then 1972/73 season we played them in 5th round of fa cup at Maine Road. We had beaten the dippers in previous round and were confident of victory. It didn’t work out that way, I remember Sunderland going 2-1 up with a fantastic breakaway goal from Billy Hughes, we got a scrappy equaliser, 2-2 it finished. We lost the replay 3-1, a guy called Tueart ran us ragged. That Sunderland team went on to win the cup, they were 2nd division, but beat Leeds, Montgomery making unbelievable saves. We raided that team, we signed Tueart, Mickey Horswill and Dave Watson.
In the first game Sunderland brought the biggest following I ever saw at main road, they were all over the ground, when Billy Hughes scored you could see in the seats in main stand, and behind both goals. So they left me with a lot of memories.
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Re: Teams you have strong memories of playing

Postby Indianablue » Fri Feb 02, 2024 7:07 pm

Chesterfield at home my lads first game , a 1-1 shite game
Derby, City fans once battered me outside Maine Road thinking ai was a County fan, also because Franny scored a blinder against us in his first game back, Saw it with my Dad from the Platt Lane stand, the only City game i went to with him, Happy and sad memories
Bolton at Burnden in the 70's 1979 Steve Daley goal and also at Reebok when my son revealed his City shirt sat in the Lofthouse stand - i was too busy watching the game to notice the attention
Boro 2 nd leg of league cup semi. Best ever atmosphere as a youth

Leicester - Vinny's don't shoot screamer. Took my son now he's back in the fold. Very tense night, the title is back on!!!!!

To name just a few
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Re: Teams you have strong memories of playing

Postby MIAMCFC » Sat Feb 03, 2024 9:13 am

Paul68 wrote:back in the day Leeds was always interesting! :lol:
some lovely football on the pitch but the fans were right arseholes as were the plod round the ground - cnuts!


Leeds was a short journey into a war zone. As a kid living in Hulme my walk along Upper Brook St. Alongside the away teams escort. At the age of 9 or 10 yes walking to a game with mates we would be intrigued. A few years later your aware of the Fear those fans had as hordes of City were gathered all along that route. Sounds nuts but what a buzz. Geordies brought thousands to an FA Cup game. Loud but stuck to the escort. When I look back and chat with mates Maine Road was our home it was not so welcoming, we thought it was normal….. When they turned into the area 8. Front of the souvenir shop it would be the start of the mayhem ! You would end up with trophies like Scarves or bobble hats of the terrified visitors. No wonder our away trips were not for the faint hearted.
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Re: Teams you have strong memories of playing

Postby ruralblue » Sat Feb 03, 2024 9:28 am

Barnsley away was another. Probably around 87. We'd taken another heavy defeat. Walked back down into the town and just got to tue car in a car park just off the main street. I'd have been about 12 years old and we became surrounded by a gang wanting a fight. There was just three of us and easily twenty of them. Steve said to Tony "just pop James in the back of the car then pop the boot". I was shittng myself but knew Steve could handle himself. What I didn't know was in back if car was this huge metal baseball bat. He took three lads clean out and the rest legged it. Bat put back in car and they just casually drive off like nothing had ever happened.
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Re: Teams you have strong memories of playing

Postby Mase » Sat Feb 03, 2024 10:13 am

Fulham are a team I have strong memories of playing. They were down there with us in Div 2. My only ever standing experience came at Fulham away when Morrison licked Collymore’s face. Ended up having a soft spot for them
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Re: Teams you have strong memories of playing

Postby MIAMCFC » Sat Feb 03, 2024 1:13 pm

Mase wrote:Fulham are a team I have strong memories of playing. They were down there with us in Div 2. My only ever standing experience came at Fulham away when Morrison licked Collymore’s face. Ended up having a soft spot for them


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Re: Teams you have strong memories of playing

Postby Paul68 » Sat Feb 03, 2024 3:19 pm

MIAMCFC wrote:
Paul68 wrote:back in the day Leeds was always interesting! :lol:
some lovely football on the pitch but the fans were right arseholes as were the plod round the ground - cnuts!


Leeds was a short journey into a war zone. As a kid living in Hulme my walk along Upper Brook St. Alongside the away teams escort. At the age of 9 or 10 yes walking to a game with mates we would be intrigued. A few years later your aware of the Fear those fans had as hordes of City were gathered all along that route. Sounds nuts but what a buzz. Geordies brought thousands to an FA Cup game. Loud but stuck to the escort. When I look back and chat with mates Maine Road was our home it was not so welcoming, we thought it was normal….. When they turned into the area 8. Front of the souvenir shop it would be the start of the mayhem ! You would end up with trophies like Scarves or bobble hats of the terrified visitors. No wonder our away trips were not for the faint hearted.

Sorry mate didn't make it clear... Home was as you say... They were shitting it at Maine rd but at theirs... We were in bandit country with the fucking plod just frustrated fans that couldn't get in to the ground! :lol:
So they'd lead us to t'station... But mysteriously take a wrong turn leaving us with hundreds of the 6 fingered cunts around us...
Me dad came from Leeds which is why I got tickets but he never believed me they were cunts! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Teams you have strong memories of playing

Postby rosbif cuisson 'bleu' » Sat Feb 03, 2024 5:41 pm

Paul68 wrote:
MIAMCFC wrote:
Paul68 wrote:back in the day Leeds was always interesting! :lol:
some lovely football on the pitch but the fans were right arseholes as were the plod round the ground - cnuts!


Leeds was a short journey into a war zone. As a kid living in Hulme my walk along Upper Brook St. Alongside the away teams escort. At the age of 9 or 10 yes walking to a game with mates we would be intrigued. A few years later your aware of the Fear those fans had as hordes of City were gathered all along that route. Sounds nuts but what a buzz. Geordies brought thousands to an FA Cup game. Loud but stuck to the escort. When I look back and chat with mates Maine Road was our home it was not so welcoming, we thought it was normal….. When they turned into the area 8. Front of the souvenir shop it would be the start of the mayhem ! You would end up with trophies like Scarves or bobble hats of the terrified visitors. No wonder our away trips were not for the faint hearted.

Sorry mate didn't make it clear... Home was as you say... They were shitting it at Maine rd but at theirs... We were in bandit country with the fucking plod just frustrated fans that couldn't get in to the ground! :lol:
So they'd lead us to t'station... But mysteriously take a wrong turn leaving us with hundreds of the 6 fingered cunts around us...
Me dad came from Leeds which is why I got tickets but he never believed me they were cunts! :lol: :lol: :lol:

FA cup 1/4 final (I think) 1976 or 77, Elland road was a fucking zoo.
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Re: Teams you have strong memories of playing

Postby Chinners » Mon Feb 05, 2024 1:00 am

Always remember the 90's games away to Wimbledon, mainly because it was usually a night game and my ex manager was chief steward there so I always got into their social club (which always reminded me of the supporters club at Maine Road) after the game. I think Sky's first Monday night game was this match and we lost 1-0 during the height of the Swales Out campaign. Malcolm Alison was in there with Andy Gray & Richard 'priaprism' Keys and big Mal signed my Swales Out t-shirt whilst I ignored Richard asking me questions . . . happy days
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Re: Teams you have strong memories of playing

Postby zabbadabbado » Mon Feb 05, 2024 9:01 pm

Luton Town.

Older Blues will know why. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Teams you have strong memories of playing

Postby johnny crossan » Mon Feb 05, 2024 9:58 pm

City v Bury 0-0 1964 Boxing day game played on ice, little did we know what awaited us with Joe & Big Mal.
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Re: Teams you have strong memories of playing

Postby sheblue » Mon Feb 05, 2024 10:36 pm

That game against spurs 93 or thereabouts, Paul Walsh etc.
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Re: Teams you have strong memories of playing

Postby Mase » Mon Feb 05, 2024 10:57 pm

sheblue wrote:That game against spurs 93 or thereabouts, Paul Walsh etc.


At Maine Road? Spurs in a purple kit? One of my first City games that. Rosler and Walsh up front
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