Mase wrote:KinkyKinkladze wrote:And the violent, racist abuse in-ground. It was the reason our fans were banned from the return leg. For some reason that was the punishment back in those days, ban us for our own safety. But a good bunch managed to get in to the new den, and that's where the "we're not really here" song was born.
Are you talking about the season under Keegan where both sets of fans were banned from going to the away fixture?
Says here the Millwall thing is a myth - https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-city-fans-song-invisible-14429950?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-target
My memory might be failing me but I'm sure it was well before Keegan. Think it was a 1 all draw, goater got the goal. I was in my teenage youth back then but had a season ticket from 95 to 01 and I had never heard that song sang until after the Millwall game. Maybe 97 or 98? Same season Birmingham came to Maine road and they rioted like animals in the north stand.
City fans did get into the new den that night, I remember it well. Listening to BBC Manchester or 1152 and the commentator (Brian Clarke?) made plenty of reference to us having some fans in the ground (Millwall did too, so home fans were definitely allowed in)
Surely somebody else remembers all this? I can't be talking out of my arse after all these years surely.
