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Soapbox: how Manchester City nearly ruined Dad’s birthday
Friday, March 12th, 2010
Games against Man City, home and away, get the best – OK, oldest – of us wallowing in nostalgia. The 1973 FA Cup replay, an improbable 4-0 win at Maine Road with an even more improbable John Hawley hat-trick (1980), a relegation clincher in the last game of 1990/91. And
Pete Sixsmith cannot think about Sunday’s clash without reflecting on some priceless family memories …
Statistics tell us that we have lost the last nine games to Citeh*, which makes for pretty dismal reading. I do remember beating them in the Reid era at the Stadium, and of course, they were our first visitors in 1998. I didn’t go to that game on account of how I was still sulking after the relegation of the previous season.
Over the years we have had some momentous moments with the Manchester Blues.
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