On this day (5 October) in 1973 Peter Swales became Manchester City’s chairman. There was an initial positive blip but after that it was more or less downhill all the way for City. Bad times!
In 1977 the BBC in the northwest showed the following incredible profile of him. On several occasions over the last decade or so myself & Will McTaggart have included this video profile of MCFC chairman Peter Swales in our Boys In Blue film show. Each time those who missed it have asked if they could see a video of it. That wasn’t possible for years but now it is. You can see the Swales profile here…
I would urge all MCFC fans and others to watch this. Some of you may wish to jump to the David Brent-esque clip at 3 mins 20. Others may want to see the Ian Niven roof plan that was thwarted by signing Dave Watson at 1 min 45 secs. Then there’s the scene where Swales gives Watson financial advice (45 secs) and it ends with Swales telling us he was a bit like Kevin Keegan (4 mins).
This really is MCFC gold. Enjoy:
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