Category Archives: Seasons

The 1970s: A Typical Away Day At Leeds

If you’ve ever wondered what a typical match day was like in the 1970s then you should have a watch of this. This is Leeds v City in 1978 and is part of my series of features/articles covering Manchester City in the 1970s. Watch for the large away following (City fans behind the goal to the right but also positioned in various spots around Elland Road); Leeds’ players fighting themselves; a penalty appeal that would be given today; Colin Bell carrying an excited Peter Barnes; LUFC manager Jimmy Armfield smoking his pipe; a pitch invasion followed by the referee announcing the possibility of abandoning the game if it doesn’t stop – which of course is cheered by Leeds fans as an abandonment could work in their favour (it took a long time for football to realise this was never a good thing to say if you wanted trouble to stop!)… what an era! You’ll also notice that when Tueart is about to score a flash from a camera goes off in the away section. I wonder if that fan photo ever turned out?

So here goes with this on this day (7 January) from 1978.

This series of articles and features on Manchester City in the 1970s will run throughout January with indepth articles some days and smaller ‘on this day’ style posts on others. There will be flashbacks to great games, players and more. Every day in January will offer something to enjoy.

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Haaland Throw In Photo

On this day (6 January) in 2001 Manchester City defeated Birmingham City 3-2 in the FA Cup third round. This photo of a Alfie Haaland throw in from that game has caught my eye because it says so much about football at that time. This was of course taken at Maine Road and the stand on the left of the image is the North Stand.

As this was a FA Cup tie, a larger than normal away section was allocated to Birmingham and you can see from this image that they have roughly half the North Stand and the uncovered temporary stand in the corner (dubbed the Gene Kelly – fans would be ‘singing in the rain’).

Birmingham only brought 1,038 fans that day, hence the large empty Gene Kelly and North Stand sections.

The stand to the right is the ‘new’ Kippax Stand which was almost 6 years old that season.

A Alf Haaland throw in during the 2001 FAC third round tie between City and Birmingham at Maine Road

The 1970s: The First Trophy of the Decade

The series of features/articles covering Manchester City in the 1970s continues with a reminder of the first trophy Manchester City’s first team won during that decade. It was the League Cup v WBA and both modern day footballer Tommy Doyle’s grandads scored for City (wearing red & black stripes). You can watch those goals here:

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The 1970s: Newcastle Away At Home?

The series of features/articles covering Manchester City in the 1970s continues with an on this day (4 January) from 1975 when Manchester City played an away game at Maine Road. What? Follow the link for the story:

https://gjfootballarchive.com/2023/01/04/when-is-a-home-game-not-a-home-game-newcastle-united-v-manchester-city-4th-january-1975/

This series of articles and features on Manchester City in the 1970s will run throughout January with indepth articles some days and smaller ‘on this day’ style posts on others. There will be flashbacks to great games, players and more. Every day in January will offer something to enjoy.

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The 1970s: A Neil Young Goal

The series of features/articles covering Manchester City in the 1970s continues with a reminder of the first goal Manchester City’s first team scored in the 1970s. It was scored by Neil Young on this day (3 January) in 1970 and you can watch it here:

This was a FA Cup tie at Hull that ended 1-0 before at crowd of 30,271.

Although City didn’t win the FA Cup that season this was a glorious year for the Blues. By the end of April the Blues would have two major trophies on the shelf, including the club’s first European trophy (won before so many of today’s perceived European giants). This series of articles and features on the 1970s will run throughout January with indepth articles some days and smaller ‘on this day’ style posts on others. There will be flashbacks to great games, players and more. Every day in January will offer something to enjoy.

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MCFC v Huddersfield On Film

With Manchester City facing Huddersfield Town this weekend in the FA Cup here’s a reminder of some previous City-Huddersfield meetings caught on film. The earliest surviving film of a game between the two clubs is a FA Cup tie from 98 years ago:
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/51830/

Here’s a City win from February 1972 with a goal from Tommy Booth:

A 2-0 City win from January 1985:

The day 3 players scored hat tricks in 1987:

https://bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/History/Matches/Match.aspx?id=3740

A FAC victory from 1988:

https://bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/History/Matches/Match.aspx?id=3770

A City defeat during the Blues’ seasons of struggle:

The 1970s: A FAC Tie With Wigan

The series of features/articles covering Manchester City in the 1970s continues with the day the Northern Premier League’s Wigan Athletic came to Maine Road to face the ECWC & League Cup holders City. Who’d have thought that one day these two clubs would meet in a FA Cup final and that Wigan would be victorious? Hang on, let’s not talk about that. Let’s get back to the 1970s…

Colin Bell netted the only goal of this day (2 January) in 1971 and you can watch it here:

The Wigan Athletic Supporters Club website tells the Wigan perspective on this day and is well worth reading:

‘The third round draw pitted them against Manchester City away at Maine Road.  City at the time were holders of the League Cup and European Cup-Winners Cup and were doing well in the League.  Their team that day, 2 January 1971, was full of star names:  Joe Corrigan in goal; Tony Book, Arthur Mann, Mike Doyle, Tommy Booth, Alan Oakes, Mike Summerbee, Colin Bell, Francis Lee, Neil Young and Derek Jeffries, with Frank Carrodus on the bench.

‘Latics had in their line-up Dennis Reeves; Alan Turner, Billy Sutherland, Gordon Milne, Doug Coutts, Ian Gillibrand, Derek Temple, Bobby Todd, Geoff Davies, Jim Fleming and Graham Oates with sub Ian Ledgard.

‘The referee was one of the top officials of the time, Pat Partridge from Middlesbrough.

‘Both teams changed their strip, City into their renowned (at the time) black and red striped shirts with black shorts – the colours they’d worn to victory in both the FA Cup in 1969 and the European Cup-Winners Cup in 1970.  Latics wore all white with blue trim.  But best of all, BBC’s “Match of the Day” cameras were there to record the scene.

‘Not being overawed by their European trophy-holding opponents, or by the 46,212 fans, Latics held out until the 72nd minute when goalkeeper Dennis Reeves’ boot split when taking a goal-kick.  The ball went to Neil Young, who flicked it inside to Colin Bell, who made no mistake.  One goal was enough for City, and two late fine saves from Joe Corrigan put paid to Latics’ dreams.  They received a standing ovation from the crowd.‘

You can read more on Wigan’s season and history at the Wigan Athletic Supporters Club website:

https://www.wiganathleticsupportersclub.co.uk/wigan-athletic-197071-season/

This series of articles and features on Manchester City in the 1970s will run throughout January with indepth articles some days and smaller ‘on this day’ style posts on others. There will be flashbacks to great games, players and more. Every day in January will offer something to enjoy.

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The 1970s: Series Starts Now!

The series of articles covering Manchester City in the 1970s starts today with the story of the opening months of 1970. By the end of April the Blues would have two major trophies on the shelf, including the club’s first European trophy (won before so many of today’s perceived European giants). This series of articles and features will run throughout January with indepth articles some days and smaller ‘on this day’ style posts on others. There will be flashbacks to great games, players and more. Every day in January will offer something to enjoy.

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The 1980s: New Year’s Eve at Swindon

The series of articles covering Manchester City in the 1980s continues today with a reminder of the day in 1988 when City travelled to Swindon on New Year’s Eve. I’ll give the result lower down but first here’s highlights of the game. The commentary is from Piccadilly Radio’s Brian Clarke:

That game was played on 31 December 1988 and ended in a 2-1 City win with goals from Brian Gayle and Jason Beckford. If you want to know more of the 1988-89 season for Manchester City Football Club then why not subscribe and read the following 4,100 word feature on the 1988-89 season. Enjoy!

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Tomorrow’s feature is the last on the 1980s as we tell the story of the 1989-90 season. If you missed the earlier features then start here:

The 1980s: 1980-1981 Gow, Hutchison & McDonald

City v Southampton on New York TV

On this day (30 December) in 1978 if you just happened to be in New York you could watch Manchester City v Southampton in the All Star Soccer programme (or should that be program?) while you waited for Steve Austin, the six million dollar man later that day.

The game actually took place on 9 December, so there’s a good chance you’d have known the result. I won’t spoil it though as you can see highlights of the game here (5m 33secs in to this review of 1978-79):