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The 1980s: Machin’s Warning

The series of articles covering Manchester City in the 1980s continues today with a reminder of the day in 1988 manager Mel Machin warned the City team to be careful of Shrewsbury. See the newspaper article. The Blues were due to play them the day after this article (published on Friday 16 December 1988) was published. Anybody remember the score? I was in the Kippax that day and you can watch what happened here (look out for future Blue Carl Griffiths!):

That game was played on 17 December 1988. 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

Historic Name That Ground – Week 10 Answer

On Monday I asked: ‘Can you name the ground featured in the image above? The only clue I’ll give is that this is a 1960s image and this was a wet day. If you recognise the ground you’ll know why it was wet too.’ The answer is…

It is of course Shrewsbury Town’s old Gay Meadow ground. If you look carefully you can see the pitch was flooded. This image was taken in January 1968 when the pitch was under 2 feet of water. Shrewsbury were due to play Tow Law Town in the FA Cup that day.

Next ground on Monday. If you have an old image of a ground that you think it’d be worth including in this weekly quiz then please get in touch. They don’t have to be from the 1900s to 1960s – even ground images from the 70s and 80s may prove a challenge to identify these days.

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