MY MANCHESTER CITY SHRINE

THE SHRINE IN ALL ITS GLORY!!	ME WITH OLD CITY PLAYERS - ROY CLARKE, JOHNNY WILLIAMSON, PETER ROBINSON AND PADDY FAGAN.
ME ON ONE OF THE OLD PLATT LANE BENCHES!!	MORE OF THE SHRINE

HOW IT ALL BEGAN
BORN - SATURDAY FEB 1ST 1975 CITY AWAY TO STOKE - LOST 4-0 !!

AS USUAL BEING BORN INTO A FAMILY OF BLUES THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE TO SUPPORT, AND SOMETIME AROUND THE 1980/81 SEASON WAS TAKEN TO MY FIRST GAME WHEN I WAS 5. I CARRIED ON GOING TO THE ODD FEW GAMES FOR THE FOLLOWING 4 SEASONS BEFORE GETTING A SEASON TICKET IN MY OWN RIGHT AT 10. IT WAS AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THIS SEASON I STARTED COLLECTING PROGRAMMES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON AND OBTAINING THE FIRST HALF OF THE SEASON FROM VARIOUS OUTLETS. SINCE THEN I STARTED WORKING MY WAY BACK THROUGH THE EIGHTIES, SEVENTIES AND SIXTIES NEEDING ONLY AROUND 5 FROM 60/61 ONWARDS BY THE TIME I GOT TO 16.

SINCE THE START OF THE 90\'92S I HAVE CARRIED ON WORKING MY WAY BACK AND PROGRAMME WISE HAVE GOT BACK TO 1946/47 SEASON NEEDING ONLY 2 LEAGUE ISSUES. I HAVE ALSO BROKEN INTO OTHER AREAS OF CITY STUFF COLLECTING PRESS PHOTOS, PLAYERS SHIRTS, CIGARETTE CARDS, NEWSPAPER SPECIALS, TICKETS, BOOKS, VIDEOS AND FANZINES. IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING OF INTEREST LET US KNOW.