Otis
Well-Known Member
Houch's old photos got me thinking.
Now amongst all those pics is one of the open top bus ride around the city centre after we won the league in 1967. On 29th April was obviously that really famous game between City and Wolves at the top of the table, when 51,000+ were at HR. City won 3-1 and went on to win the then 2nd division title.
Well, it's always something that has bugged me as to why I wan't there. It was around the time I first started going up. All I can remember from my early childhood is City in the First Division and losing every week and just beating releagtion by the skin of our teeth year upon year. Always annoyed me that I was too young for the glory years of the early sixties.
Anyway, was wondering why I didn't go to that Wolves game and indeed to the following open top bus parade, as I was a massive City fan by then and it is around the time I first started going up. So, just rang my mum and dad (now in their 80's) and asked why my dad didn't take me to that particular game. The answer came back that he did.
I reckon his mind isn't what it used to be. I would have been 6 and I remember the 1966 World Cup Final as clear as day. I would surely have remembered that City game wouldn't I?
Derek Henderson of the CT wrote “Those who were there will never forget it. Nor perhaps, will they ever be able to convince those who were not of the unforgettable drama and electricity, of the greatest day in Highfield Road’s history”.
Anyone else posting on here who was there that day? If so, please reassure me that I would surely never have forgotten that moment and my dad is wrong in his thinking.
Now amongst all those pics is one of the open top bus ride around the city centre after we won the league in 1967. On 29th April was obviously that really famous game between City and Wolves at the top of the table, when 51,000+ were at HR. City won 3-1 and went on to win the then 2nd division title.
Well, it's always something that has bugged me as to why I wan't there. It was around the time I first started going up. All I can remember from my early childhood is City in the First Division and losing every week and just beating releagtion by the skin of our teeth year upon year. Always annoyed me that I was too young for the glory years of the early sixties.
Anyway, was wondering why I didn't go to that Wolves game and indeed to the following open top bus parade, as I was a massive City fan by then and it is around the time I first started going up. So, just rang my mum and dad (now in their 80's) and asked why my dad didn't take me to that particular game. The answer came back that he did.
I reckon his mind isn't what it used to be. I would have been 6 and I remember the 1966 World Cup Final as clear as day. I would surely have remembered that City game wouldn't I?
Derek Henderson of the CT wrote “Those who were there will never forget it. Nor perhaps, will they ever be able to convince those who were not of the unforgettable drama and electricity, of the greatest day in Highfield Road’s history”.
Anyone else posting on here who was there that day? If so, please reassure me that I would surely never have forgotten that moment and my dad is wrong in his thinking.