BAYERN MUNICH BLUES - I Remember It Well (1 Viewer)

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johnniericoh

johnniericoh

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It was 1970 and believe it or not CCFC were actually in a European competition - it was called the EUROPEAN FAIRS CUP at the time (probably equivalent to the current Europa League Cup as of today)

To qualify our beloved club finished 6th (yes 6th from the top) of the then First Division under the management of Noel Cantwell accumulating in that season 10 away wins on the way !!!

Anyway the first round saw us drawn against Trakia Plovdiv (A) where we won comfortably 4-1 (John O'Rourke 3) and also won the home leg 2-1.

The next round draw was just unbelievable as we were drawn against the mighty BAYERN MUNICH - I never thought CCFC and Bayern Munich could crop up in the same sentence !!!

The dream was short lived however with our then brilliant keeper Bill Glazier taken ill just before the game and young Eric McManus deputising and we were slaughtered 6-1.

So realistically we were well out of the tournament but the interest in actually playing THE Bayern Munich at home still caused a stir with 26,033 fans turning out that night of 3rd November 1970.

What happened to me next was just one of many misdemeanour's / clumsiness / faux pas that has accompanied me throughout my life.

It was halftime, we were 1-0 up thanks to Neil Martin (35) and I needed to go to the Gents - that Brew 11 used to go right through me.

On the way out of the Gents in a rush to get back I slipped down the steps went headlong in a heap and broke my frigging ankle !!!
- managed to get back to my seat in absolute agony determined to watch the remainder of the game - we eventually "won" 2-1 John O'Rourke (81)

My brother then carted me off to Cov & Warwickshire Hospital where I was put in plaster for eight weeks.

THOSE WERE THE DAYS

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cloughie

cloughie

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nothing really changes , still one for putting your foot in it, so to speak johnnie boy
 
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wingy

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Great memories JR can't remember going to that game but what colour kit were they playing in ,i know i went to some game that season against someone in a maroon kit ,could have been a scottish team ,makes you wonder what Glazier could have done.hope that old ankle injury don't play you up now you're of a certain age .
 
sky_blue_up_north

sky_blue_up_north

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Happy days, think Bayern had Muller, Beckenbaur etc in the side that night as welll....
 
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Jack Griffin

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Yeah, I was in the Kop for both home games with a couple of my mates, pretty packed it was on the terracing & quite cold for the Bayern game I think .. then back home via the chippy. I wasn't drinking like johnny, well I was only 14, LOL
 
Skyblueloyal

Skyblueloyal

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I got the programmes from both home game both signed by Noel Cantwell both in A1 condition as my Dad was best mates with him and played snooker together, and as I don't think we will ever grace Europe again there something of a collectors item. Not for sale so anyone ask
 
Houchens Head

Houchens Head

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I'll never forget those days either! Great times, great games! Unfortunately for City, that was to be the last time they would ever finish in sixth position. Never achieved it again in the old First Div, Premier League or the Championship. 42 years. Sad really, but I still love my club! :(
 
johnniericoh

johnniericoh

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wingy said:
Great memories JR can't remember going to that game but what colour kit were they playing in ,i know i went to some game that season against someone in a maroon kit ,could have been a scottish team ,makes you wonder what Glazier could have done.hope that old ankle injury don't play you up now you're of a certain age .
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That particular injury followed on from another injury suffered whilst on holiday in LLoret De Mar in June of that year to the same ankle - I'd just about finished physio on that one when I did the Bayern Munich swan(lane) dive.

As mentioned I have a legacy of injuries and mishaps over the years - I will reveal some of them in due course.

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swanageskyblue

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johnniericoh said:
CCFC

Glazier
Coop
Smith
Mortimer
Blockley
Hill
Hunt
Carr
Martin
O'Rourke
Clements

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I was there that night, freezing cold and a bitter-sweet occasion, as we were playing the best club team in Europe but there was nothing but pride at stake after the first-leg thrashing.

I recall all our players well except I have a mental block on Hill - who was he, anyone know?

Neil Martin is an interesting one to recall - he was hopeless when he first joined from Sunderland, missing sitters, could not score for love or money, eventually took some stick from fans, then started scoring for fun and formed a great partnership with John O'Rourke, who is one of my all-time favourite City players. So let's not give up on Cody McDonald yet - he might be the new Neil Martin!
 
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Jack Griffin

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swanageskyblue said:
So let's not give up on Cody McDonald yet - he might be the new Neil Martin!
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I won't give up on him, he won't be the new Neil Martin, he isn't a big fecker like him! Maybe a new Ernie Hunt... well chance would be a fine thing.
 
johnniericoh

johnniericoh

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swanageskyblue said:
I was there that night, freezing cold and a bitter-sweet occasion, as we were playing the best club team in Europe but there was nothing but pride at stake after the first-leg thrashing.

I recall all our players well except I have a mental block on Hill - who was he, anyone know?

Neil Martin is an interesting one to recall - he was hopeless when he first joined from Sunderland, missing sitters, could not score for love or money, eventually took some stick from fans, then started scoring for fun and formed a great partnership with John O'Rourke, who is one of my all-time favourite City players. So let's not give up on Cody McDonald yet - he might be the new Neil Martin!
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"Hill" was in fact BRIAN HILL - only played 5 league games that season - renowned for his man marking ability - end of his career by then.

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TheSnoz

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I don't post much but couldn't pass this up. Guess you guys are a little younger than me. Brian Hill, 250 plus games for us from 1957 - that's Nineteen Fifty Seven - to 1971. He marked some of the best players of his era completely out of the game. Law, Franny Lee & others. Jimmy Hill converted him from an inside forward and he never looked back. He was injury prone, otherwise he would have played twice the amount of games he actually did. Big, powerful, reliable. Him, with the likes of Curtis, Glazier, Farmer, Bruck, Kearns et al, were the backbone of our team for well over ten years.
Nice memories about Bayern, Uli Hoeness as well. They had half the German team, including their goalie.
 
johnniericoh

johnniericoh

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Yes Snoz, Brian was one of these players with few histrionics - loved playing football and was exceedingly good at it particularly when applying himself as a limpet to opposing forwards.

He played 278 games scoring 8 goals in all four divisions for CCFC and then went on to play for Bristol City and Torquay until he retired.

When Brian finished playing top flight football he ended up working on the track at Jaguar Cars @ Browns Lane for 18 years - working there at the same time I often spoke to Brian about his career - great guy unassuming and happy with his lot.

WELL PLAYED BRIAN

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EleanorRigby

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Just look at the Munich team, true world class players like Ully Hoeness, Gerd Muller, the best ever German forward and Franz Beckenbaur, arguably the greatest German player ever and possibly the best ever defender gracing Highfield Road despite being 6-1 ahead, thats respect for the competition, their club and the opposition. Was there and you don't realise at the time that you are watching true world class stars.
 
cloughie

cloughie

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Yes they had half the west German team and the Germans were one of the top 3 teams in the world

unfortunately with Mc manus the understudy having a nightmare, as I remember, we would have been looking at a 3-1 maybe 2-1 defeat 1st leg

Oh well like most of us on this post I can say " I was there" at the return leg Coventry City 2 Bayern Munich 1

Proud moments that keep us going
 
The Reverend Skyblue

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Nice thread, i'm an oldie,well 48,and was there that night with my Dad and is one of my earliest memories of watching the skyblues.
To beat a team like Bayern must be one of Cov's greatest performances, but what i remember most is Bayerns goal,who scored it i can't remember, but it was an absolute bullet from 25 yards. It flew into the top right hand corner, and i clearly remember Glazier flying seemingly forever through the air, in an attempt to save it,he seemed to be flying in slow motion, and is one of the best goals i've seen at HR. I'd also add that my Dad behaved himself on this very rare occasion, and did'nt want to fight the nearest opposing fan, which also makes it stick out memory wise
Strange memories but i thought i'd share.
Some posters have said that we will never grace Europe again, but we would have done in 87/88 if English fans had'nt been banned after Heysal, so there is hope but probably won't happen soon,but you never know, i thought i'd never see Stoke/Fulham/Middlesborough in Europe.
 
johnniericoh

johnniericoh

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The Reverend Skyblue said:
Nice thread, i'm an oldie,well 48,and was there that night with my Dad and is one of my earliest memories of watching the skyblues.
To beat a team like Bayern must be one of Cov's greatest performances, but what i remember most is Bayerns goal,who scored it i can't remember, but it was an absolute bullet from 25 yards. It flew into the top right hand corner, and i clearly remember Glazier flying seemingly forever through the air, in an attempt to save it,he seemed to be flying in slow motion, and is one of the best goals i've seen at HR. I'd also add that my Dad behaved himself on this very rare occasion, and did'nt want to fight the nearest opposing fan, which also makes it stick out memory wise
Strange memories but i thought i'd share.
Some posters have said that we will never grace Europe again, but we would have done in 87/88 if English fans had'nt been banned after Heysal, so there is hope but probably won't happen soon,but you never know, i thought i'd never see Stoke/Fulham/Middlesborough in Europe.
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HOENESS scored in 63rd minute

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