Tim Morgan “”

Why Blue?

Years ago growing up in Manchester I cannot remember making a conscious decision to become a City fan, although my bike was blue, and my sisters had red bikes, so it seemed natural to join the faith, although at that age I had no idea what effect this would have on my life. I always thought of red as a girl’s colour and the Rags as girl’s blouses.

I can remember being depressed for weeks after the defeat at Wembley by Wolves in the League Cup in the early 70’s. I remember though going to Maine Road through the mid / late 70’s and becoming totally transfixed by the teams, the 76 final against Newcastle, the “almost” league titles, Mick Channon for some reason always used to fall over;