J Heavis

Why Blue?

I am a Blue for the only possible reason for being a Blue. I was born into a family of Reds. My sister had the good fortune to meet a Blue who took me to Maine Road in the fifties when I was about 8 and we lost to West Ham 5-3 and I loved it! Blue logic!

I then followed them until I moved to California in ’79. My mother-in-law still sends me the Pink tho so I can read about the latest tragedy and occasionally we see a game.

I do rememmber going to Huddersfield in the old Second Division and the trips to Wembley. Driving through Leeds after beating Newcastle is still my fondest memory (I still have the brown ale bottle I brought back the turf in – the turf died), after the trip to Tottenham the week before.

Keep this going, not everyone will reply but we all appreciate the work you guys put in. Thanks again. Remember we did have managers like George Poyser and still won!

First printed in: MCIVTA Newsletter #410 on