Manchester City 1989

Wasn't it more of a reaction to Man City being able to go up that day and a shed load of fans turning up. Would it even have been all ticket back then ?

I remember going to Blackburn, poss same season, and not getting in as the away end was full and it hadn't been all ticket.

 

Can’t answer your question exactly but they only needed a point to get promoted.

They were very well supported that year (25000 average home crowd) so will have travelled in big numbers all season.
I suspect the reason was due to the numbers travelling but can’t be 100% sure.

Crowd was only 12,479 (capacity only 16,000 then)

 

You’re active on fans forums of other clubs?? You must have far too much time on your hands!

 

I got to Blackburn that day (possibly boxing day)and queued to the turnstiles only for them to close as we were ready to enter . Had to listen on the radio on the way home

 

There was a small group of Man City supporters that somehow got tickets for the Kop and were stood near the bottom. I think my Dad was happy they got the point they needed in the end as they were not the brightest bunch, and it could have turned nasty if they’d lost.

 

I remember it kicked off a bit the year before at Maine Road when we drew 2-2, but doubt that was enough to justify a cordon.

I would guess that concerns about ticketless fans and concerns following the then recent Hillsborough disaster would be the reason.

 

I do remember there was a lot of Manchester fans in the main stand
Was turning nasty until they scored

 

Nothing to do with the point you made but I think that was the game in which the great Sam Barkis was there, he played for both Man city and Bradford city. The sad thing was he died later that year.

 

Brings back some fond memories. Pitch was not that good then either, even as a championship level club.

 

Exactly what happened to us.

 

Mid 70's when i started going to city. It was no snooker table, more akin to a potato field.

 

Remember the end of 1981 season when it was still a mud bath in late april

 

Apparently mud is good for the skin.
Maybe there is a marketing opportunity there.
Valley parade beauty mud.
Could probably get a few thousand jars from what they take of the pitch at the end of the season.

 

A lot of pitches weren't very good in those days, especially at that stage of the season even at top flight clubs.

 

The Baseball Ground.