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February 27th 1973

“Bak2 school” / “Nig came up in evng and we tried to construct up the Scalextric – didn’t work – Dad’s gonna try and make it work on Sat” / “Paid Martin S” / “Cup Sund 3 City 1″ I’ve … Continue reading

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February 7th 1973

“Cup City 2 Liv 0 (Colin, Tommy)” / “Arguverge > Argument (agane)” / “Went up Nigs in evng - lent him Phantasmagoria + borrowed family – Anyway – Quite Good really” / “Found out that I was 4th in TD with … Continue reading

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November 4th 1972

“City 4 County 0″ / “didn’t do much all today except went over field for bonfire evening” Bonfire night – or Guy Fawkes night – or Fireworks night- is a peculiarly British (and colonies) tradition Somewhat weirdly, the fifth of November each … Continue reading

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October 21st 1972

“city 4, west ham 3″ / “started project – went to library in morning. got books on the civil war for project” Here’s one to make my wife laugh. Not that City squeaked by the Hammers but that, as a … Continue reading

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September 23rd 1972

“Stoke 5, City 1 / Went up Gra’s in afternoon – saw his cassette player – Wow!” Whilst City  get tromped on away from home I evidently suffer “tape player envy” As I recall, Gra(ham) travelled quite a bit with … Continue reading

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May 8th 1972

“derby county win football league div 1. Man City end up fourth” So, ‘my’ team’s dream was shattered as the season came to a close, thanks mainly to a few crappy losses, but mostly as the result of a fan … Continue reading

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April 1st 1972

“Man City 1 Stoke 2″ This entry is accompanied by an arrow with the word “tradgedy” (yes, that spelling… *sigh*) pointing to the scoreline. Oh, and drawn fingers doing “the V’s” to Stoke. Flicking the V’s – two fingers facing … Continue reading

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March 8th 1972 (1)

“City sign Rodney Marsh for an estimated fee of 200,000 pounds” Rodney Marsh was something of a maverick football star in his prime. He’d been constantly hitting the back of the net for the past six years with Queen’s Park … Continue reading

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