Favourite ever sky blue experience? (1 Viewer)

Sky Blue Pete · Mar 13, 2014

What is yours??

italiahorse · Mar 13, 2014

Is there more than the obvious one ?

thaiskyblue · Mar 13, 2014

Went to Southampton early 80's 5-5 what a mental game..

italiahorse · Mar 13, 2014

First game at the Ricoh.
The realisation hit me that we actually were a big club and we had finally arrived.

The Prefect · Mar 13, 2014

19th September 2001. Coventry City 4 - 3 Man City.

I took my Dad to his first game as I had a spare ticket. Great night!

orig skyblue87 · Mar 13, 2014

Getting 2 spare tickets for the 4-1 Villa away game the night before in the pub. Went there hoping for a draw and destroyed Vile that day. Coach back to Cov and a pint in every pub on the way back to Walsgrave Club, me and my mate greeted like heros from his dads mates who had been to Villa Park upteen times but had never seen a City win.

_brian_ · Mar 13, 2014

italiahorse said:
Is there more than the obvious one ?

Of course! For example, mine would probably be us winning the FA Cup in 1987!!!

jaymo132 · Mar 13, 2014

6-1 Away at Walsall....5 goals in the second half....2004 ish 5-4 against Norwich boxing day 1977...quarter,semi and final 87...:claping hands:..When the football club belonged to the fans

Moff · Mar 13, 2014

Apart from the obvious, and all of the Cup run, beating Sunderland at home 6-1, Villa away 4-1, one of my favorite memories is playing Wimbledon at Selhurst Park on Boxing day years ago.

It was empty, I think we outnumbered their fans (sadly something that happens to us now) and we had a huge terracing to run up and down going mental as we won 2-0. I think John Williams and Peter Ndlovu scored. Nothing more remarkable than one of the best laughs just for messing around, and obviously a win, that I can remember. Its bizarre I have been to many games home and away but this one always stands out for the laugh I had.

I also bizarrely remember being at Hillsborough one year after Sheffield Wenesday had bought Andy Pearce (terrible centre half) off us, and singing, "You bought Andy Perace, You Bought Andy Pearce, You Sad Bastards You Sad Bastards You Bought Andy Pearce" all game. Amused us during a drab 0-0.

Sterling Archer · Mar 13, 2014

Sky Blue Pete said:
What is yours??

Normally when the season ends every year.

"thank f**k thats over with for another 3 months"

sky_blue_up_north · Mar 13, 2014

League Cup Semi at Home v West Ham, won 3-2 having been 2 down, v Wolves in the middle of 51K fans, winning 3-1, who can ever forget Gibbo that day, brilliant, and of course the FA Cup

ollyservetta · Mar 13, 2014

to many great memories ,all im afraid before the move to the ricoh.but the parading of the cup threw cov and outside the council offices ,never been so proud of Coventry ands its people ,OGGY OGGY OGGY ,OI OI OI

cov_george · Mar 13, 2014

Semi final win against Leeds @ hillsborough

Malaka · Mar 13, 2014

Day after Boxing Day 1986 at home to Spurs, if I remember it we got pegged back to 3-3 Regis shot towards the West End it came off the crossbar and he headed it in 4-3. Easily my favourite game ever

rupert_bear · Mar 13, 2014

Forgetting 1987 going back a long time but the 2-1 victory over Sunderland in 1963 takes some beating with way over 50000 in the ground and our two goals coming in the last three minutes. Then there was the 1-0 win at Blackburn Rovers Easter 1967 which more or less confirmed promotion to the top flight and shortly after the 3-1 win over promotion rivals Wolves. Other than 1987 theres Not been that much to shout about although the 3-1 FA cup victory at Anfield was imo our best all round performance I ever witnessed.

blueflint · Mar 13, 2014

beating wolves to get promotion as champions way back when we played in coventry

thaiskyblue · Mar 13, 2014

liverpool away in the league cup 2- 2 more city fans than home fans, alas we lost the replay but great night.

sky_blue_up_north · Mar 13, 2014

rupert_bear said:
Forgetting 1987 going back a long time but the 2-1 victory over Sunderland in 1963 takes some beating with way over 50000 in the ground and our two goals coming in the last three minutes. Then there was the 1-0 win at Blackburn Rovers Easter 1967 which more or less confirmed promotion to the top flight and shortly after the 3-1 win over promotion rivals Wolves. Other than 1987 theres Not been that much to shout about although the 3-1 FA cup victory at Anfield was imo our best all round performance I ever witnessed.

Got the programme from the Blackburn game somewhere... I always remember the comment section where they said we hope today's result does not make Jimmy H(ill)... ha that will teach them.

rupert_bear · Mar 13, 2014

thaiskyblue said:
liverpool away in the league cup 2- 2 more city fans than home fans, alas we lost the replay but great night.

What a night that was thousands of City fans there that night had the whole Kremlyn Road stand and half the Annie Road terrace and that's when it was standing not seats. Lot of aggro that night

thaiskyblue · Mar 13, 2014

rupert_bear said:
What a night that was thousands of City fans there that night had the whole Kremlyn Road stand and half the Annie Road terrace and that's when it was standing not seats. Lot of aggro that night

lots of fog too....

Lorksalordy · Mar 13, 2014

City - 4, Spurs - 3 - Highfield Rd 1986 in the West End. Regis with a very late goal. Seems a very, very distant memory.
I even used to think of the club as "us" back then rather than "those total bastards"

covcity4life · Mar 13, 2014

beating arsenal 3-2 at highfield road in 99

I MISS THE PREM SO DAMN MUCH

torchomatic · Mar 13, 2014

Yeah, took my girlfriend, now wife to that. She did say "are all games like that?". I couldn't lie to her.

Many great experiences for me, but for me, nothing can beat being at Wembley for the Final in 87. The semi-final at Hillsborough was ace too, although for nearly an hour it was the worst experience of my life. Even the Charity Shield was a good day with 50K of us there.

There have been many games that have been brilliant. I remember the Norwich 5-4, the Forest game in the League Cup, a 4-4 draw against Brum and the Preston game in the JPT last year.

As a City fan I’ve had the best of times and the worst of times….

The Prefect said:
19th September 2001. Coventry City 4 - 3 Man City.

I took my Dad to his first game as I had a spare ticket. Great night!

torchomatic · Mar 13, 2014

The one memory of all the times going to Anfield for me was the Cup game when Molby scored a hat-trick of penalties. Mid week too.

thaiskyblue said:
liverpool away in the league cup 2- 2 more city fans than home fans, alas we lost the replay but great night.

CCFC88 · Mar 13, 2014

Beating United 3-2 at HR '97, one of my earliest memories 2-1 down and seemingly out of it with 5 minutes left then Huckerby turned up! Winning the penaly and wagging his finger then scoring 3rd. Against the majority of players that went on to win the treble the following season.

Andy Whings goal against Derby in the final game at HR running the length of the West Terrace! A 6th goal in a landslide win is normally greeted with ironic tired cheers but the energy in the ground when he let fly was incredible!!

Sky_Blue_Daz · Mar 13, 2014

Opening day of then97/98 season, beating chelsea 3-2 dion got a hatrick. Highfield road bathed in sunshine and a skinful in the courtyard afterward

torchomatic · Mar 13, 2014

Similar day at Highbury when Quinn got a hat trick. Great day that.

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Covstu · Mar 13, 2014

Beating Blackburn 5-0 at our place with all of the snow on the ground! Messy day for so many reasons!

Other would be beating villa in the cup at Vile park! What a day and what an atmosphere.

bringbackrattles · Mar 13, 2014

As I've been following the City since the Jimmy Hill era my best times were back then especially beating Wolves on the day we had our biggest ever gate.But witnessed many great performances from our teams and players over the years.Obviously the Cup Final was great,but the games to get there were memorable too.But the most favourite ever Sky Blue experience for me will be to see the back of our current owners,what a day that will be !!

chiefdave · Mar 13, 2014

The last match at HR was a pretty special day but I'd go for either the 5-4 against Forrest, 4-0 up and then they came back to 4-4 or the first win over Villa.

What about peoples worst? Besides obvious things I remember an dire home game against Wimbledon in terrible weather - at one point it was hailing so much it was difficult to keep watching and I seem to recall we lost to a late own goal.

jimmyhillsfanclub · Mar 13, 2014

Echo a few of the games listed above.....I was at the 4-1 triumph over Villa & the last HR outing thrashing Derby....

.and obviously there is whole 87 thing....

....but for me, one of my finest memories, not just of City, but of my childhood in general was this amazing day....

[video=youtube;DbLg9UkK0YU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbLg9UkK0YU[/video]

...I, along with about 18,000 other city fans went loony tune ape shit.....best Xmas present ever.

jimmyhillsfanclub · Mar 13, 2014

"Grobellar in despair"

"Look at those supporters....they can't believe this"

"3-0 up at half time....the champions have been taken apart"

fucking love it!

lordsummerisle · Mar 13, 2014

Always though that somebody should set up a "Sky Blues Experience" interactive tour.

Pay through the nose for it, start off on the top floor, open to the sun, slowly make your way down flights of stairs as it gets darker and more depressing, less and less people with you as you make your way down.

A sudden influx of people you've never seen before at the "Premier League Club at Home in the FA Cup" and "The Chance to get a ticket for Wembley for Shitty Cup Competition" exhibits who then disappear as soon as passed them.

Get to the basement and the exiit, walk out and find you're in fucking Northampton and no way to get home!

Joy Division · Mar 13, 2014

Huckerby seemingly beating the entire Manchester United defense to score the winner in the last few minutes. Have never seen the whole ground go so mental as that goal.

Villa away in the FA cup 1-0 Moldovan and our first ever win there. Somehow there was just such a huge buzz we just KNEW we were going to win before that game

Derby County last game at HR. So many emotions and a day I will never forget.

Joy Division · Mar 13, 2014

Actually, one thing about the last game at HR. I've told this to my friends who were there but nobody seems to remember it.

The whole occasion of the day was a big celebration of the place we have been at for so long, a sharing of memories and ex-players, old faces and a great result. When the final whistle went, a young lad ran on the pitch and laid a wreath on the penalty spot in front of the west terrace, think it was only then that it sunk in we will never come here again and probably the first time I welled up at a game.

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