Huddersfield, 27/12/1980. Lost 0-5. Stood on the open terracing at Leeds Road in sleet and snow. Train cancelled on the way back. or Southend, Feb 2003. Lost 0-3. Most spineless performance from a City team ever.
The day of the Man City debacle and the infamous half time team talk was probably my worst day overall. I had arranged to meet a lass at Cannock Chase to go mountain biking in the morning. Got up at the crack of dawn, packed the bike etc and got to Cannock at 8.30am. She got lost so decided to go home, so I went for a short blast on the bike. I then met some Baggies fans and followed them on a trail, only to get lost. Eventually I found my way back to the car, packed everything up and set off back to get a shower before on to the Etihad. True to form there was a massive queue on the M6 so I didn't get home until 10mins before kick off. Quick shower then jumped in the car and sped off the Etihad, but in my haste I missed the junction and had to go the next one and turn round. Missed about the first 15 minutes of the match, but I soon came to regret actually getting there when we were getting dicked on. I also had Man City supporting mates in the crowd too who were taking great delight in texting me and taking the piss. After the match I got back to my car to find some ****er had keyed it. All in all a bad day
Tiger 40.It shows how the memory plays tricks.When I tell the story about the Brentford game I say I think I was the only city fan there.When they scored their 7th I was behind our goal and 2 defenders looked at each other and laughed.It was the only time I have shouted a torrent of abuse at city players that they could hear on a personal level.I was in the Brentford end(probably why I felt so alone).Far from being threatened by their fans I was subject to a non stop piss take. Barnsley in the open top away end in the pissing rain when Hesford had put on 2 stone and was greeted by the packed home crowd singing sumo sumo.The coppers would not let anyone leave despite the rain and freezing wind and hopeless misery. When they sing"where were you when you were ****e"I think I was at Barnsley and to this day wish I had not been.When will we learn
I was at that Villa game, the sausage rolls chant was a particular highlight. I've been to more than enough dreadful away games, but the one that always sticks in my head that I worry every away game I go to now will turn out like was Pompy away last season. ****ing huge trip, doing great in the league, away at terrible bottom of the league Pompy then at home to second bottom Cov the next match, looked like we were really gonna achieve something out of that season. That awful Pompy team full of kids absolutely did us, we never got a touch of the ball, and when we did get a marginal sniff of it we got it nowhere near their goal. They tore us apart time and time again and should have demolished us by a cricket score (seriously), defending was ****e, couldn't put 2 passes together, and Jay Simpson came on and looked so **** he wouldn't even make the starting 11 of a primary school team. All that dross whilst being forced to listen to that banging drum and stupid bell for 90 minutes, in one of the biggest **** holes in the country after a stupidly long drive. Also was sat next to 2 seriously fat girls who stunk of ****, the stewards wouldn't let us stand and were the most unhelpful ****s in the history of stewarding. That game was when I realised we were never getting promoted last season. It went from probably the best feeling since 08/09 in the morning to the worst feeling at night.
It's going to be hard to top that Burnley one, I'll admit. I went to Doncaster this year when we were 2-0 up and lost 3-2, that was pretty frustrating because we absolutely smashed them pillar to post and they nicked it. For some reason I came away embarrassed and disappointed, even though it was only a cup game. I remember going to Roots Hall, being herded into a cowshed for the away end and seeing the sign that simply said "WARNING! Asbestos in ceiling!" The Leicester away game in 2006 sucked; having lost the game 2-3, I then had a massive blow up in the pub after because the landlord wouldn't accept my mates ID, so he had to drink coke. Ironically, I was to become the gaffer of that pub just 4 years later.
A few stick out - and all in the same season! Rotherham. First game of the season 98/99 think it was. D'Auria scored early then we got trounced 3-1. That Rotherham steward with neurofibromatosis (think Elephant Man) always made me depressed before I even got in the ground. Barnet. We scored first again via a lucky Peacock free kick. Then proceeded to get even more trounced 4-1. Hopeless. Rochdale away. On Sky, Friday night. God we were ****e. Lost 3-0 and even then Andy Oakes was MoM by a mile. But by far the worst was the previous season at Donny - as already mentioned on previous posts. Pissing wet through. Game was delayed by a DonnyFans Group sit-in in the centre circle. We lost 1-0 when Steve Wilson was out of position and left half his goal wide open. From a footballing point of viewthat was THE lowest point in all the years I've been watching City. We only stayed in the football league by default that season.
I can't compete with this level of experience, just been thinking about it & almost all the matches I've been to over the years have been "home" matches wherever I've lived - Hull, Derby, Izmir (Altay & Goztepe), Antalya, Lyon.. the only away game I've been to in my life was the Emirites!! maybe I should keep it like that..
That game was boring but it put in to perspective how far we had come when we were disappointed to lose @ Everton! Only been to Burnley away once, it was the day Hull FC were playing in the Grand Final
Can't argue with that, it was pretty bad! I never got too disolusioned after away defeats in the first PL season, I was still enjoying the novelty of it all, by the second season the novelty had worn off! My worst would be PNE in the 2007/2008 season, 3-0 defeat, awful perfomance, and a 6 hour journey back to Leeds because we missed a connecting train. I was due to go to Southampton the Saturday after but after that Tuesday just couldn't be bothered, turned out to be a good decision! I feel for anyone that went to both of those games!
Mine was Barnsley away last Season, simply because my step side of the family support them and were in the home end. I went there fully expecting us to win, we got a penalty, I called my step cousin, so he could hear us cheer when Fryatt scored. That backfired horribly as Steele saved the penalty and Barnsley eventually went 2-0 up. I got a series of calls which I didn't answer. Horribly embarrassing...
Twice I've been to Portsmouth. First time we lost 3-2 in the last 5 mins after leading 2-1. Second time got all the way there and bloody game was cancelled! Newcastle was like watching subbuteo! Hot choclolate was 3 quid at Chelski but saw the best nin-nil ever and scolari got canned the next day.
Was that the game where Garcia let the ball hit his face and bounce into our goal? That's my favourite goal ever scored by anyone ever. In my darkest hours, and there's plenty- I live in a world of hate, the thought of Garcia's OG brings a smile to my face. Well it's more of a grimace. I don't smile.
Those two defeats at Huddersfield in 2003 and 2004 were pretty awful and dreadful to watch. Seeing us get smashed 3-0 at Preston on a Tuesday night wasn't much fun either.
Forget the game but I went on Tiger travel. Had an inkling of what was to come when I didn't get my customary seat by the window. Despite this I still had strong sunlight into my eyes as we set off. Things went downhill from there on in. No salt n' vinegar crisps on the bus, stopped at Birch instead of Hartsmoor Moor and my pack up was too warm as the temp on the bus had got to it. Opposing fans were making intimidatory hand gestures at us and flicking the Vs as they sped by!
The worst game I didn't get to was Colchester away, I got stuck behind a crash on the M25 and when the second half kicked off(and I was still half an hour away), I managed to turn off and go home. I got home to find we'd been hammered 5-1.
Burnley 2005/2006 (Friday night SKY game and we lost to a goal from ****ing Ade Akinbiyi) and 2009/2010 (for the same reasons as OLM) stand out, as does Donny at Belle Vue in 2004/2005. I remember them parading the Division Three trophy in front of the away fans and thinking there was going to be a riot. There were City fans fighting with themselves too that day FFS
I was all 3 of those games..i remember doncaster game especially, half their stadium was trailers.. bloody ****e that was
