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A great read, about this match:
CITY 1 - WIGAN ATHLETIC 0
2nd January 1971 -- Attendance: 46,212
City
Corrigan, Book, Mann, Doyle, Booth, Oakes, Summerbee, Bell, Lee, Young, Jeffries –
sub Carrodus(69)
Wigan Athletic:
Reeves, Turner, Sutherland, Milne, Coutts, Gillibrand, Temple, Todd, Davies, Fleming, Oates
City’s manager Joe Mercer gave his usual dignified verdict:
“We won. 1-0 but give praise to them. We got the win, but they take the glory”.
City’s senior coach Malcolm Allison was, as could be expected, more expansive amid his relief: “They are the finest non-league side l have ever seen,” he insisted.
Peter Slingsby gave Milne’s men a rapturous write up in the News of the World:
“These heroes from the mining community well deserved a draw against City,
the side who have won almost every major honour in the last few years.
“Wigan were drained of energy at the end as their 15,000 followers were joined by City’s relieved legions applauding them off”
There were, however some tangible rewards from Wigan Athletic’s first competitive encounter with the Blues. The picked up around £8,000 as their share of the Maine Road gate receipts, a princely sum a decade ago…
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CITY 1 - WIGAN ATHLETIC 0
2nd January 1971 -- Attendance: 46,212
City
Corrigan, Book, Mann, Doyle, Booth, Oakes, Summerbee, Bell, Lee, Young, Jeffries –
sub Carrodus(69)
Wigan Athletic:
Reeves, Turner, Sutherland, Milne, Coutts, Gillibrand, Temple, Todd, Davies, Fleming, Oates
City’s manager Joe Mercer gave his usual dignified verdict:
“We won. 1-0 but give praise to them. We got the win, but they take the glory”.
City’s senior coach Malcolm Allison was, as could be expected, more expansive amid his relief: “They are the finest non-league side l have ever seen,” he insisted.
Peter Slingsby gave Milne’s men a rapturous write up in the News of the World:
“These heroes from the mining community well deserved a draw against City,
the side who have won almost every major honour in the last few years.
“Wigan were drained of energy at the end as their 15,000 followers were joined by City’s relieved legions applauding them off”
There were, however some tangible rewards from Wigan Athletic’s first competitive encounter with the Blues. The picked up around £8,000 as their share of the Maine Road gate receipts, a princely sum a decade ago…
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