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Ursprungligen postat av Jole25
Jag menar när var det sist City tog en bättre placering i ligan än United? Har det ngnsin hänt?
Jo, dom vann som sagt i slutet på 60-talet samt kom tvåa -77. Det är väl dom gångerna jag vet att det hänt. Nåt City fan kanske har bättre koll.
Är dock inte så orolig för denna säsongen men City kommer nog att gå bra!
Men dom kommer inte vinna serien och det krävs för att komma före United
*edit* 73/74 höll ju Utd på att åka ur så då borde city varit före dom!?
Jag bjuder på lite minnesvärd historia för dom som håller på City!
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Manchester derbies in the 1970s were frequently bad tempered. In the December 1970 derby, a tackle by George Best broke the leg of Glyn Pardoe, the severity of the injury almost resulted in the City defender losing his leg.[2] The following season, an entertaining 3-3 draw saw Francis Lee and George Best accuse each other of diving. The first derby of the 1973/74 season saw Mike Doyle and Lou Macari each receive a red card in a dour contest which finished 0-0. Both players refused to leave the pitch, leading the referee to take both teams back to the dressing room until the two players accepted their dismissals[3]
The return fixture came at Old Trafford on the last day of the season and had high stakes, as United needed to win to stand a chance of avoiding relegation. The first hour of the game was fairly unremarkable, with neither side making much headway. Then in the 81st minute, with the game seemingly headed towards a stalemate, Francis Lee played the ball towards former United player Denis Law, who was standing with his back to goal. Law instinctively back-heeled the ball past goalkeeper Alex Stepney and into the back of the net. As his City teammates went to congratulate him, the stunned Law made his way off the pitch with his head down as he realised the consequences his goal had for his former club. Law later said of the goal: "I have seldom felt so depressed in my life as I did that weekend. After 19 years of giving everything I had to score goals, I had finally scored one which I almost wished I hadn't."[4] Law was immediately substituted, and never played league football again. In the closing minutes of the match United supporters staged a pitch invasion, and the match ended in abandonment.
However, the result stood, and United's relegation was confirmed. Results subsequently revealed that United would have been relegated if the match was drawn, but among City supporters the match is still remembered as "the day Denis Law back-heeled United into the Second Division"."
Denis Law är nog den enda som kommit undan så bra med att spela för först City sen United och sen City igen...