Manchester City Blue moons risen in 2023 and 2024 lets do it again in 2025

Hi everybody here is a painting and story/video of Man City Etihad stadium by night No2. part of my Football grounds of the UK collection

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Story by Andrew Alan Matthews

Man City Sunset

Over the Etihad

At the end of a summers day 

People sway 

Walk the man city way 

another win today

the warm summer air 

fills your heart with joy 

as you walk and talk 

of the game today 

winners today 

yeah 

This Dad and son 

Share a bag of chips 

Smack on the lips 

Dad does his tricks 

Laughin and gaffin 

Outside the ground

Feet startin to pound 

At the city ground 

His son will remember the day 

Until he’s old and grey

Yeah 

Man City Sunset

Over the Etihad

At the end of a summers day 

People sway 

Walk the man city way 

another win today

https://youtu.be/sLl1-4wCPp0

Hi everybody here is a painting and story/video of Man City Joe Mercer Way by night. part of my Football grounds of the UK collection

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Story by Andrew Alan Matthews

Man City Joe Mercer Way 

Were here today 

summers night in June 

Where the skies are red 

Fiery hot 

City’s too hot to handle

So Light a candle 

Yeah 

we’ve set the sky alight

With skill 

thrill of the game 

In city’s name 

Heats intense 

In the heat of the night 

A champions night 

Its alright 

Cos we’ve won tonight 

Were champions 

Gonna shake peps hand 

Champions of the land 

So when we walk home tonight 

Well have a bounce in our step

No fret or sweat 

Yeah 

Man City Joe Mercer Way 

Were here today 

summers night in June 

Where the skies are red 

Fiery hot 

City’s too hot to handle

So Light a candle  

https://youtu.be/uOcnlzGvVSU

Hi everybody here is a painting and story/video of Man City Etihad city square by night. part of my Football grounds of the UK collection

Original painting £1250 or limited edition A3 print £50 contact me andrewalanmatthews.co.uk 

Story by Andrew Alan Matthews

Man City Etihad, 

City Square by night 

Come here tonight 

Wont start a fight 

Cos were winners 

And grinners 

Champions league winners 

Premiership winners

That’s for beginners

So go on 

Buy a matchday programme

At the kiosk

In city square 

Stop look and stare 

At all the fans milling about 

Give em a shout 

Cos its start of a new season 

Weve got reason 

To look on in awe 

Droppin me jaw 

We all know the score 

So Yeah 

Man City Etihad, 

City Square by night 

Come here tonight 

Wont start a fight 

Cos were winners 

And grinners 

Champions league winners 

Premiership winners

That’s for beginners

https://youtu.be/DffzsLxUM6Y

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 We love you city, we do We love you city, we do We love you city, we do  Oh City we love you   We love you city, we do We love you city, we do We love you city, we do  Oh City we love you   We love you city, we do We love you city, we do We love you city, we do  Oh City we love you   We love you city, we do We love you city, we do We love you city, we do  Oh City we love you   We love you city, we do We love you city, we do We love you city, we do  Oh City we love you    

https://youtu.be/0a5jph1AgCA

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 Ive never felt more like singin the blues City win united lose  Oh city  You got me singin the blues  Ive never felt more like singin the blues City win united lose  Oh city  You got me singin the blues  Ive never felt more like singin the blues City win united lose  Oh city  You got me singin the blues  Ive never felt more like singin the blues City win united lose  Oh city  You got me singin the blues  

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  Man city its what were all about 

So Give us a shout 

 cityzens  champions of the land 

 gonna shake peps hand   

with 20 million fans around the world

its Superbia in praelia 

were going into battle   

yeah Pride in battle  

so Sky blues 

Were not really here  

Give us a cheer  

have some more beer  

And do the  The Poznan stance   

With a top banana here   

Were singin loud here   

Yeah Man city  Its what were all about 

So Give us a shout 

cityzens  champions of the land   

gonna shake peps hand   

lets stand  look in awe  droppin me jaw  

an uproar   

cos were champions  

gonna win tonight  

then itl be alright  

on a hot summers night    

Yeah Man city  Its what were all about 

So Give us a shout 

 cityzens  champions of the land   

gonna shake peps hand   

https://youtu.be/r7qdx28jqQk

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Hi everybody here is a painting and video of Man City Etihad Stadium near the chippy by Andrew Alan Matthews . hope you like it  

Are yer right or what  

Man city chippy Are you right or what  

Man city chippy  

I said to my mate   As im standin at the gate 

lets ave it  cos im mad fer it   

are you right or what  man city chippy Are you right or what  

Man city chippy  kebab fer brecky  

that’s angin bro  come on lets go   

so are yer right or what  Man city chippy Are you right or what  

Man city chippy  

Ave a chip butty  On the way to the ground 

Its Sound as a pound   

So are you right or what  Man city chippy Are you right or what  

Man city chippy  So get out of yer pit  

Stick the big light on And don’t have a cob on   

So Are yer right or what  Man city chippy Are you right or what  

Man city chippy  Have you seen me kecks  

cadge a fag our kid as your drinkin yer tea  

Are yer right or what  Man city chippy Are you right or what 

 Man city chippy  Your doin me ead in mate  

That’s bobbins my mate  As yer shuttin the gate  

 Are you right or what 

 Man city chippy Are you right or what  

Man city chippy  Fancy a few scoops  With the troops   

Yeah that’s sorted  He snorted  

 So are yer right or what  Man city chippy Are you right or what  

Man city chippy  Walkin to the ground  With a gleam in me eye 

 Theres the Etihad  Im buzzin man  

And chuffed to bits   

So Are yer right or what  Man city chippy Are you right or what  Man city chippy  

Stomache thinks me throats cut  Don’t give us a tut  

 Fancy some scran  And a couple of scoops A

t the somerbee bar  its not too far   Someones robbin the car   

So Are yer right or what  Man city chippy Are you right or what  Man city chippy  

That’s a mint chip butty Im feelin lucky  gonna win today 

im gaggin for a pint   

moochin round the ground  sound as a pound   

So Are yer right or what  

Man city chippy Are you right or what  Man city chippy  https://youtu.be/FtNdIquT5WI         

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 Manchester City Champions of the city 

meetin and eatin at the chippy  

yeah chips and gravy  

on the way to the ground

feet startin to pound  at the city ground  

fans millin about  waitin for the game to start   

were champions of the land   

gonna shake peps hand   

yeah from colin bell to Aguero and pep     

yep  it’s the blue moon rising 

and kevin de Bruyne  were gonna join ya  

celebrations at the Etihad  

its the blue army  were not balmy  

and with the blue moon risin  

its not surprising   

you know Fodens the future at the Etihad  

and im glad  gonna fly the flag   

cos were champions again  

come watch us  again and again  

yeah were all out attack   

no heart attack  

 yeah Manchester City 

Champions of the city 

meetin and eatin at the chippy  

yeah chips and gravy  

on the way to the ground 

feet startin to pound  at the city ground  

its sound as a pound        

https://youtu.be/zzogPkx3Jvs

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 We are not  Were not really here  We are not  Were not really here  Just like the fans of the invisible man Were not really here   We are not  Were not really here  We are not  Were not really here  Just like the fans of the invisible man Were not really here   We are not  Were not really here  We are not  Were not really here  Just like the fans of the invisible man Were not really here      

https://youtu.be/YI9QdIiinqU

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Nah nah nah Nah nah nah nah Nah nah nah nah  City  Nah nah nah Nah nah nah nah Nah nah nah nah  City  Nah nah nah Nah nah nah nah Nah nah nah nah  City  Nah nah nah Nah nah nah nah Nah nah nah nah  City   

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 City City The best team in the land and the world  City City The best team in the land and the world  City City The best team in the land and the world  City City The best team in the land and the world  City City The best team in the land and the world  

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 The shit Man united went to rome to see the pope  And this is what he said Fuck off  Who the fuck are man united Who the fuck are man united Who the fuck are man united  When the blues go marching on on on And on, and on And on and on and on   The shit Man united went to rome to see the pope  And this is what he said Fuck off  Who the fuck are man united Who the fuck are man united Who the fuck are man united  When the blues go marching on on on And on, and on And on and on and on     

https://youtu.be/wlgNPj_etgA

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Man City Blue Moon café by night 

Walkin round the ground  

Sound as a pound

 Lookin on the ground With pride in my heart

  Ill make a start 

 Yeah Its the blue moon risin 

Isn’t surprising

 Money pumped in  Were not givin in

 Supreme in battle  The motto of the day  

 So ive Just got to say  Don’t stay away  

Gonna win today 

You know Were not really here  

And isn’t it queer

 No fans in the stadium 

 Watchin the telly   At home all alone 

Cos lockdowns not lifted  

Yeah weve Been through good times and bad 

But don’t be sad  Im glad 

 Cos it’s the blue moon risin 

Isn’t surprising  From the king of the kippax  

Colin bell To Aguero And pep  

Yep  It’s the blue moon risin   

Yeah Man City Blue Moon Café by night  

Shines a light  on a Man city night 

gonna win tonight  and its alright 

support em tonight on a lockdown night 

https://youtu.be/z9smCdoExF4

Hi everybody here is a painting and video for Keith of a scene out of the set of There's only one Jimmy Grimble by Andrew Alan Matthews, hope you like it 

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Bit of History 

 There's Only One Jimmy Grimble, also known as Jimmy Grimble, is a 2000 British drama film directed by John Hay. It is centred on one young boy's dream to play for Manchester City FC The film is set around Oldham Greater Manchester. 

Jimmy Grimble (Lewis Mckenzie) is a 15-year-old misfit living in Manchester where nothing seems to go his way. Jimmy is constantly threatened by the school bully, "Gorgeous" Gordon (Bobby Power); he is also not sure what to make of Johnny (Ben Miller), a lost-in-the-ozone biker who is dating Donna (Gina Mckee), Jimmy's mum; and he has a crush on one of his classmates, Sara (Samia Ghadie), who seems to like him, but his powers of speech fail him when he tries to talk to her. Like most Mancunians, Jimmy loves football. He is a fervent supporter of Manchester Cityand attends home games with Donna's ex-boyfriend, Harry (Ray Winstone). Jimmy also loves to play football, but while Eric (Robert Carlyle), the coach of his school's team, thinks he has potential, "Gorgeous" is already a skilled player, and when Gordon's father informs the school he will make a large and much-needed donation if their team makes it to the Manchester Schools Cup final, it looks like Jimmy will be on the bench for a while. But when an old woman gives Jimmy a pair of boots that once belonged to one of City's greatest players, his skills on the field begin to change.

Story by Andrew Alan Matthews

There’s only one Jimmy Grimble 

reach for the stars 

You’re a City Star 

The Best by far 

Playin on the street 

Footy at yer feet 

You’re the Jimmy Grimble 

Nimble 

Light footed 

Quick as a dart 

You got the art 

You’re a superstar By far 

The best 

better than the rest

Jimmy doesn’t rest

Put him to the test 

In that blue shirt 

doesn’t hurt  

no more 

cos the blue moons risin 

isn’t surprising

your the Man city Man 

through and through 

playin on the set 

you don’t regret

you come from the street 

footy at yer feet 

you’ve made it 

rose to be a star 

a Man City Star 

and with a ball at yer feet 

your gonna rock that 

stadium 

to the blue moon risin 

its not surprising 

cos 

There’s only one Jimmy Grimble 

reach for the stars 

You’re a City Star 

The Best by far 

Playin on the street 

Footy at yer feet 

You’re the Jimmy Grimble 

Nimble 

Light footed 

Quick as a dart 

You got the art 

That’s just the start 

https://youtu.be/UmrYPa9jcoM

Hi everybody here is a painting of Man City Social Club Moss Side Manchester part of my Moss side Nostalgia collection, hope you like it

A3 Limited Edition Print £50 contact me andrewalanmatthews.co.uk

A bit of History

Mass development in Moss Side occurred in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when large numbers of red brick terraced houses were built, and soon attracted numerous Irish immigrants and other working people.

Manchester City FC moved to a new stadium on Maine Road on 25 August 1923, having moved from Hyde Road Ardwick on its opening it was one of the most capacious sports stadiums in the United Kingdom, capable of holding up to 85,000 spectators. The club would play there for the next 80 years. 

During the Manchester Blitz in the Secomnd World War many of the terraced houses were damaged by German bombing on the night of 22/23 December 1940. Migrants from the Indian Subcontinent and Carribvean settled in the locality during the 1950s and 1960s, and by the 1980s Moss Side was the hub of Manchester's Afro Caribbean Community During the 1960s and early 1970s, Manchester City Council demolished many of the Victorian and terraced houses to the west of Moss Side and replaced these with new council houses and flats. Most of the newer properties, built around the turn of the 20th century, were refurbished instead of demolished during the final two decades of the century.

In 1981, the Moss Side area was one of England's inner city areas affected by a series of riots Analysts trace the 1970s origins of Manchester's gang crime to social deprivation in the south-central part of the city – Hulme Longsight and Moss Side – where the activity of the underground economy encouraged a trade in illegal narcotics and firearms contributing to Manchester's later nickname of "Gunchester". "Turf wars" between rival drugs 'gangs', resulted in a high number of fatal shootings. During what has been termed the Madchester phase of the History of Manchester, narcotic trade in the city became "extremely lucrative" and in the early 1990s a gang war started between two groups vying for control of the market in Manchester city centre– the 'Cheetham hill gang and 'The Gooch Close Gang, in Cheetham Hill and Moss Side, respectively. There were several high-profile shootings associated with gangs and drugs in this area during the 1990s and into the 21st century. Aided by the work of Xcalibre, the Greater Manchester polices task force, founded in 2004, and the multiagency Integrated Gang Management Unit, gang related shootings in the area have fallen by about 90% in recent years. 

In April 1994, The Independent newspaper highlighted Moss Side as one of the most deprived areas on Britain, and as having some of the highest crime rates. Drug abuse was described as one of the area's biggest problems, with gun crime rates being so high that there had recently been 400 armed incidents reported within a 12-month period. Ambulance crews had resorted to wearing body armour after having to deal with a string of mostly drug-related shootings.  Several doctors had been robbed of medical bags at knife point after being called out to local patients. A number of police vehicles had been fire-bombed and there had been reports of attempted ambushes on police patrols. Unemployment stood at nearly 30% – up to three times the national average in the early 1990s. 

Many of the flats in neighbouring Hulme were demolished in the early 1990s to make way for new low rise homes. Housing on the Alexandra Park Estate in the west of Moss Side has been renovated and the streets redesigned to reduce the fear of crime. 

Story by Andrew Alan Matthews 

Man City Social Club 

in Moss Side

Mam and dad used to go there 

On a Saturday night 

And one night 

Mum was all dolled up 

With a blond wig 

She was like a twig

And a model 

Back in the day 

On a cold wet windy night 

They walked to the club 

From 222 princess road 

Down Claremont road 

A long road 

Holdin onto each other 

Starting to quiver 

And Shiver 

The Wind picks up 

And blew off the wig 

Lands in a puddle of water 

She aughta go home 

But no 

she plops on the wig 

And goes to the city club 

In a huff

dad laughin his head off 

Drenched and soaked to the skin 

in the moss side rain 

Again 

Yeah 

Man City Social Club in Moss Side

Mam and dad used to go there 

On a Saturday night 

Mum and dad were laughin that night

https://youtu.be/Pqo0aqz53Yc

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When I was a young child there used to be a church at the top of our street, many Nuns would be walking along Carlton Avenue. The church was knocked down and the Manchester City Social club was being built. Fabulous memories working & socialising in the night club. I enjoyed Tuesday Disco nights. I always worked match days.

We had many famous artists “Little & Large” “Bernard Manning” “Brotherhood of Man” etc after they won the European song Contest. Charity events & Player of the Year. Happy Days! by Denise 

Hi everybody here is a painting of Under the shadow of Man City Maine Road Moss Side Manchester part of my Moss side Nostalgia collection, hope you like it

A3 Limited Edition Print £50 contact me andrewalanmatthews.co.uk

A bit of History

Mass development in Moss Side occurred in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when large numbers of red brick terraced houses were built, and soon attracted numerous Irish immigrants and other working people.

Manchester City FC moved to a new stadium on Maine Road on 25 August 1923, having moved from Hyde Road Ardwick on its opening it was one of the most capacious sports stadiums in the United Kingdom, capable of holding up to 85,000 spectators. The club would play there for the next 80 years. 

During the Manchester Blitz in the Secomnd World War many of the terraced houses were damaged by German bombing on the night of 22/23 December 1940. Migrants from the Indian Subcontinent and Carribvean settled in the locality during the 1950s and 1960s, and by the 1980s Moss Side was the hub of Manchester's Afro Caribbean Community During the 1960s and early 1970s, Manchester City Council demolished many of the Victorian and terraced houses to the west of Moss Side and replaced these with new council houses and flats. Most of the newer properties, built around the turn of the 20th century, were refurbished instead of demolished during the final two decades of the century.

In 1981, the Moss Side area was one of England's inner city areas affected by a series of riots Analysts trace the 1970s origins of Manchester's gang crime to social deprivation in the south-central part of the city – Hulme Longsight and Moss Side – where the activity of the underground economy encouraged a trade in illegal narcotics and firearms contributing to Manchester's later nickname of "Gunchester". "Turf wars" between rival drugs 'gangs', resulted in a high number of fatal shootings. During what has been termed the Madchester phase of the History of Manchester, narcotic trade in the city became "extremely lucrative" and in the early 1990s a gang war started between two groups vying for control of the market in Manchester city centre– the 'Cheetham hill gang and 'The Gooch Close Gang, in Cheetham Hill and Moss Side, respectively. There were several high-profile shootings associated with gangs and drugs in this area during the 1990s and into the 21st century. Aided by the work of Xcalibre, the Greater Manchester polices task force, founded in 2004, and the multiagency Integrated Gang Management Unit, gang related shootings in the area have fallen by about 90% in recent years. 

In April 1994, The Independent newspaper highlighted Moss Side as one of the most deprived areas on Britain, and as having some of the highest crime rates. Drug abuse was described as one of the area's biggest problems, with gun crime rates being so high that there had recently been 400 armed incidents reported within a 12-month period. Ambulance crews had resorted to wearing body armour after having to deal with a string of mostly drug-related shootings.  Several doctors had been robbed of medical bags at knife point after being called out to local patients. A number of police vehicles had been fire-bombed and there had been reports of attempted ambushes on police patrols. Unemployment stood at nearly 30% – up to three times the national average in the early 1990s. 

Many of the flats in neighbouring Hulme were demolished in the early 1990s to make way for new low rise homes. Housing on the Alexandra Park Estate in the west of Moss Side has been renovated and the streets redesigned to reduce the fear of crime. 

Story by Andrew Alan Matthews 

Under the Shadow of Man City Maine Road

The kids played footy 

Across the road 

Street kids 

And goal posts made of coats 

Knockin the ball 

on the wall 

and now and again 

we Played on the croft

where the brown gang 

And our gang 

had competitions 

Missions 

With no Permissions 

we all dream of match day 

Saturday 

A Happy day 

Where you earnt your money 

For fireworks jubblys, bubblys 

and sweets 

Feet pound the streets 

to a Man City beat

Of a mind yer car mr 

Treat 

in the summer heat 

So lend us an ear 

And Come here today 

Reminisce 

Of the good old days 

In the Moss 

Cos It was Boss

Under the shadow 

Of Man City Maine Road 

https://youtu.be/sGdSCSwlQ0M

 Hi everybody here is a painting and story video by Andrew Alan Matthews about Manchester City Maine Road on a stormy day, my paintings are like a fleeting glimpse of people and places passing by, hope you like it 

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A bit of History 

Maine Road was a football stadium in Moss Side Manchester, that was home to Manchester City from 1923 to 2003. It hosted FA cup Semi Finals the Charity Shield, a League Cup Final and England matches. Maine Road's highest attendance of 84,569 was set in 1934 at an FA Cup sixth round match between Manchester City and Stoke City a record for an English club ground.

At the time of its closure in 2003, Maine Road was an all-seater stadium with a capacity of 35,150 and of haphazard design with stands of varying heights due to the ground being renovated several times over its 80-year history. The following season Manchester City moved to the City of Manchester Stadium in east Manchester, a mile from the city centre and near Ardwick, where the club originally formed in 1880. 

The Etihad Stadium is home to the Champions of the premiership football league.

Credit Wikipedia 

Story by Andrew Alan Matthews

Manchester City by day on a stormy day

Moss Side kids say

“Mind yer car Mr” 

Couldn’t resist ya

on Saturday

happy day 

match day 

We Walked and talked 

the Man city way 

Maine Road is gone today 

But Weve not forgotten 

those match days

Moss Sides happier days 

Cos there were kids on the street 

with Footy at their feet 

Man City Treats 

on these mean streets

From dawn till dusk 

In all weathers 

Rain sleet and snow 

We had a go

On Stormy streets 

Footy at our feet 

We all Ran to the city ground

Mucked around 

Sound as a pound

As police on horseback 

Moved the crowd 

Shoutin out loud

Yeah 

City fans filled the place 

Of a Moss Side place 

It was in yer face

Where burgers and chips filled the air 

Withought a care 

Kids stop and stare 

At the Maine Road ground 

Lookin in awe 

droppin me jaw 

cos weve had a win today 

hooray

so yeah 

Manchester City by day on a stormy day

Moss Side kids say

“Mind yer car Mr” 

Couldn’t resist ya

on Saturday

happy day 

match day 

We Walked and talked 

the Man city way 

Maine Road is gone today 

But Weve not forgotten 

those match days

Moss Sides happier days 

https://youtu.be/gKMOHZYNUVs

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Hi everybody here is a painting and video by Andrew Alan Matthews about a Man City Fan supporting the club through thick and thin, just a reminder that we were not always on top of the league, we sat in the doldrums for years. As in life, at times you have got to go through bad times to realise what a good thing you have when things are going your way. No pain no gain they say. So lets all enjoy what we have now and enjoy it while it lasts.  And lets look for a win today. Cos Sometimes I have got to pinch myself and say in my you tube video.

 The Man city Fan  Hes the Maine road man  

The biggest fan 

 supportin em for years  

Plenty of tears, beers and cheers 

Had good times and bad 

 Supportin the club for years  

 Feet Poundin the ground  

Of Moss Side streets With heavy feet  

 From Maine Road  To the Etihad  

Seen some history over the years  

In the duldrums for years   

Made the Man city fan  The biggest fan 

Had a share of bad times  

Yeah it Made a man of him  

Took the defeats  With no treats 

And came back fighting 

Week in week out 

 stood tall and proud  

Sang out loud in the crowd  

And now   

The blue moon is rising  

Over the Etihad  And im glad  don’t make me sad  

From king of the kippax colin bell  

Rest in peace lad  

We here you shout   

To Aguero and pep  

Yep  Its the blue moon rising  

Isn’t surprising  

Yeah the Man city fan   

Hes the Maine road man  

The biggest fan 

 https://youtu.be/Xi3b_9qhAho    

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Mind yer car mr      

Boy did we miss ya 

Kids hustlin on the street      

Guarding your patch  

Mind yer car mr      

we used to shout  

On match day in the moss     

People getting cross 

Fans are crowdin   

fussin and cussin 

Police on horseback Movin the crowd 

shoutin out loud 

Mind yer car mr for A penny or two   

On cue for sweets and treets      

on the streets  

Yeah Black jacks, space invader crisps  

flying saucers midget gems , 

 jubleys bubblies bangers galore

 we new the score 

 football cards you flicked at the wall

 what a ball  

Then comes half time   

run to main road  

Man City opens the gates for the kids  

Runnin down tunnels getting into troubles 

Watchin the game for free with glee 

 Kippax end with a friend 

I wont bend 

Yeah mind yer car mr       

boy did we miss ya 

https://youtu.be/S7rfFKWydrU

Comments from the public

 You've made me smile from Ear to Ear, minding cars, then straight to the paper shop for my Beezer, and some crisps (2p then) and Penny chews, then onto Floods on clearmont road to see if they had any cheap stuff by Anthony

 Brings back memories .I lived in mossside near city ground and I had a mini . One match day I looked out the window and 4 football fans had lifted my car up and moved it a bit so they could get their car in .Cheeky buggers by Jane

 my husband was a young lad shouting "mind yer car Mr" back in the late 70s early 80s .By Caroline

 Remember those days, lived in Cranswick Street and must have been about 5/6 (1957) can remember kids asking if they could mind cars! by Christine

 I lived in Hibbert street , near wilmslow road , match days every street was full of cars and we minded them and some neighbours minded bikes in their backyards, I also went to secondary school opposite the old Man City grounds , had friends in the moss too , great memoriesx .by Rose

 That's brilliant, Andrew. My grandparents owned a corner shop on Maine Road which would be mobbed by fans on match days...and then later by kids spending their 'mind your car' earnings on sweets! Happy days!  by Susie

 It’s part of ‘my his-story’. First went (unofficially) when I was eight in 1954 after trying to sneak in. A turnstile bloke grabbed me and stood me behind Bert Trautmann’s goal in the Platt Lane End.

After that I went with me dad! by Jeff

Congratulations Andrew.

I lived on Cowesby Street in the 60s and 70s so can vouch for your article, minding cars on match days was part of growing up !! by Karen

I was a car minder in the late 50s

‘Just sixpence sir. by Dave

 Playfair Street, Hayden Avenue, Ruskin Avenue and Acomb Street was our patch towards the Denmark Pub and you had to fight for it A young girl called Shazza had the Denmark Pub locked down and used to make more than all of us put together. We never did much for the money, it was more of a parking tax as nobody wanted to risk saying no. Most money any of us had seen at that age! by Adam

 Fond memories of this and other childhood hussles growing up in Moss Side  by John 

 My Mrs used to live in one of the houses on the left,,love it  by Fran

 Lindum Street and Heald Place. The Walmer Street chippie. Good memories.  by Nick

 I remember that from Lindum St, Walmer St and Heald Place  by Nick 

Maine Road car minders, and I like football! It was the same when you went to the Aaben. Shame about both closures.

Maybe the anarchy will work this time round. by Helen

 I lived on Carlton avenue from 87 until about 93-94 I remember the car minding by Natasha