Just having a discussion where your 5-1 drubbing at City in 1989 to Mel Machins team of newly promoted kids (Brightwell, Hinchcliffe, White and the sadly really unfortunate Paul Lake et al who were touted to challenge us but never fulfilled their potential), came up. Don’t worry, there’s a good point to this haha.
The early derbies that season were on the same Saturday as we beat the Ev 3-1 and on the same day, City walloped Utd 5-1 in a game stopped 3 or 4 times for fighting. I remember getting the pink back in town after Goodison and the final result not being in from Maine Road because of the delays haha. Wasn’t until MOTD later that night that I knew the score haha.
Those were the days.
I’m recounting this not to add to your gloom about Utd with a derby thrashing but to say the one thing that stands out is another spectacular Mark Hughes scissor-kick volley goal in that game that he specialised in. I can’t remember many, if any, other players that scored the volume of those type of exquisite, volleyed goals for club or Country that Hughes did. Proper acrobat in the air.
Funny what you remember.
So rather than the youtube of the game, a spectacular goal from a player we hated but would have adored had he played at Anfield to brighten up this sweltering Sunday after yesterday's carnage.