BURNLEY 2 CITY 1
League Division 1
4th March 1969
attendance 18,348
scorer
City Bell(30)
Burnley Thomas(44), Merrington(65)
Ref W Castle
City Dowd, Book, Pardoe, Doyle, Booth, Oakes, Summerbee, Bell, Owen, Young, Coleman – sub Connor(unused)
FROM THE PRESS BOX
Defeat for FA Cup semi-finalists, Manchester City, their first reverse since Boxing Day.
They went down at Burnley in spite of the incentive of a 30 minute goal from Colin Bell.
Eighteen year old Dave Thomas, of West Auckland, brought on as a substitute when Fred Smith was hurt, equalised just on half-time, and Merrington got the winner again after good work by Thomas.
REPORT FROM THE NEWCASTLE JOURNAL 5TH MARCH 1969