CITY 3 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 2
League Division 1
20th March 1976
attendance 32,761
scorers
City Keegan(54), Tueart(82 pen), Doyle(85)
Wolves Daley(30), Kindon(80)
Ref P Willis
City Corrigan, Keegan, Donachie, Doyle, Clements, Owen, Barnes, Booth, Royle, Hartford, Tueart – sub Power(unused)
Wolves Parkes, Sunderland, Palmer, Daley, Bailey, McAlle, Hibbitt, Carr, Kindon, Kelly, Richards – sub Patching
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GARY OWEN TALKS ABOUT HIS DEBUT
I’d been on the bench for the FA Cup tie with Hartlepool when we beat them 6-0, but not used. …Then Alan Oakes was injured and so the day before the Wolves game I was toId l was going to make my debut. That night I could hardly sleep and on the morning of the game I remember having bacon, egg and toast. I had a full fry- up! This was before nutritionists and so on and I thought it was the best thing to have. I thought I had to build myself up. I was full of nervous energy as well. I would have loved to have kicked off at 8am because I was ready, I couIdn’t wait.
I got into the changing room. Changed faster than anybody else. As soon as the opportunity came to get out on the pitch I was out there. I wanted to savour every moment of it and take it all in. Back inside we had the team-talk and Tony Book told me what my role was and that but, I have to tell you Gary, once I walked out on to that pitch I had nothing in my mind apart from getting every ball. I wanted the ball all the time and I chased, and pushed for it. We won my debut game 3-2…
FROM AN INTERVIEW WITH GARY OWEN BY GARY JAMES, PUBLISHED IN THE CITY PROGRAMME 21ST FEBRUARY 2010
I’d been on the bench for the FA Cup tie with Hartlepool when we beat them 6-0, but not used. …Then Alan Oakes was injured and so the day before the Wolves game I was toId l was going to make my debut. That night I could hardly sleep and on the morning of the game I remember having bacon, egg and toast. I had a full fry- up! This was before nutritionists and so on and I thought it was the best thing to have. I thought I had to build myself up. I was full of nervous energy as well. I would have loved to have kicked off at 8am because I was ready, I couIdn’t wait.
I got into the changing room. Changed faster than anybody else. As soon as the opportunity came to get out on the pitch I was out there. I wanted to savour every moment of it and take it all in. Back inside we had the team-talk and Tony Book told me what my role was and that but, I have to tell you Gary, once I walked out on to that pitch I had nothing in my mind apart from getting every ball. I wanted the ball all the time and I chased, and pushed for it. We won my debut game 3-2…
FROM AN INTERVIEW WITH GARY OWEN BY GARY JAMES, PUBLISHED IN THE CITY PROGRAMME 21ST FEBRUARY 2010
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