Shrewsbury Town v Manchester City 1983/84

SHREWSBURY TOWN 1 CITY 3

Canon League 2nd Division

5th November 1983

attendance 9,471

Scorers City May(55), Caton(63), Kinsey(81) Shrewsbury Cross(86)

Ref Eric Read

City Williams, Ranson, May, Reid, Power, Caton, McNab, Kinsey, Parlane, Baker, Tolmie - sub Walsh(unused) Shrewsbury Ogrizovic, Williams, Cross, MacLaren, Pearson, Griffin, McNally, Petts, Brown, Stevens, Hackett - sub Robinson(45) FROM AN ARTICLE BY JOHN MADDOCKS PUBLISHED IN THE CITY PROGRAMME 12TH NOVEMBER 1988 Shrewsbury were beaten soundly at Gay Meadow in a game that came dangerously close to being abandoned when fireworks were stupidly thrown onto the pitch, the third one seeming to strike the referee. A persuasive Billy McNei1l got the official to carry on, and no wonder as City were well on top, and an abandoned game would have been a severe setback. All the goals came in the second half, May opening the scoring by knocking in a Power comer (55 mins.) and eight minutes later, Caton blasted home from 25 yards following Tolmie’s short free-kick. Kinsey made it 3-0 ten minutes from the end, and Cross scored a consolation goal for Town before the final whistle.