This was the best game EVER for our club I believe

[graingrover]

With my gratitude to Roy Ferris ,  who attended in person .

https://www.citytilidie.com/latest/doncaster-v-manchester-city-195051/

[drfchound]

Looking at the name of the ref for that match, am I right in thinking he might be the father of the Mr Pickles who was chinned by Tony Coleman (who by coincidence moved on to Man City after being a Rovers player).

[Dutch Uncle]

I was wondering that, but just looked see and the Mr Pickles of the Man City match was still referring in the 1960's - maybe it was the very same man?

These are the Liverpool matches he refereed. The last one vs Sheffield United was in the same season Coleman was sent off.

https://www.lfchistory.net/referees/referee/profile/355

[Branton Rover]

My grandad use to always mention this game to me as the best game he ever saw at Belle Vue. Notably because Burt Trautmann was the City keeper just 5 years after the war ended & he also used to mention the City forward who scored the hat trick by stating he had a wisened arm. I subsequently found out that player was a lad called George Smith.

[Butchers Red]

My father was at that City game and also with me at the Rovers V Dover ( 5-4 ) game in the conference, he rated them about equal albeit with slightly differing crowd sizes !

[ForsolongaRover]

My father was at that City game and also with me at the Rovers V Dover ( 5-4 ) game in the conference, he rated them about equal albeit with slightly differing crowd sizes !

This game crops up in lots of threads and I even quoted the same tag as Graing fairly recently which is an excellent balanced report. And yes, it will probably always be the greatest Rovers come-back game I ever saw.