A Blue View

Dr.Raymond Ashton was brought up in Guernsey but finished his secondary education in the North of England, bunking off school watching City! A passionate Manchester City fan since the age of eight, Raymond’s love of football extends to clubs and individual players at all levels.

In this brochure Raymond looks at the events leading up to the disaster at Munich in February 1958, and those of the following weeks and years until the European Cup was won in 1968 from a Blue perspective, culminating with the 50th anniversary derby match is February 2008 and now the 65th anniversary.