Here is the first of our trips down memory lane as we revisit a classic match from May 1985 in the old Division Two.
Sat 11 May 1985.
Score: Man City 5 - 1 Charlton Athletic
Attendance: 47285
Team
A Williams
GW Lomax
PC Power
AMP May
KH Clements
DO Phillips
PD Simpson
N McNab
JM Melrose
J Tolmie
S Kinsey
A huge crowd of 47,285 packed into Maine Road on a glorious spring day knowing Billy McNeill's men were level on points with Portsmouth before kick-off - but were five goals better off on goal difference. Early strikes from Andy May and David Phillips put City in control and further goals from Phillips again, Paul Simpson and Jim Melrose meant they were up for sure as Portsmouth could only win 2-0 at Huddersfield.
On the same day 56 people are burnt to death and more than 200 others injured in a fire at Third Division champions Bradford City's final league game of the season against Lincoln City.
Key Man-Paul Power
He was named player of the year for the team in both the 1980-81 season and in the 1984-85 season. He led City out at Wembley three times but never appeared on a winning team. In his first player of the year winning season, City went to Wembley to play Spurs in the 100th FA Cup Final. He scored in all bar two of the rounds in the competition that season, the fifth round match against Peterborough United and the Wembley games against Spurs being the two. His 100th minute free-kick against Ipswich Town at Villa Park was, in Power's own words, the most important goal he ever scored for the Citizens. In the 1984-85 season, he led City to promotion in style under Billy McNeill thrashing Charlton Athletic 5-1 at Maine Road on Saturday 11 May 1985.
He finished his career on a high after signing for Everton in June 1986 for a fee of £65,000. He played in a total of 52 games in the 1986-87, providing valuable experience for a Toffees side who were without key players including Peter Reid and Paul Bracewell for long periods due to injury but still managed to win the league title and give Power a major trophy at long last in his 34th year. His first team chances were more limited in the 1987-88 season when Everton finished fourth under new manager Colin Harvey after the departure of Howard Kendall to Atletico Bilbao, and at the end of the season he retired to join the club's coaching staff. However, he was axed by the club in November 1990 when Howard Kendall took over as manager for the second time.
He is now involved with the academy at City.