IFK GOTHENBURG 1 CITY 1
Friendly
31st March 1981
attendance ???
Scorers
City Kinsey(60)
Gothenburg Cornelusson(29)
City Corrigan, Ranson, McDonald, Reid, May, Caton, Kinsey, Reeves, Hareide, Elliott, Wilson – sub Parkinson(75)
FROM THE PRESS BOX
PETER GARDNER WRITING IN THE MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS 1ST APRIL 1982
Tommy Caton will provide injury-blitzed Machester City with yet another selection headache this weekend.
A groin strain picked up in last night’s impressive 1-1 draw with UEFA Cup semi-finalists Gothenburg in Sweden makes him doubtful for Saturday’s Maine Road match against West Ham United.
… Yet the performance by the depleted Blues last night was highly encouraging.
Said Sainty: “Gothenburg are an extremely useful side who created a lot of chances, particularly in the first half when they over-ran us. But their problem was that they wanted to try to walk the ball into the net and if we had enjoyed similar openings I feel we would have won convincingly.”…