Stan, who played for City between 1965 and 1968 and won both First and Second Division title winners medals in that time, holds the huge distinction of being the first Black player to play for the Club.
Last year, he subsequently had the honour of having a classroom at the City Football Academy named in his honour.
Out of a ballot of 10 historic dates spanning the Club’s history, players and staff across the whole of City voted to name the classroom after Stan – who made his debut for us in 1965 - in recognition of his totemic status.
A year on, the 78-year-old decided he wanted to demonstrate his own gratitude to the Club by presenting us with a framed shirt dating from the era when he represented us with such distinction in the mid to late 1960s.
As such, Stan - along with proud wife Ethel, son Matthew and grandson Finlay - were invited to the CFA earlier this month to formally present the framed shirt which will be permanently displayed in the Stan Horne classroom.
“It was a few weeks ago where Matthew and I had a thought about doing something for the classroom,” Stan revealed.
“There is the nameplate on the door, but we thought it would be nice to have something in the classroom too, so we came up with the idea of having shirt framed.
“It’s an absolute pleasure to have it put it up in the classroom. I put my signature on it and I am more than pleased to have it on display in the Academy.
“It’s not really about me. I’m more pleased that my family get involved so its nice to let them see what I did all those years ago.
“Even though I left City all those years ago I’m still a big fan of the Club.
“And it was just tremendous to get involved again – they are such a fantastic Club. I honestly can’t say enough about them.”
