First city game (3 Viewers)

[skybluecb]

What was the first city game you saw?

I was 9 years old sat in Family stand at Highfield Road. 3rd December 1983, City beat Liverpool 4 - 0, Terry Gibson scored a hat trick. I was hooked have loved supporting City ever since, through the good and the very bad times. Once a sky blue always a sky blue.

 

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[shmmeee]

I think it was this one:

Coventry City - Queens Park Rangers, Apr 16, 1990 - First Division (- 91/92) - Match sheet

This is the match sheet of the First Division (- 91/92) game between Coventry City and Queens Park Rangers on Apr 16, 1990.

www.transfermarkt.com

 

[kg82]

Forest at the City Ground in about 87 or 88. I was 5 or 6. It was 0-0! Next time I went is when I really got hooked though. At Highfield Road, stood in the spion kop, against Luton. Won 5-0. Seem to remember Gallacher getting at least 1

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

https://www.11v11.com/matches/coventry-city-v-sheffield-wednesday-21-october-1995-22265/

also went to the 0-0 draw with Leeds at the end of the season… suffice to say I was hooked from then

 

[skybluetony176]

Attended in person was the 14th of September 1996. We beat Leeds but Leeds got the headlines as George Graham was having making his managerial comeback following his ban.

 

[Ashdown]

City 0-2 Liverpool League Cup replay 1977
Night game 36000+ crowd …..hooked !

 

[Flying Fokker]

Derby County. 0-0. 1974 in the FA Cup. 40k crowd. Sky Blue Terrace.

 

[Evo1883]

I know we drew 2-2 with forest at Highfield Road and I'm going to say Brian kilkline missed a penalty 1989

 

[Brian The Cov Scot]

My first game at Highfield Road was in season 1962-63, I have no idea who were playing but I remember the slope in the corner and looking through the gaps in in the Spoin Kop. I remember it felt like a long walk (7 yrs old) from Paradise along side the canal, I got sent back to Scotland that summer.

My next game was a 2-2 draw vs Derby County in summer of 1971, a very different experience

 

[Legia Sky Blue]

 

[SkyBlueSoul]

5 years old, City 3-0 Middlesbrough, Dec 28th 1996. Went with my Dad, brother and Grandad and remember it was fucking freezing. I remember being in the stand opposite the main stand with a blanket and having Oxtail soup out of a flask at half time, nothing of the match itself.

 

[Skybluebaz]

Perry sucklings debut, 1st game of the 82/83 season I think opponents were Southampton & we won 1-0.

 

[skyblueheaven]

1980 Nov against Brum, as a 10 year old, sat in the sky blue stand, beat them 2.1 ..Hooked for life after that.

 

[skybluelee]

October 31st 1984 v Sheff Weds, sat in the main stand with my dad. Won 1-0, Gibson. Oggy saved a penalty but my two overriding memories were the Wednesday fans fighting each in the away end and 8yo me getting confused as to why we were warming up in our away kit before my dad told me Sheff Weds away kit was also yellow and it was the away team I’d applauded onto the pitch.

 

[Travs]

5 years old, City 3-0 Middlesbrough, Dec 28th 1996. Went with my Dad, brother and Grandad and remember it was fucking freezing. I remember being in the stand opposite the main stand with a blanket and having Oxtail soup out of a flask at half time, nothing of the match itself.

I remember this... wasn't it Oggy's record appearance match or something?

My first was Ipswich, December 1992..... 2-2

 

[Seymour_East]

Would have been 5 or 6, so 1968 ish. No idea which game, but Dad popped me onto a stool he had brought with him Spion Kop end so I could look over, imagine that today. Still remember, that the language was seemingly adapted when children were present and the ref being called ‘ A Toad’ instead of what usually may have been heard.

 

[Old Warwickshire lad]

27/11/1962 Milwall fa cup replay.
Won 2-1 Hugh Barr, Jimmy Whitehouse.

 

[Hobo]

1970 Coventry 4 - 0 Southampton

 

[Deleted member 9744]

The first one I can remember was the home leg against Trakia Plovdiv, but I had been to a few matches before then. Wish I knew the exact match.

 

[Terry_dactyl]

Technically the 1st game was vs Spurs. I was about 4. We were sat in the kop. I think Terry Gibson was playing for them and we drew. I don’t remember it.

My first actual game was years later, 86/87 vs…ahem…Luton Town. We lost. Brian Stein scored.

 

[covcity4life]

West ham United 1-1 1993. Roy wegerle scored.

 

[Skyblueweeman]

15th Oct 1988
Cov vs Millwall
0-0

I remember my step-dad's father asking me if I was going to get a programme. Not know what one was, I was thinking, 'what, a TV programme?'!

I'll never forget the walk up Thackall Street and up the stairs of the North Stand (can't remember if it had a different name?) and seeing the pitch and inside the stadium.

Hooked ever since.

 

[Otis]

I can only say the first City game I remember going to. I was young and probably did go to games before this, but it was City vs Everton, 1968. 2-2

Tony Hateley made his debut.

 

[scottccfc]

Mine was coca cola cup v spurs, we won 3-2 after being 2-0 down.
At that age I didn't know the significance of beating them 3-2

 

[SBT]

First game is going to be this Saturday against Luton at Wembley! Don’t know much about either team, but managed to get 12 spare tickets in the lower tier right behind the goal, so hoping for a fun day out and a good game of football whatever the result! Play up Coventry!

 

[PVA]

21st February 1998

1 nil win v Barnsley

Dublin penalty

 

[skybluejelly]

Coventry 5 Chelsea 1 1978

 

[SkyblueDad]

1961/62 Bury home lost 2-1

 

[Calista]

15th Oct 1988
Cov vs Millwall
0-0

I remember my step-dad's father asking me if I was going to get a programme. Not know what one was, I was thinking, 'what, a TV programme?'!

I'll never forget the walk up Thackall Street and up the stairs of the North Stand (can't remember if it had a different name?) and seeing the pitch and inside the stadium.

Hooked ever since.

Sky Blue Stand

 

[Gynnsthetonic]

 

[Skyblueweeman]

Sky Blue Stand

As simple as that eh?!

 

[Tommo1993]

Don’t know my first home game. First away was Villa Park, 1-0 loss, Ugo Ehiogu with the goal.

 

[Sky_Blue_Daz]

1985 sat in the west end against Southampton

 

[It’sabatch87]

City v West Ham at home 14/2/76.
Stood on the Skyblue terrace with my dad, 2-0 win.
Mick Coop and Barry Powell scoring.
PUSB

 

[Marty]

First ever game, I was too young but I remember building sand castles at the side of the pitch and that's it.

2-1 win against Man City, in the mid 90s was my first proper game, Dion scored and they were handing out Yorkie bars at the end of the game.