Was in the West Stand for that one, could hear that bloody bell from Torquay in the away end all though the game, irritating!Torquay FA Cup '88. Stood on an upturned crate at the front of the kop so I could see over the wall.
Won 2-0. Killer pen and Regis I think
Mine was the week before that... you picked better. We lost 2-1 to Wimbledon.9th April 1994 vs Tottenham. Won 1-0 thanks to a Ndlovu penalty.
Front row of the M&B stand lower tier.
That Swindon game, remember that- Chris Marsden was in his pomp and we went 1-0 up and dominated, then conceded a last minute equaliser- the age old story.I always remember my first games being very close together at home vs Swindon and Ipswich. Google research tells me the Swindon game was just before so guess that was my first, in 93/94. Looking at the results for the season it also seems bottom of the league Swindon took 4 points from us which is fairly typical
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That was April 1969 , the following year.We won 1-0 with a Neil Martin header in the last minute
The game I’m on about had Mike Stringfellow score for them. Although I’m not sure if they went down now if Neil Martin scored the winner against them in 1969.We won 1-0 with a Neil Martin header in the last minute
1980 Nov against Brum, as a 10 year old, sat in the sky blue stand, beat them 2.1 ..Hooked for life after that.
We won the Ipswich game 1-0, I was young so I remember very little about these games but I do remember the scores. Google tells me Flynn scored.That Swindon game, remember that- Chris Marsden was in his pomp and we went 1-0 up and dominated, then conceded a last minute equaliser- the age old story.
another random fact about that match.. Leicester had a game called off the same day and a coach load of their fans came to our game instead and it got a bit nasty
don’t remember anything about Ipswich though, was it 2-2?
Just rechecked. Leicester didn’t go down the year they beat us (my first game) but they went down the following year when we beat them with a Neil Martin goal.We won 1-0 with a Neil Martin header in the last minute
To expand on my further answer about the Sky Blue Stand (from the history of Highfield Road by Jim Brown )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.
We beat Wimbledon 1-0 in 1986, Dave Bennett scored. I have zero recollection of the match, I spent most of my time watching the scoreboard above the East Terrace. Fast forward 5 years and I was on the East Terrace and hurt against the fence as a 12 year old as Peter Ndlovu scored vs Villa. I had a season ticket in numerous years, was there in the West Terrace when Huckerby scored in 98 (possibly the best ever). That was raw, there was no social media, man United fans in the west Terrace quite rightly got smacked for being there, arrogant fucks..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.
my first game also stood on kopA year out 1968 Gould signed for Arsenal
I went to our final game of the first season in 1st division on my own in May ‘68 at Southampton. I remember being terrified of getting off at the wrong stop. I was 11Same here.
Went alone on the bus from Canley to The Meda as a nine year old kid (would you let your nine old do that today?) and followed a group of grown ups to HR as I had no idea where the ground was.
Stood on the West End terrace at the front behind the goal, blokes stinking of fags beer and farts, cheering singing and swearing with the smell of Ellimans rub on the players legs and the slapping sound as tackles came in and I just thought WOW and I've been hooked ever since.
How much longer will that be?I always consider my first proper game being at HR in 1977 - Coventry City 2 -2 Bristol City.
There were a couple of rows of seats right at the front of the Main Stand, at pitch level. You sat behind a little white wall. Remember being so close you could smell the turf and looking up in awe at players like Hutchison, Powell, Yorath, Ferguson and Wallace.
Fucking hooked from that moment on.. and will be until it’s my time to say goodbye.
That was my first game thenYes it was a Wednesday night, remember rushing home from junior school all excited
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