Your first ever football match?

[gatso]

first game I can identify was a 3rd round fa cup replay against spurs the day after my 11th birthday. we were 2 down and loads of people were leaving then we got a late penalty and everyone piled back in when they heard the cheer. still lost 2-1 though

I'd been going for years before that though but no specific memories. mostly I just remember how big it was, at the time I think the valley was still the biggest ground in the country and the east terrace was definitely the biggest there was (possibly the biggest ever), dads up the back, kids down the front having a laugh

[Graham C]

My Dad took me to my first game, Arsenal v Ipswich at Highbury, 19th March 1985.    I was 11 at the time.   Sat in the upper west.     Can't remember much about the match, my main memory was how cold it was that night and how big Highbury was, it seemed massive.   Game finished 1-1.  Still have the tickets somewhere and found the program on ebay for about £1 a couple of years ago.

[Maxriddles]

My first senior game was 8/10/1983 at Ibrox, Rangers 1 Hibs 0, John McLelland scored the goal. According to wiki there were 21800 at the game which was about average at the time.

[mickyp]

Think it was 1979.Rangers v Hibs .Scottish cup final ended 0-0.

[dino1980]

Exeter City vs Northampton, winter of 86 or 87 I think. It was a game so bereft of quality that after about 25 minutes I turned to my Dad and asked him why the teams weren't trying to score.

[marcro]

Exeter City vs Northampton, winter of 86 or 87 I think. It was a game so bereft of quality that after about 25 minutes I turned to my Dad and asked him why the teams weren't trying to score.

Man Utd v Nottingham Forest.  It was such a long time ago it featured the holy trinity - Charlton, Law and Best.  Was a great day.

[Geo the Sarge]

1972 Scottish League Cup Final:

Hibs 2 Celtic 1

Hibs also won the Drybrough Cup that year again beating Celtic 5-3

However Celtic gubbed Hibs 6-1 in the Scottish Cup Final in May that year.

Geo

[EvilPie]

England U-18 vs Scotland U-18 (May have been U-16 not 100% sure)

City ground 1988 ish.

This was also my last football match

[gatso]

Hibs also won the Drybrough Cup that year again beating Celtic 5-3

first I've ever heard of that cup, just looked it up. what a strange concept, I quite like it though

[Shawrie85]

Leeds v Blackburn around 1997 midweek game what i think was a coca-cola cup game

I went with my older cousin(12) me been 11

Think we won 1-nil with Danny Mills scoring a 25 yarder, hitting a free kick under the wall

But remember this for what happened after match, me n my coz decided to walk down the motorway to get back to town and 5 mins on a police van pulls up n yells at us to get in. They then get radioed for help somewhere and forcefully boot us out before screeching off leaving us on the hard shoulder but closer to town!

[action man]

i loved filbert street away end, my fav ground ever was sick when they shut it.

[gatso]

i loved filbert street away end, my fav ground ever was sick when they shut it.

I agree, there was something different about going there. I think it was the way it felt like the ground was in people's back gardens which it basically was

[Karabiner]

Blackpool v Arsenal at Bloomfield Rd.

The Blackpool team that day included the great Stanley Matthews who played in the top flight until he was over fifty !

[henrik777]

I would guess Celtic at either Dens or Tannadice.

Earliest memory was East Fife v Hibs in the Scottish cup when East Fife won 2-1 which was great for me as Celtic played the winners away. Celtic won 6-0. Remember Gordon Marshall was still in goals for East Fife and John Colquhoun took a shy right in front of me and i could've grabbed his shirt.

Sandy

[Nakor]

My Grandad and Uncle took me Boxing day 1979 Norwich vs Ipswich, 3-3 draw.  I seem to remember the Ipswich fans making the whole stand move.
I think Grandad hoped this would turn me Yellow and Green, and he knew it would annoy the hell out of my old chap.  Dad took me to Wembley about 5 months later and I was a Gooner forever.