Do you remember your first time?

Leeds at home first season back at VP after 85 I think we drew 0-0 Sheridan hit bar but the sports gums had me hooked

 

My first game was Cardiff City v Southampton in 1978. Alan Ball and Mick Channon were in the Southampton team. Remember how big Ninian Park felt.

I was 7 years old. Went to a few more games then moved to Bradford the following year, and I really did attend the Hereford game in 1979.

 

First game was a friendly, possibly against Donny or Rotherham, or somebody of that ilk, it wasn’t very memorable...The first game I can actually remember was the 1989 3-1 win over Everton in the League cup. I was hooked after that.

 

Not a bad introduction to Bradford City great night.

 

Torquay at home 76, went to the Lido in Manningham Park and a dozen mates and I walked down to the game after, towels, swimming trunks in hand. Red hot and a win, hooked. Happy days.

 

City vs Liverpool 1981.

 

1963. Arsenal 3 Everton 0. I was 6 yrs old. My Uncle Bill took me. He and my mum were big Arsenal fans. We went to a cafe beforehand and I had cheesecake (the proper baked New York kind) for the first time.
We stood on the uncovered Clock End. Joe Baker scored twice and I think George Eastham got the other. As a result I was an armchair Gooner for the remainder of my childhood (through the double-winning era of early 70s) but never went to Highbury again. Too difficult to get to from Grays and I had no money and no one to take me.

Then I started work in 1974 and went out with a girl who was a regular on the Chicken Run at Upton Park. @Interested Bystander will remember that stand. I started going with her and got hooked on the live football experience. Without intention I quickly found my allegiance switch to The Irons because I was watching them regularly. I was an Upton Park regular until I came up north to Bradford United in 1980.

My first City match was an evening FA Cup replay at VP against Man Utd in the 80/81 season. I went with several of my student mates and we sat in the old wooden stand that later burned down. I don't remember much about the game other than United won and Ces Pod and Joe Cooke played for City. I wonder if @Bronco, @Park bantam or any of the other older forum members remember the details of that game better than I do.

 

pretty sure that man utd game finished 0-0 with city losing the away game 4-1 with big bobby scoring for city

 

First game was Barnsley funnily enough. Think it was 1967... Banny scored with an overhead kick in front of the Bradford End.

 

1911 FA Cup final. Got a ticket off a mate who lent me his priority card as he couldn’t afford to go due to booking trip on the Titanic. His name was Jack.
I’ve had that priority card ever since as I never saw him again. Came in useful for the Chelsea game.

 

Funnily enough I have little recollection of my first couple of seasons, nevermind the First game. My dad deemed me old enough to start going in the 1966-7 season
However, the first vivid recollection I have is of a game at Valley Parade in the 1968-9 season against Southend when we came from 2 down to win 3-2 on our way to promotion clinched at Darlington a week or so later
That was the night that the bug really caught hold of me

 

Drink in the Second West did he?

 

Pretty sure it was a two leg league cup match and it was 82/83 we drew the first leg at vp and lost the second 4.1

 

My first match was a3_3 draw with bury in March 1958 the last season of Division 3 north.

 

In fact it was 82/83 because McFarland walked out between the home and away matches

My first time was 1981 on my mums settee whilst invasion of the body snatchers film was on.

My first match was the Tottenham cup game in 1970 but I can’t remember much.

 

Flippin heck.. v Everton... No wonder you were hooked. It was dreamland & utopia all rolled into one

 

I remember that match we played well against a strong United team. I remember McGrath was outstanding for them

 

Only swimming pool on Earth that was colder than my fridge!

 

Summer of 76 it was welcomed lol.