Not sure it was my first match but I still remember attending the 2.0 defeat v Leicester at HR in 1976. Weller opened the scoring in the first minute with the electronic scoreboard clock showing 2.59pm.
First home game was 2-0 defeat vs Arsenal in 1993.
First away game was 2-1 win at Spurs on New Years Day 1994.
First away game was 2-1 win at Spurs on New Years Day 1994.
December 1976, just turned 8
1-1 v Ipswich
Stood on the Kop with my Dad, right at the top. Don't remember much about the game itself. Do remember the walk across Gosford Park, the smells and just how cold it was.
1-1 v Ipswich
Stood on the Kop with my Dad, right at the top. Don't remember much about the game itself. Do remember the walk across Gosford Park, the smells and just how cold it was.
I'm guessing here sometime in 64-65, not sure who as I guess my mum made him take as some sort of punishment getting out!
Dad and my uncle out on the beers while my uncle got freebies for working on Skybluepool.
Dad and my uncle out on the beers while my uncle got freebies for working on Skybluepool.
Just watched that. Gibson was a moaning little fucker wasn't he ? But what a player
Same first game for me, with my grandad who was from South Shields and a lapsed Sunderland fan. It was a month before my 8th birthday, Stretto Boy, so are you enjoying your 70th birthday year???? The 60’s what a great time to be growing up in Coventry - ‘city of skills and opportunities’!
I am, thank you.
it's the first year of my retirement, so I'm enjoying getting used to that. I just need City to be promoted now!
Pretty sure it wasn't but it was one of his first games.
I think it was notable for being Lloyd McGrath's home debut, which came about 6 months after his full debut at The Dell where we lost 8-2!
I had the exact opposite, my first game was Cov 0-3 Villa in September 1995. Savo Milosevic scored twice, with Dwight Yorke having put them into the lead in the first minute.
1983 0r 84 against Southampton I was in the west end with my Dad and brother caught the ball and threw it to a bald Southampton player
1957/8 cannot remember the game but we got relegated that year because we were in the bottom half of the 3rd Division North and they split the table did the same with the 3rd South and formed the 4 division.Dad had no interest in football then so I went with friends.I got him interested also the son and grandkids and the rest is history.
A name you don't see any longer were Champions that season "Scunthorpe and Lindsey Untied". They dropped the last part after promotion.
StrettoBoy enjoy your retirement and yes you will.Have faith.Your name hints you may come from the village first place i lived many mooms ago.
A name you don't see any longer were Champions that season "Scunthorpe and Lindsey Untied". They dropped the last part after promotion.
StrettoBoy enjoy your retirement and yes you will.Have faith.Your name hints you may come from the village first place i lived many mooms ago.
My 1st game was a reserve game v Derby, we won 4-1
Not sure of my 1st league game but my first one which i remember was Man U on April Fools day - they had some big names in there
Not sure of my 1st league game but my first one which i remember was Man U on April Fools day - they had some big names in there
David Armstrong, presumably.
A proper tufty, you don't see footballers (or men under 60) who look like him anymore.
I went to Anfield for the original game. A coach load of us went from Morris Engines where we worked. I remember being in the Kemlin Rd end, and city fans were louder than the Kop! Great games! We drew (obviously), and, as you rightly say, lost in the replay at HR.
Happy days!
It would’ve been one of these. I used to write little match reports. Amazing that I didn’t end up in a career in sports journalism with writing as good as “No.10 McAllister sneaked a sneaky goal home” 
I've just checked and you are right, Cyrille made his debut 2 weeks before in home game against Newcastle. The game against Sheff Wed was the 1st time I saw Cyrille play for us
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And we got a good kicking if I remember rightly.
An Epic night that one and Tommy Hutch had the winner disallowed for something,a headed goal,a rare one.
Would be interested to hear from older posters on their dad/grandad’s first games. Any second hand accounts of people who watched Clarrie Bourton in the 30s or the infamously shite team from 1919-20?
I remember all of these well as these were the years i started going regularly and really getting into it. I have a near photographic memory of the 99/00 season, some of the home performances were fantastic and thinking about it, it was as good as it got for me as a City fan, which is kind of sad, and also the 00/01 relegation season which was just dire. Fabian Wilnis scored the late winner for Ipswich, i knew we were fucked.It would’ve been one of these. I used to write little match reports. Amazing that I didn’t end up in a career in sports journalism with writing as good as “No.10 McAllister sneaked a sneaky goal home”
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Mine was a 1-0 win v Leicester in December 1986. Sure it was with St Gregorys primary school football team!
Don't remember the game being particularly exciting but knew I wanted to go again.
Don't remember the game being particularly exciting but knew I wanted to go again.
When I first started going with my uncle I held an imaginary microphone and did radio style commentary during games. Would certainly have been a vlogger if the tech had existed
February 1968 home vs Sheffield Wednesday. And I thought it would be like this every week!!
Funny you mention Hutch and headed goals seen some old footage last night a he headed a great goal in that .The only thing was it was he was playing for Man City and it was in his own net