my 1st game was a reserves game - must have been the thing back thenDragged along by my Dad since aged 5, from 1965. I still remember to this day a sunny weekday evening - I was about 10 and playing football in the street - when he asked me if I wanted to go see the reserves play again (he went to every game). The admonishing look of disappointment in his face when I said no still haunts me to this day.
my 1st game was a reserves game - must have been the thing back then
Derby reserves at home - won 4-1
I remember nothing of the game, just looking up at the scoreboard at the end
Looking at this thread it shows how important the father/son relationship is to getting and keeping long term fans
I know most would say Leicester are not our main rivals but victories over them are etched for personal memories in my memory .loved the 2.0 win at Leicester in the mid 90s (Dublin header to seal the win ?) So loved after match drinks near Filbert Street after .
I started going to Highfield Road in early sixties when we played home matches on a Friday night and also made use of the corrugated fence on a number of occasions. We were regularly playing in front of crowds of over 25,000 in those days and yet there was never any trouble, just great atmospheres. Happy days for a 10 year old.Dad took me to Highfield road in 1958 and got the bug quite early and used to go to the stadium every game after that and very rarely paid to see some or all of the games. The stewards used to open the gates 10 minutes after the second half started so used to sneak in. Also the corrugated fence going up Swan Lane used to be fucked so used to get your mate to hold it open at the bottom and sneak in via the crows nest end
Some great pictures there, some I hadn’t seen before. I particularly liked the ones of the 50s. The cobbler mending the players boots, the ladies ironing and mending the kit and the player stood in front of the UV lamp. Certainly far from the glamour game it was to become.
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