Your first wasn't the Sunderland cup game on the Monday before by any chance, another great game. More in that night officially just over 40,000 but gates broken down behind us and many more got in for free..My second ever Cov game, v Man U Quarter Final FA Cup 1963. Denis Law played, Bobby Charlton scored two, Albert Quixall the third. Attendance 44,000. A great goal scorer. RIP Denis Law.
Him and Mr Greaves. Poachers extraordinary.RIP Denis king of the hangers.
Those two games were my first as wellYour first wasn't the Sunderland cup game on the Monday before by any chance, another great game. More in that night officially just over 40,000 but gates broken down behind us and many more got in for free..
Him and Mr Greaves. Poachers extraordinary.
I was there too, on the kop. Great days, a big crowd and quality oppositionMy second ever Cov game, v Man U Quarter Final FA Cup 1963. Denis Law played, Bobby Charlton scored two, Albert Quixall the third. Attendance 44,000. A great goal scorer. RIP Denis Law.
Yep, absolutely right. My Grandad, a Mackem from South Shields took me to the Sunderland game, and then queued a couple of days later for tickets for the Man U game. What a night, as you say, broken down gates, the attendance thought to be nearer 50,000. A privilege to be at those games, eh?Your first wasn't the Sunderland cup game on the Monday before by any chance, another great game. More in that night officially just over 40,000 but gates broken down behind us and many more got in for free..
Him and Mr Greaves. Poachers extraordinary.
But we scored first through Terry Bly in front of a 44,000 crowd. I remember the newspaper report that said 'when the cheering had died down to a crescendo'. Great timesMy second ever Cov game, v Man U Quarter Final FA Cup 1963. Denis Law played, Bobby Charlton scored two, Albert Quixall the third. Attendance 44,000. A great goal scorer. RIP Denis Law.
I was at the Sunderland game in 1963, but it wasn't my first as I was a supporter early in the Jimmy Hill period.Your first wasn't the Sunderland cup game on the Monday before by any chance, another great game. More in that night officially just over 40,000 but gates broken down behind us and many more got in for free..
Him and Mr Greaves. Poachers extraordinary.
Amazingly I followed this up with a look at this page Matchday Memories: On This Day 1963 – Sky Blues Stun Sunderland In Cup (H.R.Splits Its Seams)! : Coventry City Former Players Association || CCFPAI was at the Sunderland game in 1963, but it wasn't my first as I was a supporter early in the Jimmy Hill period.
If I have the right game, I got home from school and saw in the Evening Telegraph that the Club needed help to clear the straw that had been laid to protect the pitch from snow and ice. So I bolted my tea and headed to Highfield Rd, about a 15 minute walk from Strathmore Ave. A large group of volunteers cleared the pitch and then we were allowed to stay in the ground for free to watch. I doubt if we were included in the official gate, but it was very crowded on the Kop, so kids were allowed over the barriers to sit in the straw on the edge of the pitch to see a great game.
Followed a few days later by another great game that unfortunately we lost against Man U. My friends and I were next to some Reds supporters on the Kop and they seemed genuinely impressed by the way we played.
Happy days....
Roger Tilbury
Great story, thanks for sharingI was at the Sunderland game in 1963, but it wasn't my first as I was a supporter early in the Jimmy Hill period.
If I have the right game, I got home from school and saw in the Evening Telegraph that the Club needed help to clear the straw that had been laid to protect the pitch from snow and ice. So I bolted my tea and headed to Highfield Rd, about a 15 minute walk from Strathmore Ave. A large group of volunteers cleared the pitch and then we were allowed to stay in the ground for free to watch. I doubt if we were included in the official gate, but it was very crowded on the Kop, so kids were allowed over the barriers to sit in the straw on the edge of the pitch to see a great game.
Followed a few days later by another great game that unfortunately we lost against Man U. My friends and I were next to some Reds supporters on the Kop and they seemed genuinely impressed by the way we played.
Happy days....
Roger Tilbury
Crikey all the senior brigade on this thread , before my time , only seen film footage. My first live game wasn’t until ‘77 .
Was a legend though RIP
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