What was your first game (1 Viewer)

COVKIDSNEVERQUIT

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An Epic night that one and Tommy Hutch had the winner disallowed for something,a headed goal,a rare one.

Yeah we were there that night, robbed as per usual couldn't see anything wrong with the goal.

And then we had to hitch hike it back to Cov because of the Liverpool fans smashing up the coach we came up on.

That's why I despise the Liverpool fans. 😡
 

Herb70

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City 5 Norwich 4,1977.I always thought it was Boxing Day,but apparently it wasn’t.If only all games were that exciting! Cheers Dad I’ve had the Sky Blues bug ever since ❤️
I seem to remember Norwich missing a penalty near the end of the game as well
 

Alkhen

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My Dad said he was taking me to a Premiership game for my birthday, I looked through the fixtures imagining it would be Man Unt Vs Spurs. Turned out to be Coventry Vs Derby.... Cov won 1-0 and he got me a shirt with Huckerby printed on and I never looked back 😍
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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My Dad said he was taking me to a Premiership game for my birthday, I looked through the fixtures imagining it would be Man Vs Spurs. Turned out to be Coventry Vs Derby.... Cov won 1-0 and he got me a shirt with Huckerby printed on and I never looked back 😍

My dad also got me that same shirt and name combination as my first one 😯
 

COVKIDSNEVERQUIT

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My Dad said he was taking me to a Premiership game for my birthday, I looked through the fixtures imagining it would be Man Vs Spurs. Turned out to be Coventry Vs Derby.... Cov won 1-0 and he got me a shirt with Huckerby printed on and I never looked back 😍


Love watching these old videos, quality players. 😍
 

ExmouthNeil

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West Ham at home, last game of the season. I think it was very early 80's and we lost 5-2... I was hooked 😵💫
My stepfather got me a season ticket for the next season, the Bobby Gould era...
And here I am.......................
 

Cov98

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Burnley at home, 8th of October 2022. 1-0 loss.

Been living over in Ireland since I was 8 and despite going back over to see family most years for the past 20 years, only been able to get to a game once.. and what a shit game it was :ROFLMAO:
 

Snikpoh87

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Last game of the season against Everton in 1995 i think it was. It was a 0-0 draw, but remember being on the front row by the dug outs and in awe of the speed of Ndlovu. The excitement when my dad asked if i wanted to go with him was off the scale. We still go to every game together now.
 

sc1940

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I can't remember my first game but it was early 60s. Some games in the 60's stick in my brain though, such as the game against Wolves in the promotion year and Curtis breaking his leg in I think the second game following promotion (against Forest). I remember going to Anfield and being attacked by a police horse in the mass crowd trying to get in the ground, would have been in the promotion year or the following year, we lost 1-0 IIRC.
 

Boondoggle

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Apparently I was going to games with my parents and grandparents from 1965 onwards, including an away FA Cup game at Everton in 1966. The lived in Rugby and my dad had been converted from 'the oval ball' in the early 60s, and went to games both home and away.

I took over my mum's season ticket in the 1971-72 season. We sat in line with the edge of the penalty area, the same end that Peter Osgood scored at due to an Eric McManus error in December 1971, then promptly kissed him on the forehead.
I remember a game against Sheff Utd in the snow, though I remember the smell of pipe smoke more vividly, maybe 1972.
We went to many games over the next ten years, though my memory plays tricks. I remember a Tommy English hat-trick against Leicester in a 4-1 win and was sure Mark Hateley got the 4th, apparently not.

We moved to the South coast in 1982.
I went to the Saints v Coventry games as often as I could, the 8-2 loss being the most painful, even though our two goals were the best, and against Shilton.
My last game in person was a 1991 League Cup game against Rochdale (my mate supported them). I thought it was 5-0, but the records show it as 4-0.
I've always followed the results, though went to the dark side supporting Bournemouth when I moved south, still do, sorry.
My old man is 89 now and has this season's home shirt and watches all the games he can on TV. He reminisces about Jimmy Hill frequently, a man way ahead of his time. His mind is not what it was, and his mobility is limited, so the Coventry games on TV are a godsend for him. I've just bought him the "Sky Blue Revolution: Jimmy Hill at Coventry City 1961-1967" book from Amazon, as he was threatening to write his own memoire of those times. We'd have got page one about ten times before he'd give up. A bit beyond his capabilities nowadays, but hopefully the book will capture his interest.

Al
 

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