WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST GAME?

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Post by U.F.G Anfield '89 »

I was only 3 so it's pretty tough to remember but that would be the 92-93 season, i'm pretty sure we played southampton and drew 0-0 can't really remember much from those early seasons after all i was only a wee lad and didn't really understand much about the game.

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Post by thenorthwillriseagain »

My first United game was against Oldham August 1991 I was 1 at the time my last was spurs the other week cue abuse for being a northern monkey and for watching a game with spurs in it :)

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Post by burns718 »

mine was also oldham possibly same game or year after sure we drew 2-2 but may have been 1-1 o well ages ago now.

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1971- Against a team who wore light blue (Man Citeh, Cov???)
Don't remember the score, just loads of blokes shouting and using words I'd never heard before.

I remember Charlie Georges hair though. I thought he was was the coolest guy I ever saw !!

CHARLIE GEORGE SUPERSTAR
WEARS FRILLY KNICKERS AND A WOMANS BRA

CHARLIE GEORGE SUPERSTAR
WALKS LIKE A WOMAN AND HE WEARS A BRA

CHARLIE GEORGE SUPERSTAR
HOW MANY GOALS DID YOU SCORE SO FAR ?

Bet not many of you nubies remember that song :wink:

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Hagbard 23 wrote:Bet not many of you nubies remember that song :wink:
I remember Hag, takes me back to primary school days!

My first game: West Brom in 1980, result 2-2. I think it was one of only two times I was in the East Stand (the other being the 2-0 win over Liverpool in 1985, when Niall Quinn scored on his debut). After the West Brom game, I was hooked, and was a North Bank regular until it was torn down for the new stand, and then I became (and still am) a Clock Ender.

Just to make us non-nubies sound even older, I remember the terrace prices in the early 80s being £1.10 for adults and 80p for kids and OAPs. You could get a seat for £3. Bit different now...

Wonder what happened to that guy who used to wonder across the North Bank selling peanuts.

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My first game was in 2001 against Fulham. Had saved money to travel from Norway, and was amazed by everything on, and around the stadium. The score?: 0-0 :?
After this I got a job, so it became much more easy to jump on a plane and go watch The Arsenal. :D

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Post by donaldo »

Oh my god reading the other posts i feel like an old git.

My first game was in December 1967 v Sheff Wed.And would you believe it the game was abandoned at half time because of heavy snow.
Things could only get better after that

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Well just to make you feel older mine was earlier this year carling cup final, if you didn't know already.

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You should get down there for the Newcastle game, Ben. I think they're selling tickets on the cheap!

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Yeah they are i think the most exspensive is £20 but it's on a school night so can't do that means i miss a day off school, i had monday off last year to go to carling cup final :roll: .

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My first game was Arsenal v Sheffield Wednesday in our 1997/1998 double winning season :D

I was a VIP and it was my first game, i will never forget watching Dennis Bergkamp score up at the clock end, i was sitting in the North Bank with my dad and Arsenal provided a seat either side of us so that i was comftable because i had just come out of hospital.

Bergkamp Scored in the 35th minute.
the team was:
Seaman;
Dixon, Adams, Keown, Winterburn;
Vieira, Hughes, Parlour, Overmars;
Bergkamp, Wreh

the attendance was 38,087

I meet the players and Arsene before the game, i got to sit in the directors chair it was green with a gold cannon on the back.
I also got a tour around Highbury, it was the best day of my life thats why i love Arsenal so much because they cheered me up while i was in hospital and when i came out too.

Arsenal is my life :D 8)

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Post by dbrien »

Mine was 1984 i think, we beat Ipswich 4-1 and Paul Mariner scored two for us and Eric Gates scored a pen for Ipswich. Ran on the pitch at the end and was rigby tackled by a copper!!

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Post by OT02 »

My first game was at home to Man Citeh at the start of the 94-95 season. I went with my Dad and Grandad, when i was about 4. I don't remember much about the game itself, but I do remember a kid my age kicking my seat, which annoyed me along with the fact that he was wearing the old home shirt and I had the new one on. I was cooler than him. I also remember looking around the natural history museum before the game, and being scared of the dinosaur exhibition.

We were sat in the west upper which was the only time i ever sat on one of the side stands at Highbury.

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Post by stearmaster »

alan smiths testomonial, arsenal won 2-0 or 2-1 sommin like that. the date was 09/11/95 *had to look up* couldnt find score im 21 now so that would of made me 9 and makes it 12 years ago today lol. my first game at the grove was the first europeon night wen we bead zagreb 2-1 on the 23rd of august 2006, didnt have to look that 1 up :D

da silva

freddie ljungberg
flamani


didnt have to look ne of that up :D:D:D:D

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