Earliest City match attended by a forum member

[Blue and still suffering]

August 14th 1971...was given a free entry for Charity Collecting outside prior to the game! Played Leeds and got beat, hey ho...five generations of our lot have followed the Blues...wouldn't have missed any of it, can't believe how far we've travelled, my grandad just wouldn't believe it!

My first game as well

 

[Didsbury Dave]

So far we’ve got two posters who went in 1949 which is earlier than I expected.

Did anyone attend the 1955 or 56 cup finals?

 

[ColinBellsjockstrap]

My first match V Blackpool in 1961.

My dad went to the 1934 84,569 Stoke game.

 

[Ban-jani]

First appearance at Maine Rd was for the 1964 Youth Cup semi-final first leg against the rags, we lost 3-4 I think, both of Phil Foden's grandads played for City that night. I went to some reserves games after that but didn't get to see a first team game until March 5th 1966, FA Cup 5th round against Leicester, went behind twice but Neil Young scored both equalisers, 56,000 there and that was me hooked for life. (Fuck, that's 54 years on Thursday, where did my life go!!).

Tommy Doyle you mean pal?

 

[lancs blue]

Tommy Doyle you mean pal?

Fucking hell, senility is setting in, yes of course!

 

[NorCalBlue]

My first match V Blackpool in 1961.

My dad went to the 1934 84,569 Stoke game.

I've been told that both my grandads were at that game (didn't know each other at the time). It's been almost 30 years since I could verify that with either of them directly...

My first game was January 1972.

 

[Barcon]

He was only 15 when he played that evening also started at centre forward,played in lots of different positions in his early days then found his true spot number 3 left back.

Cheers mate. I feel privileged to have seen him and the rest of the boys when I was a kid. I'm 56 now (I think) and would have 1st went when I was around 6.

 

[Barcon]

IIRC, Glyn was 15 on debut and played CF.

Just a boy. Time flies eh?

 

[Radcliffe 1309]

Dippers at home in August 67 score 0 0

 

[iwasthere1968]

So far we’ve got two posters who went in 1949 which is earlier than I expected.

Did anyone attend the 1955 or 56 cup finals?

No but Ive got a ticket stub from 1955.