Well beaten by most of you lads/lasses. Can't recall first game, think it was a Central League match v Everton circa 75/76 (maybe?) and think it finished 0-0. I just remember spending the whole game running around an empty Kippax. The only thing I recall of my first proper match is me and my dad (no longer with us, bless him) stood on the corner between Kippax and Platt Lane. Think he chose to go in there coz it was the cheapest, like 50/60p or something. Eventually it got made strictly 'away' fans only and we moved to the Platt Lane.
The last game I recall from that corner was notable... Again, don't remember the opposition (I wanna say West Ham) but I was pestering dad to buy me a poster of Tueart's overhead kick in the '76 LC Final. City were losing 1-2 and he relented reluctantly, leaving a few minutes early to go to ye olde souvenir shoppe. Naturally, by the time we exited said shop City had scored twice and we won 3-2! He never let me forget that till his dying day!
Also, as an aside, when my mum (also no longer with us) was stationed down south during World War 2 she used to go along to watch Millwall where she and her army mates would chuck rotten fruit and veg at the players! I used to tell her she must have been the progenitor of the Millwall 'bushwackers' crew. She seemed oddly proud of that!
Great thread, this, Blues...
