Your First Derby Game

1962. Rag cousins took me to Old Toilet hoping to turn me from a Blue family to change to the dark side. Unfortunately for them Peter Dobing scored the winner in a 3-2 City win. I'll never forget it. Shame we got relegated at the end of the season
 
It was not my first derby, but certainly my favourite. It was in 1968 in the latter stages of City's title win. I was working in Sunlight House on Deansgate at the time and a fair group of us went to the match together. We were in the stand next to the Stetford End in the paddock below the seating. The group I went with included some City supporters some for United and some (maybe?) neutrals. Back then with pay-at-the -gate and no segregation, this was possible.

United had an implausible big lead in the table at the turn of the year. Malcolm Allison responded by declaring that 'United were rubbish'. This provoked derision on the press but may have stimulated doubts within United and City closed in.

This Old Trafford derby was arguably the turning point of the season, United went ahead very early on through George Best but City were not phased and pressed on and Colin Bell equalised. City took the lead through George Heslop before Francis Lee settled things at 1-3.

That match flushed out the United supporters I had worked with for some years but had always denied their partisanship. City winning opened up the championship race that season. City took full advantage and (eventually) won the title at Newcastle.
 
1996. Got beat 3-2.
Kavalashvilla made his debut I believe and knocked Schmeichel out with a shot.
Ball dropped rosler who came on and scored then ran to the bench pointing to the name on the back of his shirt.

That's how I remember it anyway.
 
The 5-1 was my derby debut. Early criss, chance at the far post, Hinchcliffe, thats just marvelous stuff. Also went to the 1-1 at old toilet when Brightwell scored an absolute better.

On a sour not I was also at old toilet for the 5 nil defeat & FA cup 2-1 defeat stitch up. Probably my worst experience was throwing away a 2 goal lead at Maine Road when Quinn scored and we got beat 3-2.

I 8 rags
 
JGL07 said:
It was not my first derby, but certainly my favourite. It was in 1968 in the latter stages of City's title win. I was working in Sunlight House on Deansgate at the time and a fair group of us went to the match together. We were in the stand next to the Stetford End in the paddock below the seating. The group I went with included some City supporters some for United and some (maybe?) neutrals. Back then with pay-at-the -gate and no segregation, this was possible.

United had an implausible big lead in the table at the turn of the year. Malcolm Allison responded by declaring that 'United were rubbish'. This provoked derision on the press but may have stimulated doubts within United and City closed in.

This Old Trafford derby was arguably the turning point of the season, United went ahead very early on through George Best but City were not phased and pressed on and Colin Bell equalised. City took the lead through George Heslop before Francis Lee settled things at 1-3.

That match flushed out the United supporters I had worked with for some years but had always denied their partisanship. City winning opened up the championship race that season. City took full advantage and (eventually) won the title at Newcastle.
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This was my 2nd derby, aged 7 I was in the cantilever seats close to the Stretford end with my uncle, I will never forget that night looking across at the scoreboard end at a mass of sky blue haze.....even then I remember not feeling completely safe surrounded by unpleasant rags when we jumped in the air after we scored.
Memorable night indeed.
 
JGL07 said:
I think it may have been from a School rather than a College. However there were a large number of colleges that were not University level then but might have been merged into current Universities over the years. I just wish I could replace the scarf.

My pal Chris, who obtained them, died very young (at 28).
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Must have been a very smart school — private, obviously — if it could produce its own college-style scarves.
I only ask because there are quite a lot of colleges that make up the federation that is the University of London. My own — Goldsmiths — had a smart black and yellow scarf (which I also bloody lost!). It might be worth dropping in to the university shop which used to be in the ULU building (now Student Central) on Malet Street. There would be quite a range of colours there, and it's not beyond the bounds of possibility that you'd find sky blue, white and maroon for one of the colleges. I'll look in myself next time I'm in London. Whenever I'm in Oxford or Cambridge I always keep a look out for City colours home or away in the shops that supply college clothing. But basically I'd like City to get their act together and bring out those scarves again. I'm absolutely certain that there'd be a niche market for them, although they'd probably retail at a good £60 and upward these days.
Anyhooo… this thread is theoretically supposed to be about first derbies! Derailing over.
 
bluwes said:
1962. Rag cousins took me to Old Toilet hoping to turn me from a Blue family to change to the dark side. Unfortunately for them Peter Dobing scored the winner in a 3-2 City win. I'll never forget it. Shame we got relegated at the end of the season
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I think you have forgotten it! Dobing scored the first two, Alex Harley scored the winner. My first derby too.
 
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