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Post by terriersyndrome on Oct 22, 2024 16:54:16 GMT 1
19th March 1991 for me. Huddersfield 4 Rotherham 0. Remember it being a night time game stood in the terrace.
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Post by Terry Jacko on Oct 22, 2024 17:02:05 GMT 1
14th August 1993 v Reading, can only remember thinking how big the terrace stand looked from where I was sat.
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Post by allan 1958 (OAF-WROY)(SSLFF) on Oct 22, 2024 17:07:39 GMT 1
April 16 1963 Huddersfield 2 - 1 Newcastle with my best mate Patrick timmons
My fifth birthday. Hooked for life
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Post by lossiemouthtownfan on Oct 22, 2024 17:10:54 GMT 1
Boxing Day 1969
Huddersfield Town 2-1 Sheffield Utd
Got the programme framed. Used to be up on the wall in the hall before I re decorated.
Got programs from all but two of the Town games I've attended.
Both against Birmingham at St Andrews.
The 1/4 Final in 1972 & a league game in 2000
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Post by gledholt terrier on Oct 22, 2024 17:13:17 GMT 1
Boxing Day 1969 Huddersfield Town 2-1 Sheffield Utd Got the programme framed. Used to be up on the wall in the hall before I re decorated. Got programs from all but two of the Town games I've attended. Both against Birmingham at St Andrews. The 1/4 Final in 1972 & a league game in 2000 That is probably the first game I really remember. It was my first time in the Cowshed, a very big crowd (nearly 30K) and two very good teams battling it out. |
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Post by rab030 on Oct 22, 2024 17:20:21 GMT 1
18th of August 79 at home to Aldershot although first memory is the 7-1 vs Vale the following month Pretty sure mine was also Aldershot but 2 years earlier - 1977. Think we won but don’t actually remember anything about the game. I know it was the old 4th division. |
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Post by araucaria on Oct 22, 2024 17:25:04 GMT 1
18th of August 79 at home to Aldershot although first memory is the 7-1 vs Vale the following month Pretty sure mine was also Aldershot but 2 years earlier - 1977. Think we won but don’t actually remember anything about the game. I know it was the old 4th division. Red Rum won his third Grand National that day, 2nd April. We won 2-0 with goals by Hart, and Butler - a near post header I think, from a magnificent cross by Kevin Johnson. |
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Post by araucaria on Oct 22, 2024 17:29:55 GMT 1
14th August 1993 v Reading, can only remember thinking how big the terrace stand looked from where I was sat. Not many of us will have started with 3-0 home defeats - Town 0 Rotherham 3 in March 1964. Yours was also Neil Warnock's first league game. Chris Marsden, who had spent most of the game watching the ball sailing way over his head, threw his shirt at him when he was substituted. |
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Post by sabailand on Oct 22, 2024 17:39:25 GMT 1
1977 at home to Cmabridge utd with my dad, lost 2-1 and i was bored stiff, went to an handfull of other games but got properly into it at the beginning of the 83-84 season.
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Post by rugbyterrier on Oct 22, 2024 17:42:34 GMT 1
Portsmouth at home, Feb 1987 for me. Won 2-0 with second half goals from Duncan Shearer & Ian Banks. Steve Smith had recently taken over from Mick Buxton. Or 37 years, 8 months, 1 day, 22 hours and 38 minutes since kick off. Great game to start with. I was doing my PCCE in Manchester and came home for the game and then celebrated heartily at a party in Didsbury. Think Portsmouth went up as champions. |
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Post by theravymoomin on Oct 22, 2024 17:47:21 GMT 1
Liverpool in the fa cup
Was it 2000??
Lost 2-0 and as a kid was a Liverpool fan
So when Liverpool scored i remeber jabbing my dad in the stomach hahah,
Not been to a home game without him since
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Post by Oblong of Dreams on Oct 22, 2024 17:57:25 GMT 1
Mentioned it before on here, but my first game was the same day as the Hillsborough disaster in 1989- a 3-1 home win against Chester City.
In those days no mobiles, no smartphones and even pocket radios were a rarity, so my dad had no idea what was going on 26 miles to the south until we got back in the car and stuck the radio on. Once he got the gist of the news he changed stations to protect me from being scared to go to another game- at least that was how he told the story years later. Remember my mum being relieved to see us arrive home safe though.
That 3-1 win was like a drug dealer giving you the first hit for free to get you hooked!
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Post by deepc on Oct 22, 2024 18:03:47 GMT 1
Dec 07 1963 1-1 against Pompey 8,087
Always thought it was early season but according to 99 years and counting it was definitely winter.
The difference in the home attendances was massive 31K against Leeds ( went up as champions ) 36k at Elland Rd. 5k against Scunthorpe. Only 13k against Man City, 16k at Maine rd.
Biggest attendance was at St James's 38K on Boxing Day. Played them again two days later 13k . Won 3-0 at home and lost 0-2 away.
Very different days
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Post by ilsonterrier on Oct 22, 2024 18:05:04 GMT 1
It just occurred to me that tomorrow is the 45th anniversary of me starting my journey as a Huddersfield Town fan. On a Friday night I went to see the Buxton team away at Northampton Town, we lost 4-2 (as you might expect  ) but I am still here all these years on. Just think how you would have all been spared my long winded diatribes had the doors slid in a different way. I'm going tonight so if things don't go well you know who to blame UTT You're a couple of months ahead of me. I hit 45 years on New Year's Day. A 2-1 win against Darlington on 1st Jan 1980 |
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Post by Walton-on-the-Hill Terrier on Oct 22, 2024 18:06:21 GMT 1
18th of August 79 at home to Aldershot although first memory is the 7-1 vs Vale the following month My memory of that 7-1 win v PV is very different to yours. I was living in New Jersey at that time and I clearly remember going to the local store to buy the Philadelphia Enquirer Sunday papers as they (usually) published the English football results, just the score, no details. I couldn’t believe it when I saw the score so I phoned my dad to find out more details. Kind of ironic that PV are now local to you. |
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Post by Walton-on-the-Hill Terrier on Oct 22, 2024 18:10:35 GMT 1
Boxing Day 1969 Huddersfield Town 2-1 Sheffield Utd Got the programme framed. Used to be up on the wall in the hall before I re decorated. Got programs from all but two of the Town games I've attended. Both against Birmingham at St Andrews. The 1/4 Final in 1972 & a league game in 2000 That is probably the first game I really remember. It was my first time in the Cowshed, a very big crowd (nearly 30K) and two very good teams battling it out. That Sheff U game was an absolute belter. Steve Smith 59 and 75, Blades 84, crowd was 30,172. I’ve got a really clear memory of standing on the open end. |
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Post by willo on Oct 22, 2024 18:13:00 GMT 1
I’ve no idea but it would have likely been the 77/78 season as I can remember Terry Gray and his red flowing locks very clearly. Games attended would have been intermittent until the 79/80 season when the bug bit watching that great Buxton team. Halcyon days looking back now.
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Post by bhraoinbeg48 on Oct 22, 2024 18:21:22 GMT 1
November 1958. 1-1 draw with Sunderland. Charlie Hurley (if I remember clearly) headed them into the lead at the Cowshed end. In the second half my first Town hero Les Massie belted in a long range equaliser. Loved the whole atmosphere of the crowd and the ground, loved the blue and white stripes: I was hooked!
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Post by soapystevens on Oct 22, 2024 18:33:56 GMT 1
Hull City at home 1966 December 27th we won 1-0 in front of 32,000
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Post by eastcoastterrier on Oct 22, 2024 18:36:55 GMT 1
14th August 1993 v Reading, can only remember thinking how big the terrace stand looked from where I was sat. Not many of us will have started with 3-0 home defeats - Town 0 Rotherham 3 in March 1964. Yours was also Neil Warnock's first league game. Chris Marsden, who had spent most of the game watching the ball sailing way over his head, threw his shirt at him when he was substituted. Mine was a 3-0 loss too. Home to Sunderland late 1962 in the thick fog! |
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Post by mosher on Oct 22, 2024 18:38:45 GMT 1
14th August 1993 v Reading, can only remember thinking how big the terrace stand looked from where I was sat. Would have been my first season ticket game but we got back to UK the day after the game and I STILL paid full price for my ST 🤬😂 |
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Post by Walton-on-the-Hill Terrier on Oct 22, 2024 18:40:55 GMT 1
Hull City at home 1966 December 27th we won 1-0 in front of 32,000 Another fantastic game that. |
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Post by gledholt terrier on Oct 22, 2024 19:07:00 GMT 1
That is probably the first game I really remember. It was my first time in the Cowshed, a very big crowd (nearly 30K) and two very good teams battling it out. That Sheff U game was an absolute belter. Steve Smith 59 and 75, Blades 84, crowd was 30,172. I’ve got a really clear memory of standing on the open end. Think this game sealed the deal for me as a nearly 10 year old - almost unfathomable excitement. The very next game was Aldershot in the cup, I think, a surprise 1-1 draw and I spent much of the 2nd half in the first aid hut in the open end (I fainted, I think!) |
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Post by Macduff on Oct 22, 2024 19:23:33 GMT 1
Hull City at home 1966 December 27th we won 1-0 in front of 32,000 Another fantastic game that. And THE DAY BEFORE we'd played them away. Went to both games. Players moan today about too many games. Soft as shite. |
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Post by yorik on Oct 22, 2024 19:30:46 GMT 1
11th April 1966 at home to Portsmouth won 2-0 Giliver and Veal scorers in open end with my Dad, didn't realise at the time how close we were to promotion think we missed out to Coventry who beat us 2-0 on last day of season a game I went to as well
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Post by nicovaesen on Oct 22, 2024 20:48:23 GMT 1
I must be a newbie then 24th April 1993 home to hull city won three nil. O Reagan starbuck and Brandon. Would love to know anyone who can find the minutes of the scorers. Only thing I don’t remember. I want to print up one of those teletext tee shirts but need the minutes. The other scorer was Charlton, not Brandon, bit before his time and 6607 were in attendance. That’s it Simon charlton I always confuse those! I ve got the attendance too as I managed to find the programme looked for the following game just to see if the scorers times were on it but no! |
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Post by araucaria on Oct 23, 2024 9:49:53 GMT 1
Not many of us will have started with 3-0 home defeats - Town 0 Rotherham 3 in March 1964. Yours was also Neil Warnock's first league game. Chris Marsden, who had spent most of the game watching the ball sailing way over his head, threw his shirt at him when he was substituted. Mine was a 3-0 loss too. Home to Sunderland late 1962 in the thick fog! Ha ha, never two without three. My grandson in Adelaide went to his first game aged 7 in January and I was there with him and his dad - Adelaide Utd 0 Central Coast Mariners 4. It was 3-0 until a late penalty made it four. The difference between us is that he isn't likely to ever watch them again. Danny Schofield was the CCMs assistant manager. |
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Post by ram on Oct 23, 2024 11:23:29 GMT 1
The earliest game that I have any recollection of was with my dad Town vs Indipendiente from Argentina.This maybe wasn,t the first game he took me to,but I don,t remember any. One player I remember from back then was Ron Staniforth,full back,I went to Moldgreen school with his daughter.He lived opposite the Jolly Sailor on Broad Lane {Now derelict}
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Post by JG Mellor on Oct 23, 2024 12:28:57 GMT 1
Don't remember the date of the first game I watched, but first season I went regularly was 69/70 as a 7 year old. Thanks very much Dad.🤔
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Post by araucaria on Oct 23, 2024 17:03:44 GMT 1
The earliest game that I have any recollection of was with my dad Town vs Indipendiente from Argentina.This maybe wasn,t the first game he took me to,but I don,t remember any. One player I remember from back then was Ron Staniforth,full back,I went to Moldgreen school with his daughter.He lived opposite the Jolly Sailor on Broad Lane {Now derelict} Fantastic first game and perhaps 8 years earlier than anyone else on this thread. I have a programme from my first game, but it didn't cost anything like what the seller on ebay (link below) wants for your match. 29 January 1954 Town 3 Independiente 2 Attendance 20,000+ www.ebay.co.uk/itm/360407095204?chn=ps&_ul=GB&mkevt=1&mkcid=28 |
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) but I am still here all these years on. Just think how you would have all been spared my long winded diatribes had the doors slid in a different way.
