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Post by houllierspal on Oct 23, 2024 18:33:24 GMT 1
Wednesday evening league match, 29/8/1962, beat Walsall 4-0 to go top [Massie 2, White, O’Grady)
From memory - Wood, Atkins, Wilson, Bettany, Coddington, Dinsdale, McHale, White, Stokes, Massie, O’Grady
As others have said - thanks Dad
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Post by scottishcol on Oct 23, 2024 18:42:26 GMT 1
59 years 2 months. Middlesbrough at home, won 6-0.
Hat trick for Gilliver, my first hero. Hooked for life.
As someone else said, thanks Dad. Hopefully my son and grandson are thanking me in years to come. UTT
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Post by ben1987 on Oct 23, 2024 19:23:42 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=28I wonder who the longest serving town fan is on datm? At the Cowleys Q&A at the Gas Club (RIP) a few years ago I was chatting to a Town fan who’s first game was about 1948. |
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Post by Christ in Shades (art) on Oct 23, 2024 20:49:48 GMT 1
19th March 1991 for me. Huddersfield 4 Rotherham 0. Remember it being a night time game stood in the terrace. And it was pissing it down...I'll tell you how I know that because we were in The Cowshed and when Town scores we surged to the front and the wooden gate gave way, my mate went down and got covered in that red gunk from the running track. Also Peter Maguire scored his only Town goal. |
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Post by Christ in Shades (art) on Oct 23, 2024 20:57:26 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! Remember the game well, it was the same day as Hillsborough, goals from Winter, Smith and Andy May. Winter scored a long ranger at the open end. The season collapsed after that, the final 7 games none were won, losing 5 and drawing 2, including the infamous 6-1 crushing at Bristol City 3 days later. |
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Post by DutchTownFan on Oct 23, 2024 20:58:15 GMT 1
I’ve said this before but I’m really surprised so few people keep any sort of record of games they’ve been to. It’s something I’ve always done. A friend of mine is a moderator for an app for games you've been to, so I decided I'd give it a go. First game I wanted to add was Emley at Wembley, but couldn't find it without signing a subscription and paying for it, so deleted it within a matter of minutes. Then decided I'd do it myself, without an app. List of Huddersfield Town seasons on wikipedia helps enormously, but what I found was I can name all the games till 1997 and could tell you if the cross or pass came from the left or the right for example, but post 1997 is a total blur. The away games for Town, play-off or cup games, the away games for AZ Alkmaar, the games that features neither, no problem at all, but I've been to so many home games for both Town and AZ that I can't remember properly. |
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Post by Metch on Oct 23, 2024 21:00:14 GMT 1
December 1970 home to Liverpool,ended 0-0. Dad decided I was old enough to go and I wouldn't annoy him!
Dad is now 97 and could be one of our oldest fans although he isn't on datm and hasn't attended for the last three years.
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Post by Walton-on-the-Hill Terrier on Oct 23, 2024 21:10:33 GMT 1
I’ve said this before but I’m really surprised so few people keep any sort of record of games they’ve been to. It’s something I’ve always done. First game for me, 30th March 1965, Town v Middlesbrough on a Tuesday night, Les Massie with a 14th minute header for a 1-0 win to Town. A friend of mine is a moderator for an app for games you've been to, so I decided I'd give it a go. First game I wanted to add was Emley at Wembley, but couldn't find it without signing a subscription and paying for it, so deleted it within a matter of minutes. Then decided I'd do it myself, without an app. List of Huddersfield Town seasons on wikipedia helps enormously, but what I found was I can name all the games till 1997 and could tell you if the cross or pass came from the left or the right for example, but post 1997 is a total blur. The away games for Town, play-off or cup games, the away games for AZ Alkmaar, the games that features neither, no problem at all, but I've been to so many home games for both Town and AZ that I can't remember properly. For me it started with the basic details in a school jotter but I soon copied everything into a hard backed book which I maintain to this day at the end of each season. It’s just the games I’ve actually attended. Many years ago I also put everything into excel, which I update after each game I go to. You can do a lot with excel! |
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Post by ram on Oct 24, 2024 10:18:00 GMT 1
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=28I wonder who the longest serving town fan is on datm? At the Cowleys Q&A at the Gas Club (RIP) a few years ago I was chatting to a Town fan who’s first game was about 1948. That wasn,t me,never been in the gas club,but my dad took me to Town games soon after he got de-mobbed 1947 ish. J can,t remember much about them though,hence Indipendiente being the 1st I remember owt about.They had a winger with a big black tache Mexican  style. |
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Post by ram on Oct 24, 2024 10:20:54 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=28Note the price 3D three old pence {gone with the wind that prog.} |
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Post by Macduff on Oct 24, 2024 10:27:18 GMT 1
59 years 2 months. Middlesbrough at home, won 6-0. Hat trick for Gilliver, my first hero. Hooked for life. As someone else said, thanks Dad. Hopefully my son and grandson are thanking me in years to come. UTT Was there as well Col. Still remember how good the 6-0 felt on the day. Funny how you remember certain games and moments above others, and not always the ones with good reasons to be memorable. |
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Post by ben1987 on Oct 24, 2024 12:11:08 GMT 1
I wonder who the longest serving town fan is on datm? At the Cowleys Q&A at the Gas Club (RIP) a few years ago I was chatting to a Town fan who’s first game was about 1948. That wasn,t me,never been in the gas club,but my dad fook me to Town games soon after he got de-mobbed 1937 ish. J can,t remember much about them though,hence Indipendiente being the 1st I remember owt about.They had a winger with a big black tache Mexican style. Please be a typo |
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Post by irverino on Oct 24, 2024 13:52:49 GMT 1
Like many others I suspect my 1st game was the title celebration match against Watford in 1970, it felt like the whole Town were there that night.
Over the years I've been to many outposts watching Town & since we've travelled up & down the leagues watching other fans who are just as dedicated.
Bristol Rovers, Rotherham, Brighton, Wimbledon & Charlton to name but just a few who Town have played at more than one place they could call home.......We have been lucky in that aspect our grounds were/are easy to reach, especially after a few pints in Town. UTT
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Post by rickrast on Oct 24, 2024 14:26:19 GMT 1
Can't remember when it was....but my dad took my brother and I, both young kids, along to a home match against Newcastle (his home town club). All I recall is being very bored....and sitting on the Leeds Road terracing, putting gravel into my dad's turn ups.
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Post by araucaria on Oct 24, 2024 15:28:42 GMT 1
59 years 2 months. Middlesbrough at home, won 6-0. Hat trick for Gilliver, my first hero. Hooked for life. As someone else said, thanks Dad. Hopefully my son and grandson are thanking me in years to come. UTT Was there as well Col. Still remember how good the 6-0 felt on the day. Funny how you remember certain games and moments above others, and not always the ones with good reasons to be memorable. I think I'm right in saying that we didn't score 6 (or more) again in a league game (I saw us win 6-2 at Park Avenue in the WRC in the very early 70s) until the 7 against Port Vale 14 years later. I missed that Boro game, so the most I saw us score up to 1979 was 5 against Rochdale in the mid-70s (unless I've missed something). |
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Post by softboy on Oct 24, 2024 15:35:47 GMT 1
1961 my first. With my grandad.
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Post by goodbet on Oct 24, 2024 17:43:08 GMT 1
Mine was an evening kick off around 1962, not sure of the exact year or date.
My memory says it was against Leeds but this doesn't seem to correspond to the record I have just checked.
I was only 7 in 1962 and I was taken by our decorator as my dad was not a Town fan at the time and he worked nights so he was not available at the time anyway.
So if anyone knows what games we played at Leeds road in on an evening in the early 60's where I believe we won 2-1 please let me know.
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Post by Walton-on-the-Hill Terrier on Oct 24, 2024 18:36:02 GMT 1
Was there as well Col. Still remember how good the 6-0 felt on the day. Funny how you remember certain games and moments above others, and not always the ones with good reasons to be memorable. I think I'm right in saying that we didn't score 6 (or more) again in a league game (I saw us win 6-2 at Park Avenue in the WRC in the very early 70s) until the 7 against Port Vale 14 years later. I missed that Boro game, so the most I saw us score up to 1979 was 5 against Rochdale in the mid-70s (unless I've missed something). You are correct. Ironically I missed that 6-0 won v Boro because I’d been camping with the scouts at Dunford Bridge and we passed the ground just as the crowd was spilling out. Doubly ironic that my first ever game has been v Boro the season before but that was only 1-0. The first time I ever saw Town score six in a game was 1982 in a 6-1 win v Reading, 17 seasons after my first game. In fact I’d only seen Town score 5 in a game once up till then in a pre-season friendly v Wendies in 1970. |
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Post by lossiemouthtownfan on Oct 24, 2024 19:02:39 GMT 1
As loads of us have said "Thanks Dad"
I still say to mine, he's 91, it would have been a lot less expensive and painful if you would have taught me to play golf!
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Post by mosher on Oct 24, 2024 19:21:50 GMT 1
As loads of us have said "Thanks Dad" I still say to mine, he's 91, it would have been a lot less expensive and painful if you would have taught me to play golf! I’m glad it was mam’s side of the family that pushed football on me, if it had been my dad’s side I’d be a fkn chestwanker 🤮 |
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Post by DATM Travel Agent on Oct 24, 2024 20:10:29 GMT 1
Town 0-1 Wycombe on 20th August 1994 when I was 6 years old, Simon Garner with the only goal for the party poopers. Town's first ever meeting with the Chairboys and obviously our first ever match at the Alfred McAlpine Stadium as it was known then.
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Post by westislandterrier on Oct 26, 2024 1:40:01 GMT 1
Some truly amazing and beautiful stories on here indeed - so much so that I’ve actually liked every one !
Amazing how time whittles by and the length that has elapsed since some attended their first ever game...
For my own part I’m very much a newbie - going to games anyway as I’d been with my HTAFC love affair since 1980 - (though I hope to receive a dispensation being from the back sticks of Scotland living on an island within an island) -
So my first game was against funnily enough today’s opponents Exeter City where Town were by far the better team, we hit the woodwork THREE times, just couldn’t score and a Richard Duffy bullet header nicked all three points on the day for Exeter... 😢
The date was Saturday 20th November 2010 and I was lucky to even get there as we’d been marooned on The Whisky Isle for FOUR days without ferries and eventually they tried one on the Thursday afternoon and Cal-Mac F*ucked about so much picking this motor, that motor that we were 55 minutes late in leaving Port Ellen - not a problem if you had a motor but I was reliant on the last bus from Campbeltown to Glasgow departing Kennacraig Ferry Port on the mainland at 6pm...
So they asked for foot passenger numbers for West Coast Motors the bus company and only four came forward - there wasn’t a snowballs chance in hell that they’d hold the bus till 6.40pm for that amount so I explained ma predicament to ma good buddy big Iain Dougan (The chief steward) and he said he’d tell a white lie and say there was fourteen coming off the ferry !
After a truly horrendous crossing where I got well pissed to not have be spewing seasick everywhere like everyone else - RESULT - They waited and on I got, me and the four others and God Bless Dave Gardner an English lad returning to Glasgow from Campbeltown for waiting...
At Lochgilphead he announced that due to restricted PSV driving hours he wouldn’t be stopping at Inveraray for the 15 minute toilet stop but would open the (then) locked one on the bus, as he did the announcement some Campbeltown ones looking forward to a quick beer and a dram cursed these ‘Islay bastards who are OK for drink with a ferry bar and seven (then) F*uckin distilleries on their rock in the sea’ !
I pretended not to hear as I was listening to music on The MP3 player but I bloody heard them all right and even though I of course had a degree of sympathy for them, I just kept the Diet Irn ‘Brewery’ to myself to alleviate the stress of coming within the fine margins of a public hair of nearly missing ma first Town game that I’d looked so forward to seeing !
One of the things that left me mesmerised was all The HTAFC fans DRINKING on the concourse as you wouldn’t even get that at Dumbarton v Albion Rovers in Scotland !
Then I went down to see ma buddy Lizzy Bonar in Abingdon in Oxfordshire Sunday and Monday and came back up on The Tuesday to see the world righted once again with a 4-1 hammering for MK Dons by Town at The John Smith’s Stadium...
Like the rest on here that was me - Pure Hooked on Huddy Town ! 😊 ⚽️ 👍 🥃
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Post by DeepSpace on Oct 26, 2024 8:30:11 GMT 1
My first game, as was the case for most kids I was at school with as a 7-year-old in 1972, was the 4-2 fifth round Cup win over West Ham. I didn't get to that many games overall as a kid for various reasons, so by the time I realised that it wasn't always going to be that good, we were dropping out of the old 3rd division & I was too hooked to escape. The exact 50th anniversary of that game coincided with an away match at Birmingham (coincidentally of course who we got in the 6th round after beating West Ham in that game) where I had a bit of a day out & the odd beer or two to mark half a century of wasted time, energy & money  |
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Post by WarringtonTerrier on Oct 26, 2024 8:42:41 GMT 1
Around 40 years now. My Dad started taking me to watch Town as a 5 year old back in 1984. He said I was never that interested initially and just used to run the main stand with the other young kids. I think the mid 80s weren't a particular fond time for most Town fans.
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Post by Christ in Shades (art) on Oct 26, 2024 9:09:18 GMT 1
22nd December 1984 v Brighton, lost 2-1.
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Post by Macduff on Oct 26, 2024 10:05:40 GMT 1
Mine was an evening kick off around 1962, not sure of the exact year or date. My memory says it was against Leeds but this doesn't seem to correspond to the record I have just checked. I was only 7 in 1962 and I was taken by our decorator as my dad was not a Town fan at the time and he worked nights so he was not available at the time anyway. So if anyone knows what games we played at Leeds road in on an evening in the early 60's where I believe we won 2-1 please let me know. Tuesday 7th April 1964 beat Charlton 2-1. Any good? |
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Post by paulsg on Oct 26, 2024 10:54:38 GMT 1
FA Cup 3rd Round, January 9th 1965, Doncaster away - won 1-0 Massie
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Post by goodbet on Oct 26, 2024 16:47:58 GMT 1
Mine was an evening kick off around 1962, not sure of the exact year or date. My memory says it was against Leeds but this doesn't seem to correspond to the record I have just checked. I was only 7 in 1962 and I was taken by our decorator as my dad was not a Town fan at the time and he worked nights so he was not available at the time anyway. So if anyone knows what games we played at Leeds road in on an evening in the early 60's where I believe we won 2-1 please let me know. Tuesday 7th April 1964 beat Charlton 2-1. Any good? It could be, but at my age it could have been anyone. I can't imagine Carlton playing in white though. |
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Post by gbow on Oct 26, 2024 17:19:34 GMT 1
With my dad, the final match of the 69/70 season
A 3-1 win over Watford, a trophy paraded round the pitch at the end, a happy cheering crowd walking up Leeds Road after the match.
9-year-old me was wondering if every Town match was like this !! 😄
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Post by blue1003 on Oct 26, 2024 17:28:48 GMT 1
With my dad, the final match of the 69/70 season A 3-1 win over Watford, a trophy paraded round the pitch at the end, a happy cheering crowd walking up Leeds Road after the match. 9-year-old me was wondering if every Town match was like this !! 😄 There was a time in the 1960s when Charlton had a white kit with red shoulders. Edit: Apols - I meant to quote the post above by Goodbet re Charlton Athletic |
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