Your 1st game but with a twist : Wed Jul 08, 2009 5:53 pm  

Not really your 1st game as such but why did you go down that 1st time


Mine was 1977, my dad had just died and my best friends dad used to come and get me and take me down with his son, probably to give me mum a couple of hours off

Thats why i 1st got down, i was 9 at the time


Was it down to family? or for the newer fans, was it a free ticket or something similar?

: Wed Jul 08, 2009 6:29 pm  

Dunno I was only about 6 days old when I went to my first game. All I can remember is that the ref was terrible.

: Wed Jul 08, 2009 6:31 pm  

PONNER wrote:

Dunno I was only about 6 days old when I went to my first game. All I can remember is that the ref was terrible.

Didn't think Mistress Ganson was that old

[Durham Giant]

: Wed Jul 08, 2009 6:33 pm  

mine was 1977 as well.

My uncle used to take me to Bradford Northern games as my dad used to play Gaelic Football and Hurling on Sundays during the summer.

Bradford were away that weekend so i asked my uncle to take me to Fartown . I never went back to Bradford again following a damascene conversion.

: Wed Jul 08, 2009 6:50 pm  

I think mine was 1977 aswell against Widnes , remember big Jim Mills being massive and a right dirty tw*t

: Wed Jul 08, 2009 6:52 pm  

JONNYGIANT wrote:

I think mine was 1977 aswell against Widnes , remember big Jim Mills being massive and a right dirty tw*t

But why did you go that 1st time?

: Wed Jul 08, 2009 6:55 pm  

I have been a Arsenal fan all my life and was taken to Highbury by my late grandad. Moved up here when I met my wife and I really missed my football and traveling got to me going down every other week, but was giving a free ticket to watch Town V Bolton and I just could not get into it after watching and cheering Arsenal all my life, BTW Town won 3-2. I then watched GBR V NZ (McAlpine) on TV, I think the game was a draw and I really got into it. Anyway someone said they play RL down there, so I went down to the stadium and I met a lass called Sharon and explained I know jack about egg chasing and I need a hobby to take up. She showed me all around the stadium from ticket office to stands to changing rooms, so I thought right I'm going to get a season ticket and I went on my own for a few games ,then took a mate,then our wives came along, then sis-in-law & bro-in-law came and then the mother-in-law and the best bit was my son going to his first game when he was 2 weeks old. So this will be my 7th season watching the mighty Giants and I can honesty say I don't miss football one bit and one other positive I have made some great friends from this board and still continue to do so. One final point - A southern guy has got 10 people watching Giants through me, and these people have lived all their lives in Huddersfield. Oopps nearly forgot my first game! Giants V Warrington 2003 Report Have a look at the squad back then and that includes a great REf at the time

I have been a Arsenal fan all my life and was taken to Highbury by my late grandad. Moved up here when I met my wife and I really missed my football and traveling got to me going down every other week, but was giving a free ticket to watch Town V Bolton and I just could not get into it after watching and cheering Arsenal all my life, BTW Town won 3-2. I then watched GBR V NZ (McAlpine) on TV, I think the game was a draw and I really got into it. Anyway someone said they play RL down there, so I went down to the stadium and I met a lass called Sharon and explained I know jack about egg chasing and I need a hobby to take up. She showed me all around the stadium from ticket office to stands to changing rooms, so I thought right I'm going to get a season ticket and I went on my own for a few games ,then took a mate,then our wives came along, then sis-in-law & bro-in-law came and then the mother-in-law and the best bit was my son going to his first game when he was 2 weeks old. So this will be my 7th season watching the mighty Giants and I can honesty say I don't miss football one bit and one other positive I have made some great friends from this board and still continue to do so. One final point - A southern guy has got 10 people watching Giants through me, and these people have lived all their lives in Huddersfield. Oopps nearly forgot my first game! Giants V Warrington 2003 Report Have a look at the squad back then and that includes a great REf at the time

: Wed Jul 08, 2009 6:59 pm  

Gahan wrote:

But why did you go that 1st time?

I think it was a big challenge cup game so my dad took me down.
I was only a toddler and the crowd looked huge but looking back it was maybe around 4000ish

[Durham Giant]

: Wed Jul 08, 2009 7:05 pm  

JONNYGIANT wrote:

I think it was a big challenge cup game so my dad took me down.
I was only a toddler and the crowd looked huge but looking back it was maybe around 4000ish

That was huge then,

: Wed Jul 08, 2009 7:37 pm  

It was 1990 when i was 12. I used to ask my mum where dad went every sunday afternoon. She said "next week, i'll get him to take you". I went the next week and 19 years later i'm still there!!! GIANTS FOREVER