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Sorry if this has been a thread in the recent past but am just interested to know if you can remember your first ever town match? Opponents, score, scorers etc. Mine was Torquay at bp in the late eighties. Town won 1-0 and I think john cockerill got the goal, might be wrong tho
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very early 90's a mid week game against peterborough, we won 3-2, it was blooody freezing!! Cant really remember any of the players tho, it was probably the 91-92 or 92-93 season
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All I remember is it was against reading in 94 or 95.
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Exeter City. Last game on the season in 1972. Won 3-0 to clinch the old 4th Division Championship.
Went with my sister, stood at the back of the pontoon and couldn't see a single thing all game.
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Peterborough in April 1990. Was a promotion season from Div 4. Had won the previous 6/7 matches and I attended on a cold Tues night in the Findus and lost 2-1. Big Keef scored in the second half with a header from a corner into the pontoon end.
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All I remember is it was against reading in 94 or 95.
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I rarely got taken when I was really young but I remember my first game attended being Grimsby Town 3-1 Portsmouth, 29/12/2001. I think it was Groves' first game in charge. Peter Crouch was the scorer for them and Jevons got two for us, one a penalty I think. I don't remember a lot about the game but I know the Dad missed two goals while getting me a Mars bar.
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2nd Oct 1965 beat Bournemouth 2-0 Tees and Clifton.
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Mine was Swansea at home 91, second promotion season. Dave Gilbert scored that day and we won 2-0
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My was in 1955, and I have no idea who we played or what the score was.
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Can't remember who was playing but I was taken there by my uncle Dennis Pickett, a great guy and hard working fisherman who has since passed on, I think it may have been against barrow in the late sixties early seventies, I can't remember!
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Very early 70's - a night match we won 2-0 or 2-1 and I cant remember who against although it would have been in March as it was a birthday treat. Hooked since then and have spent a lot of money and shredded a lot of nerves over the last 40 years!
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so did I go to the morecambe game with mark out of peep show ?
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63/64 massive crowd at Old show ground on a very cold winters afternoon,2-2 draw,think Godfrey got both for us.All to no avail though i think we were both relegated from Div 2 that year.Did you have a guy called De Gruchy playing full back or was that in an earlier life?
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The first home game after the Auto Windscreens win against Oldham in 1998. We lost 2-0.
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Last home game of the season around 2002ish. Beat Burnley 3-1 and Gazza played for them I think. My earliest memory was a goal from Boulding, think it was bobbling around and he just managed to slide it between the keepers legs and the crowd going mental, unless I was imagining in. Hooked ever since, shame it's been downhill ever since except Slade's second season. If anyone can find any highlights of that game please please please send me the link.  |
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1979 , a night match, stood in the Barretts, cant remember who we played but they wore Orange tops???
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Sorry if this has been a thread in the recent past but am just interested to know if you can remember your first ever town match? Opponents, score, scorers etc. Mine was Torquay at bp in the late eighties. Town won 1-0 and I think john cockerill got the goal, might be wrong tho
wigan in the 70s,i think it was the old 4th division back then,i can remember singing my heart out in the old pontoon [ standing ] the atmosphere was brilliant back then,i can remember nigel batch in goal and tony ford playing |
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Last game of the season when we went down under bobby roberts. 1988(?), 1-1 v aldershot and the late Marc north missed a pen late on. Can't remember who the scorers were tho.
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1979 , a night match, stood in the Barretts, cant remember who we played but they wore Orange tops???
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home to doncaster last match of season 1979 lost 4-3 won league couldnt wait for new season
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home to doncaster last match of season 1979 lost 4-3 won league couldnt wait for new season
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Erm a few years back cant really remember, against Wycombe lost 2-1 at home with the scorers being Torres and Harrold i think.
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My was in 1955, and I have no idea who we played or what the score was.
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Sometime in the late '70's against Scunny at BP. We won, either 2-1 or 2-0.
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can anyone remeber the west ham game were they beat us at home,i cant remember the year,i thinkl it was 1980 [ im sure they won the fa cup this year ] trevor brooking and phil parkes was playing,we got beat by 5 i think,i would like to hear if anyone was at the game and what the actual score was etc
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i was there lost 1-5 then lost 5-1 at cambridge we were doing realy well with 3 games 2 go then copulated yes it was n1980
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i was there lost 1-5 then lost 5-1 at cambridge we were doing realy well with 3 games 2 go then copulated yes it was n1980
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me too i used to go with les greens barmy army (good days)
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Aldershot in 1979, stood in the Barrat stand when I was 8 years old. 1-1 with a couple of disallowed goals. Haven't a clue who was playing at the time.
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Flippin blimey Pete! Even before colour was invented!
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me too i used to go with les greens barmy army (good days)
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Crap game, the players were hopeless and the manager should have been sacked.
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Aston Villa, the first match of the season in 1947-48. We won 3-0 and Billy Cairns scored twice. It was the day they opened , for the first time, the 'Boys Paddock" which was attached to the Cleethorpes end of the Barrett Stand.
The attendance that day was over 20,000 and it seemed that half of them were in the paddock.When the game ended I was met by my mum and dad outside the ground and I was so bedraggled and dirty they could hardly recognise me.
Up to a few weeks ago I was quite proud of the length of time I've been going until I was chatting to a
great old boy who first watched Town eighty-three years ago. He is still a season ticket holder and his seat is towards the top of the Upper Findus. That must be some record.
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Aston Villa, the first match of the season in 1947-48. We won 3-0 and Billy Cairns scored twice. It was the day they opened , for the first time, the 'Boys Paddock" which was attached to the Cleethorpes end of the Barrett Stand.
The attendance that day was over 20,000 and it seemed that half of them were in the paddock.When the game ended I was met by my mum and dad outside the ground and I was so bedraggled and dirty they could hardly recognise me.
Up to a few weeks ago I was quite proud of the length of time I've been going until I was chatting to a
great old boy who first watched Town eighty-three years ago. He is still a season ticket holder and his seat is towards the top of the Upper Findus. That must be some record.
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I feel very young now.
Yup,us spring Lambs,Pete. 1955 for me,and I cannot remember the game,all I can remember is Bob Crosbie up front, Clarry in goal and Jimmy Maddison on the wing and thinking he looked far too old to be a footballer. Incidently I still take Icenian senior to games and he started in 1933 and has had a season ticket eversince apart from the little contratemp with Adolf. |
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they was good days,i use to love the standing in the pontoon,it was a great atmsosphere,can you remember mick brolley ?
Everton in league cup classy winger 2 headed goals-he never scored with his head the sad thing about this is the young kids wont have the kind of memories i have when they get older |
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i was there lost 1-5 then lost 5-1 at cambridge we were doing realy well with 3 games 2 go then copulated yes it was n1980
Those two games were actually at the end of the 80-81 season... In 1980, the year before, we certainly didn't copulate it up...last game was the 4-0 drubbing of Sheff U to win the league! My first game was Feb 64....home draw v Huddersfield and stood up against the fence in the Imp Corner As a little kid nothing could touch the Beatles until I started watching Town! |
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7th Sept 1966, Grimsby 7 Scumthorpe 1
Crap game, the players were hopeless and the manager should have been sacked.
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Jimmy Maddison on the wing and thinking he looked far too old to be a footballer.
My dad used to take me to the Osmond Stand and I remember Maddison haring down the wing and having that exact same thought! My uncle who is now pushing 90 used to watch them in the 1930's and says that even then the ground was only full when Town played Arsenal at home |
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Aston Villa, the first match of the season in 1947-48. We won 3-0 and Billy Cairns scored twice. It was the day they opened , for the first time, the 'Boys Paddock" which was attached to the Cleethorpes end of the Barrett Stand.
The attendance that day was over 20,000 and it seemed that half of them were in the paddock.When the game ended I was met by my mum and dad outside the ground and I was so bedraggled and dirty they could hardly recognise me.
Up to a few weeks ago I was quite proud of the length of time I've been going until I was chatting to a
great old boy who first watched Town eighty-three years ago. He is still a season ticket holder and his seat is towards the top of the Upper Findus. That must be some record.
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Wimbledon FA cup 1989 with no womble fans in ground
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Mine was against Norwich in 97/98 I think, can't remember scores etc.
First game I can remember going to is the Auto Windscreen Final 1998.
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xmas 1961 but cant remember who against
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5000 plastic fish and i have not heard one on this post yet
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5000 plastic fish and i have not heard one on this post yet
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they must have made debut at the game
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they must have made debut at the game
There were a few made their debut at the Reading replay the round before. |
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5000 plastic fish and i have not heard one on this post yet
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Aston Villa, the first match of the season in 1947-48. We won 3-0 and Billy Cairns scored twice. It was the day they opened , for the first time, the 'Boys Paddock" which was attached to the Cleethorpes end of the Barrett Stand.
The attendance that day was over 20,000 and it seemed that half of them were in the paddock.When the game ended I was met by my mum and dad outside the ground and I was so bedraggled and dirty they could hardly recognise me.
Up to a few weeks ago I was quite proud of the length of time I've been going until I was chatting to a
great old boy who first watched Town eighty-three years ago. He is still a season ticket holder and his seat is towards the top of the Upper Findus. That must be some record.
Christ on a bike. How does he get up there?? I was only on Row L last week and had to make base camp somewhere around Row D |
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Christ on a bike. How does he get up there?? I was only on Row L last week and had to make base camp somewhere around Row D
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can anyone remeber the west ham game were they beat us at home,i cant remember the year,i thinkl it was 1980 [ im sure they won the fa cup this year ] trevor brooking and phil parkes was playing,we got beat by 5 i think,i would like to hear if anyone was at the game and what the actual score was etc
It was April 81. West Ham won the cup the year before against The Gooners. Somebody called Cross scored 4 for them that day. Just looked it up and there was a gap of three weeks between the two 5-1 defeats. I thought they were back to back. We won only one of our last seven or so games and that was at Wednesday. Makes you wonder whether the then board were panicking about the possibility of the Town getting into the First Division. |
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Grimsby 3 Newport 0. First game of the re-election season 68/69. Talk about false dawns...
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Sorry Old Timer, it wasn't.
This guy really was one of the best centre forwards - certainly one of the fastest - when I first played in Grimsby league football. He still has a great sense of humour because he reckons the bloody drum is the only reason people can't hear his heart thumping by the time he gets up to his seat.
I'm not sure but when Town have two games in a week he may stay up there for a few days to save his legs
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Everton in league cup classy winger 2 headed goals-he never scored with his head
the sad thing about this is the young kids wont have the kind of memories i have when they get older
Either my memory or yours is going as I dont recall either of Mike Brolly's goals against Everton being headers? One definetly wasnt |
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I'm told that I was taken to Blundell Park for my 3rd bithday in 1969, but cannot recall the match. My first memories of a town match are Grimsby v Exeter 1972 - McMennemy era and promotion celebrations followed. Addicted from that point on by my own choice, well nearly!
Oh to be 6 years old again, following the worlds greatest football team and desperately looking forward to watching my next Grimsby match at Blundell Park. Life was so bloody marvellous then although we didn;t ahve a colour telly! UTM
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First game was against Middlesbrough in 1985. I was 13 at the time and only seem to remember the metal fences we all had to peer through. I still have the programme and a certain Brian Laws played for Boro that day. Later research tells me that we won 4-3 (great game apparently, shame about those bloody fences) and that it was the season when the Osmond Stand was the new home end and the away fans were in the Pontoon.
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Either my memory or yours is going as I dont recall either of Mike Brolly's goals against Everton being headers? One definetly wasnt
I thought that too Chris but didn't say anything in case it was my mind playing tricks on me. I'm fairly sure both goals were shots. |
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It was April 81. West Ham won the cup the year before against The Gooners. Somebody called Cross scored 4 for them that day.
Just looked it up and there was a gap of three weeks between the two 5-1 defeats. I thought they were back to back. We won only one of our last seven or so games and that was at Wednesday. Makes you wonder whether the then board were panicking about the possibility of the Town getting into the First Division.
thanks for that barralad i will always have fond memories of that game even though we did lose,west ham was a good team then,it was great to see brooking,parkes and the likes,i was only 11 then,i use to go with my uncles who all use to sing, it was brilliant in them days |
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Try as I might I can't recall much at all about the first Town match I was at.All I can remember is that Harry Wainman was in goal,which means it was sometime in the seventies.When did Harry finish playing for GTFC ? Help me out someone please!  |
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Try as I might I can't recall much at all about the first Town match I was at.All I can remember is that Harry Wainman was in goal,which means it was sometime in the seventies.When did Harry finish playing for GTFC ? Help me out someone please!
He went on loan to Rochdale in October 72. |
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He went on loan to Rochdale in October 72.
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Early 60s with my Dad. I was very young so no idea which match. Remember messing about at the top of the back stairs in the old Barratt stand.
My Dad went to his first game in the early 1930s. He still follows them. (We are both old sods).
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My first visits to BP were for reserve games as school would do trips to reserve games when we played a bigger team and I remember being absolutely freezing watching our reserves getting thumped by Liverpools second XI one night, the likes of Mike Hooper, Craig Johnston and Barry Vennison were playing for them. But my first proper game was when we beat Wolves 1-0 in the first round of the FA Cup in 1988.
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Town vs watford at watford aboout 2002 i think?
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Exeter City. Last game on the season in 1972. Won 3-0 to clinch the old 4th Division Championship.
Went with my sister, stood at the back of the pontoon and couldn't see a single thing all game.
Never forget them supporters who went and sat on the old Barratt stand, a incredible night for all players and supporters alike. The gaffer at half time went berserk in the dressing room, and nobody argued with Laurie Mac his words were them supporters have come tonight to see you win the league champoinship and get out there and kick hell out of Exeter. Which we did in big time.
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14-Feb-1970 League Division 4 Home to Workington Town. 1-1 Only thing I remember is they wore green shirts and they had a ginger ninja who looked my Welholme school teacher, Mr. Wilkinson!
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I thought they were Workington Town. tintowner and boroughparker are adamant that we are wrong
According to wikipedia they have only ever been called Workington AFC, there is no mention of the word Town in their name ever. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workington_FC |
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According to wikipedia they have only ever been called Workington AFC, there is no mention of the word Town in their name ever. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workington_FC
Looked at it on wikipedia Les. It says that. Janice and Moira also said that they were called Workington Town. Perhaps someone may have an old programme , Over to you barralad/jock dock tower |
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Looked at it on wikipedia Les. It says that. Janice and Moira also said that they were called Workington Town. Perhaps someone may have an old programme , Over to you barralad/jock dock tower
Just dug out an old programme from, the 72/73 season, the old black and white fronted prog with the dock tower on the front. It was when they used to have the League Football insert in them and in this one there is a picture of Workington 72/73, no mention of Town after the name. |
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Just dug out an old programme fro, the 72/73 season, the old black and white fronted prog with the dock tower on the front. It was they used to have the League Football insert in them and in this one there is a picture of Workington 72/73, no mention of Town after the name.
As a player we always called them Workington Town, never liked playing at the damned place always a tough game.
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Christmas Day 1944 Town 2 Lincoln City 2. Losing 0 - 2 when my brother-in-law and I left to catch a train back to Healing from New Clee Station 10 minutes before the end. Story of my life at Blundell Park - missed all the good bits. Living in hope. Maybe tonight........
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