Your first game

[Pearcey3]

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The first game on tv I remember was the Arsenal v Liverpool FA Cup Final in 1971 when Charlie George scored the winner and lay down on the turf. I recall getting an ice cream just before extra time started.
My first live game was in November 1971 Wolves v Arsenal. Ray Kennedy put the gunners 1 up in the first half.
It started snowing. Wolves scored 5 in the second half and there were pitch invasions. I wore an Arsenal rosette and cried because I wanted Arsenal to win. Quite some first game.

[Parti Mellow]

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My first time at Ninian was Saturday 10th April 1982 V Orient. I still remember the winning goal, Tarki Micaleff broke down the left wing and crossed for Peter Kitchen to head in at the Canton end. Final score 2-1 City. I've been completely hooked ever since.

[UNDERHILL1927]

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My first game was at home to Cambridge in '94....and we lost 7-2. Fun times.

Oosh haha that’s a rough one

[PontBlue]

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First weekend of the premier league season my cousin took me to watch City play Darlington. It was a dour nil nil and we sat on god awful wooden seats in the grandstand. I came back for more punishment. We beat Bristol City 1 nil in my second game. We won the league but got dumped out of both domestic cups at the first round. Some things never change.

[KingOfSiamIAm]

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It was a Saturday, definitely. It's funny, I can vividly remember loads of things about games way back then, but often next to nothing about games I've seen during the last ten years or even during the season just passed. I guess games at a young age leave an indelible mark on the memory, although in my case I've also done plenty of research into the Seventies era, which helps.

Albert Larmour finished his Football League career at Torquay and ended up settling there. His son Andy became a physiotherapist and happened to work in the physio department at Whitchurch Hospital for a spell during around 2005/06. I was waiting for a back operation at the time and he was my physiotherapist for about six months. We became friendly and I ended up getting a few old City programmes for him to pass on to his father. Albert had never kept any of the programmes from the games he'd played in during the Seventies and apparently regretted it in later life, so he was pleased when I managed to track down some of those on his wants list.

If you still keep in touch with his son, make sure that you let him know that people still fondly remembers his Dad playing for the City 👍🏻

[Mario Miethig]

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First game I remember is the 77 Cup Final between Man U and Liverpool.
My parents had no interest in football whatsoever, but luckily only lived a mile or so from Ninian Park. First game down the City was v Burnley, May 79. City had been on a good run and for the first time in my life Cardiff City was talked about between me and my friends, so we all decided to go. Walked the mile or so and paid very little to get in. I was nearly 10. Due to bad weather earlier in the season I saw us play West Ham and Bristol Rovers before the season ended. Season must have finished at least mid May. To finish the season I then watched Wales smash Scotland 3-0 with a Toshack hat trick. Seems like yesterday.

[Dave Blue]

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Charlton home 1-1 March 1971.

[Stanmore Bluebird]

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City v Man City in August 1963, 1 month shy of 10. A 2-2 draw and hooked ever since!

[NYCBlue]

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Hereford April 1976. Second game, also Hereford. December 1976. Then I went to the Fulham game the week later. Three wins from three!

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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I'm not sure ifit was the first game I ever attended but City at home to Hamburg in the semi-final of the Cup Winner's Cup (in 1968) is the first one I remember. To save money on bus fares we walked from Ely down to the pipeline across the eponymous river and shimmy over the pipes to the other bank and then gravitate towards the floodlights like a moth to a flame....

[poc]

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swindon town lost 4-0 1975 all i can remember is it was freezing there and being in the back of my grandads van with a cushion and a packet of nice biscuits the coconut ones
wrong thread should be in first away game

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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swindon town lost 4-0 all i can remember is it was freezing there and being in the back of my grandads van with a cushion and a packet of nice biscuits the coconut ones

You and your rock and roll lifestyle....

[Carl Dale's Mole]

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1994/95.

My uncle surprised me and picked me up from Gabalfa primary. I was football mad but it was always Man Utd, Liverpool etc. at the time. I was 7 and not even sure if I knew what Cardiff City was.

We beat Ebbw Vale 7 - 1 in the 3rd round of the Welsh Cup that night. I remember an own goal, an absolute bullet of a header into the net at our end. And I'm pretty sure little Carl Dale stole the show. I loved it but wasn't in a position to go regularly until much later on.

(shoutout TDA)

[Joe Gillis]

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October 1967 - City 3 Bury 0
I went with my Dad, he put me in the Grange End boys enclosure, right against the chicken wire while he stood behind me.
I remember how immaculate the City looked in Royal Blue shirts, White shorts & White socks with the simple Bluebirds script on their chests. My favourite kit ever since.

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[Moodybluebird]

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City v Northampton during the 1964-65 season. We lost 0-2 and Northampton got promoted that season with Newcastle. I think my dad took me to a match a few years earlier but I have no recollection of it.

The first match I saw on TV was the 1960 FA Cup Final between Wolves and Blackburn. I had a threepenny bet with my nana that Wolves would win, which thankfully they did 3-0.