Your First Away Game

[The Bloop]

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QPR in a cup game with Ian Rogerson scoring. Can't remember if it was a League Cup or FA Cup game but it was a bit spicy at times.

[Des Parrot]

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February 1976, Edgar St, we lost 1-4 and were 2 down before I got in the ground

[Des Parrot]

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Also went to the league game Easter Monday, another 1-0 loss. 16000 packed into Somerton Park.

Probably the most frightened I’ve ever been at a game!

[alfie]

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Bristol City 1970 or 1972 not sure but i know we lost 0-1. My old man took me where we stood near the corner of the ground. The old man watched the fans behind the goal who were separated by a line of police trying to attack each other the whole game. I still remember him saying `so this is why you come to the football? ' I was only a nipper.

[fugsyphil]

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With my dad a 2-1 loss at Sheffield United in 78. By myself a 3-2 win at Huddersfield in 89 after starting uni in Manchester. I'd lived in the Isle of man from 79 to 89 so rarely got to see the city even with my old man maybe 6 games in the 10 years.

[theclaw]

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Blackpool early nineties lost 2-0

[Dave Blue]

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Newport in the Welsh Cup, Feb 1973.
Somerton was heaving (att.11,350) and being a short-arse I had a cracking view of all of one penalty area for our 3-1 win.

Mine too I think. First league away was Fulham 1-1. City scored in18 seconds, down to ten in about 20 minutes.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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Walsall, 2003. Alexander saved a penalty. Gareth Whalley scored a last gasp equaliser.

Went with the Rams. Never went again.

[the other bob wilson]

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I remember that. Didn’t Peter Eastoe score a hat trick for them? What I remember most was that we then played home the following day and beat possibly Peterborough 5-2?

Yes it was Peterborough, they went 1-0 up after about two minutes as well. Don’t think Eastoe got a hat trick the day before though. What I do remember is Frank Burrows scoring a header from a corner or free kick for Swindon though and that Albert Larmour, who’d been very good before then, had a bit of a nightmare.

[Pearcey3]

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Oxford United v Reading May 83. The day of the protest against Maxwell’s Thames Valley Royals merger. Kerry Dixon scored for us and we won 2-1 but still got relegated to division four with 53 points.

[jeepster]

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Oxford United v Reading May 83. The day of the protest against Maxwell’s Thames Valley Royals merger. Kerry Dixon scored for us and we won 2-1 but still got relegated to division four with 53 points.

Wow that is the best so far

[insider]

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February 1976, Edgar St, we lost 1-4 and were 2 down before I got in the ground

That was either my second or third away I went to Shrewsbury that season as well as Swindon and Hereford lost all 2

[Des Parrot]

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With my dad a 2-1 loss at Sheffield United in 78. By myself a 3-2 win at Huddersfield in 89 after starting uni in Manchester. I'd lived in the Isle of man from 79 to 89 so rarely got to see the city even with my old man maybe 6 games in the 10 years.

Two City fans living on the island at the same time. Drop me a pm. I left in ‘87. My wife & a couple of my sons are Manx.

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

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Bristol Rovers at Eastville, in the old Second Division. I can't remember the date or score. It was probably around 1975/76.

[19bluebirds27]

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Burnley away 1990 - lost 0-2