What was the 1st professional game of football that you watched live?

[Freddie Goodwin.]

v Swindon 16/12/67, an exciting 0-0 draw.

A couple of notes on earlier postings, the Torquay game in Aug 68 was my 1st evening game and a cracking match too.

The Birmingham cup game was also a cracker with over 20,000 there.

I don't believe we played Colchester during clough's brief reign/ May have been Chesterfield in a goaless bore.

 

[Hiney]

A couple of notes on earlier postings, the Torquay game in Aug 68 was my 1st evening game and a cracking match too.

It was.

It was the fact that it was an EVENING game that made it so special. As we walked up the road, there was a GLOW in the sky which got brighter and brighter until we could see the floodlight pylons. Then, walking up the steps and into the West Stand, seeing the pitch for the first time.

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT

 

[Juan Albion]

Chelsea 1 Newcastle Utd 1
August 23rd 1967

 

[csider]

Brighton v Liverpool.......early 80's.

I used to live off new church road and you could hear the crowd on match days.

 

[clapham_gull]

No idea would have been mid 70s. We used to stand next to the dug out on chairs, well a bar stool actually.

Those were the days kids - your dad was allowed to bring in a bar stool in for you to stand on. Remarkable when you think back, so was 70p to get in.

Got a shock the other day watching Brighton v Norwich FA cup quarter final.

If you've got a copy - the boy banging the roof of the tunnel as the players go off at half time is me.

Unless I had very long legs then (which I didn't) - I would have been standing on a bar stool.

 

[RM-Taylor]

On Sky, was Man United v somebody

In person, I was at Belle Vue in 1995/96 to watch the Albion play

 

[RexCathedra]

Boston Beacons v. Washington Diplomats, I think.
Fenway Park, 1968
I was 10 at the time.

 

[El Presidente]

Arsenal v West Ham , Highbury 1971, Arsenal won 2-1.

 

[seagurn]

First pro game was West Ham V Fulham 1975 cup final

First ever game havant and waterlooville v Ringmer 1970/1 fa cup 4th Qualifiying round and Ringmer won 2-1 and played Colchester in the next rounnd.

 

[Fourteenth Eye]

Arsenal v Brighton @ Highbury Nov 2 1980

We lost 2-0

 

[Publius Ovidius]

Highlands Park vs Durban City

1966
South Africa

 

[Mr Blobby]

Brighton v Chester 13.9.1975. We won 6-0

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Dec 1971 Chelsea v Leeds at the bridge. 0-0 draw. We only went because Peter Bonetti gave my dad the tickets.

 

[Seagullible]

Reading V Brighton November 1986

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

England U21's V Norway U21's at the Goldstone in 1977 (i think)

Mine too!!! Peter Ward hat-trick never to be forgotten!

 

[Jamon Jamon]

Brighton vs Fulham in 1977. A 2-0 victory.

without being seen as a hair splitter, but this was my fourth Albion match, it was in 1978!


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[dennis]

Brighton versus Derby County League cup 1976.

Derby were the reigning league champions.

Brighton had beaten both West Brom and Ipswich in earlier rounds, who were both top sides then pushing for Uefa cup places.

Anyway. Peter Ward scored after 38 seconds but Derby equalised during the first half.

We went on to lose the reply 2-1.

 

[Zesh Rehman]

England v Scotland in Euro 96

 

[sod1]

Was that the game that Wardy played in? trying to think who else played. Laurie Cunningham? Peter Barnes? If it's the game I'm thinking of there were a lot of players in that game who eventually made the full England team.

i was intrigued by this, so have just found the match programme (how sad)
the squad was:

j middleton (forest)
p bradshaw (blackburn)
p hinshelwood(scum)
p futcher(luton)
p haigh(hull)
d peach(saints)
s sims (leicester)
g owen(man city)
p reid (bolton)
g rowell(sunderland)
s williams(saints)
a curbishley(west ham)
p barnes(man city)
L cunningham (west brom)
j deehan (villa)
s elliott(sunderland)
P WARDbowdown
t woodcock(forest)

 

[Gully]

Including two who later played for the Albion (Rowell and Curbishley).