Nice story! My first game at ER coincidently was a 0-0 v man utd in sept 1980... 33 years ago nearly!!!
Sent from my iPad On 23 Aug 2013, at 17:37, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.thesquareball.net/2013/08/23/classic-pre-match-match-leeds-vs-ipswich-19734/ > > > Just seen this link - this was my FIRST ever trip to ER !! > I had been to both Maine Road and Old Trafford to see us play a number of > times before this (my first ever live game was a 0 0 draw at Old Trafford in > 1967) > > I had (still have) an elder brother who was (still is) a scum fan and my > parents had put in place certain rules about match going - at first had to go > with an adult, then at 13 years could go on his own but had to be 16 to go to > away games > > I had argued for a while that since I was a Leeds fan , Elland Road was a > home game and not an away one - my parents argued that Leeds was not > Manchester and so ER was an away game - I had turned 15 in Feb 1974 and > eventually persuaded them that I should be allowed to go and they relented > and let me go to the last home game of the season to the above match. > > I can remember taking butties and a book to read (an Agatha Christie of all > things) to read on the long train journey ! I can remember getting lost on > the way back to the train station post game and was amazed to see buses to > Middleton (there is a Middleton in Manchester 5 miles from where we lived - I > did not know there was one in Leeds , and no doubt loads of other places) and > thought I would suss them out for getting to the games the following season. > > I knew we won 3 2 but have no real recollection of the game - just knowing > that I loved it and could not get enough - the following season I went to all > bar 3 home games and have been going regularly ever since - 39 years worth ! > > Dave > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
