My First Ever City Game

[Claudio Fannieri]

….. 42 years ago today aged 6 years old my Dad took me to Filbo for the first ever time to watch City play Swansea, we drew 1-1 and I missed our goal as I was in the loo 😂 best memory was hearing Layla by Derek and the Dominos blasting out on tannoy, love hearing that song now as it always reminds me of that evening 

[Collymore]

28 minutes ago, Claudio Fannieri said:

….. 42 years ago today aged 6 years old my Dad took me to Filbo for the first ever time to watch City play Swansea, we drew 1-1 and I missed our goal as I was in the loo 😂 best memory was hearing Layla by Derek and the Dominos blasting out on tannoy, love hearing that song now as it always reminds me of that evening 

Great memories. Did your parents keep this for you and give it you when you were older? 

 

Also, the days when the billboards were local building and skip hire firms rather than far eastern seedy casinos. 

 

[Claudio Fannieri]

13 minutes ago, Collymore said:

Great memories. Did your parents keep this for you and give it you when you were older? 

 

Also, the days when the billboards were local building and skip hire firms rather than far eastern seedy casinos. 

 

I did have the programme but it’s an image from Google 😂

[Wymsey]

5-0 home defeat by Bolton.

How times change.

[jonthefox]

4 minutes ago, Wymsey said:

5-0 home defeat by Bolton.

How times change.

I had my driving test that day. So p!ssed off, i reckon that's why i failed. Well that and shit driving. 

[st albans fox]

Can’t remember ………..

[purpleronnie]

I'm not entirely sure.  I have a programme from 1985 against Liverpool which we lost 0-1.  But i have memories of seeing us draw 3-3 with them, that would have been the previous season April 1984....but i don't have the programme....so can't be sure.

[goody2028]

Mine was a boring draw at home can’t even remember who it was against I was that young. My dad always said I don’t know how you still liked football after that game  

[Thefox81]

1988 away at Birmingham as a 7 year old. 3-2 win. All i can remember is getting my foot stuck in the seat.

[09bballer]

5-0 Vs Wolves in about 1983. Lineker, Lynex and Smith up front. I was completely hooked. Just looked it up and the attendance was only 13,300, no wonder they were giving 30 free tickets to primary schools!!!

Edited 20 February 2022 by 09bballer

[Nalis]

First Leicester match: 1 nil friendly win v Portadown in 2000 (Peter Taylor's 1st summer in charge)

 

First competitive Leicester match: 2 nil win v Middlesbrough in 2010

 

[LestaAl]

LCFC v Man U up in the gods at Filbert st. Bobby and Georgie played so would have been early 70’s .

[Sir Shep]

1980 lost at home to Brighton and had 2 goals disallowed and 2 pitch invations! Utter carp and boring from what I remember so I ended up watching the egg chasers and didn't return for another 7 years! 

[GFox83]

A 4-2 home defeat to Sheffield Wednesdays. Nigel Pearson was playing for Wednesday and I have a vague memory of David Oldfeild scoring an overhead kick! 

[bovril]

Port Vale at home in 96, finished 1-1. I think Guppy played for them.

 

Hoping to take my niece and nephew to their first games this year. 

[shilton_fox]

2-0 win against gillingham first season at the walkers. 

[Guest StevieLynex]

17 minutes ago, 09bballer said:

5-0 Vs Wolves in about 1983. Lineker, Lynex and Smith up front. I was completely hooked. Just looked it up and the attendance was only 13,300, no wonder they were giving 30 free tickets to primary schools!!!

I was at that game, and a crowd of 13,300 was considered a really big turn out at the time. Most home games were 9-10,000

[Lesterlad]

Everton May 1966. Shiltons debut. Banks was playing for England against Scotland that day. City won 1-0. Can’t remember the game at all other then Their goalieGordon West dived on the floor every time a city player got near him 

[Guest StevieLynex]

2 hours ago, Claudio Fannieri said:

….. 42 years ago today aged 6 years old my Dad took me to Filbo for the first ever time to watch City play Swansea, we drew 1-1 and I missed our goal as I was in the loo 😂 best memory was hearing Layla by Derek and the Dominos blasting out on tannoy, love hearing that song now as it always reminds me of that evening 

 

I always remember hearing these at matches that I attended:

 

Fox on the run - Sweet

Part of the union - Strawbs

I wish it could be Christmas every day - Wizzard

 

It was great when the tannoy stopped the music before the end of the song, and you knew that our players were about the come out of the tunnel

[bovril]

Just now, shilton_fox said:

2-0 win against gillingham first season at the walkers. 

Junior Lewis scored!

[Rain King]

Leicester 3-0 Brighton - 6th April 1991. I don't remember it. Or the 0-0 against Oldham a few days later.

 

My first memory is my 3rd match in the Double Decker with the 1-0 win over Oxford to keep us up. Even then the memory is more of the massive pitch invasion after than the game itself.

[lcfcbluearmy]

I can’t exactly remember my first game as I was only 4 or 5 . I definitely went to other games before this but the first one that left a huge impression on me was when I was 6 in jan 2006 I went to the fa cup game vs Tottenham where We were 2-0 down and the least likely people at the time elvis Hammond, Steven Hughes and mark de vries! Sorced a last minute winner to win the game 3-2!

[Bert]

50 minutes ago, jonthefox said:

I had my driving test that day. So p!ssed off, i reckon that's why i failed. Well that and shit driving. 

Bizarre to have a driving test after 5pm on a Saturday 🥺

[Bert]

Anyway, first game. Tranmere at home 93/94. Drew 1-1. Tuesday night. Freezing and had snowed. John McGreal OG for us. 

[urban.spaceman]

Funnily enough there was a little boy sat behind me on Thursday who was there with his grandma and grandad, who told me it was his first game. Every single thing that happened he was like "WHAT A HEADER" or 'WHAT A TACKLE" with ultimate enthusiasm. It was so ****ing adorable and got me thinking of my first game. It was at Filbert Street, Boxing Day 1994. I was sat in the double decker above the Kop. We lost 2-1 to Liverpool and I was HOOKED.

 

That kid is very lucky to be born into this Leicester side!