My First Ever City Game

[Rain King]

1 minute ago, urban.spaceman said:

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!

Steve Thompson penalty miss 😪.

 

Hit the post and scored the rebound but disallowed as no other player had touched it.

Edited 20 February 2022 by Rain King

[tom27111]

4th February 1989 Lost 2-0 to Hull City.

 

Will never forget seeing the pitch for the first time as I walked from the concourse in to the Double Decker.

 

Made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up and I was in awe.

Edited 20 February 2022 by tom27111

[Poco]

1-1 vs Stoke in April 1994. Jimmy Willis scored the equaliser (off the back of his head with his eyes closed! 😄)

Like others have said before, one taste and you're hooked! No feeling like it. 

[Foxdiamond]

May 66 away to Arsenal. Lost 0-1.  Peter Rodrigues og.

[Stanmorefox]

46 minutes ago, StevieLynex said:

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

I was also there, in the North Stand. If I remember the highlights were on Star Soccer on the Sunday as I remember seeing myself sitting on the front row to the side of the goal. Didn’t Smith score a 25 yard half volley?

[Osavo]

Leicester 0-2 Reading. December 2004.

 

First 4 years were torture, since then its not been too bad, I guess.

[Izzy]

1 hour ago, purpleronnie said:

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.

One of my all time favorite games that. Night match, 26,000 crammed in, delayed kick off, another Andy Peake screamer against a brilliant Liverpool team. Good times.

[The Year Of The Fox]

Charlton (H) 2-1 1994

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

2-1 home defeat to West Ham back in the late 1970’s it was that good West Ham side that won the FA cup.

Only game my dad ever took me to. Enough to give me the bug though. 🦊 

[CheeseHead]

First game of the 1979/80 season. Jock Wallace had signed Alan Young from Oldham, and he scored both goals on his debut in a 2-0 win v Watford. Loved Youngy eversince!

[Nickaj]

9th September, 1961 - won 2 - 0 against Everton.

Funnily enough I have clearer memories of my second match sometime later. That was a 3 - 0 win against Cardiff City with the first goal scored in the 7th minute by Colin Appleton, what I thought at the time was a misplaced  cross from the left wing. Cardiff had two disallowed for offside I think.

[South Shire Fox]

Leicester vs Wimbeldon at Filbert Street in November 1999 which we won 2-1. They scored first through Marcus Gayle before two Tony Cottee goals clinched us the win

Edited 20 February 2022 by South Shire Fox

[Bergen fox]

Coco cola 96/97 league cup 4th round  home to united 

won 2-0  goals from claridge and heskey 

was hooked after that.

Edited 20 February 2022 by Kent-Fox

[Rob Clarke]

I remember, still vividly, walking over the Upperton Road bridge towards the old ground with my dad and seeing the distant glow from the floodlights. City beat Birmingham City 3-0 with goals from Riley, Keyworth and Stringfellow. It was 28th August 1963, the same day that Martin Luther King made his famous " I have a dream" speech. I was totally hooked and went again on the following Saturday when City thrashed Arsenal 7-2 to go top!

[Stuntman_Mike]

I'm not actually sure what my first game was. I went a few family night football games and the odd cup game around the same period in the mid to late 90's. Started going regular from 2004. 

On a side note we played Oldham away the day I was born and my brother bought me the programme which is a great keepsake and means alot to me.

 

[whetstonefox]

23 Sept 1978 Div 2 LCFC 4 Brighton 1

lined me up nicely as my next game was

14 Oct 1978 LCFC 0 Charlton 3

 

Typical City as Brighton got promoted and Charlton finished 1 point clear of relegation that season.

 

[urban fox]

City 2-1 Man utd 1968 in the Filbert street end corner of the east stand with my dad. i was 8 years old. We had Shilton, Nish, Cross et al. They had Best, Charlton, Law & co.

Don't remember much of the game itself other than i was absolutely buzzing all way home. stopped at the chippy on way home, and as a special treat we were allowed to eat them in the car.

[TiffToff88]

2-0 win in the FA Cup against Enfield in 1995. I always had it in my head that Lee Philpott and Ian Ormondroyd got the goals but I looked it up recently and it was actually David Oldfield and Iwan Roberts that got the goals

[Hamilton Fox]

Vaguely remember first game being home against Sunderland in the mid 80s only Was about 5 at the time. 
 

Remember my first away game though 2-1 loss at port vale in 89, went on the football special train with my dad 

 

 

  
worst commentary ever?!

[magoo]

1978/79 season lcfc 0 - 3 charlton 13 year old bus ride from loughborough miserable day from what remember , loved the hot dog though on the way home

[SpacedX]

3 hours ago, purpleronnie said:

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.

It was - as Izzy says, evening K.O, lovely warm spring day and possibly one of the best games I ever saw at Filbert Street.

 

First one, Larry May's debut against Bristol City.

Edited 20 February 2022 by Line-X

[sacreblueits442]

2 hours ago, tom27111 said:

4th February 1989 Lost 2-0 to Hull City.

 

Will never forget seeing the pitch for the first time as I walked from the concourse in to the Double Decker.

 

Made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up and I was in awe.

....same for me, the sound when you are walking to your seat and then you look out and see the pitch, always get that every time I go down!!!

[SouthStandUpperTier]

3 hours ago, tom27111 said:

4th February 1989 Lost 2-0 to Hull City.

 

Will never forget seeing the pitch for the first time as I walked from the concourse in to the Double Decker.

 

Made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up and I was in awe.

 

3 minutes ago, sacreblueits442 said:

....same for me, the sound when you are walking to your seat and then you look out and see the pitch, always get that every time I go down!!!

As a kid I used to love looking out over the Leicester skyline from the top of the Double Decker. Admittedly it was hardly Manhattan, but still I used to enjoy it.

[Spudulike]

3 hours ago, urban.spaceman said:

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!

I always think that when I see the young kids now and wish that I'd seen us win the league and Cup at that age. It would've saved me from a lifetime of frustration watching City. However, perhaps it wouldn't have meant so much when we actually did it. 

[Buzzell]

Think mine was in the 96/97 season against Liverpool at Filbert Street. I went along with my Liverpool supporting Step-Dad and we lost 3-0 if I remember correctly. Patrick Berger double on his debut.