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Not really your 1st game as such but why did you go down that 1st time


Mine was 1977, my dad had just died and my best friends dad used to come and get me and take me down with his son, probably to give me mum a couple of hours off icon_lol.gif

Thats why i 1st got down, i was 9 at the time


Was it down to family? or for the newer fans, was it a free ticket or something similar?

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Dunno I was only about 6 days old when I went to my first game. All I can remember is that the ref was terrible. icon_wink.gif

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Quote: PONNER "Dunno I was only about 6 days old when I went to my first game. All I can remember is that the ref was terrible.
Didn't think Mistress Ganson was that old icon_cry.gif

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mine was 1977 as well.

My uncle used to take me to Bradford Northern games as my dad used to play Gaelic Football and Hurling on Sundays during the summer.

Bradford were away that weekend so i asked my uncle to take me to Fartown . I never went back to Bradford again following a damascene conversion.

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I think mine was 1977 aswell against Widnes , remember big Jim Mills being massive and a right dirty tw*t icon_lol.gif

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Quote: JONNYGIANT "I think mine was 1977 aswell against Widnes , remember big Jim Mills being massive and a right dirty tw*t
But why did you go that 1st time?

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I have been a Arsenal fan all my life and was taken to Highbury by my late grandad. Moved up here when I met my wife and I really missed my football and traveling got to me going down every other week, but was giving a free ticket to watch Town V Bolton and I just could not get into it after watching and cheering Arsenal all my life, BTW Town won 3-2.

I then watched GBR V NZ (McAlpine) on TV, I think the game was a draw and I really got into it. Anyway someone said they play RL down there, so I went down to the stadium and I met a lass called Sharon and explained I know jack about egg chasing and I need a hobby to take up.

She showed me all around the stadium from ticket office to stands to changing rooms, so I thought right I'm going to get a season ticket and I went on my own for a few games ,then took a mate,then our wives came along, then sis-in-law & bro-in-law came and then the mother-in-law and the best bit was my son going to his first game when he was 2 weeks old.

So this will be my 7th season watching the mighty Giants and I can honesty say I don't miss football one bit and one other positive I have made some great friends from this board and still continue to do so.

One final point - A southern guy has got 10 people watching Giants through me, and these people have lived all their lives in Huddersfield.

Oopps nearly forgot my first game!

Giants V Warrington 2003
rlReportrl Have a look at the squad back then and that includes a great REf at the time icon_wink.gif

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Quote: Gahan "But why did you go that 1st time?'"

I think it was a big challenge cup game so my dad took me down.
I was only a toddler and the crowd looked huge but looking back it was maybe around 4000ish

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Quote: JONNYGIANT "I think it was a big challenge cup game so my dad took me down.
I was only a toddler and the crowd looked huge but looking back it was maybe around 4000ish'"



That was huge then, icon_eek.gif

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It was 1990 when i was 12. I used to ask my mum where dad went every sunday afternoon. She said "next week, i'll get him to take you". I went the next week and 19 years later i'm still there!!! GIANTS FOREVER icon_biggrin.gifANCE: icon_biggrin.gifANCE: icon_biggrin.gifANCE: icon_biggrin.gifANCE:

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From back when they played at Leeds Road it was some extra money as not many volunteered for Rl, anyway I found the fans more approachable, some not but not as bad as the football lot. Iam a football fan first and foremost though but the banter amongst RL fans is second to none!

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My 1st was either Workington or Whitehaven in 87/88 (?) - i went because the previous home game my brother and my mate went cos there was nothing else to do on a sunday so for a laugh they decided to give the Rugby a go - they enjoyed it and told me what a good time they had and so i decided to find out for myself the next home game !!

Needless to say i was hooked - cant remember the score but we won a close game and the crowd was about 600 if i remember rightly.
After that we were introduced to Keith Burhouse who was the groundsman at the time by ex Fartowner Tony Johnson and for the next 2 seasons we worked on the ground - sweeping terraces,ball boy-ing, programme selling, turnstile operating and even scoreboard operating - then Bailey came and it went bad icon_eek.gif but we didnt stop going and are still here some 20 years later !!

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Quote: wishy "From back when they played at Leeds Road it was some extra money as not many volunteered for Rl, anyway I found the fans more approachable, some not but not as bad as the football lot. Iam a football fan first and foremost though but the banter amongst RL fans is second to none!'"


Wash your mouth out. icon_eek.gif

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Quote: Durham Giant "Wash your mouth out.
dont worry - we'll turn her eventually icon_wink.gif

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Quote: GIANT DAZ "dont worry - we'll turn her eventually
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