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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
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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
[url=http://www.slstats.org/2003/2/22/Huddersfield%20Giants%20V%20Warrington%20Wolves.htmlReport[/url Have a look at the squad back then and that includes a great REf at the time
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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,
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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 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.
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| Quote ="Durham Giant"Wash your mouth out.
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| Quote ="GIANT DAZ"dont worry - we'll turn her eventually
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| Quote ="Wadski"I thought that was Agent Bricks job...'"
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| Quote ="Wadski"I thought that was Agent Bricks job...'"
Less said about that the better!
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| Quote ="GIANT DAZ"My 1st was either Workington or Whitehaven in 87/88 (?)
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
but we didnt stop going and are still here some 20 years later !!'"
Isn't it funny how selective some peoples memory can be.
John Bailey "came" in 1983, Keith Burhouse joined him as a volunteer helper on the grounds etc in 1984. In 1988 John Bailey gave away the club debt free to the Murphy/Shuttleworth/Collins consortium.
John Bailey came in 1983 as one of 8 Directors. They all left to look after their own businesses in the next 3 years and he soldiered on to keep the club alive (I will admit barely) until someone else could take over. He could have wound up the club but didn't. If it was not for John Bailey we could be in a position where we had no club to follow.
Please get facts straight before getting the digs in.
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| Quote ="Big Stuart"Isn't it funny how selective some peoples memory can be.
John Bailey "came" in 1983, Keith Burhouse joined him as a volunteer helper on the grounds etc in 1984. In 1988 John Bailey gave away the club debt free to the Murphy/Shuttleworth/Collins consortium.
John Bailey came in 1983 as one of 8 Directors. They all left to look after their own businesses in the next 3 years and he soldiered on to keep the club alive (I will admit barely) until someone else could take over. He could have wound up the club but didn't. If it was not for John Bailey we could be in a position where we had no club to follow.
Please get facts straight before getting the digs in.'"
I wasnt arguing about what he did for the club Stuart i was meaning from a personal point of view as he decided that these 3 young kids who came up on a sunday morning to help make sure the games could go ahead etc and who's 'payment' was free entry into the game had to leave the ground when our work was done and queue up and pay like everyone else - needless to say we were a bit 'off' after that with Mr Bailey and decided that we would pay in future and he can get someone else in to do the crappy little jobs !!.
One game we actually missed the 1st 15 minutes becasue we were shovelling gravel into a hole at the side of the main stand to make it look nice fo rsome RFL inspectors - he still expected us to go out and pay then !
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| 1987 v rochdale @ fartown
we were bored of watching the rock fc on sundays so decided we'd go to watch fartown, so we did and haven't looked back since
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| I can't remember my first game but it would probably be around 1959/60, my father used to take me to watch both Fartown and Town . I'll never forget walking from Almondbury down Kilner bank across Leeds Road and over Canker Lane to Fartown then after the match afterwords we'd walk to Birkby to my grandmas who lived up Blacker Road for tea, after tea we'd walk back in to Town and then finally catch a bus back to Waterloo and walk back up home. The good old days eh ??? folk were as fit as butchers dogs in them days, I don't think todays kids could cope with all that walking we did.
If my memory serves me well the teams, more often than not were at home on alternate Saturdays.
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| My first game would I believe been in 90/91 season when Fartown won the old third division?
Someone else will prob tell me this is wrong - my memory is real poor these days. Probably not helped by standing on the fartown terraces in the depths of winter - god it got cold!
Anyway - moved to West Yorks that season - and was invited along to a home game by a work colleague. Soon got hooked and have followed them home/away every game ever since.
I had only really seen RL on telly before - and only knew about teams like Wigan/Widnes/Featherstone etc... from watching occasional games on the box. No Sky TV when I were a lad.
You guys born and bred in West Yorks should think yourselves very fortunate - I grew up with only Torquay Utd or Brixham RUFC (yeah - who I hear you cry!) to watch.
Really glad I got to start watching at Fartown - and via Leeds Rd to the Galpharm. Been to some great grounds over the years - even enjoyed the eason we got relegated as opportunity to revisit some.
FARTOWN FOREVER NOW!!!
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| Quote ="devoniangiant"My first game would I believe been in 90/91 season when Fartown won the old third division?
Someone else will prob tell me this is wrong - my memory is real poor these days. Probably not helped by standing on the fartown terraces in the depths of winter - god it got cold!
Anyway - moved to West Yorks that season - and was invited along to a home game by a work colleague. Soon got hooked and have followed them home/away every game ever since.
I had only really seen RL on telly before - and only knew about teams like Wigan/Widnes/Featherstone etc... from watching occasional games on the box. No Sky TV when I were a lad.
You guys born and bred in West Yorks should think yourselves very fortunate - I grew up with only Torquay Utd or Brixham RUFC (yeah - who I hear you cry!) to watch.
Really glad I got to start watching at Fartown - and via Leeds Rd to the Galpharm. Been to some great grounds over the years - even enjoyed the eason we got relegated as opportunity to revisit some.
FARTOWN FOREVER NOW!!!'"
year after pal - 91/92 season
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| Quote ="GIANT DAZ"year after pal - 91/92 season
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| Quote ="Gahan"Who did we beat when we got presented with the Trophy?'"
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