Your first time attending a match?

Which game was it and how did we line up? Mine was: Wednesday, 4. February 1998

Newcastle United vs Stevenage Borough FC

2:1

goals
1 : 0 Alan Shearer 16.
2 : 0 Alan Shearer 65.
2 : 1 Gary Crawshaw 74.

15 Shaka Hislop
Stuart Pearce
6 Steve Howey 81'
19 Steve Watson 22'
23 Alessandro Pistone
27 Philippe Albert
4 David Batty
7 Rob Lee
9 Alan Shearer
16 Jon Dahl Tomasson 78'
18 Keith Gillespie

 

Seems like a million years ago now.

Remember going to Stevenage in more recent times and having a good day out.

 

Toon Vs Grimsby Town, April 1983

Score: 4:0
Scorers: Varadi 2, Keegan, McDermott

Keegan's debut season. I remember the home fans giving Varadi some real stick despite scoring 2 (and i'm sure having a hand in the others). I turned to my dad and asked why the crowd were booing him and calling him names when he was helping the team to win.

Without even turning his head to face me, my dad said sharply, through gritted teeth: "Quiet son, he's useless!"

My first real footballing leasson and a memory I shall never forget.

 

Found this:

Newcastle United v Grimsby Town, 02 April 1983
Score 4-0 to Newcastle United
Competition League Division Two
Venue St James' Park
Attendance 20,202

Kevin Carr
John Anderson
Steve Carney
Jeff Clarke
Neil McDonald
Kenny Wharton
Chris Waddle
Mick Martin
Terry McDermott
Kevin Keegan
Imre Varadi

Substitutions:
David McCreery for Terry McDermott

 

Mine was Nottingham Forest away in the FA cup...Can't remember when, could've been 96 or 97...

Shearer Beardsley up front was all I can remember, we drew 0-0.

 

15th March 1958. Toon 5 Leicester 3. aged 8 but hooked ever since

 

My dad is a "support all the north east teams" man and my first professional match was actually at 5under1and. Even went there twice before the Toon actually. If memory serves me right they lost to Liverpool in my first game and drew with Notts Forest next time out. Soon got my wish to see MY team though and first game was in pouring rain on a night under the lights where we won 4-1 against Wolves. I was in the paddock and got soaked but loved it. Think it was early 1969.
Only been back to 5under1and when they playing the Toon since then.

 

Good to see the variation of years on here. Shows the young uns that you never grow up and the passion and pain stays with you forever.

 

August 30, 1998
Newcastle 1-4 Liverpool

I was 9 years old, Owen got a hatrick. Seem to remember Ian Rush playing up front for us and feeling quite depressed about it!

 

Newcastle United 2 -1 Crystal Palace - FA Cup 3rd Round 2nd January 1999 (Aged 10)

Speed and Shearer scored to give us a 10-men comeback after Given was sent off for handling outside the area.

Pleased I got to see the old SJP before work started on the the SJH and Milburn Stand. Here's the match report: http://www.11v11.com/matches/newcastle-united-v-crystal-palace-02-january-1999-25317/

 

Newcastle 1-0 Villa 1995/6 I think?

I was only 4 at the time but can still remember Sir Les' bullet header to get us the win.

 

May 02 1992 - Last game of the season Vs. Leicester

was given a ticket as a mates uncle didn't want to go as it was a must win game otherwise we'd have been relegated to the old league 3

thankfully we won and stayed up, been hooked on NUFC ever since

 

1992 drew 1 - 1 at home to Millwall.

 

Can't remember the year, but it was an FA cup game against Man City. We won 1-0, Shearer scored. We got Arsenal in the next round.

 

Thursday 7th April 2005

Newcastle 1
Sporting Lisbon 0

Newcastle: Given (Harper 45), Carr, Andrew O'Brien, Taylor, Hughes, Dyer (Bowyer 63), Jenas, Faye, Robert (Milner 57), Shearer, Ameobi.
Subs Not Used: Elliott, Butt, N'Zogbia, Ambrose.

Booked: Bowyer.

Goals: Shearer 37.

Sporting: Ricardo, Rogerio, Beto, Anderson Polga, Rui Jorge, Rochemback, Carlos Martins (Mota 67), Pedro Barbosa (Tello 82), Joao Moutinho, Liedson, Sa Pinto.
Subs Not Used: Tiago, Niculae, Miguel Garcia, Mario Sergio, Paito.

Booked: Liedson.

Att: 36,753

Ref: Yuri Baskakov (Russia).

Born and raised in Oxford, i never knew any Newcastle fans down here but i this was the year i met another Toon fan and we decided to go to this game. We have been to many games ever since. I actually boast an impressive record of never seeing Newcastle lose when i've attended!

 

I think my first was 2-1 against Croatia Zagreb. I remembered Beresford scoring, it was a qualifier for the Champions league and i think Bereford scored (ot was the season when he scored something like 4 goals in 6 games and we promptly sold him (August 1997 at a guess)

 

1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2005 - Jeez there must be some young 'uns on this board.

Good job I have Nevfur, Gordonthetooney and Agent Bruce to 'look up to'.

 

Where's 1992 <wenger>.

 

Oh of course, sorry cbra, you're still a wee nipper too.

 

Portsmouth at home in the league cup in the 87/88 season. Can't remember much about it. We drew 1-1. Was nearly 6 at the time so prob just a bit too young to fully appreciate what was going on.