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  1. Robgee

    Robgee Active Member

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    I’m one of the older, if not ancient, posters on here, having supported The Lads since the mid 1950s. Intermittently while playing local football, then regularly when my playing “career” was over. I was never able to afford a season card until 1972-73 and we all know what happened at the end of that season! Perfect timing and lucky. Has anybody else had good luck, or ill luck, with tickets?
     
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    MrRAWhite Well-Known Member

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    I was 12 going on 13 when we won the cup. I wasn't a season ticket holder back then, but never missed a game and stood at the back of the Fulwell End. The Pink C voucher that I received for attending an earlier league game was drawn out and got me a ticket for the cup final.
     
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    Vincemac Well-Known Member

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    I’ll not say never
    But I rarely missed a match and if you remember there were not many supporters
    At that present time
    However my pink tickets never got me a final ticket
    Although I attended most of the season with small crowds
    I’m ok now though not bitter
     
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    Vincemac Well-Known Member

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    I’ve had many season tickets through my life
    There was occasions work prevented me having a ticket
    1974-1987 ticket
    1997-2007 ticket
    2014-to date ticket
    And I still attended as often as I could the other years
     
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  5. Robgee

    Robgee Active Member

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    I'm still a season card holder. You're right, there were not many supporters then. I believe the first game of the season, against Orient I think, attracted 12,573 if my memory serves me right. Contrast that with 53,151 against Luton in the sixth round!
     
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    City was 5th Round.. 54,000 in the 6th round against Luton..
     
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    Just edited my figures and teams. It's the memory you know!
     
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    MrRAWhite Well-Known Member

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    I reckon there was probably way more than 60,000 in the ground for the Man City game. The amount of people I saw scaling the walls before the game was ridiculous.
     
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    C19RK73 Red & White army!

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    League cup final v Man City, me and my 2 bro in laws had season tickets and were guaranteed tickets, bro in law no 2 had promised his bro in law who lives in New Zealand that if we ever got to a final again they would go, so over they came and he gave him his ticket as promised, could we heck find a spare, they were like hens teeth. I’ve still got Smug’s number in my phone as thought might have been able to sort on the day, but by some stroke of luck on the Friday night I got one at face value right next to his so they got to go together
     
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    Brian Storm Well-Known Member

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    Remember sleeping out at roker for tickets at old trafford. Was on Look North coming out of the ticket office. I was 15 and it was my first time at Old Trafford. What a night.

     
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  11. Saf

    Saf Not606 Godfather+NOT606 Poster of the year 2023

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    Love it, mate. I remember this one well as me and my Granda couldn't get tickets and ended up going to the Crowtree leisure centre to watch it.
     
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    Was incredible mate. I remember the the replay too. Was in te Fullwell End. Was really special night until the second half.

    Then at the end that **** Cole scored an offside header and they did us in that typical Man U 'off the hook' style.
     
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    Saf Not606 Godfather+NOT606 Poster of the year 2023

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    Yeah, I got tickets for the replay. I think it was Phil Gray who scored for us and we were winning for the first hour before they came back and beat us.

    Atmosphere was unbelievable that night.
     
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