knowing what im like i've probably been beaten to this before but saw this vid this morning and thought id post it and ask what everyones earlyest memory of boothferry park is [video=youtube;8N7Qxh1mj0Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N7Qxh1mj0Q[/video] mine is from having my dentist sharing the same car park but football wise the one i can remember is sadly the game where D Lloyd tried to close the club think it was a 2-0 loss to Cardiff
Mine is in the old Division 3 North in 1958, when my grandfather took be to BP for the first time. I think we played either Accrington Stanley or Rochdale. I am probably wrong with the opponents but it was deffo that season. I ve been hooked ever since!
my earliest memory was standing on paint scraper type tool and cutting my foot - having it in a bowl of water and getting 5p off my nanna. I was under 5 as we moved house when i was that age. other strange memories from my childhood was being made to bring up some milk i'd drank as it was sterri milk and well past its best at my nans so i will have been under 6 oh one more , again back in my first house i was scared to death by a man in the window with a hat on - years later my mam could only asume it was the window cleaner tho in my memory he was looking in upside down , i remember being calmed down by some chips LOL
FA Cup 3rd rd v Leyton Orient 1963, then a First Division Team. It was a replay after drawing 1-1. Lost 2-0, why do i always remember a Malcolm Musgrove playing for them. The Winter of 63 was very cold,Humber froze at some time.
I hated Steri milk, I went to a friends house and his mum asked if I would like a glass of milk, and they used Steri milk, and I forced it down never to drink again.
Aged about 4 in the early 80s. Sat in the South Stand I remember being taken in by just how big and green the pitch was, the clack of the wooden seats and the amount of people smoking near me. All of these memories have stuck with me more than the actual game - in fact the other thing I remember is there was a fat excitable woman sat in front of me and every time anything exciting happened she jumped up and I saw **** all. Been hooked ever since.
Right I'll try and to get this right, any actual real knowledge about this game would be welcomed! My old man is from Kent and supports Millwall (loosely), we moved to Hull when I was 3' when I was about, hmmm thinking cap on! 8-10 years old he took me to Boothferry park (sat in the family stand) we played Millwall in a friendly, they were in a league above us. We beat them (I think!) 2-0 or 2-1, he wanted me to cheer on Millwall... ...but I didn't! Obviously! I used to badger him to take me to games after that If I had to guess the year it would be 1978 if that helps. Would love to know when is exactly that was and any details/report on it.
This wasn't my first game, but is my first strong memory of a game - Billy Bremner's debut against Forest in 1976, the place was buzzing.
driving down the A1 in my brothers old beetle(I was a learner)--we were going to watch them v the POSH---can't remember the score-was late 60's/early 70's
my dad took me to my first home match in 1965 against swindon city won 1-0,first away match was stoke in or around 1970 we got beat 4-1 deep joy.
London tiger Done my research with the bible ie Chris Eltons Hull City Complete Record 1904-1989 always by my bedside! No records of friendly games ever against Millwall in that time Div 2 HOME GAMES L 0-2 17/2/1973 D 1-1 Lord 12/1/74 D 1-1 Wagstaff 24/9 74 D 0-0 15/2/77 W 3-2 Warboys 3 4/3/1978 relegated to Div 3 W 1-0 Edwards 16/2/1980 W 3-1 Edwards,Marwood,G.Roberts 15/11/80 relegated to Div 4 Hope this jogs your memory
Ref Melbournes post about the 1963 Leyton Orient Cup Game I think that was the game that was postponed about 20 odd times because of the big freeze. In fact Im may be wrong but it may well be the game that holds the record number of postponementsd in the FA cup.
mine is also how green the pitch was under the floodlights in particular, pitches just dont seem that green anymore.
Excactly! Think mine must have been under the floodlights also. Mind you, there's few pitches as green and good-looking as the Boothferry turf used to be.
I'm not sure if was actually the grass, or the type of floodlights we had, but there was something really special about night matches at Fer Ark.
My first Match was in the late 60's and I can't for the life of me remember who it was against and all I remember was I was plonked in the car and taken to the pub car park in Preston Nr Hull, Cock & Bell with a bottle of pop and a bag of crisps as company and I thought well I like this footy lark but two hours later and bored to tears a load of hairy arsed blokes with my Dad got in the car rubbed my head till it nearly came of and squashed the bloody life out of me. We won 2-0 I think and the one other thing I remember was when we got there One of the blokes carried a box into Boothferry Park I was taken down to the front and told to stand on the box and don't move .... Oh and I remember the names Chillo and Waggy being mentioned a lot. Hooked Oh Yes !!! Sorry for boring ya
1962 FA Cup v Crook Town. I went with my Dad and stood in the East Stand on a wooden "platform" that we took along - no trouble with the Stewards in those days! (Did they have Stewards?). City won 5-4 after being something like 4-1 down in the second half and it's been that sort of a rollercoaster ride supporting the Tigers ever since!
Some stewards are ok had a good bit of banter at some of the grounds i been to but some are like mini hitlers and abuse the power they think they have cause they wear those yellow/orange/blue jackets makes them think they police officers! lol
