Footballing firsts and milestones

[Glenconner]

Feel sorry for the young they never saw the old stadiums in their glory. Then again maybe the terracing will make something of a comeback.

[The Grass Is Greener.]

2016 Won the Scottish Cup. Who gives a shit about the rest.

[itzdrk]

First match:  Ayr United 5-2 Livingston 

First Cup Final:  Ayr United 0-4 Rangers

I have never been to a match outside of Scotland.

First hero:  Alain Horace 

Biggest crowd:  50,076

First International game:  Scotland v Estonia at Rugby Park.

Favourite ground:  Other than our own any of the 4 grounds in Angus tbh (in any order). 

Worst ground:  Dumbarton & East Fife for having pretty much the same shite stadium  

Favourite game:  Motherwell 3-4 Ayr United. 

[JockysJetpack]

First match: Dundee 0-2 Dunfermline 2003- Willkie og and Crawford with the goals
First Cup Final: Motherwell 1-5 Rangers 2005 league cup (accompanying my Motherwell supporting Papa)
First match in England: Man City 4-0 Crystal Palace at the start of 2016 I think but sadly no Speroni on the pitch
First match abroad: Montpellier 2-0 Ajaccio 2014
First international: Scotland 1-0 Ireland 2015 great game and atmosphere. This would probably be the biggest crowd too I'd imagine.
Favourite ground: Palmerston probably
Worst ground: New Bayview was fairly soulless but I like East Fife so I'll vote for Livi's Tony Macaroni stadium
Most memorable match:
No surprises here, best atmosphere I've been in

Blue Monday, the Doon Derby, 02/05/16
Dundee 2-1 DABs. Sensational stuff.

Thank You.

[CM.]

First match: Clyde 0-0 Alloa 1999

First Cup Final: Linlithgow Rose v Talbot junior cup at Firhill think it was either 02 or 03.

First match in England: Blackburn 2-1 Wigan 2010.

First match abroad: N/A

First international: Scotland 2-1 Iceland. Think about 02/03 time too. Lee Wilkie scored though

 

First hero: Original Ronaldo
 

Biggest crowd: Scotland v England or Scotland v Ireland at celtic park. Not sure which was higher   

 

Favourite ground: Palmerston or Deepdale. Honourable mentions to Easter Rd and Celtic Park (superb view and atmosphere in the stand across from main at Scotland Ireland game)
 

Worst ground: Albion Rovers by a country mile. 
 

Most memorable match: Clyde 2-1 Celtic 

 

[Slacker]

First match was a World Cup Qualifier - Scotland 2-0 Austria, 1997.

First and only cup final was the 2013 Challenge Cup, where we lost on penalties to Queen of the South.

First and only match in England was the 3-2 friendly loss to England.

First match abroad was Valencia 5-0 Villarreal in 2011.

[Tight minge]

First game would probably have been an Accies game in the early 70's.

First cup final was the FA Cup final Coventry v Spurs in 87. Absolutely fantastic match. First Scottish cup final was another fantastic game, Motherwell/Dundee United 1991.

First match in England would be the 87 cup final above.

First match abroad would be Botifogo v Gremio in the Maracana in the early 90's awful game, poorly attended but an experience all the same.

First footballing hero: Joe Wark and he knew my father.

Biggest crowd: 87 FA cup final, 96,000.

Favourite ground, old fir Park obviously.

First international: Scotland v someone early 70's. Dad took us to all the Scotland games. No recollection of whom though, probably a home international.

Worst Ground: pretty much any new build of generic appearance.

Favourite game: for so many reasons, the 91 semi final reply against Celtic. After recent semi final defeats to both sides of the old firm, the realisation we were going to a final and in style, was fantastic.

2nd being the night Scotland gubbed Spain 3-1, 1984.

[TheScarf]

First match:  ICT v Montrose in 1994/95.  Can't remember the score.

First Cup Final: First national cup final I went to was the 1999/00 Challenge Cup final in Airdrie where Alloa beat us on 6-5 on penalties after a 4-4 draw.  Went to a few local cup finals against the like of County and Clach back in the 3rd Division days before that.

I have never been to a match outside of Scotland.

First hero:  Barry Wilson.

Biggest crowd:  No idea. Presumably a Celtic v ICT match in the old SPL before Rangers died.  When Celtic fans actually went to the games.

First International game:  Scotland v Sweden at Ibrox in 1996.  Scotland won 1-0.

Favourite ground:  Easter Road.  I've never seen us *lose* there.  We got beat on penalties by Hearts there in the 2012/13 League Cup semi final but that was a 1-1 draw. So it can f**k off as a defeat.

Worst ground:  Parkhead for the view.

Favourite game:  ICT 2 Falkirk 1 in the 2014/15 Scottish Cup final.

[Cumdog35]

First match attended: No fucking idea.
First cup final: Celtic 3 Hibs 0 2000-2001
First match in England: Sunderland 1 Tottenham 2
First match abroad: Dnipro 5 Hibs 1 
First footballing hero: Franck Sauzee
Biggest crowd: Guessing a game at Hampden/Celtic Park/Ibrox
First international game: Scotland 1 Holland 0
Favourite ground: If not Easter Road, then it has to be Hampden, if not the national ground, then Pittodrie is a good away day.
Favourite game: Hibees 3 Rangers 2

[Dindeleux]

and the odd killie game.
 
 

Please don't.

[German Jag]

First match attended: Thistle 2 - 2 Aberdeen. In 77 or 78. 
First cup final: Challenge Cup v. QoS. Lost on penalties. 
First match in England: Brazil 2 - 0 Scotland at the Emirates. Club match, Norwich 2 - 3 Hannover 96. Pre-season friendly last year. 
First match abroad: St. Pauli v Dortmund. Dec. 1990
First footballing hero: Alan Rough
Biggest crowd: Probably the 87000 at the last England qualifier at Wembley
First international game: Scotland 3 - 0 Northern Ireland. Home international, 1977. 
Favourite ground: Firhill back in the days of the shed and minus the bing!

[Todd_is_God]

First match attended. Hamilton 1-0 Ayr United. 1991

First Cup Final. The same game.

First match in England. Charlton 0-1 QPR in 2007

First match abroad. Been to american football matches abroad, but not a football match. Will be Union Berlin v Eintracht Braunschweig in September though.

First footballing hero. Allan Ferguson

Biggest crowd. Blackpool v Cardiff, Wembley. 82,244

First International game. Scotland 5-0 San Marino. 1997

Favourite ground. Griffin Park.

Worst ground. Central Park, Cowdenbeath. Like watching football in prison

Favourite game.

Again, a few:

Hamilton 6 - 1 Morton - an absolute telling en route to clinching promotion, ahead of Morton, and Dumbarton, back to Division 1.

Hamilton 2 - 0 Clyde. Winning the First Division.

Hamilton 3 - 2 Dumbarton. John Gemmil scores with his arse in injury time. Probably stay down that season if he doesn't. His celebration where he grabbed a ball boy in pure joy I can still picture.

Forfar 0 - 4 Hamilton. The scenes with the hoarding collapsing in front of me and falling over / getting squashed. Decent crowd too.

Montrose 1 - 4 Hamilton. Winning the Third Division. Not by 15 points but by enough.

[Squirrelhumper]

First match attended. Can't remember but was around 1988 at RP so probably some pish like Stirling Albion.

First Cup Final. Killie 1 Falkirk 0

First match in England. Carlisle vs Killie around 99

First match abroad. Italy vs Scotland - Milan 2005

First footballing hero. Tommy Burns

Biggest crowd. England 3 vs 0 Scotland Wembley 2016

First International game. Scotland 2 Estonia 0 WCC March 1997

Favourite ground. Rugby Park (Old), Love going to Tynecastle & Somerset too.

Worst ground. Central Park, Hate the away end at Pittodrie

Favourite game.

1. Killie 1 Celtic 0 League Cup Final 2012

2. Killie 1 Falkirk 0 Scottish Cup Final 1997

3. Hibs 0 Killie 0 Last day survival 1994

4. Rangers 0 Killie 3 2000

5. Rangers 0 Killie 1 2012 (Admin Saturday)

6 Killie 1 Ayr 0 League Cup Semi 2012

7. Killie 3 Falkirk 0 League Cup Semi 2007

8. Rangers 0 Killie 1 May 1998 (Ended 10IAR)

9. Dunfermline 0 Killie 6 April 1999

10. Celtic 0 Killie 2 October 2012 (First win at Parkhead since 1955)

[Ranaldo Bairn]

First match attended. Falkirk 0 - 2 Clydebank. April 1983. I was the "good luck" mascot! Had been to a few Highland League games with my uncle before that, but can't remember anything about them.

First Cup Final. 1993/94 B+Q Cup final in a sleet/rainstorm in Motherwell. Great day out though.

First match in England. Russia 3 - 3 Czech Republic, Euro 96 at Anfield.

First match abroad. n/a. I have been to PSV Eindhoven's ground, though.

First footballing hero. Geordie "Swing on the bar" Watson.

Biggest crowd. Packed out Ibrox in May 1997. 50k I think.

First International game. Scotland 1 - 0 Argentina (McKimmie peach) in 1990.

Favourite ground.Now Brockville is no more, I'd have to say Tannadice, strangely enough.

Worst ground. Central Park, Cowdenbeath. Hellish. Condemn it now.

Favourite game. Ooft. Clydebank 1-1. Celtic 1-1 semi final (was at Machine Head at the Barras the night of the replay). Hearts 4-0. Any number of Stainrod/McGivern moments from the "who are we going to hump by 4,5 or 6 this week?" season 90/91.

Location and circumstances mean I've missed all of the big moments at the Bairnabeau! Hearts 4-3, Sevco 2-1 and 3-2, Hibs play off etc. Och well. Good fun on the telly or radio anyway.

[wastecoatwilly]

first game celtic 7 dundee 1

first cup final celtic 1 rangers 0 1980

first match in England tranmere v west brom (Gary Stevens first game for tranmere i think) 
first match abroad was borussia dortmund v celtic 1992 

first footballing hero Tommy burns

biggest crowd Barcelona v Celtic 1-1 over 70,000
first international game Scotland v morocco 1998 world cup 0-3
first time i was in tears at a football match
favourite ground bayern Munich 
 they have landed
worst ground hampden park

favourite game far too many but just for the experience it's got to be Seville
 

[Squirrelhumper]

On ‎03‎/‎07‎/‎2017 at 12:23, TheScarf said:

 

Biggest crowd:  No idea. Presumably a Celtic v ICT match in the old SPL before Rangers died.  When Celtic fans actually went to the games.

 

To be fair, Celtic have much  bigger crowds now than they did before Rangers died.

[TheScarf]

53 minutes ago, Squirrelhumper said:

To be fair, Celtic have much  bigger crowds now than they did before Rangers died.

I mean like the 'barren' years of 2012-2016 when there was 30,000 max in Parkhead but they claimed 50,000.

[Squirrelhumper]

3 minutes ago, TheScarf said:

I mean like the 'barren' years of 2012-2016 when there was 30,000 max in Parkhead but they claimed 50,000.

Think that was season tickets sold whether they attended or not.

 

[gkneil]

First match attended: Fraserburgh v Huntly in the very early 90's

First Cup Final: Aberdeen v ICT League Cup 2014 #ParkRed

First match in England: Man Utd 2 Lodz 0 1998 (first game of the CL winning run)

First match abroad: Groningen 1 Aberdeen 2 - 24th July 2014

First footballing hero: Theo Snelders

Biggest crowd: Man Utd v Lodz

First International game: Scotland 4 Belarus 1 - 7th September 1997

Favourite ground: Love a trip to the Shed at Tannadice. Saw Leeds Utd v Arsenal FA cup in 2011 and really enjoyed Elland Road

Worst ground: Hampden

Favourite game: Seeing us lift the cup in 2014 was great, but there's the wins at Groningen & Celtic in the Scottish Cup in 2013/14 too.

[Shandon Par]

First match - Dunfermline v Brechin. 1986. Think we lost but bailed out when it was 0-0

First cup final - Pars 0 2 Hibs. What a shite day

First match in England - Notts Forest v Sheffield United. Can't remember the game but the seat flinging and general level of malice was a guilty thrill

Match abroad - Doesn't England count?

First hero - Norrie McCathie

Biggest crowd - does size matter?

First international - u21 international at East End. scotland v someone

Favourite ground. East End Park. Like Glebe Park too. 

Least favourite. Hampden

 

Favourite game - Pars 3 0 Peterhead. Peterhead with three early sendings off. Great stuff. Total heads-gone all round. Seeing them line up in a 3-4 formation for the second half.