BigEars 29 Posted July 22 I feel I need a break from the slow transfer window….so for something a little different: It will show my age but my first game at CR was a classic from 1980. NCFC 3-5 Liverpool. It had everything including the iconic Fash goal, and to this day I’m sure that at least one of Fairclough’s hattrick was offside (although i was down the other end!). A great Liverpool team to be fair - Hansen, Dalglish, McDermott, Souness, Clemence etc. Yes it was a loss, but I don’t think there could ever be a more exciting game, at least in my mind. 1980s football seemed so much more honest than the game today. Was anybody else there, or if not, what was your first game and how would you describe it? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MORDENCANARY 71 Posted July 23 My first game ,Sept 1970 , 3-0 against Charlton , I was nine years old .Can't really recall much about it . Crowd of just under 10,000 and it was raining. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dylanisabaddog 6,133 Posted July 23 20 minutes ago, MORDENCANARY said: My first game ,Sept 1970 , 3-0 against Charlton , I was nine years old .Can't really recall much about it . Crowd of just under 10,000 and it was raining. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peregrine Shorts 538 Posted July 23 Norwich Vs Blackpool 25th March 72, i was 6 years old a 5-1 victory Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nu_matik 184 Posted July 23 5th of May 1990 2-2 v Arsenal at home last game of season. Had just moved here. It kicked off at the train station after and some absolute scumbags attacked me I've hated Arsenal with a passion ever since Was a great game though! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Midlands Yellow 4,682 Posted July 23 12 minutes ago, nu_matik said: 5th of May 1990 2-2 v Arsenal at home last game of season. Had just moved here. It kicked off at the train station after and some absolute scumbags attacked me I've hated Arsenal with a passion ever since Was a great game though! We came for that match and never got in! They’d made it all ticket unknown to us so back in Leicester before 6pm. Late equaliser for the Gunners if I remember? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yobocop 1,444 Posted July 23 Norwich v Wimbledon mid 90s - school trip think we lost 1-0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scoop 54 Posted July 23 Grimsby Town Dec 1995. Drew 2-2. Favourite memory of that day? Our fans rendition of 'you're sh1t and you stink of fish' 😄 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Justin time 200 Posted July 23 66 v Charlton 2 -0 to city, remember running up and down steps in stand when we scored. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bigbrenn 88 Posted July 23 I refer the honourable gentleman to my previous post on this when this subject was discussed before!!! Sorry. Feeling grumpy today Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nobby 2 Posted July 23 vs Liverpool, late 70's or early 80's. Dad's firm (Norwich Brewery) had a box at the River End. Super sub David Fairclough with a winner in a drab 0-1 loss, if my memory is correct. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NR32-Yellow 19 Posted July 23 1994, i was 8 years old. Home to Sheffield United. Lost 1-0 to a Nathan Blake goal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TIL 1010 5,246 Posted July 23 9th March 1963 6-0 home win v Stoke and second game 4 days later 5-0 win v Newcastle in the FA Cup. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A Load of Squit 6,260 Posted July 23 My first game was a representative match. Players from the English Football League v the Irish Football League, my first City game was a few weeks later, I'm not 100% sure but I think we lost to Millwall. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Midlands Yellow 4,682 Posted July 23 11 minutes ago, Nobby said: vs Liverpool, late 70's or early 80's. Dad's firm (Norwich Brewery) had a box at the River End. Super sub David Fairclough with a winner in a drab 0-1 loss, if my memory is correct. March 1976, 29,000 crowd. We did win at Anfield earlier in the season though 3.1. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ged in the onion bag 961 Posted July 23 April 74.... Birmingham City (at St Andrews), 2-1 loss, relegation decider .... 48000 apparently, was on my dad's shoulders for most of it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ward 3 483 Posted July 23 20th April 1999. Day after my 7th birthday. Never been into a stadium. We drew 2 2 with Bolton at home. I stood on my seat when we scored our first goal forgetting they're folding seats in all my jubilation and fell down the back and scraped all my shin 🤣🤣🤣 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ward 3 483 Posted July 23 20th April 1999. Day after my 7th birthday. Never been into a stadium. We drew 2 2 with Bolton at home. I stood on my seat when we scored our first goal forgetting they're folding seats in all my jubilation and fell down the back and scraped all my shin 🤣🤣🤣 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ward 3 483 Posted July 23 20th April 1999. Day after my 7th birthday. Never been into a stadium. We drew 2 2 with Bolton at home. I stood on my seat when we scored our first goal forgetting they're folding seats in all my jubilation and fell down the back and scraped all my shin 🤣🤣🤣 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GJL Mid-Norfolk Canary 2,035 Posted July 23 1980/81 Norwich 1 (Fashanu) - 1 Arsenal About two thirds of the way into the season ...got relegated at the end of the season and sold our best player....set me up for life... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yellow 63 25 Posted July 23 Norwich v Cardiff October 1971 2-1 victory. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
detroit94 9 Posted July 23 Easter Monday 71 Norwich v Oxford, A dull 1-1 draw. Little did we know the following season would be so historic 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CatLineker28 7 Posted July 23 3-2 Sunderland 1st day of 90/91 season. Dale Gordon scored a beauty to put us ahead and Rosario hit the bar with a header from about 3 yards on stroke of half time which would have made 3-0 and killed game. Then they fell apart for 30 mins and Gabbiadini levelled before Fox won it lateish. Loved it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SwearyCanary 1,340 Posted July 23 24th August 1994 v Palace: 0-0 draw and because my dad was utterly clueless about going to football and generally disliked the sport he inadvertently bought us tickets in the away end 😂. I didn’t enjoy it but thankfully came back for better times and results Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dean Coneys boots 1,531 Posted July 23 0-0 v manure. They had a new manager from Scotland called Fergy. A dull game tbf but I still caught the bug Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Foxy2600 376 Posted July 23 Was on my summer holidays in Lowestoft, dropped in on my mums sister in Norwich. My uncle took me to the Stoke game, who had Geoff Hurst and Gordon Banks playing. My first at a stadium. Was an Everton fan up until that day (dunno why, perhaps Alan Ball and the World Cup?). August 1972 2-0. Still got the wooly bobble hat I was bought. Remember we were on the Big Match a lot that season 😀 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LaUnionCanary 150 Posted July 23 Have no idea, but either '61or 62. Had just joined the RAF and for the first time in my life I had some money. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fifty 51 Posted July 23 Jan 1st 91 - standing at the front of the Barclay aged 10 as Tim Sherwood put us into an early lead before we lost 6-2 to a very good Brian Clough side with a young Roy Keane dominant. Saw a terribly shanked John Polston own goal (shades of his infamy on the Danny Baker own goals and gaffs video), a great consolation from Robert Fleck, and Bryan Gunn and Mark Bowen having a furious bust up over needlessly conceding a corner right in front of us. I thought it was absolutely brilliant! As we were just to the side of a goal you can see me and my brother in most of the Forest second half goals in our Parka coats. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norfolkngood 1,174 Posted July 23 Norwich City v Liverpool, 1980 Justin Fashanu Goal game i was just 8 and a liverpool fan then ( like many youngsters in the 1970's / 80's ) my brother and his friends took me ,they took turns with me on the shoulders in the Riverend right behind the goal where Fash scored that goal Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
