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I have a two and a half yr old boy,and im just wondering how old your children were when you first took them

The reason i ask is that i might have to miss this saturday because i cant find a babysitter for a few hours  :(

Mine were all 5 when they came to their first games.

I see people take younger children and toddlers, but I also see those same people miss most of the game through having to entertain a little person who has no interest in watching football.

I was 3 when my Dad first took me. Apparently I had more fun playing with the seats.

My little boy love's his footy, but when i took him to the family fun day he got into a fit because he wasnt allowed to go and play.

which say's to me he may not be ready  :) But i really want to go  :hmmm:

 My first was about 8....it was then that he could really start taking in what was going on, and could sit still and watch for 90 mins.

 Cricket is a much better game for taking rug rats to....especially the small grounds as they can usually find a corner to mess around with a bat and ball.

Thanks for the reply guy's, just as i thought, maybe a bit too young ATM.

Looks like i might have to miss this one, at least it's on the telly box i suppose.

Fingers crossed i can find someone b4 the wkend.

I took mine at 4, loved it until we scored when he started crying. We left at half time. I don't intend to take him again until he's in his twenties.

There has been a large increase in toddlers sat near me in the DRS, which means i have to keep my insults and expletives to a minimum. Which is annoying considering we're getting no good results over the last 2 seasons...

I'm not adverse to people taking kids to football, but there should be segregation....

Agreed Reg. I take mine in the family enclosure so that the amount of expletives they hear is kept to a minimum, and other fans are free to curse and scream all they want without fear of hassle from parents.

I wouldn't worry, we don't look much like scoring a lot these days by the sounds of it!

I first took my lad a week or two before his fourth birthday. He soon settled into it and was interested in watching the games no problem.

When I go I usually sit next to my dad, whose immediate 'neighbours' are a dad and 2 pretty young kids. He usually brings along a mountain of Haribo to keep them quiet and in general they are pretty well behaved.

Our son was just over three when we took him to his first game.

It helped that we scored early in each half & the weather was ok (he didn't have to moan that he was cold), but in general he was fine.

It didn't put him off either, he's still going now at 15.

You've almost definitely got a homosexual on your hands.

Interesting topic this one.I'm itching to take my grandson to his first town game.He's not quite 4 yet, and his mum ain't having it just yet!All my lads were 4-5 when they saw their first town game, 5 of them are coming to the game with me tonight.Only one of them never really got interested in football, no he's not gay!

I've never even considered supporting Brighton, might be an option for him.

So is 10 weeks old too early?

I took my Grandson to his first game v Crewe, he is 3 1/2, he did watch some of the footie but i was glad i had Bob The Builder movie on my phone for him to watch,  as he did get a bit bored and wasn't that impressed with the noise when we scored. Take him along but be prepared for some boredom.

I believe the club has a crechenow while the game is on.

I reckon my lad only just started watching the whole game at the end of last season.  He just turned 7 this month.

Dont worry about that mate, it aint gonna stop me :D

Ill get louder for you

Same as this, although my son will be 8 in November.  He was 6 when he first went and didn't understand it at all.  He's very clued up now, but if the game's not very good, he'll usually start asking around 4.30 if we can go yet and then proceed to whinge on and off until the end.  My youngest is 4 and not remotely interested in football yet, so don't envisage taking him for a good year or so.

First took my son at 5 - got there nice and early then he wanted a wee 2 mins into the match and we then missed the only goal of the game.
He's still going to games now though 15 years later.

I took both my boys when they were 5. The two and a half hour drive each way was a bigger challenge than the game itself. Both, thankfully, loved the football from the start. The biggest problem was that my youngest seemed to think we always won as he was lucky enough to witness the play off season first up. Wembley soon brought him down to earth...They both still wear their Swindon shirts in West Ham country so it's obviously had a positive impact!

Good news

I have a babysitter for saturday so i can go and i don't have to take him.  :clap:

Having a read through all the comments on here, I think i'll leave it untill he's about 5.

It's quite interesting how different children of so many age's react differently.

Our wembley season i had a ST for my nephew who was 7, and he was a pain in the arse, but TBF he wasn't that much into football and had a very small attention span.

My little boy who is only 2 1/2 loves football but i'll enjoy a couple of years of freedom first  :)

Apologies to the kids around me tonight

I had a potty mouth

Is there a Leon Clarke joke in this thread yet?

4 when i took my oldest.... buttons and juice worked.