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Or "Kid a Quid" (?) as the OS has it .....

http://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/news/article/kidaquidforbradford-1443259.aspx

Good offer anyway, whatever the correct syntax :)

I wonder if letting (say) children under 12 in free at all times would be a good idea. It gets them interested at an early age, when perhaps otherwise their parents couldn't afford to bring them. Also from my experience the club would make some money out of it on half time chips and drinks (compulsory request behavior!)

All the same it's a good promotion.

Under 7's (I think?) get in free anyway.

Not a bad shout though, that's a good age to get kids interested in football for nothing.

Yeah, just checked that - it's under 10's. So the club are doing it anyway  :D

Well not really free. £30 to join junior robins first.

We don't make money out of food and drink sales etc....

Toying with the idea of bringing my eldest to his first game. He's 4, been to loads of Ice Hockey games so he can sit and watch games for an extended period (but naturally his mind wanders every now and then) he keeps asking to see Swindon play for real when I'm playing fifa 14...

DO IT! I was 4 when I went to my first game. We could do with the numbers as well!

Christ, my mind wanders most games!

My daughter was 4 first time. As long as there are sweets involved you'll be on a winner

holler at me if you do!

Mine were both 4 when I first took them. They've both developed crushing psychological disorders as a result. Or possibly due to having me as a Dad. One of the two. Either way, bring him along, he'll love it.

Took my step daughter to her first league game a couple of weeks ago - the Sheffield Utd game. She's 10 and I was worried she'd be bored - she loved it. She couldn't believe how exciting it was at the end. I warned her it's not always like that - she can't wait for Monday.

Do it, our son was just over 3 when we took him to his first game.

He's 18 now & despite living up here still comes to games with us.

I was 3 for my first game. It was too loud for me. 89/90 season

Wouldn't be a problem now. My youngest was also scared of loud noises and didn't like crowds when he started going to football. So the County Ground was the perfect place to take him .. badum tish!

He's grown up going to ice hockey games, his first was at 3 days old and he slept right through it, the loud goal horn and music didn't affect him which I guess was the familiarity of it from noises he heard in the womb. Loud noises shouldn't be an issue! finding three or four seats in a row might be though... :/ the back few rows of the DR have sight line warnings on the ticket website, I'm guessing that's just the ball disappearing when it's played up in the air? Can't remember any other blockages, haven't been this season though!

I've took my daughter (she's 8) twice and she hated it

On that note yesterday I found chucking the youngest in the air when we scored didn't go down as well as expected. Didn't do it for the winner and got "daaaaaad, you didn't pick me up". He's his mothers son alright.

hth.

Ha, I still do that occasionally with my youngest, although it's more of a lift than a chuck these days and I usually regret it :)

I know it's a blatant plug and everything but.........

The NSPCC are the clubs chosen charity for this and next season

On Monday the idea is to really try and promote this - there are going to be green cards on a lot of seats, the players are going to wear green T Shirts warming up and coming out before the game etc....Bradford have also agreed to join in and their players will have NSPCC T Shirts on as well.

It would be really great if everyone could hold the cards up - we are trying to get a picture of the ground as green as possible

On every card there is a text number - if you text 'gogreen' to the number 70744 it will donate £1 to the NSPCC

It really is a great charity - the money stays locally and helps to pay for the Swindon centre where an awful (far far far too many) kids are helped overcome abuse of all kinds

My post as I said is a blatant plug, but hopefully most will agree it's a great cause and something we really should be supporting........

Thanks all .......

Thanks for the info shaggy.

My two were 4 & 3 respectively when I first took them around this time last year.  They both love it now...even if I have to bribe/keep them quiet every now & then with chocolate and Angry Birds.  Youngest usually ends up on my shoulders when we score, especially when it's a last minute effort as vs Sheff United.  They went properly mental when that went in - confirming my belief that I must be doing something right.  (Eldest seems to be talking a fair bit about Chelsea, mind, when he comes home from school.  But I'm doing my best.)

Let him "go Chelsea" Ardiles. Spare him decades of misery.

I was 4 when I went to my first game. Swindon were bloody good then though. I feel sorry for youngsters today never witnessing the heights I did as a boy.

Having never bought a ticket on an actual match day before, I take it I can tomorrow?

Yes