Your First Away Game

[Ardiles]

Following on from the 'First Town Game' thread, here's a similar opportunity to share your first away day memories.

Six questions:

• Who was your first away game against?
• What was the score?
• When was it?
• How long was it after your first home game?
• How old were you?
• What do you remember about the day?

I'll set the ball rolling.

• Who was your first away game against?
  Oxford United
  
  
• What was the score?
  Oxford 5-3 STFC
  
  
• When was it?
  March 7th, 1992
  
  
• How long was it after your first home game?
  18 months
  
  
• How old were you?
  19
  
  
• What do you remember about the day?
  The long walk up the hill to Headington from the city centre.  The feeling that their ground was brutal and inhospitable, and shit (compared to the relative grandeur of the County Ground...the only other ground I'd ever set foot in).  The Police helicopters overhead as we left the ground.  And the Irish pisshead, about 50 yrs old, who sidled up to us as we were leaving the ground and offered us a fight.  (We politely declined.)
  
  Oh...and Shaun Close scoring after less than a minute, and thinking we had it in the bag.

[sonicyouth]

Northampton away when Kingy was in charge. Jon Beswetherick played. I think Kingy got in a fight? I was younger than I am now and it was probably a good 15 years after my first home game.

http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/MatchCentre.asp?MatchID=20030135

[Arriba]

Ipswich,

We won 2-1
 
March 4th 1989

4 years.

14.

We got there late and had to go in through the home turnstiles and were led through the back into the away end adjacent.
Think I paid £3 towards the petrol. Chalkie bagged a double.

[Posh Red]

Who was your first away game against?
Bristol City

What was the score?
lost 2-1

When was it?
March 1971

How long was it after your first home game?
2 months

How old were you?
7

What do you remember about the day?
John Galley is s fairy, big fat & hairy (I was only 7)

[Abrahammer]

Also Ipswich.

Lost 3 or 4 nil.

Towards the end of our last season in Championship so I guess the early months of 2000.

At least 10 years, couldn't get to an away game until I passed my driving test, this was days after passing my test

17

Nothing memorable about the game, we were shit as per most that season. I guess the "highlight" was driving on the M25 for the first time.

[Ardiles]

Who was your first away game against?
Bristol City

What was the score?
lost 2-1

When was it?
March 1971

How long was it after your first home game?
2 months

How old were you?
7

What do you remember about the day?
John Galley is s fairy, big fat & hairy (I was only 7)

You have basically answered my reason for starting this thread.  My two (aged 7 & 6) are begging me to go to an away game.  I'm tempted, but just a little apprehensive.

[REDBUCK]

Bristol Rovers
Won 4-1
1981
18
5 years
Stood with my Gas mates trying to stay out of the way. Got over excited with the goals going in  and got a slap at half time for my troubles

[tans]

Oxford away.

Ran em all over the shop and took the London Road on my own.

ROAAAAR

[Ardiles]

Bristol Rovers
Won 4-1
1981
18
5 years
Stood with my Gas mates trying to stay out of the way. Got over excited with the goals going in  and got a slap at half time for my troubles

That's brilliant.  I had a similar experience (without the slap) on second away game...which was vs Rovers at Twerton Park at the start of the following season.

Bristol Rovers 3-4 STFC

I was in the away end with a Rovers-supporting mate.  We went 4-1 up, and managed to hold on to 4-3 win at the end.  I seem to remember that one of Rovers' late goals came as a result of a free kick awarded because Diggers handled the ball from a back pass.  The back pass rule had been introduced just weeks before.

[Ginginho]

Who was your first away game against? Watford (FA Cup)
What was the score? 0-1
When was it? 28th Jan 1995
How long was it after your first home game? 10 years
How old were you? 17
What do you remember about the day? Very little in all honesty, my mate driving us up there, and the stand behind the goal with Watford fans in looked huge!

[Posh Red]

You have basically answered my reason for starting this thread.  My two (aged 7 & 6) are begging me to go to an away game.  I'm tempted, but just a little apprehensive.

Our son was 4 when he went to his first away game, it was at Reading.

Probably easier with one, but you will be savvy enough to keep them away from any issues.

[Costanza]

Who was your first away game against?

In truth it was supporting Aberdeen at Hibernian in 1991 with my Dons supporting step-dad (4-2 win for Aberdeen).

For Swindon it versus Bristol City.

What was the score?

0-0

When was it?

1996

How long was it after your first home game?

About 5 and a half years after my first home game.

How old were you?

12

What do you remember about the day?

We wore the blue and black away kit.
It was an early Scott Leitch game.
Walking through some fighting on the way out.
Dad telling me to stop singing Town songs in case he was somehow targeted with a 12 year-old son with him.

[Ells]

My first ever Swindon game was away, at Wycombe. Only thing I really remember is that a) singing Swindon songs in the home end is not the done thing, and b) football is much better than shopping on a Saturday

[FreddySTFC!]

Who was your first away game against?

In truth it was supporting Aberdeen at Hibernian in 1991 with my Dons supporting step-dad (4-2 win for Aberdeen).

For Swindon it versus Bristol City.

What was the score?

0-0

When was it?

1996

How long was it after your first home game?

About 5 and a half years after my first home game.

How old were you?

12

What do you remember about the day?

We wore the blue and black away kit.
It was an early Scott Leitch game.
Walking through some fighting on the way out.
Dad telling me to stop singing Town songs in case he was somehow targeted with a 12 year-old son with him.

Pretty sure that was my first away game aswell. I would have been 11. Only things that stick out for me were sitting in the City End, Wayne Allison getting a fair bit of stick & Peter Thorne heading just wide!! Would have been about a year & a half after my first home game!!

[FreddySTFC!]

Pretty sure that was my first away game aswell. I would have been 11. Only things that stick out for me were sitting in the City End, Wayne Allison getting a fair bit of stick & Peter Thorne heading just wide!! Would have been about a year & a half after my first home game!!

In fact it may have been the Swansea away game in the same season where Shaun Taylor scored the winner so whichever came first! Memories of that are Taylor's winner, my uncle jumping up to celebrate in the home end when it went in & the ball rolling under Bodin's foot to go out for a Swansea throw!!