the recent fa cup 4th round draw reminded me of my son`s
1st game , which i thought id share .. back in 2006 I had been fortunate to previously enjoy hospitality at both Maine road and Eastlands, but my son JACK (7 at the time ) had never been to a game (any game ) , when scunthorpe where drawn away to city , as a city fan i decided that would be the game his first game ,scuinthorpe are 10 mins up the road to us. knowing what a great crowd and warm welcome and hospitality we would enjoy off we set from Epworth just outside of scunthorpe, on a very cold icy january morning On arriving at eastland`s i showed my naivity and asked for family enclosure seats! urh urh! the young lad in the ticket booth pointing to the home fan only poster and remarking on my yorkshire twang , suggested we sat in the colin bell stand , all calm at this point that is untill kick off time when the stadium filled up and with a roar we`re off, all untill Scunthorpe (andy keog) scored ! well Jack jumped out of his seat and cheered, the atmosphere changed and was decidibly icy , almost apologetic i explained it was his first game every mindfull of my yorkshire twang.. at this point i would like to thank mr Robbie Fowler, as he then went on to score a fantastic hatrick and I can assure you I`ve never celebrated any goal(s) so enthusiastically !!
i can honestly say despite the looks and the comments it was a fantastic match , city winning 3-1 , thankfully Jack changed his alledgencies (your allowed to at 7) and we re both now CITD !! thanks Robbie !