(15 Apr 2014, 3:09 pm)Andreos Constantopolous wrote No, I hadn't been to a game by April 89 and didn't go until the following season.
A bit like AdamYs folks, mine weren't into football and even though my Dad had been promising to take me to a game, he was put off my crowd trouble in the 80s and the fact Newcastle were sh!te.

It was the following October my next door neighbour and his Dad convinced mine to let them take me to a Newcastle game (at home to Bradford).

It was the 86 World Cup that spurred my interest in football and have been to games at all sorts of levels since.

Pretty much same with me, I had to convince my granddad to take me around '89, he was also a bit wary of going because of crowd trouble, so he took me to a few Northern League Games at Murton against the likes of Gretna and Ferryhill Athletic, I remember going to Roker the first time and saying to the old man 'big difference from Murton aint it' avg att at Murton was about 3 old men and a border collie,. avg att at Roker was about 20k...I really fell in love with football at Italia '90, I actually cried when Gazza got booked and that was the moment I realised football was something I loved...Now, I support Darlington and watch them whenever I can