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So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
that's right, Tuesday night I will be in Toronto, Ontario at the Air Canada Centre for the NHL game of the Calgary Flames vs. the Toronto Maple Leafs (yer crappy new city is goin down Aryn  ). I am quite excited about this, I've been wanting to go to a NHL game for as long as I can remember and now I finally get to.
And this got me thinking....what was your first pro sporting event, and were you really excited about it or was it just something to pass the time?
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11 Jan 2004, 21:33
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
Blackburn Rovers vs Wolves
God knows what year, i would have been 6 or so. David Speedie scored a hat-trick  . You could say it got me interested slightly seeing as i've had a season ticket since i was 8.
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11 Jan 2004, 21:35
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
Oh and i took a big inflatable yellow banana with me  .
Those days were great when people took all sorts of inflatables to matches  .
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11 Jan 2004, 21:37
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
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Blackburn Rovers vs Wolves
God knows what year, i would have been 6 or so. David Speedie scored a hat-trick . You could say it got me interested slightly seeing as i've had a season ticket since i was 8. |
I was younger than that when I watched my first sunderland match at Roker Park :coolio:
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11 Jan 2004, 21:39
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lolly roffle
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
My Dad doesnt agree with taking 1/2/3/4 year olds to matches because its a complete waste of money and i agree with him. The kids that sit behind me (i would say they are 5 years old) dont pay any attention to the match and spend most of the time either screaming at each other or kicking my head  .
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11 Jan 2004, 21:46
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
I wish I wasn't poor so I could go see matches 
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11 Jan 2004, 21:48
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
First premiership match I saw was Blackburn vs Everton, where blackburn went 1-0 up in the first minute. Besides that, no idea.
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11 Jan 2004, 21:48
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lolly roffle
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
Find a cheap team to support . Sunderland is way overpriced, its double the prive of my season ticket iirc :/.
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11 Jan 2004, 21:49
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
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My Dad doesnt agree with taking 1/2/3/4 year olds to matches because its a complete waste of money and i agree with him. The kids that sit behind me (i would say they are 5 years old) dont pay any attention to the match and spend most of the time either screaming at each other or kicking my head . |
well, it's time for 'unkle JC' to discipline those little bastards
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11 Jan 2004, 21:49
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
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Find a cheap team to support . Sunderland is way overpriced, its double the prive of my season ticket iirc :/. |
I'm the one who told you that
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11 Jan 2004, 21:50
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
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First premiership match I saw was Blackburn vs Everton, where blackburn went 1-0 up in the first minute. Besides that, no idea.
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What were you doing in Blackburn?
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11 Jan 2004, 21:55
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
does speedway count as pro sporting event?
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11 Jan 2004, 21:57
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
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does speedway count as pro sporting event?
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uh...well, I guess so
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11 Jan 2004, 22:04
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
Karlsruher Sport Club 0 vs. 0 1. FC Köln
i can't remember really, it was one of the most boring games i have ever seen.
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11 Jan 2004, 22:06
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
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What were you doing in Blackburn?
You tought me everything i know dude.
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I think it was at Goodison, and I was there because my football team (under 7s or whatever) got free tickets.
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11 Jan 2004, 22:08
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
Crystal Palace vs Birmingham City @ Selhurst Park.
Can't remember what year, but there was a fancy dress pitch invasion, we were on the terraces, and Palace won (I think) 4-1.
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11 Jan 2004, 22:17
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Oh Canada!
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
actually, I'm gonna kill 2 birds with 1 stone...the Hockey Hall of Fame is a few blocks away from the Air Canada Centre....so I'm gonna go to Toronto early and spend some time at the Hall
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11 Jan 2004, 22:29
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
i'm not sure....
FC Twente - Roda JC or the Formula 1 GP of Belgium, 1993.
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11 Jan 2004, 22:36
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
PSV - AZ clear pwnage
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11 Jan 2004, 22:49
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
Not sure what age i was, 4 or 5, Celtic 1-0 Aberdeen, Tommy Coyne i believe. That was one of the few games we won back then, heh
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11 Jan 2004, 22:52
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
The 'Darts Final' thread was below this one.
Started freaking me out for reason unknown.
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11 Jan 2004, 23:11
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
went to see sunderland v arsenal a few years ago, i think that that is still the only one i have been to
(arsenal won 2-0 iirc)
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11 Jan 2004, 23:16
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
England vs Norway, 0-0 friendly draw at Wemberley
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11 Jan 2004, 23:39
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
Hmm, I can't remember when it was, I think I was about 6 or 7 and I saw Wales play Germany in the old National Stadium, we lost 2-1 I think. Still got the ticket somewhere. Around the same time I also saw Pontypridd in some rugby games at Sardis Road so that may have been first.
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12 Jan 2004, 10:30
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
Scotland vs Portugal at Ibrox.
Quite an achievement for me at the time seeing as I lived on an island on the west coast that made going to sporting event's rather difficult (Due to the semi sort of curfew we have their dictated by the time the ferries stop transporting people to and from the island which was 7:30 pm)
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12 Jan 2004, 13:04
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
Carlisle United v Doncaster Rovers at Brunton Park.
Finished 2 - 1 to Carlisle. The match was fair. I got hit on the back of the head by the ball when it got hit into the crowd, which was nice. This was ~1994.
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12 Jan 2004, 14:26
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
Reading Vs. Swansea.
I was about 7ish I think.
The Swansea fans started a riot, climbed the flood lights, ran onto the pitch etc etc.
Was the first game in like a decade Reading brought in police horses.
Reading won.
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12 Jan 2004, 17:01
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
dilly you bastard :P
while you're in toronto.. check out some cool things we can do at the meet k?
my first sporting event? no idea.. i've been to tons of canuck games.. and i know we went down to seatlle to watch mariners vs bluejays games when i was 10.
i can't believe you haven't been to a game before. what kind of hockey fan are you? :P
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12 Jan 2004, 23:38
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
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dilly you bastard :P
while you're in toronto.. check out some cool things we can do at the meet k?
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hmm, I won't really be doin a whole lot there. We plan to get to Toronto around 1pm and we're goin to get some lunch then straight to the hall of fame, then to the ACC around 6:30pm or so....so, I don't think I'll really be able to look into things to do :\
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
Crewe Alexandra vs Some other 3rd Division team, only went because I won the the ticket.
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14 Jan 2004, 19:16
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
i'm happy that for your first nhl game your hometeam won :P
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14 Jan 2004, 19:35
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
Firstly may I point out that you're all Mackem scum.
Secondly, my first sporting event was Hawthorn Hawks vs Collingwood Magpies in Melbourne, Australia.
Hawks won \o/
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14 Jan 2004, 19:42
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
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Firstly may I point out that you're all Mackem scum.
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14 Jan 2004, 19:57
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
England vs West Germany U21s at Valley Parade when I was too young to even be bothered or remember anything about it.
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14 Jan 2004, 22:44
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Oh Canada!
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i'm happy that for your first nhl game your hometeam won :P
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hehe...YAY \o/
it was awesome there...the atmosphere is so different than what you think it's going to be. At first I thought it would be really wierd not having the commentators to listen to, but I found myself doing the play by play in my head through out the game.
And, I got to touch the cup!!! the STANLEY CUP!!!! I even got my picture taken with it!!
I was in heaven all day long
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14 Jan 2004, 22:48
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
yay 
i'm glad you're first experience was great.
yah it's a bit different without the play-by-play.. but again, you see more action. you get to see the fights and stuff behind the play.. which can be more fun.
some people actually take a radio and listen to it as well.. but that's not as fun.
no fair you get a pic with the cup at the toronto meet i'm gonna touch the cup too :P
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14 Jan 2004, 22:53
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yay
i'm glad you're first experience was great.
yah it's a bit different without the play-by-play.. but again, you see more action. you get to see the fights and stuff behind the play.. which can be more fun.
some people actually take a radio and listen to it as well.. but that's not as fun.
no fair you get a pic with the cup at the toronto meet i'm gonna touch the cup too :P |
only problem is, the real cup isn't in the hall of fame over the summer cuz it's out with the winning team....so you'll get to touch the 'fake' cup :P
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14 Jan 2004, 22:56
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
i know
wouldn't it be funny if calgary or toronto won it?
then i'd still get to touch the real one :P
actually.. it'd be fking hilarious if calgary won it.. cause.. lololoolololol
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14 Jan 2004, 22:59
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i know
wouldn't it be funny if calgary or toronto won it?
then i'd still get to touch the real one :P
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even if toronto won it, it wouldn't likely be in toronto very often over the summer...it will be with the players in their hometowns
p.s.....check PM
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14 Jan 2004, 23:02
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
but still :P
(yay! i was starting to feel unloved... no pm's today )
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14 Jan 2004, 23:11
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
hehe...well, I'm glad to have been of some help to ya
the room, or the Great Hall as it's called, where the Cup and all the other trophies (the lady byng, the art ross, the conn smyth, etc...) and all the honoured members' plaques, is scary. The rest of the hall of fame is really busy, there's people talking, videos and music playing and all that kinda stuff, but when you walk into the Great Hall, there is not a sound anywhere. It was eerie.
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14 Jan 2004, 23:15
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
nifty.
so.. any plans on going to more games now? :P
i keep looking at the calgary schedule.. but there's not really any games left that i really want to see :\
the oilers game could be interesting. or perhaps the ducks.
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14 Jan 2004, 23:18
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
hopefully I'll atleast be going to Ottawa to see the Leafs/Sens on April 3rd...but I certainly wouldn't say no to seeing more than that
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
hmm... you pay for the flight.. i'll pay for the hockey tickets
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
err....here, or there?
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14 Jan 2004, 23:27
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
either :P
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14 Jan 2004, 23:34
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
hehe, well...we'll have to see about that...I'm a 'starvin student' remember
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Re: So, I'm finally attending my first professional sporting event
Goin back to the original post:
mine was derby vs norwich at the baseball ground, really low down, i didnt want to fall over the edge or somat if above!
Dean Saunders missed a penalty for us! Finished 0-0
Everyone was walkin out "worst match ever "borin" etc l thought it was most excitin thing ever!
I was about 6 I think.
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