My First Game
100 football fans. 100 first games.
100 different stories.
1 book
Some people have seen thousands of games, but they will always remember the first time they went through the turnstile.
Coming in 2022. A book that tells the story of the first trip to watch game of football.
100 authors tell their story in their own words of the memorable day, dating back over 50 years.
Each chapter a unique retrospective of the trip to the game, the sounds, the smells and the game itself.
From Arsenal to Zurich, 100 sales of footballing history told in their own original voices
Arsenal
“The game was supposed to be a commemoration of the Duke of Edinburgh scheme, randomly celebrating its ninth birthday. But for us it was an opportunity to bunk off work and go and see the bright lights of Soho in the Swinging Sixties.”
Stourbridge
“The smell from the factory next door. Carl ‘Igor’ Ball, the body double for Odd Bod from Carry on Screaming, in midfield who was only given a starting place otherwise his best mate Glen Hughes wouldn’t play. The Green, Green Grass of home played on a crackling PA system as the teams came out.”
Newcastle United
“”Howay, let’s go,” my Dad said out of nowhere. I looked around, confused because the scoreboard clock said there were still nine minutes to play. “Why?” I asked. “Beat the traffic,” he replied, not for the last time. I never saw the end of a game until I was old enough to go to one by myself.”
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