Well?

Scotland 0:0 Colombia

Rous Cup, 17th May 1988.

All I remember about it was it was crap, and Carlos Valderrama was playing. Can't remember what my first Airdrie game was, it would have been shortly after that. My gran lived just down the road from old Broomfield, so I used to go up when they opened the gates 20 minutes from the end and sneak in! After a few times doing that I decided they were the team for me, despite not being from Airdrie and all my friends supporting the old firm. I've been a regular since.

I'm so fucking old and dippy I can't rightly remember. I must have been 7 or 8 years old and my oldman P.C. plod took me down to Muirton one day when he was working. He took me in through the front door walked me behind the Florence place end and told me to stay there . I have no idea who saints were playing but it was pretty shit.It may well have been the season we got relegated from the premier league with hardly any points.He used to take me quite regularly after that and mostly it was pretty shit but I got hooked

Motherwell v Dundee at Fir Park back in the early 1990's, I was only around three or four at the time so cannot remember all that well.

8th April 1989, St Johnstone 1-1 Partick Thistle. Grant Jenkins scored for Saints.

My old man hadn't been to a game in years but went to the Scottish Cup quarter-final replay against Morton (our first big game in years) a few weeks before and I think I pestered him to take me to a game after that.

The week following the Thistle game was the Hillsborough disaster and Saints played Rangers at Celtic Park in the Scottish Cup semi the same afternoon. We didn't go to that and my first away game was 27th October 1990 when we beat Dundee United at Tannadice to hand them their first defeat of the season.

If any Saints fans want to know the date of their first game, I can probably trace it if you know the opposition, result or something...

Altrincham 5 Workington 1, 31st December 1977. Workington had been 1-0 up at half-time, Graham Heathcote scored a second half hat-trick. I'd have been six.

My first game was a Dundee Derby back in the 99-00 season where we won 3-0 at Dens. Dont have a clue who scored but I remember Cannigia missing a penalty. Was too young at the time.

Morton v Clyde early season 1975

Morton 1 Clyde 0.

Queens Park 0-0 Arbroath 23rd of September, 2000. It was a test to see if I liked football and if I'd be able to enjoy it. The game was awful, but I still enjoyed it. Then I got a season ticket for Clyde and have never looked back.

Dundee Utd 1-3 Dundee
28th Nov 1987

Tommy Coyne got 2 and Wright the other on a day we could have really hammered them.

The game was on Sportscene with Archie doing the commentary ... i had it on video for years until my dumb-assed sister taped over it with fucking Dirty Dancing

Ok, here's one for you, my man.

Phizzy Scott scored at both ends. Might have been Motherwell. Is that enough information? I'm pretty sure that was not my first but it was certainly an early one if not a figment of my imagination. Any help would be appreciated, Radders

Do you mean both ends of McDiarmid, for Saints, or both ends as in a goal for Saints and an own goal?

Hmmm, I think that might have been my first game, too. An uncle did take me to Celtic Park, but I have no memories of the day.

Or both ends as in in the mooth and up the bum?

Yeah, sorry, both ends as in a goal for Saints and an own goal.

I THINK it was Phizzy. Might be way off, kinda sketchy

Are the memories coming back!


Rough idea of the year?

Careful where you go with that. I don't have a problem with it, but you know how sensitive the Celtic-minded board users can get when certain topics arise.

It's 2008.

Wow, em...92ish?

10-2 the dee against q,o,s, at dens 1962, i was only 6 and thought it would be like that every week, misguided or what eh,

Airdrie 0-3 St Johnstone. It was at the old Broomfield park. I think it was in 1991 but can't remember. I think Ian Redford scored. My memory isn't great, and it was a good 17 years ago.

First glance it doesn't look like it was Scott and it doesn't look like the team was Motherwell. Scott didn't make his debut until early 1993 and didn't score until the following season. In the home matches in which he scored, the opposition didn't. Our results against Motherwell don't really fit either! I'll have a further think though.

I wish I'd posted that

22nd February 1992. Wright with a double and Stevie Maskrey came off the bench to score as well. Redford wasn't involved that day, although he did score against Airdrie in a victory at Broomfield the following season.

Tough one this, The one that sticks in my mind at an early age would have to be the scottish junior cup Final in 1973 when Irvine Meadow beat Cmbuslang Rangers at the 3rd attempt

Figment of my imagination?

Will ask the old man.

airdrie v dundee united friendly 5 years ago

we got beat five nil but i was only seven so i did not care

Thistle 2-2 QoS about 1997 or 1998.

Last game of 1993/94.

Dunfermline Athletic 5-0 Clyde.

Scorers: O'Boyle (4), A. Tod.

Falkirk pipped us to the league by a point despite us winning more games and scoring more goals than any other team in Britain.

It was at Starks Park in about 1993-95 Raith Rovers vs Thistle and Rovers won 2-0.

Partick Thistle 2 Queens Park 3. August 1982.

After hearing so much from my older brother about Partick Thistle, I was eventually allowed to go along after my old Grandpa, who was Thistle-daft, died.

It was love at first sight... and 26 years of torment and occasional glory since.

I could find the date fairly easily if I wanted.

Must have been October or November 1988 & we beat Ayr Utd at Muirton 2-0. Scorers were Maskrey & Barron I think.

Little wonder he is such a cult figure down East End way these days.


I'm more concerned with Savo's interest in this, the most mundane topic posted on the 1st division board in weeks.

Clyde v St Johnstone 1999 First game
Cannot remember well only 3 or 4
and been a Bully wee Fan ever since
And ALWAYS!!!!

Watching Airdrie get promoted up at Raith Rovers in 1991. I was 7 years old so all I can really remember is the goal and everyone running on the park at the end. Being a young girl not into football I only went to the odd big game until around 94/95.

My first game was Saints v Albion Rovers in a league game in 1986.

We humped them 7-1. Willie Broon scored a hat-trick and Stevie Evans got sent off for saints. Think Evans is managing down south now.

The crowd was under 500!

It would be either St Johnstone 2, Hearts 1 (I think we were losing at the break) or St Johnstone 5 Partick Thistle 1. Not sure which came first, but I'm sure both were in the League Cup in 1973.

[Edit actually thinking about it, first game was at Parkhead in January that year when Saints were humped 3-0 by Celtic. Like every other suggestible schoolboy in Glasgow, Celtic were my favourite team, but my Dad supported St Johnstone. Felt so sorry for Saints - and my Dad - that my allegiance had switched by full-time.]

Morton v Forfar 1962

At McDiarmid, Saints won 3-2 despite being down 2-0 i think to dunfermline, it may have been airdrie though! Paul wright got the last one (and possibly the first and second) in the early 90's probably 91-92. Missed two saints goal as i wanted a pie. Saw the winner though.

Decided Lindsay Hamilton was my favourite player because he was the first name i heard! Quickly changed to Paul wright after a couple of games though!!!

First time I went to a Thistle game was a pre-season friendly against an Aston Villa side including Sasa Curcic and Stan Collymore. It was either one of Dwight Yorke's last games before joining Man U or he'd just joined Man U. Think it was 1997 or 98. We lost 3-0 and I only really went because it was a Premiership team.

I think my first game was a 0-0 draw against aberdeen. Early 90s, but I can't remember much beyond that to be honest!

My first game was Morton v Dundee United in 94 or 95.

The home end at Cappielow was so full my Dad and I had to go in the Terror's end along with another couple of hundred Morton fans. My only real memory from that game was two Dundee United fans with bowl cuts (the trend at the time I believe) with orange and black beeds in them - even as a four or five year old I remember thinking how fucking gay they looked !

Never realised you were so young.

I vaguely remember a freezing cold midweek home match around 1994, could have been against Airdrie, not too sure.
First definite was a 2-0 home loss to Dundee September 1997.

Unfortunate enough not to have missed a home game since attending a 4-1 win over East Stirling November 2002 - the good old days.

Edit: 2002 you fucking twat.

Rangers v Motherwell, round about October/November 1982.

Remember Robert Prytz scoring with a diving header and Rangers fans doing the bouncy in the East Enclosure. They were presumably from the Psychic Rangers Supporters Club, as Morton fans actually invented the bouncy some three years later.

Sorry Swampy!

You poor chap. Thatchers gone; someone invented Aids; mini disc didnt take off; Mike Baldwin died of a heart attack and I lent you £50 in 2003.

Meadowbank Thistle 3-0 Raith Rovers, 12th March 1988.

Christ I am getting old.

it was a pre season friendly against West Ham United either '97 or '98 we lost 1-0

How old did you think I was?

I only got into football in the autumn of 95, and just supported Newcastle, till I became a Thistle regular in about 99.