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Your First Ever Game At The Vetch !?

March 1978.
Tosh's first game as our player/manager V Watford and a 3-3 draw.
Old man was a seasie holder on the Kop at Anfield and wanted to see how Tosh performed as a manager.
Kept going after that with school mates.
Now 61 and taking grandbabies to the Morfa. Getting old!!
Daughter and son were dragged up on the N.B.
 
Thanks for the info ,
Did Stuart Pierce play in the first game ,
My brother and mate drove up to Wrexham for a Welsh Cup game which never kicked off due to a waterlogged pitch .
Pearce had left Wealdstone a few years earlier. Not sure if they had any household names at the time, maybe Andy Wallace who went on to play for Yeovil later on.
 
For old times sake, for about the 9th time this topic has arisen on various iterations. Swansea 0 Exeter 3 is the first game i can remember but not the first game I was taken to. Alan Beer played fro Exeter( he was a Swansea boy) and he tore us to shreds. First game I went to was Boxing day 1975. A thumping win against our soon to be rivals.(Watford) I wish I could remember it. I went to all home games on this little snip.My dad couldnt belive how much I seemed to love the whole thing. The last fixture on the list here is a notable draw we got against the runaway champions that year managed by Graham Taylor no less. (player manager initially ) Its true to say I was hooked from the start.
A lot of Friday night games here. (Possibly due to the Rugby. Wales were a juggernaught then and was 5 nations season) Something special about the Swans on a Friday night. Hardly ever happens now.
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Alan Beer played in the Swansea Senior league for Unit Superheaters (United) and I saw him play many times at Maesteg Park in St Thomas. Another player of the same era was Brian Grey who played in the same league before both were picked up by the Swans. There were some excellent players in the local leagues around that time.
 
26th August 2000

Swans 0 - 2 Colchester.

I was six, in the North Bank with my dad. He sat me up on the sand by the pitch, which I dropped my burger in.

Lua Lua scored twice and was sold to Newcastle within the week
 
26th August 2000

Swans 0 - 2 Colchester.

I was six, in the North Bank with my dad. He sat me up on the sand by the pitch, which I dropped my burger in.

Lua Lua scored twice and was sold to Newcastle within the week
He scored a cracker in that game, if my memory serves me right, a real stunning individual goal i think.
 
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