modboy Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Wait til you see the kid prices 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poite Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 18 minutes ago, Dot said: Its a good question, I've just become a grandad for the first time and already thinking about when I should start taking him. I used to take my son in the premier league years and he was bored watching the likes of man united, Chelsea etc. He used to take a comic with him to read during the match. bizarrely for his 16th birthday, her wanted a season ticket (we were in division 3 at that time) as he'd started going with his mates. Just goes to highlight its not really about football, its the social aspect more than anything Very similar thing happened with me actually. I went in the early 90's cos dad took me and I loved it but I lost interest in the later years when we had the likes of Carbone and DiCanio and hardly ever went (losing interest was certainly not anything to do with them). I started going again after we got relegated and had the Chupa Chups shirt (2002 I think) and for a season ticket cos my mate was mad into going. I think it boiled down to the fact that not only did I want to go with my mate, it was a time when we were old enough to start going without parents so it was really great having that I independence. Like you said, nothing to do with the quality of the football or who played. Purely down to the social aspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 17 minutes ago, modboy said: Wait til you see the kid prices £75 a season for under 11's, quite reasonable I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modboy Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 40 minutes ago, Dot said: £75 a season for under 11's, quite reasonable I think. Fair enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Five Archers Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 If they misbehave or won’t eat their greens you should take them straight away 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sambo89 Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 My brother took me to my first game, intertoto cup game at milllmoor when Hillsborough was getting ready for euro96 so I'd have been about 5 I think, I got bored about the hour mark but soldiered through to the end. My dad was never into football so used to go whenever my brothers or uncle had a spare seat in the car, and i think the fact I didn't get dragged there every week as a kid made me enjoy going. My boy is just 6 and I'm thinking of taking him to his first match when we're allowed back in, my only obstacle is his mothers side of the family who are trying to brainwash him into supporting L**ds. Any advice on this final thing would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage owl Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 I’m 57 I wish my dad had waited until I was 60 before taking me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Says Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Took my son to his first game aged 9 and he loved it so I got us season tickets in the family area, his was only £23. My sister took my nephew (aged 5) to a couple of pre covid games, and he can't wait to go again. Apparently my Dad took me aged 4 in the late 70s and I just used to run around the North Stand! First game I can remember is Cambridge at home in 1982, David Mills scored twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bez Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 9 or 10 seems a reasonable age unless they really want to go before then. Any younger and I would be taking them for my own benefit and not theirs. I prefer doing something for the whole family than drag them to my event where they sit on an iPad and endure the event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Calx Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 I took mine when he was 5. Really enjoyed it for a year or so. He's 7 now and has lost all interest in Wed and even laughs at me for watching them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal M Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 I was eight and loved it. Younger then that and I’d likely have been restless/bored sitting around for a couple of hours. I move a lot of concrete on the QVC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owlinmad Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 24 minutes ago, Sambo89 said: My brother took me to my first game, intertoto cup game at milllmoor when Hillsborough was getting ready for euro96 so I'd have been about 5 I think, I got bored about the hour mark but soldiered through to the end. My dad was never into football so used to go whenever my brothers or uncle had a spare seat in the car, and i think the fact I didn't get dragged there every week as a kid made me enjoy going. My boy is just 6 and I'm thinking of taking him to his first match when we're allowed back in, my only obstacle is his mothers side of the family who are trying to brainwash him into supporting L**ds. Any advice on this final thing would be appreciated. Divorce.......................................................simples. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anus Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 I started going at 12. We have 3 girls, the eldest/ middle of which we started to take when they were 13 and 10 respectively. But the youngest who was a bit of a outlier in family planning terms, holiday....too much booze we started taking about 6, but she would get quite bored, but this hasn't deterred her, and she can't wait to get back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Scarlett Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 4 hours ago, Dot said: £75 a season for under 11's, quite reasonable I think. Agree that's a reasonable price for a season ticket...............Hmmmmmm.............(thinks )........... wonder if I could dress as Jimmy Clitheroe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sambo89 Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 8 minutes ago, Owlinmad said: Divorce.......................................................simples. Divorce = Weekend dad = Hillsborough! I like it! So simple but yet so effective! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortlandOwl Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Why would anyone submit their child to a lifetime of misery? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worthing_owl Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 About 3 months, due to the distane to Sheffield, would have been earlier. Took toys to games for him until about 5 or 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morepork Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Apologies - We now strongly advised against taking children. They simply do not posses the emotional tools required to watch Wednesday. Regards - 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodyowl450 Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 21. Spare them the pain for as long as humanly possible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beany71 Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 My lad was four, to be honest a lot of the time he got bored, didn’t have the attention span. By the time he was 6 or 7 he was hooked, although this team is now sucking it out of him to the stage were he’s questioning getting a season ticket. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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