My First Cambridge United Match - Part 1

We recently asked what your first Cambridge United match was - See below some of the replies.

This is first part one of the replies from facebook - (more to follow)

Porky Brown 1970 friendly v Chelsea large crowd

Bob Loader 1989.. utd 5 v scunthore 3 very windy day.
 
Glenn Gawthrop 1972 Midweek League game v Northampton
 
Nick BerneyNick and 10 others are consistently creating meaningful discussions with their posts. November 1976 home to Lincoln 5-0 bloody freezing ... still havn't found my toes in the habbin
 
Ian Ward 1974 v West Ham (friendly)
 
Julie Mansfield 1974 with my late Mum,I used to sit between the advertising boards.You have a lot to answer for Mum lol
 
Bob Free Hmm... I first went to the Abbey in the very early 80s to a family fun day of some kind. Ended up chasing Steve Spriggs into the toilet to get his autograph (I was about 7). First proper game was mid 80s (thinking 85) against either Crewe Alexandra or Torquay United. I went to both and can't remember which came first!
 
 
Paul Mumby 1971, with my two Unlces Frank and Fred, can't remember who we played.Bob Loader 1989.. utd 5 v scunthore 3 very windy day.
 
Porky Brown 1970 friendly v Chelsea large crowd
 
Nick Berne  November 1976 home to Lincoln 5-0  bloody freezing ... still havn't found my toes in the habbin
 
Glenn Gawthrop 1972 Midweek League game v Northampton
 
Julie Mansfield 1974 with my late Mum,I used to sit between the advertising boards.You have a lot to answer for Mum lol
 
Ian Ward 1974 v West Ham (friendly)
 
Bob Free Hmm... I first went to the Abbey in the very early 80s to a family fun day of some kind. Ended up chasing Steve Spriggs into the toilet to get his autograph (I was about 7). First proper game was mid 80s (thinking 85) against either Crewe Alexandra or Torquay United. I went to both and can't remember which came first!
Lofty Swann Think it was 83, vs Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 defeat, remember volley from Gary Megson was their winner
 
Alan Ward United v Nuneaton Borough. Easter 1961. Southern League 1st Division. United won 4-2. Sat on the wall in front of what was to become the Habbin. Still have a season ticket to the Habbin. Idiot/fan or what?
 
Nigel Mahoney First game in the league against Lincoln.
 
Peter Thurston 1971 vs Northampton was 4 Yr old, followed through good n bad times, up the U's
 
Andrew Holdsworth 1969, with uncle Roy leinwebber, final season in old southern league
 
David James 1971 v Darlington. 6-1 win I see to remember
 
Chris O'connor 77ish they let us local urchins in at half time. We used to sit where we could, toilet roof, against the hoarding. I was 10 back then.
 
Richard Matthews 77 v exeter or brentford stood on wall habbin. This was my home till 85 apart from when biley came back with derby. We stood in nwmkt rd end. 3-0?
 
Har Ry 84 v Newcastle remember Keegan playing and we won
 
Martin Fabb Early seventies against Mansfield, they tried to take the Abbey with war paint their faces don't remember the score!
 
Jason Rider & Col Mcilfatrick 1978 Cambridge 1 v Leicester 1 Alan Biley
 
Simon Byatt Bradford .... news year day think united won 4/1
 
Kevin Clarke-Roberts Friendly v Norwich .. 1977 I think. Dave Stringer playing for United..
 
Gary Brown 1977, home to Torquay, we won 1-0.
 
Jonathan Phillips 1981, v Grimsby Town in the old second division. U’s won 5-1
 
Matthew Camp Haven't a clue who we played but Roger Hansbury was in goal. Mid 80's
 
Kevin Stigwood 5th March 1980 Newcastle United 0-0
 
Paul Sewter Haven’t got that good a memory but it goes back to the southern league days
 
Mark Scantlebury v luton at the abbey. tuesday night match 1980 (ish) we were 2-0 down got it back to 2-1 then steve spriggs missed a last minute pen. i was hooked
 
Neal Neighbour cambridge vnorthampton cant rememer year rained all game lost 2-0
 
Alistair Cooke 5-0 home win against Stockport, climbed up and shook the cage with Martin Crook. We must’ve been 12 or 13 years old eh mate?
 
Steven Thoday V Newcastle April 1984 1-0
 
Dave Boughtwood-Eason Can’t remember date but was a 1-0 win and Carlo corrozion scores was young at the time but enjoyed it and was hooked
 
Adam Klimek Versus Grimsby at the Abbey on December 28th 1983 , was 8 years old and wrote on the program (which still have) 2-2 lol
 
Glyn Bull It was 28th December 1982 and the attendance was 4822 and the final score was CAMBRIDGE UNITED 1 crystal palace 0 ( a very silly soft own goal on 67 minutes by a Mr cannon )
 
Tim Blake United v Maidstone division 4 1989 we won, some bloke in front of me got smacked in the head with a flying football and Uniteds physio attended to him, can't remember the physios name, Ken something?
 
Jon Warrington 1982 v Newcastle , 1-0 win I think.
 
Alastair Davies United v Farnborough 1987 FA cup. 8 years old. what a ride ever since
 
Harvey Mann United v Crewe 1977. We won 2-1
 
Neil Bradshaw 1977 v lincoln 5-0 biley hatrick and 2 finney i thinkat the abbey
 
Sylvia Clements I cannot remember who we played but my friend persuaded me to go with her 1951 but a was hooked by the showy goalkeeper Tony Gallego and speedy wingerJackie Bishop and I am still as keen