[Zinman]

You have reminded me Zinman about girlfriends and first matches.

My girlfriend later my first wife finally agreed to visit the shrine even tho she knew absolutely nothing about football.

Our next home match (I think 1964/65 season) was against Stoke City not a game I would normally have chosen but, I was afraid any delay and she would change her mind.

My now Ex. definitely wasn't going to stand and I had to fork out for tickets in what we now call the East stand.

Believe it or not we beat them 5-3 in a really entertaining match. Obviously long before the Stoke jinx set in.

She even agreed a few games later to travel with me to a mid week game at Filbert Street and guess who made his debut for us.  None other than one Jeffrey Astle just signed from Notts County.

Unfortunately, we lost 2-4 and Astle was anonymous that night.

Anyway, if nothing else, she learned that the ball was round!!

I've also taken an ex-wife who fell asleep (admittedly after a pre-match visit to a great pub) and my current wife who spent most of the game reading a book. She hasn't been back.