Everton for me at Hackett and Baines shop they only had 4 colours to choose from Green Blue Red and White i thought Alan Ball was brilliant so choose blue. But my first game at Ayesome Park 1971 was to be my first match so the Boro was my club I was 9 at the time
Caught them as support to Magazine at the city hall Newcastle about 79ish played tracks off Life in a day not impressed. We were at the Kirk and a song came on that was really good I asked what it was I travel and Simple Minds said the DJ I was hooked then, Loved them till New gold Dream...
I remember going to Sham el Sheikh and dragging my 2 cases across the car park at the airport to the transfer bus a good 400yds. Then this guy appeared picked up my 2 cases and shoved them through the open back window of the bus and stuck his hand out for a tip. Do one I said and the abuse I...
If I remember rightly we came out of the gig and my Dad had bought our first pet a blue budgie I think it was from Dickens at portrack did they have a pet dept there ? we called it smokie the budgie not Dickens
Having seen them 25+ times and enjoyed most of the gigs the icing on the cake being Royal Albert Hall 1983 I can safely say Rescue, Over the wall and All my colours are my fav tracks.
Futurama Festival in Leeds 1980 was my first experience of them and Rescue made the hairs on my neck stand on...