I was disallowed from attending football matches as a girl; parents thought that football crowds were rowdy and football grounds unsafe places to be.
My local team was Wolves, so one Saturday me and my boyfriend were planning, my folks being away for the day, to go to Molineux to see Liverpool play Wolves (the boyfriend was from Liverpool and hence supported them fanatically.) Sadly, parents had a change of plans and arrived home just as we were about to leave, so I never did get to that football match.
40 years later, I finally got taken to a football match. BH is a closet Arsenal supporter, now I'm up here I like the Magpies (but still have a soft spot for Wolves - and Villa too), so, as the match was more-or-less on my birthday, we went to see Arsenal at St James' Park. It was that match. BH enjoyed the first half very much. And I saw the most exciting second half most people can ever remember! There was a goal disallowed each way, so in total I saw 10 goals in the first match I ever attended!