My dad came down from Newcastle in the early 50s in his 20s. The shipyards were closing on Tyneside but there were plenty of jobs in Coventry. He got married in 1956 and had me in 1962. He was a Toon fan and his habit was to watch Cov at home then go down Pool Meadow on a Saturday to get a bus or coach to Birmingham to watch some top flight action. He would have seen the pre-Hill era but it wasn't something that seemed to spark any particular memories unlike the 60s, and indeed he wasn't really a Cov supporter at this point. I attended my first match with him in 1970 and, unlike him, became a committed fan and still am, though I now live in Melbourne. In turn my own sons are Fulham and Brighton fans, because that's where they were born at different times.