Feels mad now. I was part of that last generation of kids just pre and then post mobiles coming in.
Used to all message the night before (ON MSN MESSENGER) - right we're all going to get the XX.XX train to Brighton in the morning.
If one of our group didn't make that train (and there was...
He's wearing the centenary shirt, so that'll be the first ever game at the Amex.
https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/galleries/1272301/when-albion-met-spurs-to-open-the-amex
As I couldn't make the Doncaster game, I'm always going to treat this friendly 3-2 loss to Spurs as our OFFICIAL FIRST...
Gonzalo Jara Reyes
Pretty sure he was caught driving whilst serving a driving ban during his time with us, and subsequently banned for longer.
UPDATE here it is;
That last bit is brilliant - didn't know he was left out due to being UNDER ARREST at the time.
And then these bits of FUN while...
My recollection is a little dusty but yes I believe "f*** his legs" would often follow a "SMASH EM", sometimes the lesser spotted "Smash em, the TWATS"
Obviously a ludicrously loud aggressive chant of ADAM EL ABD from one man at quiet moments during a game can't be forgotten also.
We went WSL...
I always enjoyed Big Phil greeting about 243 people on his way up to his seat after selling programmes. Famed.
Less a fan of the "f*** his legs" girl who would only scream very violent things.
Assuming you still mean the same place, I can't believe someone was determined to persistently stand...
The celebration.
The fact he could look very clumsy and poor or brilliant and completely unstoppable at any one time.
Hitting a free kick so hard the camera didn't keep up with it on one goal I remember.
The stepover and drive to the byline for a cross you knew was coming but the opposition...
Mauricio Tarricco - again because every time he played it just felt so INFORMAL - Gus asking if he fancied a game that day, Tarricco seeing it would be a spicy one (Southampton away) and saying go on then.