[Albion] 10 years on - The best Withdean moment - Nominations thread

[SK1NT]

As noted above; Swindon, Zamora v Halifax and beating Chesterfield to win the league. Also getting a point against Ipswich and staying up on the last day of the season (2005?) as I got to speak to Des Lyman after running on the pitch after the final whistle. And the 4-1 win against wolves in 2003 that gave us a glimmer of a chance of staying up.

i remember the 4-1 wolves win and 4-0 watford wins were quite near to eachother...

 

[ewe2]

Swindon yes......but just coming home for me.....that very first match v Mansfield.....magic !

 

[Comrade Sam]

From 0:50:

My daughter and I are in that crowd, her first home game at 13 months (already been to a couple of away games). I also loved shouting 'Get your hair cut!' every time Freeman ran down the wing.

 

[The Wookiee]

The first game v Mansfield

 

[Lindfield by the Pond]

Hole opened up that needed to be filled with bucket of sand. Took an age to find a bucket of sand. Sorry, can't remember which game.

 

[Luke93]

Brighton 1-0 Stockport County.

May 2009.

Seconded! Slade was almost crowd surfing and someone took his cap!

 

[Mr Putdown]

Obviously I’ve got a different set of memories regarding the games I attended at the Withdean to you lot but, for me it was either the NSC sponsored match or the ‘Jobi in the last minute’ game between us. As I can’t even remember who the opposition was for the former - it was a very alcoholic day - I’ll have to go with the latter.

I’m sure you all remember the game, albeit for different reasons.



Or for the masochists, https://fb.watch/4La3ISg3Tr/

 

[Weststander]

My daughter and I are in that crowd, her first home game at 13 months (already been to a couple of away games). I also loved shouting 'Get your hair cut!' every time Freeman ran down the wing.

We were too, it was my young son’s third ever Albion game. 12 years on (time flies), he’s a NS s/t holder.

I really liked Russell Slade, self effacing, he loved that chant.

 

[Badger]

Obviously I’ve got a different set of memories regarding the games I attended at the Withdean to you lot but, for me it was either the NSC sponsored match or the ‘Jobi in the last minute’ game between us. As I can’t even remember who the opposition was for the former - it was a very alcoholic day - I’ll have to go with the latter.

I’m sure you all remember the game, albeit for different reasons.



Or for the masochists, https://fb.watch/4La3ISg3Tr/

The NSC sponsored match I went to was against Notts County. They scored some ridiculous goal from the halfway line and I think it ended in a draw. Not that it mattered too much, it was a cracking day.

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

Hard to say what my overall best Withdean moment was but many a happy hour in The Sportsman pre match. Several beers in before tackling the £4.49 roast buffet.

 

[Invicta]

From 0:50:

That was a cracking day !

 

[Weststander]

That was a cracking day !

Sun, heat and that vital win.

Funny thing was that in the last 2 hours of a 46 match season, we went from 22nd to mid table 16th. A few weeks before after losing at home to Swindon, everyone assumed that we were as good as down.

 

[East Staffs Gull]

Notts Forest friendly in 1999. Just being back in Brighton.

 

[Mellotron]

Bloke on the pitch after Man City in his scooter/wheelchair

First competitive game back in Brighton and beating Mansfield 6-0

My first thought was “one man wheelchair pitch invasion”.

 

[Farehamseagull]

The Swindon play off game without doubt.

My favourite ever football game.

 

[Whitechapel]

A squirrel making it’s way on to the pitch and then outpacing Nathan Jones down the wing.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Obviously I’ve got a different set of memories regarding the games I attended at the Withdean to you lot but, for me it was either the NSC sponsored match or the ‘Jobi in the last minute’ game between us. As I can’t even remember who the opposition was for the former - it was a very alcoholic day - I’ll have to go with the latter.

I’m sure you all remember the game, albeit for different reasons.



Or for the masochists, https://fb.watch/4La3ISg3Tr/

I remember that game for very different reasons. Was living abroad and watched it in a Scottish themed ex pat Chippy in the middle of Taipei City on a moody satellite feed. Just me, the Scotsman who owned it, a Palace fan who also played for our football team and a crate of Guinness. Can't even remember the winner

 

[scooter1]

Knocking Man City out of the League Cup after extra time and penalties. 24th September 2008 = my other half's birthday.

This. I didn’t get to the Withdean as much as I would have liked as I lived abroad for the majority of time we played there. But I got a ticket for this from a mate who got called in to work, on the proviso I kept him up to date by text of the scores. He was gutted to have missed it, and I wasn’t.......

 

[zefarelly]

Drunk bloke getting his false leg pulled off by H Block stewards, then being manhandled, hopping and effing and blinding, round the running track. Marvellous Withdean scenes

I think that was Lee, didn't know him very well, just from out and about at pubs/gigs, he died last year . . .

 

[southstandandy]

When a sink hole appeared on the pitch in the first or second season and the groundstaff had to come on and fill it.