26/4/1997 - R.I.P The Goldstone Ground

[Mendoza]

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lets have loads of wickerd pics....

 

[astevens76]

no pics (my dad will have them, i was only 7 in '97) - but epic memories

 

[rcf0712]

good call, I honestly can't remember when this was but it was at the end of a promotion season I believe in the 90's....

 

[Gwylan]

Great montage of clips there.

13 years - where did the time go?

 

[Everest]

 

[lichfield seagulls]

Great days but then again the good time are coming back

 

[The Goon]

I never had the pleasure. My first game was at Gillingham

 

[Mr Blobby]

A day never to be forgotten, might be easier to accept once we kick off at Falmer!

 

[The Large One]

Bit before my time...

 

[Stoo82]

Gets me every time that video.

 

[rcf0712]

good call, I honestly can't remember when this was but it was at the end of a promotion season I believe in the 90's....

just worked it out - it was the 2-1 victory in the last game of the 87-88 season when Barry Lloyd's Rougvie inspired side finished 2nd behind Sunderland and won promotion from Div 3 to Div 2.... I have found more (not terribly good) photos of the game and [post match celebrations and will scan and upload them ASAP on this thread....

 

[rcf0712]

just worked it out - it was the 2-1 victory in the last game of the 87-88 season when Barry Lloyd's Rougvie inspired side finished 2nd behind Sunderland and won promotion from Div 3 to Div 2.... I have found more (not terribly good) photos of the game and [post match celebrations and will scan and upload them ASAP on this thread....

sorry folks, no scanner / printer drivers installed in the new re-imaged computer yet so they will have to wait for another day - 19,800 crowd, largest for 5 years saw Bremner and Nelson (natch) put us 2-0 up, we held on for 2-1 and promotion, happy days....

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

West stand give us a song, west stand, west stand give us a song.

 

[Simster]

sorry folks, no scanner / printer drivers installed in the new re-imaged computer yet so they will have to wait for another day - 19,800 crowd, largest for 5 years saw Bremner and Nelson (natch) put us 2-0 up, we held on for 2-1 and promotion, happy days....

largest league crowd possibly, but earlier that season 26,467 had seen us lose at home to Arsenal in the FAC round 4...

 

[rcf0712]

largest league crowd possibly, but earlier that season 26,467 had seen us lose at home to Arsenal in the FAC round 4...

correct, was there too, a great season that was.....

 

[Knotty]

Thirteen years ago today I was in Amsterdam but flew back for the afternoon for the last game at the Goldstone.

Last Friday, I visited Falmer for the first time.

I'm not ashamed to admit that, on both occasions, the tears flowed. So much has happened in those years.

I am so proud to support BHA.

 

[SirDouglasLoft]

I wish I remembered The Goldstone was a bit before my time!

 

[Moshe Gariani]

West stand give us a song, west stand, west stand give us a song.

cue brief chorus of "Seagulls...! Seagulls...!" then cigars put back in mouths and hands back in sheepskin coat pockets...

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

cue brief chorus of "Seagulls...! Seagulls...!" then cigars put back in mouths and hands back in sheepskin coat pockets...

Still vivid in my memories the two renditions then silent, this picture makes the West Stand look so small, how many did it hold.

I loved it long after the lego stand had gone and they had the club shop in a portacabin on some spare land in the North West corner, the staff would watch the game through a small window to chants of 'club shop, club shop give us a song/wave'.

 

[Notters]

I wish I remembered The Goldstone was a bit before my time!

It wasn't before mine, but it seems a lifetime ago