60 years ago today l saw my first Albion game.
The Albion 3 - 1 Pompey at The Goldstone Ground 5th September 1959
Bill Curry scored all three Albion goals and there were more than 29000 in The Goldstone Ground.
Hooked from that day.
60 years ago today l saw my first Albion game.
The Albion 3 - 1 Pompey at The Goldstone Ground 5th September 1959
Bill Curry scored all three Albion goals and there were more than 29000 in The Goldstone Ground.
Hooked from that day.
60 years hard labour! Well done Telboy60 years ago today l saw my first Albion game.
The Albion 3 - 1 Pompey at The Goldstone Ground 5th September 1959
Bill Curry scored all three Albion goals and there were more than 29000 in The Goldstone Ground.
Hooked from that day.
I'm in no way trying to derail the thread but i'm interested to know what sort of rivalry if any existed back then between the two clubs , i imagine a type of day with fans from both clubs happily mixing and swapping pipe tobacco , but would be nice to hear a first hand account of how things were back then .
Probably still 2:3:5 at that time! When did that formation get discredited?But what was Albion’s possession percentage? What was the xG? Number of passes completed? Did we play 3-4-3 or 4-5-1, geggenpress or not?
The biggest tear ups I’ve witnessed over the last 40 years have been with Pompey and not Palace if that helps.I'm in no way trying to derail the thread but i'm interested to know what sort of rivalry if any existed back then between the two clubs , i imagine a type of day with fans from both clubs happily mixing and swapping pipe tobacco , but would be nice to hear a first hand account of how things were back then .
That's true, it's been demolished.As an aside my first game was Albion vs Palace in 1976. I was in the South stand surrounded by good natured Palace fans, there is no way that will ever be repeated.
I'm in no way trying to derail the thread but i'm interested to know what sort of rivalry if any existed back then between the two clubs , i imagine a type of day with fans from both clubs happily mixing and swapping pipe tobacco , but would be nice to hear a first hand account of how things were back then .
Bill Curry is a proper old school footballer name.
I'm in no way trying to derail the thread but i'm interested to know what sort of rivalry if any existed back then between the two clubs , i imagine a type of day with fans from both clubs happily mixing and swapping pipe tobacco , but would be nice to hear a first hand account of how things were back then .
As an aside my first game was Albion vs Palace in 1976. I was in the South stand surrounded by good natured Palace fans, there is no way that will ever be repeated.
It was only 60 years ago, not 100 years. Not sure it would have been all cloth caps, thick moustaches and pipes. We even had motor vehicles and televisions, Elvis and Cliff Richard.
God, you lot are old!
I'm a real youngster compared to this thread of wrinklys....... first game in 1968-69