A-Z of little-known Albion miscellany - for new fans

[Deleted User X18H]

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Is the field Albion appear to have played their home matches on since 1999. The entire area is in fact a computer generated image the team actually play at The Broadfield Stadium in Crawley (as agreed by the town council in 1997) The image is then beamed backed to the hall mirror of a house in Westdene and then bounced off John Catts head and is displayed as a virtual playing area, in front of the stands.

 

[Gritt23]

Keith DUBLIN was a defender, signed by Barry Lloyd, who was famous for leaving his trade mark wet footprints and a line on the floor after walking out of the showers.

 

[narly101]

Tony Grealish born September 21 1785, was Brighton's oldest player. At 198 Years old he was the oldest Football captain ever to have graced the hallowed turf at Wembley, and went on to score 15 of the 28 goals against Manchester United in the replay. Before every game he had a moustache and beard trim for luck.

 

[Buzzer]

Fatty Taxman can outdrink Chuck Norris

 

[Iggle Piggle]

Al-bion briefly changed thier nickname to the Blue Parrots after the legendary pre match drinking venue in the 2005 season. After a particularly raucous affair involving champagne, strippers and a 2-1 Victory starting at 'The Seagull' bar In Sheffield including a last minute goal by 6ft 3 inch target man Leo Night, the nickname was once again reverted back to The Seagulls

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Dean Wilkins

Has a less famous brother Ray who played for non league sides like Manchester Red Devils and Chelsea Blues. Dean also had a cultured right foot and scored the winner in the play off semi finals in 1990 direct from a corner kick against Millwall. He also later managed us in 2006 and got us to seventh in what some people think was the easiest division in years, before the triumphant return of Mickey Adams.

 

[Simster]

Bryan Wade holds the record for most number of goals scored on an Albion debut, when in 1990 he scored 15 goals in the first half against Manchester United in a division 2 fixture. Amazingly, he was substituted at half time and never played again for the club. Now in 2010 aged 42, he has just re-entered the professional game, signing a 1 year deal with Leyton Orient.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Iván Luis Zamorano Zamora spent almost three full happy seasons on the south coast, scoring 237 goals in the process, eclipsing the 114 goals scored by Tommy Cook, whom was credited for defeating Adolph Hitler. Iván was then transferred to Zimbabwean Premier League outfit, Wankie FC, for a nominal fee. He eventually fell out of love with the game and can be found travelling around the Pacific Islands with his flea circus and performing dog troup.

 

[Iggle Piggle]

Legendary Albion defender Gary CHIVERS had to fit in training around his highly succesful Radio One mid morning show. He was eventually sacked for rigging a phone vote for a case load of WKD with Albion midfielder Dale JASPER

 

[WATFORD zero]

Kit and John Napier were the first co-joined twins to be seperated and go on to successful careers as professional footballers.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Scoot Mcgleish is revered as much at the Alb-ion as he is in the Orient.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Bill Archer

Kindly lent the club £56.50 when we needed it and then proceeded to sell the Goldstone ground for a £7m profit as we paved the way for a move to Gillingham.

 

[Simster]

Garry Nelson scored what is widely recognised as the greatest ever Albion goal, at Brentford in an FA Cup second round game in 1987. With the ball soaring towards the top corner of the Albion goal, Nelson leapt like a salmon to turn it away towards the corner flag with his ear. He then made a sprint for the ball, keeping it in play, and beat all fourteen opposition players (many of them two or three times), before lashing it into the top corner of the Brentford goal from 40 yards.

Sadly there is no television footage of this goal because television hadn't been invented, but luckily there are an estimated 24,000 Brighton fans (out of an official crowd of 6,200ish) who claim to have been there at Griffin Park watching it live.

 

[Brovion]

George BEST - The famous Manchester United player, during one of his absences from Old Trafford, had a spell at Brighton. He played under the name of 'Alan Duffy'.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Frankie Howard, once a favourite of the Goldstone, turned his back on professional football to seek fame and fortune in the world of comic acting. In the latter years of his life, he worked as a club scout and sadly passed away, due to complications of a virus, caught whilst on a trip down the Amazon looking for the next Pele.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Forfars

Always use this bakery wherever possible as the cuttress family (who own it) have been UNSTINTING in their support of the Moulescoombe Arena. Special mention to Lewes Lib Dems as well.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Norman Wisdom

Wrote good old sussex by the sea while he was king of Albania

 

[Brovion]

Prince Regent. The Prince Regent is well known for building the Royal Pavilion. What is less known is that during his time at Brighton he won two international caps for Germany.

 

[Simster]

David Bellotti A brilliant local politician who was a tireless campaigner for the building of Albion's new stadium. Joining the club in the late 90s, he quickly became the face of the club, bravely driving out the hooligans and thugs that had made up the vast majority of Albion's support at the time. Was later credited for the Liberal Democrat conference being held in Brighton so frequently in the noughties, such was his popularity amongst the populations of Brighton and Hove.

A candlelit vigil was held when he was driven out of the club and indeed the local area by a local tiresome meddling politico named Dick Knight (later attributed with turning the club into a tin pot outfit with his absolute inististance that the club play in his own back garden with a couple of temporary stands), and to this day Brighton fans the world over still feel the need to pass through Bath to visit him whenever Albion play in the West country.

 

[Mendoza]

Russell Salde
Potato and Egg based salad dish named after a shiny bonced man who saved the club from Division 4 after King Mickey Adams return was less than triumphant