ArcticBlue
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This sums it up perfectly for me. Dad took us in the 70's and we stood on upturned buckets near the front (of the west stand) and pissed on the pitch at half time! Oh the madness oh the joy.
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This sums it up perfectly for me. Dad took us in the 70's and we stood on upturned buckets near the front (of the west stand) and pissed on the pitch at half time! Oh the madness oh the joy.
That really wouldn't surprise me. I agree about the general thought about games being about the football though - I'll never understand corporate hospitality.
The boiled type cheapo burgers & hot dogs.
(North stand loos (were they were open roofed?), with everyone jostling to pee into a half-pipe drain).
In the north west corner was a hut (a bit bigger and more open-fronted than that at Withdean) selling scarves, programmes & badges of many other clubs.
(North stand loos (were they were open roofed?), with everyone jostling to pee into a half-pipe drain).
In the north west corner was a hut (a bit bigger and more open-fronted than that at Withdean) selling scarves, programmes & badges of many other clubs.
ady1973
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Yes the food was shite, but GREAT times.....the waft of cigar/pipe smoke in the northstand.........the surges etc
But it was where the injection of blue and white entered my veins, so yes the AMEX is bloody fantastic , but it is going to take a while before it will overtake the Goldstone if ever
But it was where the injection of blue and white entered my veins, so yes the AMEX is bloody fantastic , but it is going to take a while before it will overtake the Goldstone if ever
Love reading this posts. Strange question, but has anyone got any pictures of the 'concourse' (hot dog stand / toilets) and turnstiles of the North Stand? I used to go a lot as a kid but can't remember that part of the ground so would love to rejog my memory. Thanks.
Smells - as a kid, noticed the strong smell of beer & scotch all around. The nearby pubs must have done well in the hours before Goldstone kickoff.
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Notters regularly posts a photo of the bogs in the North, I never tire of looking at it and I'm sure when i do the unmistakable stink comes flooding back.
As for the food, never tried it, wasn't that brave.
Seagull Steve
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Roofless toilet in the North, food (I use that term loosely) was disgusting, but after a few bevvies in the Hove Park Tavern or the Eclipse it didn't taste quite as bad. Everything everyone has said about The Goldstone is true, I loved the terracing, the surges and flicking my fag ash into Krispies pocket. Night games were brilliant, just thinking about seeing the glow of the floodlights as you approach still brings that warm feeling inside. But although remembered with total fondness, times have changed, and the only thing I would change about the Amex is putting terracing in the North and East stand if we was allowed to have terracing now.
LABHA
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Goldstone burgers were shocking,Amex food is ok if you have a Pie,2 burgers i have had have been cold,and wet from lettuce,in other words,shit,hotdogs are bland also.
Used to have a season ticket in the West Stand during the glory years and did indulge in the odd pie( very hot with semi charred sellophane wrapping falling apart in your hands.),usually before kick-off.Brought my own thermos of coffee tho'...........a much better bet than the Goldstone brew!
Great times and great atmosphere..... and when I close my eyes I can still smell the cigar smoke wafting over from the dodgy geezers in camel coats!!
Great times and great atmosphere..... and when I close my eyes I can still smell the cigar smoke wafting over from the dodgy geezers in camel coats!!
kevtherev
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Oh yes yes yes.....the smell of some fellas cigar,,,wonderfull stuff(and im being serious).
LowKarate
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Never had a pie or burger at The Goldstone. The Bovril was good and the Mars Bars were.. well, like Mars Bars really.
Just to prove that is it possible to mess up a Bovril, I had one at Priestfield when we were playing our games there and the imbeciles behind the counter had a large tin of Marmite, from which they were spooning the stuff into cups and pouring hot water onto it. Needless to say, Marmite is not Bovril and it doesn't dissolve in hot water. I was therefore served a layer of semi-solid Marmite at the bottom of the cup and some vaguely brown water on top. I returned it and asked for coffee. I think that what I received was actually coffee.
Just to prove that is it possible to mess up a Bovril, I had one at Priestfield when we were playing our games there and the imbeciles behind the counter had a large tin of Marmite, from which they were spooning the stuff into cups and pouring hot water onto it. Needless to say, Marmite is not Bovril and it doesn't dissolve in hot water. I was therefore served a layer of semi-solid Marmite at the bottom of the cup and some vaguely brown water on top. I returned it and asked for coffee. I think that what I received was actually coffee.
LowKarate
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I defy anyone to have eaten a burger worse than I had at Oxford's Manor Ground stadium in the early 1980s. It was like the aris of a horse combined with cow hooves and was nearly heated (when I say nearly, I mean that it was stood on the shelf near a cooker then placed directly into a damp bun).
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Sausage by the sea!!!
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Sausage by the sea!!!
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Sausage by the sea!!!
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lol
throbinson
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They do, my kids love them
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Sausage by the sea!!!
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Indeed I do, lol. Im on my iPhone though, can someone did it out from another thread?
Certainly not roofless [MENTION=18639]Seagull Steve[/MENTION]!
Seagull Steve
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Either my recollection is wrong (although I swear at one point the khazi was roofless) or in my drunken haze I was pissing in the wrong place Notters.