Gully
Monkey in a seagull suit.
I remember that game, with the bizarre sight of an Albion fan on top of a dug-out during the half-time protest...dark, dark days!
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Unbelievable! And, TBH, I dont care a monkey's who wins. There are some games I cant bare to lose (Leeds are the prime example) but this one has something far more important than the result... it is a reminder to all of us how far we have come and how close to disaster we were.
The game stands for everything... the result is meaningless in comparison.
Hope the good times can get even better for us both. See you in the Premiership!
The game stands for everything... the result is meaningless in comparison.
Hope the good times can get even better for us both. See you in the Premiership!
NMH
Banned
Nice one Diar - a refreshing view..... even if I can't share the initial feeling of not caring about the result!
The Albion don't 'must win', but obviously I much want that they will.
A respectful regard for all visiting supporters will be quality too, this is an opening fixture that will see us hosting many home supporters who weren't regulars at Withdean. For everyone to mark this fantastic moment with top sporting attitude will underline everything rather nicely.
Screaming J
He'll put a spell on you
I put the match ticket and my train ticket for that game (day return from Wigan) into my wallet and swore not to take either of them out until we'd got a new ground. They are still in my wallet....but not for long now!
Possibly the result is more momentous for you than us. Put it this way... we're going to lose many games this season and still give a good account of ourselves. The first game is only the start.
For you, it is the beginning of a new era... like when we bear Huddersfield in the first game at the KM. It was very emotional.
Dont get me wrong... if we win I wont be disappointed. But if we lose, it wont be the end of the world and I can feel pleased for you lot, knowing how it must feel.
Call me a soft sod if you will... but I mean it.
For you, it is the beginning of a new era... like when we bear Huddersfield in the first game at the KM. It was very emotional.
Dont get me wrong... if we win I wont be disappointed. But if we lose, it wont be the end of the world and I can feel pleased for you lot, knowing how it must feel.
Call me a soft sod if you will... but I mean it.
Simontheseagull
Eye from the sky
I bear no ill tidings towards Donny fans, they are among the best fans in the country, but this love in is making me choke on my prawn bagguette - I want to beat the prawn cocktail sauce out of them and skewer their goalkeeper over my BBQ.
NMH
Banned
Nottseagull
Well-known member
I took a local girlfriend down there for the oft-postponed FA Cup replay with Peterborough in the 80s. We ordered the drinks then noticed a red telephone, illuminated batphone style, with a 'BRIGHTON GAY SWITCHBOARD' dymo label stuck on it!
Yeah, I suppose it can get a bit overwhelming. Football is exciting because we all want to win. Having to play a club that we dont hate seems to suggest that we wont be as excited. For 90 minutes we will all be as partisan as ever (possibly without the aggresive chants aimed at the opposing fans) but we all have the consolation that, if we lose, there was always something bigger at stake... us fans are still here. Directors, managers and players come and go, but the individual supporter is there for life... and sometimes we have our day. This one is yours.
Sure I want the 3 points. Sure I want to show you how good we are after last season's near disaster. But I dont want to do any skewering with prawn cocktails... us northern boys love gravy, you know!
NMH
Banned
Prawns smothered in GRAVY??
Northern scum, that's culinary crime.
What next, caviar on your black pudding? I hope we make a cream sauce of your team on the 6th, with whipped potaters and saffron
Am i reading this correctly, are you suggesting this man stays in the shithole that delayed the Amex for a decade and spend money there?
Johnny Crumplin Football
New member
Not soft at all. God has a placed reserved for people like you. Top post
Lord Bracknell
On fire
Eh? For the MILLIONTH time ...
The good people of Lewes put together 5,000 signatures on a petition IN FAVOUR of the stadium ... in just one week. It was only a few members of the district council - mainly based in Peacehaven and Telscombe Cliffs, not Lewes town - who were against.
NMH
Banned
Not totally OT, but brackers - do or would you shop at Fresh/Forfars??
Out of interest like.
Millionth time? you sure your not exagerating.
How many people live in Lewes, not counting yourself
Most of those signatures were not from lewes residents, but from shoppers from the surrounding areas
Lord Bracknell
On fire
Absolute rubbish! I was collecting signatures - including at the late night Christmas shopping event. Lewes residents overwhelmingly backed the stadium. This is also confirmed by the door-to-door canvassing that the Seagulls Party candidates and supporters did at the local elections.
