Met a mate at the parade today who keeps harping back to the Goldstone. Of course it holds memories for everybody, and is the place where most of us saw professional football for the first time, and therefore will forever be the 'Albion'. But he still feels we should be at the Goldstone. Won't bore everyone with the history of us 'leaving' the Goldstone, but I feel that in a few years to come we'll look back at the Goldstone as another chapter. My personal view is if we were still at the Goldstone we would not get Falmer or another site. Surely the situation that we are in at present has forced the Council's hand to do all in its power to re-house us. If we had a home, there would be less urgency on their part. So the pain should be worth it in the long run. Come on Prescott, Decision Time...................
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Falmer v Goldstone debate.
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berkshire seagull
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You saying bellotti and co done the right thing then flogging the goldstone as we now have a future new stadium on the horizon.
Cheers bellotti and co
Cheers bellotti and co
No club should exit it's ground without having the new one built and ready for action... even Crawley made sure their new one was in place b4 exiting their old ground... any other course of action is ridiculous... we are still suffering the consequences...
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berkshire seagull said:You saying bellotti and co done the right thing then flogging the goldstone as we now have a future new stadium on the horizon.
Cheers bellotti and co
I didn't like the way it was handled but if the ultimate result is Falmer then yes!
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b.w.2. said:
Twenty five years ago Bamber was talking about a new stadium at Waterhall, Toad's Hole Valley etc etc. There were that many models of stadiums produced nobody was sure which plan was the flavour of the month. All the time the Albion were at the Goldstone the Council were not willing to go along with any of these plans.
dougdeep
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On the day of our first game at Falmer, I will raise a glass to Bill Archer, because we would never have got there without him.
If however we don't get Falmer ,I will continue to hate his guts.
The futures' history will decide.
If however we don't get Falmer ,I will continue to hate his guts.
The futures' history will decide.
Wardy
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dougdeep said:On the day of our first game at Falmer, I will raise a glass to Bill Archer, because we would never have got there without him.
If however we don't get Falmer ,I will continue to hate his guts.
The futures' history will decide.
Personaly on the day we play our first game at Falmer, i will raise a glass to Dick Knight, without who Falmer would be a dream still. At the same time i will publicly be sticking two fingers up at Archer, for his attempt to distroy our club.
dougdeep
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Wardywonderland said:Personaly on the day we play our first game at Falmer, i will raise a glass to Dick Knight, without who Falmer would be a dream still.
Me too, In fact I may raise many glasses[just to be sociable]
Curious Orange
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Come on people, if we were still at the Goldstone we wouldn't NEED Falmer.
Norman Baker suck my lozenge
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Spot on mate,We could have done what Fulham have done with the cottage and made it a 20-25000 all seater easy ,what with the money that has been spent on Withdean and the Falmer application/public enquiry,we shall never forgive those (sorry ladies)Kunts as long as the stripes go marching on.Curious Orange said:
And relax...
BensGrandad
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My heart told me that we could have rebuilt The Goldstone one side at a time but would we have been better off then we are now crowd and income wise. OK we would have owned the ground but we would have had trouble from the council re parking etc.
My head tells me that the way we lost the ground should NEVER happen to any club but we have gone so far lets finish the job and build Falmer. Come on Prescott give us an answer soon!
My head tells me that the way we lost the ground should NEVER happen to any club but we have gone so far lets finish the job and build Falmer. Come on Prescott give us an answer soon!
Bwian
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whitelion said:
You might like to factor in the controlling party of B&H Council for all of those years. If they had still been in charge when the applications for Falmer (and more importantly Withdean) were being put through the system we'd still be playing our games at Gillingham. Remind yourselves also who gave planning permission ahead of time for the retail park that occupies hallowed ground.
When we play our first game at Falmer I will raise a glass to Dick Knight, Martin Perry and every single person who helped us get there but Bill f***ing Archer and his scotch guzzling sidekick Stanley won't be included.
...and breathe.
How can any sane person even jokingly think of thanking Archer for us getting Falmer? It's a joke right? Good-for a minute there I thought you were being serious!
Albionite83
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The Goldstone was a dump but it wasn't in Gillingham.
Bobby's Gull
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Albionite83 said:
It might have been a dump but it beats playing at Withdean and I'd rather be at the Goldstone anytime.
Beach Hut
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The Goldstone could have been redeveloped easily, would have save this travesty of justice we've been through
turienzo's lovechild
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here hereBobby's Gull said:
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Beach Hut said:
A capacity of 10,500 at the Goldstone or 22,500 at Falmer. Read Tim Carder's article. There are a lot of rose-tinted specs being worn.
http://www3.mistral.co.uk/timc/bhahist/goldston.htm
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sully said:
Granted. But it was enough for the club to start looking elsewhere. From my recollection because the site occupied 4 and a half acres and because there was a height restriction of 50 feet for the height of the stand above the playing surface on the East side the capacity could only be 15,000 for an all-seater stadium. The talk of doing what has or is being done to Craven Cottage could not have been done at the Goldstone.
From the report:
The huge increase in support encouraged Albion to try to improve their lot, either by developing the Goldstone or seeking another ground. In 1976 the club bid for that perennial favourite, the greyhound stadium, but lost out to Corals, the present owners. In 1978, Albion announced plans for a 3,240-seat East Stand including 20 hospitality boxes, and for a second tier on the West Stand. The scheme would have given the ground 10,500 seats, but by the end of the season the club was looking instead to a new stadium. Chairman Mike Bamber talked with Brighton Council about Waterhall but to no avail. Sheepcote Valley was also mentioned. Even Gatwick came into the picture as Bamber vainly pursued a joint development with arch-rivals Crystal Palace in 1980.
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