Favourite Obscure Memory of Withdean Stadium

[Barrel of Fun]

No Cullip header or Zamora humdinger (vs Halifax).

Mine would have to be the moment news broke through that Palace had scored late on against Stoke (02/03), whilst we busy demolishing Watford 4-0.

I remember the crowd erupting around the '83 minute. The players looked a bit dazzled and the chap in front of me asked what had happened. Cue a South Stand chorus of 'One nil to the Palace scum'. I really thought we were going to stay up at that point. Little did we know that Reading were set to play a weakened team and we were going to fluff it at Grimsby.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

One wet night when an opposition player demanded a dry ball from the ball-boy. Who bounced it to him via a puddle.

And Rocket Man of course. Good to see him back.

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

Barnes' air shot on Saturday will be up there, along with Aspinall falling flat on his face

 

[Grassman]

How about that game when a big hole appeared in the pitch - probably the 1st or 2nd season.

 

[Grassman]

Barnes' air shot on Saturday will be up there,

To be fair that was very funny.

 

[kevo]

South Stand stamping their feet on the floor.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Off target shots landing in the hammer net: I used to have a pre-season bet with a couple of other South Standers as to how many hammer-net goals there would be over the course of the season. A sad loss when they built the Worthing end seats.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

"Get that BLOODY board down!"

 

[8ace]

Watching a game from a tree in the first season (with a few tinnies of course) and falling out of said tree when we scored

 

[Lord Bracknell]

A squirrel.

A hole opening up in the pitch.

Gezza proposing to Wendy in the middle of the pitch.

Getting a wet kiss from Lord Bassam (the real Lord B) after the Swindon play-off final whistle.

 

[pishhead]

Few of mine, Two blokes fighting during the minutes silence for the Queen Mum, Andy Peterson running backwards and falling over leaving an empty net and Lee Steele scoring a last minute winner against Bristol City despite being 4 or 5 yards off-side.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Andy Peterson running backwards and falling over leaving an empty net

That was when I decided we were up against it. God, we deserver at least a point from that game. Was it Gillingham? We were 3-2 down and pressing for an equaliser.

 

[clapham_gull]

Ponchogate.

When the club ran of ponchos in "away" colours and as a gesture gave away a few home ones to Doncaster Fans.

Cue mini riot at the bottom of the South Stand.

Can we be the only football club where an argument was started between the Stewards and the fans over the giving away of a complimentary plastic bag in the away areas ?

 

[clapham_gull]

A message sent down from the control tower asking all the disabled helpers to sit down in one of the provided plastic chairs on the running track...

.. "because Withdean is an all seater stadium".

I'll laugh about that till my grave.

The disabled canopy must get a mention, the one that was unsafe to unfurl in stormy weather.

 

[Fitzcarraldo]

The playing of Money Money Money by Abba before the Chesterfield game in the first promotion season.

 

[driller]

Actually being over the moon to be
Playing there in that first season.... And freemans hatrick.

And now being over the moon to
Be leaving

 

[kevo]

Lee Steele scoring a last minute winner against Bristol City despite being 4 or 5 yards off-side.

That's definitely one of mine. Wasn't it Easter bank holiday? When that went in, I knew we were going up.

 

[Albalbion]

After the first game there, the 6-0 win against mansfield, loads of brighton in the pubs by the railway station, there was a guy who jumped on a pssing limo and got indside through the sun roof lol

also, remember it was a last game of the season, think it was against carlisle, wed been promoted, me and Ecosse Exile couldnt get tickets, so we went and watched from the trees, about five minutes from the end, we went to the gates which had just been opened, and my dad started talking to the steward while i snuck behind him and ran into the ground, just in time to get to the front of the running track as the cameras were passing, i was on meridian news that night

sitting next to fatboy slim in the north stand, we got the tickets from russell small of phats and small. cant remember what game it was but the ref just about booked everyone on the pitch lol after that game went in the private bar bit behind the stand and i got to meet micky adams and some of the players.

 

[bn1&bn3 Albion]

Quite a few seasons ago and I can't remember who we played but the unmarked opposing defender did a fantastic glancing header into his own goal.

 

[Gwylan]

Rocket Man, the squirrel, the Wycombe player who got sent off for swearing at the ref just as the crowd had gone quiet, Martin Thomas tackling with his head and Chippy's sliding tackle in the rain that just kept on going.