Great Pictures Of...The Goldstone Ground

[liam82]

I have know about this great website for ages but never posted it on here before, The Homes of Football

There are a few pictures of Brighton from 90's but many more fantastic pictures which really capture the essence of football stadia, many of the grounds which have now gone or changed forever.

There was quite a good one of the Stratford end at Manchester united showing the old terrace and begging's of the more modern ground we know today.

With Falmer so close the below pictures show the real heart of the club we have been missing for so long, Withdean has done us proud but the romance and feeling of walking into the Goldstone has never really been present.

 

[Barry Izbak]

Bloomin marvellous. Like it was yesterday.

And you try and tell the young people today that the Albion used to wear striped shorts, and they won't believe you.

 

[bristolseagull]

f***ing loved that place

 

[Spanish Seagulls]

f***ing loved that place

But hated the striped shorts! Yuk.

 

[cuthbert]

The place was even better when the East Terrace was fully open.

 

[Notters]

Thats me in the second picture, sitting on the wall right next to the gate

 

[TrickyOne]

Oh the memories!!

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

How beautiful does the old ground look in the first two pictures? As Liam says, you can't beat the romance of that place. For all those who were too young, even though the Goldstone wasn't the greastest facility, you missed out on something very special.

 

[Collar Feeler]

Great pics, 2 & 3 appear to be adverts for male pattern baldness - a whole collection of shiny bonces and some quality sweepovers!

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Great pics, 2 & 3 appear to be adverts for male pattern baldness - a whole collection of shiny bonces and some quality sweepovers!

 

[Eggman]

You have to love just how close the action the terraces were. Excellent times

 

[CAPTAIN GREALISH]

move back there any day forget falmer GREAT GREAT TIMES

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

Oh the North stand, what a great place.

Goldstone looked sad and neglected in it's later years but the true magic was a night game with a 30,000 crowd. It rocked!

 

[Seagull73]

Pictures like that still make me want to cry like a girl even now. I had my spot right at the back of the North Stand, and I fecking loved it.

 

[Barry Izbak]

If you can, its worth checking out today's Argus as they have a picture from a brilliant Goldstone night in their Albion nostalgia series.

26/10/76 League Cup 4th Round v Champions Derby County.
33,500 all in place ages before 7.45 kick off. Whole place absolutely rocking.
Peter Ward scores inside the first minute, which only means it gets even more mental.
Derby equalise and its a reply the next week.

For those of you too young to have experienced a big crowd at the old ground, before the days of Bellotti exclusion zones, this was one of the biggest nights and makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up just to think of it.

Just imagine for a minute The Albion getting 33,500 people for a home game on a Wednesday night? Magical times.

 

[Gilliver's Travels]

Just seeing that first picture did it for me. Even out here.

I looked up at the old West Stand, and there was this unmistakeable whiff in the air... of drifting pipesmoke.

 

[LA1972]

even though the Goldstone wasn't the greastest facilityQUOTE]

Sorry but the Goldstone was the greatest f***ing facility the world has ever seen to me

 

[goldstone]

I loved the Goldstone. Fantastic memories. Including the walk across Hove Park after parking the car.