It's 40 years today that I've been supporting the Albion

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

Enjoy your ruby wedding anniversary NS, I was hoping that my "golden" in August 2010 would coincide with the first game at Falmer but watching the Albion has always had its disappointments eh?

 

[Nottseagull]

As even at this late stage we might still be able to get The Battle of Britain Memorial flight to do a fly-post at half time against Leeds in honour of Nottseagull!!

Couldn't we just do it with a pint instead?

Or you combine the two using this...

 

[Paxton Dazo]

That stuff does the job, oh yes!

 

[BensGrandad]

My wife used to come and watch The Albion with me after we had our first 2 sons ans she used to drool over John Templeman.

Remember driving home after losing 2 - 1 in the cup at The Vetch Field Swansea and she thought that she was going into premature labour so told her to hold on so I could get over the Seven Bridge and our child could be born in England luckily it was a false alarm.

Remember the game vividly pouring with rain deep puddles everywhere and the Allchurch brothers, Len and Ivor ran us ragged.

 

[Bish Bosh]

My wife used to come and watch The Albion with me after we had our first 2 sons ans she used to drool over John Templeman.

Remember driving home after losing 2 - 1 in the cup at The Vetch Field Swansea and she thought that she was going into premature labour so told her to hold on so I could get over the Seven Bridge and our child could be born in England luckily it was a false alarm.

Remember the game vividly pouring with rain deep puddles everywhere and the Allchurch brothers, Len and Ivor ran us ragged.

She'll like my avatar then?!!

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

29 coming up for me - at that first game it never even occurred to me I'd be still watching three decades later (in fact, that occurs to me after most games in the last couple of years!). Forty plus is a great effort, congratulations.

 

[Hiney]

 

[Mr Blobby]

Nice to see Norman Wisdom as one of our Directors listed in the programme from that game! Last time I saw him was on the pitch before the Albania v England match!

My first game was 13.9.1975 so I have completed 33 years of watching the Albion. Roll on the next 33!

 

[Simster]

Great work Mr Hines.

Now have you got any details of Albion v Huddersfield League Cup 1981? My first Albion game! Pretty please with a cherry on top?

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Paul Flood did well getting himself a girlfriend living in Shirley Drive!

 

[Knotty]

My 40th 'anniversary' was on September 4 last year. First game was a 2nd round League Cup home tie against Luton. We drew 1-1 but lost the replay 2-4. Hope history doesn't repeat itself in the coming weeks!

Team was:

Burns
Henderson
Gall
Templeman
J Napier
Turner
Wilkinson
Lawton
K Napier
Livesey
Flood

Attendance was over 15,000 - the second highest home gate of the season and the third highest home or away. The League Cup must have been more popular then!

I have no idea how much I paid to get in. I was 18 and, although I had been a supporter for 10 years, this was the first time I could afford to travel from Chichester and see a game!

I am looking forward to my 50th anniversary game at Falmer.

 

[Hiney]

Great work Mr Hines.

Now have you got any details of Albion v Huddersfield League Cup 1981? My first Albion game! Pretty please with a cherry on top?

Give me a while

 

[Simster]

Legend.

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

Good stuff Hiney.
Brian Tawse looking as prolific as ever.
I wonder if any of the firms advertising are still in existence? Brickwoods and Southdown Coaches are long gone; Sound City at the King Alfred Bowl, now that takes me back.
The suggested cross-country route to Bristol Rovers looks like it would taken all day in my dad's Ford Anglia. The directions don't actually lead to Eastville either, you end up on the A4 somewhere outside Bath looking for a sign to Bristol.
And who won the "Football Queen" contest at the Metropole?

 

[The Oldman]

All I can recall is that my Dad took me for the first time to the Goldstone when I was 11 in the year of the Queen's Coronation which was 1953. It was the opening match of the 53/54 season but cannot remember who we were playing. Looks as if my Sixtieth year of support may just be at Falmer.

 

[withdeanwombat]

Congratulations!

I sat at the Huddersfield game next to a bloke who'd done 50 years,starting a season after me.

If we'd murdered somebody we'd have been released by now!

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Times don't change. Look where we are in the table.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Classic directions to Bristol as well - on the B3105.

 

[glasfryn]

All I can recall is that my Dad took me for the first time to the Goldstone when I was 11 in the year of the Queen's Coronation which was 1953. It was the opening match of the 53/54 season but cannot remember who we were playing. Looks as if my Sixtieth year of support may just be at Falmer.

I'v been reading this thread with great interest and thank you to those who bought so many memories flooding back......and Oldmans post got me to thinking when my first match was.
we were given tickets for an evening match by our school I was 13/14 years old and I am now 63 so it was 50 years ago approx so it would have been 1958/9 ish.
the game was somewhat oversubscribed as we had to climb in over the wall(with the permission of the stewards even though we had tickets for the south stand area) on the west side behind the side of the stand I am pretty sure we won the game (I will investigate) my mate went on to support Rotherham (his sister lived there) and has now passed on.
they were happy days in more ways than just football.

 

[The Large One]

I wonder if any of the firms advertising are still in existence? Brickwoods and Southdown Coaches are long gone; Sound City at the King Alfred Bowl, now that takes me back.

As far as I am aware, only Aldrington Press, English's and the Greyhound Stadium (albeit under different owners) still exist.