Theatre of Trees
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Away from the obvious ones, the Exeter one a few years back when 12 of their players got booked, the only two who didn't were the keeper and the bloke taken off on a stretcher after about 8 minutes.
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Strangest Albion Game Ever Attended
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Seagull Stew
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I'm sure we played Fulham once in the early nineties when the referee decided that their kit was too similar to our stripes. Might have been a birght day or something. Unfortunately their away kit was blue so we ended up playing in our away kit.
Did that happen or am I confusing that with the above mentioned match with Reading?
I also remember a game against Wimbledon (RIP) in the Simod cup when the £2000 or so of us in the north stand politely clapped every hoofed into the air long ball that they played. We sounded like a crowd at a bowls tournament. Hilarious!
Finally, the 5-2 home defeat to Swansea when their fans celebrated our second consolation goal in the dying minutes.
Did that happen or am I confusing that with the above mentioned match with Reading?
I also remember a game against Wimbledon (RIP) in the Simod cup when the £2000 or so of us in the north stand politely clapped every hoofed into the air long ball that they played. We sounded like a crowd at a bowls tournament. Hilarious!
Finally, the 5-2 home defeat to Swansea when their fans celebrated our second consolation goal in the dying minutes.
Icy Gull
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The evening game at the Goldstone when they announced that HMS Sheffield had been hit by an exocet missile during the Falklands war, the football carried on but was irrelevant after that. Can't even remember who we were playing and what the score was
Moshe Gariani
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mine was a non-game...
c. 1986?
travelled in a clapped out mini from Worthing to Hull - arrived to find out that unbeknown to us the game had been cancelled at some point during our marathon journey north!
ended up at Scunthorpe v Southend and for some reason thought it would be best to stand in the home end - very scary... (I'm guessing that there may have been some Brighton in the Southend-end that day...?)
c. 1986?
travelled in a clapped out mini from Worthing to Hull - arrived to find out that unbeknown to us the game had been cancelled at some point during our marathon journey north!
ended up at Scunthorpe v Southend and for some reason thought it would be best to stand in the home end - very scary... (I'm guessing that there may have been some Brighton in the Southend-end that day...?)
Icy Gull
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The first game of the season many years ago at Orient when Dean Wilkins was given a straight red for swearing at the lino. Seeing Deano sent off was strange in itself as anyone who saw him play would understand, but it got worse! The ref then asked someone in the crowd wearing a yellow shirt to move or change his top as he was confusing it with the lino's flag when he was running the line in that area 
and we lost, which was not so strange in those days
and we lost, which was not so strange in those days
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Didnt go but would imagine that the game on 9/11/2001 was a pretty strange game
Scoffers
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Oh, and then there was the Leyland Daf (or whatever) away match at plymouth during midweek, me and my mate went and Plymouth pissed all over us, but we won on penalties, and all 50 Brighton fans went mad !!!!!
The York game on a Thursday morning was weird
The York game when the crossbar went was fab
The walk out against Hereford was superb
The whistles against Hull (and Gritt taking the job) was defening
Fans United was heart warming
other than those 2 seasons
Longford away that ended up with players chasing each other to the dressing room for a spot of posturing and the game being abandoned
The 5 penalty match at Selhurst
Soem different ones not mentioned :-
A 3-3 draw away at Wigan - the away end was a mud bath after Wolves had been the week before and used the grass bank to do Eddy the Eagle jumps! The match was foggy (the women serving the teas was gorgeous and people started buying food and drink and then returning to the back of the queue), we where 3-1 up with minutes left and gathered in the gloom that it was 3-2, then 3-3, we couldnt see any of the action (later saw the Wigan equaliser was about 10 yards off side)
Mansfield away when Cashpoint (for those that remember him) shat himself and was carried out at arms length by the stewards! It was the same game when a lad in front of me in the pie queue was sick in his hands, just wipped them on the steps then bought some food. God people were animals in those days.
The York game when the crossbar went was fab
The walk out against Hereford was superb
The whistles against Hull (and Gritt taking the job) was defening
Fans United was heart warming
other than those 2 seasons
Longford away that ended up with players chasing each other to the dressing room for a spot of posturing and the game being abandoned
The 5 penalty match at Selhurst
Soem different ones not mentioned :-
A 3-3 draw away at Wigan - the away end was a mud bath after Wolves had been the week before and used the grass bank to do Eddy the Eagle jumps! The match was foggy (the women serving the teas was gorgeous and people started buying food and drink and then returning to the back of the queue), we where 3-1 up with minutes left and gathered in the gloom that it was 3-2, then 3-3, we couldnt see any of the action (later saw the Wigan equaliser was about 10 yards off side)
Mansfield away when Cashpoint (for those that remember him) shat himself and was carried out at arms length by the stewards! It was the same game when a lad in front of me in the pie queue was sick in his hands, just wipped them on the steps then bought some food. God people were animals in those days.
Moshe Gariani said:
I went to that game as well. We arrived in hull just at the game got called off. We went in with the Southend fans - they were top at the time and unbeaten in a long time - we used our influence and they lost 3-1! Was the only time I got to the Old Scunthorpe ground and it still had the very first cantilever stand built in the country!
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Wanderer said:
reminds me of when i went to reading missed two goals whilst getting searched at turnstile, thought the two cheers ( first after 12 secs molonga as it turned out) where for the teams coming out and kick off. Then missed first goal of second half having a beer so a 5 goal 3-2 game and i missed 3
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It'll have to be the York game in 1996
Gully
Monkey in a seagull suit.
Huddersfield at their old ground in the early to mid 90's, the end behind one of their goals was closed because it was covered in snow, the game went ahead because they had cleared it all off the pitch. Think Steve Foster scored with a header from the edge of the box which knocked him unconscious and we went on to beat them. At the end of the game their fans started leaving early, by crossing through the closed stand, pelting us with snowballs on their way out.
Bakesy
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I remember a game at the Goldstone against Shrewsbury, who had brought about 50 down so there was no noise from them at all.
Then, in our boredom and because we were playing shit, the North Stand started chanting "COME ON SHREWSBURY,COME ON SHREWSBURY,COME ON SHREWSBURY....."
I can't remember if they scored or not, but it was wierd to say the least.
Then, in our boredom and because we were playing shit, the North Stand started chanting "COME ON SHREWSBURY,COME ON SHREWSBURY,COME ON SHREWSBURY....."
I can't remember if they scored or not, but it was wierd to say the least.
The Large One
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Home to Swindon - April 1989.
The first game after Hillsborough when the atmosphere was very subdued, very respectful. It was the start of the period when football took a very long hard look at itself - and (viewed with hindsight) panicked.
The first game after Hillsborough when the atmosphere was very subdued, very respectful. It was the start of the period when football took a very long hard look at itself - and (viewed with hindsight) panicked.
Mellor 3 Ward 4
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Swindon away in the mid to late seventies.
Pissing down with rain, game in doubt.
Rumour has it that Mullery had already been told the game was off, so sent the boys for fish and chips, although quite how a ref says a game is off and then changes his mind is hard to believe.
So the Ref then decided to play the game - we were useless and were 4-0 down and it started to rain again - although it was really no worse than when the game started.
Ref abandons game!
Swindon fans not happy!
Think we went back there and replayed the game after we had already got promoted.
Pissing down with rain, game in doubt.
Rumour has it that Mullery had already been told the game was off, so sent the boys for fish and chips, although quite how a ref says a game is off and then changes his mind is hard to believe.
So the Ref then decided to play the game - we were useless and were 4-0 down and it started to rain again - although it was really no worse than when the game started.
Ref abandons game!
Swindon fans not happy!
Think we went back there and replayed the game after we had already got promoted.
Zesh Rehman
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Theatre of Trees said:
yes mr.carey that was an odd game, i also remember krispie coming into that game late probably from a christmas party with a party hat on and i think he feel asleep in his seat
Zesh Rehman
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The 2 weirdest ive been 2 were Wolves away and Stoke at home last season where the fans all sung more than they had all season, about going down etc
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Heffle Gull said:
I remember that one. I was in the East stand and could hardly see the west stand. It must have been late 80's as I seem to remember my ex being with me and we didn't meet until '86.
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Icy Gull said:
I remember that....................think it was Wolves...........only time i went in the South Stand!!