THE Withdean is how you refer to our stadium....

[turienzo's lovechild]

Re: Re: THE Withdean is how you refer to our stadium....

I think I may still have about £2 10s 6d in a savings account with the old Eldred Avenue post office. Is it still there (I haven't been to look since 1973)?

yep, my girlfriend works there

 

[goldstone]

Or "The The Goldstone Ground"

If we referred to the Goldstone Ground as "The Goldstone", then what's wrong with calling the Withdean Stadium "The Withdean"?

Don't think I can quite figure out why one's OK and one isn't.

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

Because the Goldstone ground wasn't in a place called "Goldstone".

 

[Storer68]

This thread smacks of the 1991 shirt sponsorship that read "TSB Bank"

Trustees Savings Bank Bank

 

[tedebear]

Calling it "The" Withdean would be akin to calling it "The" Brighton.

We play at Withdean, we live in Brighton....Here endeth the lesson!

 

[mona]

Because the Goldstone ground wasn't in a place called "Goldstone".

Yes it was. It was in Goldstone Valley. The actual site was originally called Goldstone Bottom.

 

[British Bulldog]

Withdean is an area of Brighton, The Withdean is where we play our home games!

 

[mona]

If we start calling it The Bombay Brothel Zone will it improve our home form?

 

[tedebear]

If you want to say we are going to the Withdean Stadium this afternoon, that is correct (although when pronoucing it you are not able to differentiate between capital T and lower case t)....but it is not The Withdean Stadium (as in noun)...

 

[British Bulldog]

If you want to say we are going to the Withdean Stadium this afternoon, that is correct (although when pronoucing it you are not able to differentiate between capital T and lower case t)....but it is not The Withdean Stadium (as in noun)...

Are you an English teacher or something?

 

[tedebear]

Are you an English teacher or something?

No but I learnt more proper like than most pommies

 

[British Bulldog]

No but I learnt more proper like than most pommies

Thats better you're starting to get the hang of proper English now!

 

[tedebear]

Cheers

 

[Buffalo Seagull]

Yes it was. It was in Goldstone Valley. The actual site was originally called Goldstone Bottom.

Should have called the ground The Bottom - what a fun place to play

 

[Braders]

If you want to say we are going to the Withdean Stadium this afternoon, that is correct (although when pronoucing it you are not able to differentiate between capital T and lower case t)....but it is not The Withdean Stadium (as in noun)...

good , cheers Tede

 

[The Large One]

Withdean is an area of Brighton, The Withdean is where we play our home games!

No it isn't.

 

[British Bulldog]

No it isn't.

What is'nt?

 

[desprateseagull]

Yes, yes, yes. But the area on the eastern side of London Road is... oh, never mind.

i though that was Patcham, or maybe Hollingbury..

so, where does Preston Village start/end then??

 

[The Large One]

i though that was Patcham, or maybe Hollingbury..

so, where does Preston Village start/end then??

Preston Village doesn't go that far north.

Not sure of the exact boundaries but, like Brighthelmstone, it has a North Road, South Road and Middle Road. I think those were basically it as far as the village went. Still managed to have two pubs though. Oh, not forgetting the Manor house.

Patcham is about another 2/3 mile up the road from Withdean. Hollingbury is a bit further north and east. Again not sure of the boundaries. Withdean was little more than a handful of cottages in what is now Peacock Lane (one is still there).

Where's the History Man when you need him?

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Withdean Stadium is at the northern extremity of the old parish of Preston.

I think we should call ourselves Preston North End.