I refer you to the following matches - Doncaster Rovers, first ever League match, any Palace fixture, all the wins against Man Utd, Sheffield Wednesday 2nd playoff leg, Chelsea 4-1 thrashing, any of our Europa League games, Burnley when we had two players sent off, Liverpool 3-0 win followed by 2-1 in the cup. Need I go on?
Looks like Match of the Day were there when the modeller made it. They used to put one of those things up.
Hmmm probably the Big Match actually, ITV used to delve into the lower divisions more than the Beeb ever did.
.... nor was the Goldstone. I saw hundreds of games there from 1966 and for the vast majority of them the atmosphere never came close to a 'normal' Amex atmosphere - which admittedly isn't very good either.
This is the best I can do (a few pics taken from programmes).
Thanks. I'm assuming that must have been the smaller one towards the south end. I have no recollection of everything being stacked in shelves like that at all. If I'm reading correctly, looks like £3.50 for a scarf - pricey!!
Evening games at the Goldstone were certainly better, atmosphere wise, than afternoon ones. I remember some unbelievable BIG nights where the place was buzzing - Rotherham, our second last home game of 1971/72 season with Ken Beamish scoring the winner (2-1) right at the death in front of 28,000. That Palace game in February 1976 when we won 2-0 with a crowd of 33,000 - thank you Sammy Morgan. Derby County in the League Cup, also 1976, again 33,000 plus fans.
Since Albion left the Goldstone Ground I have driven past the site on only two occasions (I think I was driving on one occasion and I was a passenger the other). Both times I averted my eyes and I have no idea what the site looks like now (I have also managed to avoid seeing any pictures of the retail park).
I know what you mean, it would have been pertinent just after the last Goldstone game and during the Gillingham and Withdean eras. But time marches on, it’s now 27 years ago that we said goodbye and we’ve been at the Amex now for the last 13 years. Our ‘new’ home is something that we would never have dreamed of back then. Out of adversity and all that . . .
Even if it wasn't on the site of the goldstone dfs is a terrible shop, and I suspect sofology little better.
I think the coaches used to park at the Greyhound Stadium. For some matches the coaches would pick up and drop off outside the Goldstone in OSR.
