[Albion] Its Friday, so let's have your favourite Albion strange but true tales.

Withdean South Stand said:

I having a wazz in The Font once, and Baldock and Stephens both came in and urinated next to me, which was strange because there were urinals any of us could have used. Both were on their phones and neither washed their hands. I didn't have a sneaky glance at what they were packing, or browsing.

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jcdenton08 said:

No you didn’t you liar, no Albion fan has ever seen an Albion player in the flesh, especially not in a pub of all places. Footballers all go in those special VIP only pubs in secret places we plebs don’t know about…

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Chicken Run said:

Mark Lawrenson played in my cricket team for a few games in the early 80’s along with Ron Pavey who was a regular

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Lenny Rider said:

Ham Sports in Worthing?

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Lenny Rider said:

I will kick off going back to the inaugural Div One season 79/80, and this story was verified by both John Vinicombe and Tony Millard no less.

Mullers wanted to bolster the midfield and had agreed a deal with Bolton Wanderers to buy Peter Reid.

At the 11th hour, Mike Bamber pulled the plug, stating Reid was injury prone, and far too big a gamble (bearing in mind he signed Mickey Thomas less than 18 months later)

Reid went on to join Everton, won 2 league titles, an F A Cup, a Cup Winners Cup and played in the quarter finals of the 1986 World Cup against Argentina


Cheers Mike

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Peppermint Tea said:

Took a cab to Lord’s a couple of years ago and started chatting to the cabbie, nice lad. Quickly ascertained that he wasn’t in to cricket so the chat moved to football. He told me he was a proud Gooner. I said that I was a Seagull. At which point he casually dropped that he’d “played a few games for Brighton once upon a time.”

It was Wayne Gray and I suspect I’m one of only a few here who saw him play for the Albion, back in 2002. Indeed I quoted to him a headline from a programme from back then which went: “Sunshine on a Wayney Gray.” He was a lovely guy and humbled that I’d seen him play.

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el punal said:

In 1972 my mate and I went to watch the Albion play away at Bradford City. To get there we travelled on the official supporters club coach, a journey so excruciatingly boring it beggars belief. We finally arrived at this golden hotspot of the north and quickly found a pub to drown the memories of the previous few hours.

After six or seven pints, and wallowing in a warm, fuzzy haze we entered Valley Parade. We positioned ourselves on the terrace behind the goal. After a few minutes my mate decided he needed a slash - me also. Where are the toilets I asked one of the cloth capped locals. “Ay up lad, at back o’ stand.” came the reply. So up the steps we went to find just a wall built into the terrace. This must be it we agreed and a volume of Bradford’s golden nectar was released. We returned to our original spot in the stand, to be followed by two streams flowing down the terrace either side of us.

“That’s mine and that’s yours, let’s see who wins the race to the bottom!” my mate enthused. It was a dead heat.

I believe, I truly do, that that act exorcised all the demons from our team. We lost 2-1. John and Kit Napier were then dropped from the team. We went on a twelve match unbeaten run to the end of the season culminating in our promotion to Division Two. Now that, my friends, really is taking the piss. Cheers!

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