[Albion] Old Result - Help Please

sully

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Inside my garage when I bought my house, I inherited some graffiti showing a result against West Ham.

I’ve tried to find out when it occurred but can’t. I can only think it was either a Southern League game (I can’t find any results from that far back) or a fantasy that a former owner had.

Can anyone point me at a difinitive record of all our results which might include this one?

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The Zimbabwe one is clearly fiction, so I’m inclined to the latter, or maybe a Subbuteo game.

 

Titanic

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31 Oct 1903

West Ham United v Brighton and Hove Albion

W

4-0

FA Cup

 

Titanic

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Surprised they didn't pick this one:

14 Apr 2012

West Ham United v Brighton and Hove Albion

W

6-0

League Championship

 

Titanic

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or this one:

13 Feb 1904

West Ham United v Brighton and Hove Albion

W

5-0

Southern League First Division

 

sully

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Titanic said:

31 Oct 1903

West Ham United v Brighton and Hove Albion

W

4-0

FA Cup

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Wow. Thanks. That was quick!

 

The Antikythera Mechanism

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If the scores are contemporaneous then it'll be after 1980 when Rhodesia changed its name to Zimbabwe.

 

sully

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The Antikythera Mechanism said:

If the scores are contemporaneous then it'll be after 1980 when Rhodesia changed its name to Zimbabwe.

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Good point.

 

BN9 BHA

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Zimbabwe beat England 3-0 in a cricket one day series in 1997..

 

sully

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BN9 BHA said:

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I may need to check out former owners. I hadn’t spotted the different sized letters, having mostly focussed on the West Ham result.

 

sully

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Diablo said:

Zimbabwe beat England 3-0 in a cricket one day series in 1997..

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Thanks. That’s closing down the occupant who likely painted it to just two.

 

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sully said:

I may need to check out former owners. I hadn’t spotted the different sized letters, having mostly focussed on the West Ham result.

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Going back to the original question, does seem odd someone painting a West Ham v Brighton result from 1903

 

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West Ham 4-0 Brighton Sat 14/11/42 / WWII London / Boleyn Ground / 5,800

West Ham 4-0 Brighton Sat 31/10/03 / FA Cup Q3 / Memorial Grounds / 5,000

 

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Jack Straw said:

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I think it's utterly random. England have never drawn 2-2 with either Ireland teams, and it's certainly not rugby !

As mentioned, Zimbabwe has only been a thing since 1980. Albion have only lost 4-0 to West Ham eons ago.

I'd say it's just mumbo jumbo.