that was away
Got something to say or just want fewer pesky ads? Join us... 😊
[Albion] The last “Great” night at the Goldstone?
- Thread starter Lenny Rider
- Start date
World of Sport
Well-known member
2-1 win over Villa 71/72 in the 3rd Division, with a 12 million audience on MOTD
BRIGHT ON Q
Well-known member
- Jul 5, 2003
- 9,359
And they gave the attendance out at 9,000 when it was bloody packed in there
Sorrel
Well-known member
This is my vote too. That was a great evening - and as important as Hereford.
zamora the merrier
Well-known member
- Mar 1, 2009
- 1,728
Sheff Weds promotion game for me - young boy with my dear old dad it was magical. Walking up the steps of the East Terrace smelling the stale smell of booze and fags and then seeing the lights and the pitch
Not the last great evening game, but the England u21 game must get a shout. Not only was it England playing at the Goldstone but Ward got a hatrick.
This was the time when people did know England were actually playing.
This was the time when people did know England were actually playing.
So special and emotional that you have forgotten it was played on a Saturday afternoon in April
I see it has already been mentioned on this thread that we played Barnet in the last evening match
If that was when Keith Cuss got sacked (head of the ball boys) it must’ve been late 1980s.
He was an early entry I heard.I’m saving that for the sequel, “Lenny Riders Top Ten Criminal Cases”, who knows Red Ivor might yet be a late entry
MattBackHome
Well-known member
- Jul 7, 2003
- 11,941
Yeah indeed - I was referring to the 1-0 at home.
That wasn’t an evening game.
Great nights at the Goldstone
For the wrong reasons 4 May 1982 beat Wolves 2-0, but announced that HMS Sheffield had been hit by an Exocet missile in the Falklands War.
Two other games against Wolves both cup games which we lost 2-3
24 September 1969 (League Cup) and 9 January 1979 (FA Cup)
And mentioned already the soaking in the 7-0 win over York City, Wade's 4 goals.
Maybe Beckham's debut and the Liverpool replay.
For the wrong reasons 4 May 1982 beat Wolves 2-0, but announced that HMS Sheffield had been hit by an Exocet missile in the Falklands War.
Two other games against Wolves both cup games which we lost 2-3
24 September 1969 (League Cup) and 9 January 1979 (FA Cup)
And mentioned already the soaking in the 7-0 win over York City, Wade's 4 goals.
Maybe Beckham's debut and the Liverpool replay.
Left Footer
Well-known member
You mean the 41 year old man Keith Cuss? 1st April 1989. This was a Saturday afternoon.
HangletonGull
Well-known member
- Apr 10, 2023
- 2,546
Last midweek game was Barnet
HangletonGull
Well-known member
- Apr 10, 2023
- 2,546
Was not midweek
1989. Keith Cuss. Like Orient that also was a Saturday afternoon.
EDIT: And the Villa game that someone else mentioned was also a Saturday afternoon.
thedonkeycentrehalf
Moved back to wear the gloves (again)
- Jul 7, 2003
- 9,593
Maybe he has discovered that Lucy Letby was once one of Gully's Girls?That explains your threads on Greatest ever foreign signing, possibly Greyhound Stadium, but not sure how you are going to weave Lucy Letby into your book
Nobby Cybergoat
Well-known member
- Jul 19, 2021
- 9,308
Hmm. Fair play to your memory. I just remember it was dark. And im not betting my life on that. There's been 500 or so games in between!
Kalimantan Gull
Well-known member
My very last game at the Goldstone (before I went travelling) was in February 1997, a night game against Exeter City which we won 1-0.
I used to love arriving at the evening games, walking across the park, cross Old Shoreham Road, straight in the turnstiles, up the stairs, and then when you got to the top step of the North Stand you would see the pitch bathed in this golden light from the floodlights, it always looked absolutely perfect, before going to find my place on the terrace (close enough to the singers so I could join in every song and bounce around, but not too close, because I was no way confident enough to be right in the thick of it !)
Can still visualise it all today, almost 30 years later
I used to love arriving at the evening games, walking across the park, cross Old Shoreham Road, straight in the turnstiles, up the stairs, and then when you got to the top step of the North Stand you would see the pitch bathed in this golden light from the floodlights, it always looked absolutely perfect, before going to find my place on the terrace (close enough to the singers so I could join in every song and bounce around, but not too close, because I was no way confident enough to be right in the thick of it !)
Can still visualise it all today, almost 30 years later