[Albion] The last “Great” night at the Goldstone?

mile oak · 2025-02-21T13:55:15+0000

bobbab5 said:
Kingstonian, I was there! AAAAHHHH!!!!

I had to go back to relatives in Worcester Park nearby afterwards on public transport full of locals including Chelsea fans (maybe thats where my hatred of Chelsea began) all laughing at Brighton, Horrible journey.

mile oak · 2025-02-21T13:58:04+0000

Eeyore said:
Must have traveled with you to most away games. Which one did you miss ?

The West Ham match- seem to remember they were all over the Albion that night but somehow we won.

back in those days I seem to recall West Ham away and a special tube direct to Victoria non-stop was laid on afterwards. Happy days

Seagull on the Hill · 2025-02-21T14:18:27+0000

Behind Enemy Lines said:
One of the worst ever Albion days I have ever experienced. Truly off the scale.

Were you at the Goldstone for:
Brighton 0 - 4 Walton and Hersham?

Behind Enemy Lines · 2025-02-21T16:40:25+0000

Seagull on the Hill said:
Were you at the Goldstone for:
Brighton 0 - 4 Walton and Hersham?

No, a bit before my time that one.

Bring back Bryan wade!! · 2025-02-21T17:08:26+0000

Yes would be the Liverpool FA Cup Replay in 1991 for me. Pushed them all the way and a superb atmosphere that night as well.

kojak · 2025-02-21T17:31:19+0000

Seagull on the Hill said:
Were you at the Goldstone for:
Brighton 0 - 4 Walton and Hersham?

What was the attendance?
I know it was during the week and an afternoon kick off
I wasn't there myself

tigertim68 · 2025-02-21T18:08:52+0000

kojak said:
What was the attendance?
I know it was during the week and an afternoon kick off
I wasn't there myself

About 10000 it was a Wednesday afternoon kick off , as a result of the power cuts , I bunked of school to watch it

Robinjakarta · 2025-02-21T18:34:53+0000

Seagull on the Hill said:
Were you at the Goldstone for:
Brighton 0 - 4 Walton and Hersham?

I was. And the 2-8 defeat by Bristol Rovers the same unforgettable week.

Seagull on the Hill · 2025-02-21T18:38:24+0000

kojak said:
What was the attendance?
I know it was during the week and an afternoon kick off
I wasn't there myself

It was during a time of power cuts, and was an early afternoon kick off.
I can't remember the actual attendance but it was probably no more than 4000-5000.

Jeremiah · 2025-02-21T18:39:11+0000

As others have said I think the 7-0 Walsall is the Goldstone night game that sticks in my mind.

In a period of 8 weeks we beat Ipswich, West Brom & drew with Derby in the League Cup (all were higher division sides) and also beat York 7-2 and Walsall 7-0. You could sense that something special was happening to our Third Division side.

Seagull on the Hill · 2025-02-21T18:39:27+0000

Robinjakarta said:
I was. And the 2-8 defeat by Bristol Rovers the same unforgettable week.

Yes, what a week that was.

kojak · 2025-02-21T19:27:23+0000

Seagull on the Hill said:
Yes, what a week that was.

Yes was at the Rovers game
One of many that made his way to the South Stand at the final whistle

Valencia Seagull · 2025-02-22T07:55:40+0000

PeterT said:
Of course it was. Don’t know which game I was thinking of, certainly not that one anyway!

Bournemouth at home perhaps? We were 1-3 down and I remember Chapman thumping one in from 25 yards out in front of the north stand. Was a Saturday afternoon though. I remember because I pissed myself at Clapham junction on the way home.

Klaas · 2025-02-22T08:10:08+0000

Valencia Seagull said:
Bournemouth at home perhaps? We were 1-3 down and I remember Chapman thumping one in from 25 yards out in front of the north stand. Was a Saturday afternoon though. I remember because I pissed myself at Clapham junction on the way home.

Welcome to the forum.

brulee · 2025-02-22T08:14:15+0000

1976 1/1 league cup. Charlie George playing for derby

Superphil · 2025-02-22T09:59:01+0000

Can’t think of the last great game under the lights I went to but I do remember my first ever game under the lights. It was against Everton, October 1980, we went in the school minibus (Steyning Grammar School) and stood in the east stand. Everton were in yellow and we lost 1-3.

Just looked up the team, wowser. Moseley, Gregory, Williams, Horton, Foster, Lawrenson, Stevens, Ward, Robinson, Smith, McNab.
Pretty much everyone’s list of the greatest players of that era.

Valencia Seagull · 2025-02-22T10:24:14+0000

Klaas said:
Welcome to the forum.

Thank you kindly. It’s been many years. My previous incarnation here was Digweeds Trousers. Probably lost in the mist of time but enjoyed it back in the day.

slartibartfast · 2025-02-22T10:40:49+0000

My last game under the lights (and tense as hell, so had an atmosphere you could cur with a knife) , was the third last home game of the season v Barnet in 1997. We needed to keep winning to stand a chance of catching ....blah de blah , you all know the story of course ....
I'm SURE this was a midweek match - Bottom of the football league, we scrapped, and Ian Baird stuck in a goal in front of the Norf Stand to put us 1-0 up. I remember floodlights for the later period of the game, the tense, agonisingly tense ending, in which the ref added decades of time onto the end of the match....the game went on and on , and still he wouldn't blow - until suddenly it was done! 3 points!
This was also the last Goldstone Game I was able to attend - I didnt have a season ticket until the beginning of Withdean in 99, having just been able to wander round from my house nearby and buy tickets on the day, the last two games were "all ticket", and I couldn't get myself organised enough to get them.
So - Albion 1 Barnet 0.

Guinness Boy · 2025-02-22T10:45:21+0000

Valencia Seagull said:
Thank you kindly. It’s been many years. My previous incarnation here was Digweeds Trousers. Probably lost in the mist of time but enjoyed it back in the day.

Stand up, if you hate HR!

Valencia Seagull · 2025-02-22T11:29:28+0000

Guinness Boy said:
Stand up, if you hate HR!

Oh my god I had hoped that would be also lost in the lost of time. I got fired a few weeks later. Rightly so. I was woken by a very kind police officer round the back of the petrol station near the cuilfail tunnel at 4am. With no shoes on. I was refused entry to Withdean that night. Hours lost of my life. All started with four pints of Stella in the Volunteer at 11am. Dear me.

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