More surprising is that we will get the 90 overs in, which is rare at home even with the extra half hour. Having an attack full of spinners may help with that somewhat!
What Happened On This Day – January 30
1982 The first computer virus is released “into the wild”
Elk Cloner was created by 15-year-old Richard Skrenta as a practical joke.
1972 On “Bloody Sunday”, British troops kill 13 unarmed protesters
It was one of the most significant events of the...
Yes, those shots of Brian Close in his 40s getting peppered by Holding et al with minimal protection and certainly no helmet = frightening, dangerous, brave, stupid, all of the above!
Heard for the first time in a while from an old friend of mine, originally from near Luton but always supported Chelsea, lives in Suffolk these days. Apparently has been a Luton supporter for ‘quite a while’ he says, the first I’ve heard of it 😡
And then against the prime Windies ‘we‘ll make them grovel’ attack in 1976 where he was one of the few, not forgetting the double ton from Dennis Amiss, that did well.
Fulham is probably one of the few grounds where you could get a ticket in with the home supporters (their old neutral end) and also where you probably would be reasonably safe (safer than Wolves fan in the home end at the Hawthorns!) doing so. May be harder to buy with a Sussex postcode though.
That West Brom away in particular was a cracking result. Memory may be wrong but didn’t we wear red shirts and blue shorts that night? And Peter Ward scored a great solo goal I think, it finished 2-0.
Edit:
https://wearebrighton.com/albiondatabase/when-the-albion-shocked-the-albion-in-1976/