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Yes, interesting how one's mindset can change over time. When I started supporting the club in the 60's, it had experienced just one promotion in its history ( 1958 ) and had then dropped two divisions to the basement. Older supporters would recall near misses in the 50's and claim that the club...

I do believe that there has always been a higher movement of people from the NE to other parts of the country, than from Sussex and Hampshire. We are fortunate that most of us live within reasonable striking distance of London, wages are traditionally slightly higher and job prospects better...

Why can't the club offer the option of an Away ST? Pretty straightforward to price now that there is a ceiling in place. Would offer an incentive to all the hardcore, who do virtually every away game and wouldn't have to buy tickets every time they come up for sale. Guarantees the Club more...

How do these ' extra ' tickets suddenly appear. We got the initial allocation of 3000. It sold out. End of. West Ham haven't just released another 12 tickets! Can only assume we held a handful back for whatever reason and are now selling them.

Through all this back biting and recrimination, no one seems to be giving any thought to the actual future ( or not ) of the EU. Many people just assume that its here to stay forever, just getting larger and larger, more and more bureaucratic and controlling more and more lives across a massive...

Remembering the two 7's v York and Walsall and Charlton and Chester and for us older ones, the 9 v Southend, but are there any NSCers out there who have seen 8 scored in a league game by us? There was 8 v Northwich ( ? ) in the Cup but beyond that, I can't remember any Albion side reaching that...

There was a strange parallel between the two home games. York and Walsall. We were pretty awful in the first halves of both games but sprang to life after the interval. York was 2-2 at HT and Walsall 0-0. Maybe it demonstrates what a good ' half-time manager ' Mullery was and how he got the...

Good job he stayed. I had someone standing next to me who left at halftime, grumbling about the bloody weather and how we always lose to Walsall and how the second half was going to be so predictable! Often wonder how he felt when he saw the final score.

The second half burst into life so quickly, that most of us were swept up in it and before we knew it, the goals were pouring in. From first goal to last, they averaged a goal every four minutes. To see two quick forwards, working in complete harmony and understanding and everything they did...

Stood on the NW Terrace, remember it as very damp and I too was 23 years old. The most surprising night in Albion history. Awful first half. Mullery was so angry he sent them back out, after 2-3 minutes in the dressing room, to stand in the rain and cold and wait fully 5-6 minutes for Walsall to...

Very, very occasionally you get the spoken word as in the original intro to Barry McGuire's " Eve of Destruction " when a young oriental girl introduces the song just before you get the unmistakeable opening bars.

We need to be safe by the 33 game mark. Nothing can be left to chance in the last 5 horrible games. Burnley will do a 1-0 job on us. Tottenham will beat us at the Amex and you can bet yer bottom dollar Palace will be rejuvenated and desperate to beat us. You can write off the last two ( Man U /...

Compared to Burnley, who have now played Chelsea, Tottenham, Everton and Liverpool away and taken 8 points, our return is extremely underwhelming. I doubt we would have taken more than 1 point from these 4 games, with our defensive mindset. Unlike us at Watford, Burnley seized on the early loss...

Only heard the home fans once on tv. Whereas ours were vocal most of the way through. As I said in another post, they are gorged on years of winning the majority of games against the non-elite and so home games are like a comfortable seat, with a drink and a cigar and a wait for the inevitable...

I've seen Claude before and that comment is not untypical. He once called Stoke " a pub team " It is a result of years of watching his team roll over all the ' lesser ' teams and a sort of entrenched elitism. He is really only interested in the big teams and anything else is barely worth...

So was I, sitting in the home seats ( long story ) Wardy scored and I immediately leapt up. I couldn't help myself, it was instinctive. When it was disallowed, I was the subject of much derision from all the home fans around me. Learnt a big lesson that day....if you ever go in the home end...

There has been a veritable media witchhunt and that never goes unnoticed at the FA. The more oxygen an incident gets, the more likely they are to show no leniency. Accept that he is out for three games and that we now have no fit striker in the PL. We all knew that this would come back to bite...

When the avuncular Woy was appointed, my first thought was...." this won't last long " I keep hearing what a good coach he is and how respected he is but I can only judge him on what I see and what I see doesn't overimpress me. He strikes me as one of those managers who talks the talk and...

How virtually every Fish and Chip shop stays loyal to these pies baffles me. They are very poor fare.

Apologies. Thought it stood for ' pay on the gate ' suggesting you weren't a STH. I retract my assumption and nod in deference. Without wishing to prolong this discussion, I have to say that Murphy's contribution this season has been disappointing to say the least. 1) Leics away. First touch...