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[Albion] 1985/86 Red Brighton shirt



The Albion Roar

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Aug 11, 2003
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It's not clear (at present) exactly when else these shirts were worn.

However...

One - it was only that season (85/86)
Two - given the teams we were playing that season, it's possible they were only worn another three or four occasions.
Three - the only other players to wear No.9 for the rest of that season were Alan Biley and Dean Saunders.
 




Superphil

Superphil

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Jul 7, 2003
25,679
In a pile of football shirts
The Albion Roar said:
It's not clear (at present) exactly when else these shirts were worn.

However...

One - it was only that season (85/86)
Two - given the teams we were playing that season, it's possible they were only worn another three or four occasions.
Three - the only other players to wear No.9 for the rest of that season were Alan Biley and Dean Saunders.
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And Mick Ferguson and Martin Keown. Might have to really drill it down and work out who played in away games where we may have worn the red shirt.
 


Superphil

Superphil

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Jul 7, 2003
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These are the away games where we could have needed a change kit for the 85/86 season.

14/09/85 away at Millwall
26/10/85 away at Oldham
9/11/85 away at Shrewsbury maybe.
26/12/85 away at Portsmouth.
15/02/86 away at Peterborough
26/02/87 away at Wimbledon
18/03/87 away at Blackburn maybe.
19/04/87 away at Huddersfield
29/94/87 away at Carlisle.

Just need to find out the team sheets for those games.
 


Cheshire Cat

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That is a thing of great beauty :love:
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The was a team of great beauty.

Froze my knackers off that day, then had to travel back to Hull on a slow rattling diesel train with no heating, that stopped absolutely everywhere in the pitch black night. I never knew how I eventually got home or where I had been on the way.
 


DJ NOBO

DJ NOBO

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Jul 18, 2004
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The Albion Roar said:
It's not clear (at present) exactly when else these shirts were worn.

However...

One - it was only that season (85/86)
Two - given the teams we were playing that season, it's possible they were only worn another three or four occasions.
Three - the only other players to wear No.9 for the rest of that season were Alan Biley and Dean Saunders.
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It’s an absolute beauty . How do you get hold of it ?
 






Birdie Boy

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Jun 17, 2011
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Cheshire Cat said:
The was a team of great beauty.

Froze my knackers off that day, then had to travel back to Hull on a slow rattling diesel train with no heating, that stopped absolutely everywhere in the pitch black night. I never knew how I eventually got home or where I had been on the way.
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We, look at the picture, the players were in shorts and short sleeves!
 


Superphil

Superphil

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Jul 7, 2003
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Superphil said:
26/02/87 away at Wimbledon
18/03/87 away at Blackburn maybe.
19/04/87 away at Huddersfield
29/94/87 away at Carlisle.
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I did of course mean /86 not /87
 




AZ Gull

AZ Gull

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Superphil said:
These are the away games where we could have needed a change kit for the 85/86 season.

14/09/85 away at Millwall
26/10/85 away at Oldham
9/11/85 away at Shrewsbury maybe.
26/12/85 away at Portsmouth.
15/02/86 away at Peterborough
26/02/87 away at Wimbledon
18/03/87 away at Blackburn maybe.
19/04/87 away at Huddersfield
29/94/87 away at Carlisle.

Just need to find out the team sheets for those games.
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Here's one (from the Goldstone Wrap website):-

stevegatting2.jpg

Can't work out which match it is though, as Gatting was out for the first half of that season.

Also, from the report in the Albion programme for the fixture against Middlesborugh on Jan 18:-

Albion's cup win at St James's Park two weeks ago.... With Albion wearing red, a strip that has brought them three of their last four wins....
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...which would suggest we wore red at Portsmouth and Leeds as well as Newcastle in the cup.
 


Comrade Sam

Comrade Sam

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Only referred to that shirt on a thread the other day. It is beautiful and bestowed great luck on the team when they wore it! My first season as a fanatic and saw them wear it at least 4 times. A great team, whose saleries lead to a cull and relegation a year later.
 


O

Originunknown

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Aug 30, 2011
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Marvellous.

Match worn home shirts of that era have gone for north of 1k over the years. Nice to see the red one, that's a rare beast.
 




Bry Nylon

Bry Nylon

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Jul 21, 2003
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Adidas really do, and have always have done, make great football shirts. Rivalled only by Puma and Kappa.
 


Jam The Man

Jam The Man

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Jul 5, 2003
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Superphil said:
We know that Fashanu wore number 9 in the Peterborough game (his last for the Albion). Anyone know what other games the red shirt was worn in?
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I believe Portsmouth away?
 








The Albion Roar

The Albion Roar

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From memory, this is a third-choice shirt.

We started the season with the blue shirt (obvs) and, I believe, the previous season's white shirt (different design) for the second kit. Then November/December time, we played someone where neither kit would do, so we created a red version. And we did well in it - well enough that, for the second half of the season, it become our second choice kit, as it was considered 'lucky'.

All from memory, of course, but I do recall this being the case. Ish.

EDIT - according to Tim Carder's book, we wore the red shirt for the first time in the FA Cup Third Round v Newcastle United. He also states the shirts were considered 'lucky'.
 
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Superphil

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Fashanu definitely wore the number 9 shirt in the FA Cup games against Newcastle, Hull and Peterborough
 


BN9 BHA

BN9 BHA

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Jul 14, 2013
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The Albion Roar said:
From memory, this is a third-choice shirt.

We started the season with the blue shirt (obvs) and, I believe, the previous season's white shirt (different design) for the second kit. Then November/December time, we played someone where neither kit would do, so we created a red version. '.
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We are very good at doing this. :)
 




Muzzman

Muzzman

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Jul 8, 2003
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Here and There
Up to £1k now. That is a beautiful shirt, as an adidas fanboy, I'd love that shirt if I had the moolah. Not sure I'd want to wear it out and about though at that price!
 




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