[Albion] 122 years ago today

[Hamilton]

122 years ago today Albion played their first competitive fixture. It was a more local affair.

On September 21, 1901, we took on Brighton Athletic at the County Ground in Hove in the preliminary round of the FA Cup. A crowd of about 1,200 saw the recently-formed Albion win 6-2.

Same result tonight?

 

[banjo]

A crowd of 1200? Surely more like 12000 top research though.

 

[Hamilton]

Barbs mentioned it on Radio 4.

Stunning coincidence.

Whatever happened to Brighton Athletic?

 

[tigertim68]

122 years ago today Albion played their first competitive fixture. It was a more local affair.

On September 21, 1901, we took on Brighton Athletic at the County Ground in Hove in the preliminary round of the FA Cup. A crowd of about 1,200 saw the recently-formed Albion win 6-2.

Same result tonight?

Was it POTG

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

122 years ago today Albion played their first competitive fixture. It was a more local affair.

On September 21, 1901, we took on Brighton Athletic at the County Ground in Hove in the preliminary round of the FA Cup. A crowd of about 1,200 saw the recently-formed Albion win 6-2.

Same result tonight?

I bet we scored all our goals in the half we were shooting down the hill

 

[Live by the sea]

Downloaded phone tickets only !

 

[Hamilton]

The queue for the pies and Harvey’s was still unfathomable!

 

[Soul Finger]

Would be really handy if someone had written a book with On This Day-type facts...

 

[Greg Bobkin]

My mate's great-great-great grandfather was there and he said that Brighton Athletic were shitehouse.

 

[Brovion]

The queue for the pies and Harvey’s was still unfathomable!

I know! I've only just got to the front!

 

[Bozza]

By way of coincidence, that was also the last time Albion fans were trusted with bottle tops.