1st Away Game Experience

[Sheebo]

Derby away, 2002, ref was a bastard - blatent push on Hinshelwood.

I remember that one - possibly the worst peno decision i've eve seen at a Albion game...!

 

[Sheebo]

Woking away, FA Cup second round replay in December 1992. Trevor Senior scored very early on for them. We eventually won 2-1, Football Genius scored when the ball deflected off his arse into the goal.

Robbie Pethick

 

[clapham_gull]

I don't remember being at an away game prior to Arsenal in 79 although I probably was.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

L.B. Is that Bobby Smith in the picture you posted.....later to grace the Goldstone Ground?

It is indeed. That's a photo of the moment that Smith knocked Newport County goalkeeper Len Weare out cold. There were no substitutes in those days, so they simply gave Weare a nostril full of smelling salts and he got up and carried on playing.

The other Newport player in the picture - Ray Wilcox - dislocated his elbow 10 minutes into the game and had to be taken off to hospital for treatment.

Football was a game for hard men in those days.

 

[Zesh Rehman]

Villa away

 

[Taybha]

First ever away game was at swindon must be getting on for 40 years ago,i remember seeing a welsh flag at thier ground and for many years after just assumed i had been to wales. lucky me

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

I can't remember watching the Albion away before but was at that one with my dad, didn't Luton have a decent player named French?

Luton had a decent side with bruce rioch and chris nicholls, who later played at the top level, and experinced players like keen & Sheffield. they just missed out on a double promotion but were to go up the next season and we were just to miss out.

That next season, my 2nd visit to Luton, really was a memorable game both on & off the pitch.

 

[Badger]

Mine? Mine was back when we still had Zamora, I believe it was the season we won the Division 2 title. Peterbrough away, my Uncle lives up there and has supported them since moving there after the Falklands. Although I had to sit in the PEterbrough end, I still celebrated when we went 1-0 up

I'm pretty sure that was my first away game too, it was a party atmosphere when we were all but promoted. Didn't Gary Hart break his leg in that game?

 

[Hunting 784561]

My Old Man took me to Millwall away in about 1975, at the Old Den.

We very wisely sat in the seats.

Cant remember the score but recall a lot of very colourful language all around, and we played in the all white strip of the time.

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

Luton had a decent side with bruce rioch and chris nicholls, who later played at the top level, and experinced players like keen & Sheffield. they just missed out on a double promotion but were to go up the next season and we were just to miss out.

That next season, my 2nd visit to Luton, really was a memorable game both on & off the pitch.

Doh! - fancy forgetting those two. I think the player I did manage to remember was Bruce French.

 

[Storer68]

Nottingham Forest away in the league Cup 5th round tie in 1978.

lost 1-3 v the reigning european champioins

 

[Nottseagull]

1972, last away game of the season and we won 2-1.

I think we finnished runners up that season to...... Aston Villa. Old third division.

I was 14 at the time and I remember the Brighton supporters gate crashing to get in, I just followed them in for free!

Was it so long ago that you can't remember where it was?

 

[drew]

1976 - FA Cup 1st rnd replay against the Palarse. Followed by boxing day at Pompey in front of 32k

 

[dje shoreham]

1979 - Newcastle away - won 3-1 - 3-0 up at half time. oh yes and we got promoted to the old div 1. brilliant day!

 

[Spun Cuppa]

I went on a coach trip with my Scout troop to see us lose 1-2 to Southend in the FA Cup in about 1977? I was about 15

 

[Vic's Stick]

September 1975 - Crystal Palace away midweek league game.

Can remember the rain sweeping in past the floodlights. There was 25,000 plus and I went up with my Dad. Because of weather and traffic we arrived ten minutes after kick off and dad got two tickets for middle of Palace grandstand (!).

Soon as we sat down dad asked the guy next to him what score was and he replied "1-0 Brighton" (Barry Butlin scored, apparently), My dad shouted out "YES !" and punched the air. This attracted much unwanted attention and we sat in silence for next 80 minutes as Albion defended desperately and we clung on to a 1-0 win. Happy Days !

 

[BobbySmith]

away to Chelsea in 65 ? I think, we lost 4-1, the ground was packed and did not get in till half time as the BHA fans broke the gate to get in, remember being at the top of the shed end and could not see a thing.

 

[Goodchild63]

March 19 1966,Millwall, lost3-2. 2 Down after 5 minutes.Got Back to 2 all and then conceded a late goal.Any one else at that game/?

 

[BHAFC4EVER]

Shrewsbury JPT on the tellybox.

 

[RM-Taylor]

Donny 95/96 season, would have been five years old