40 Years Ago Today - Did Clough leaving Brighton reinvent the Albion forever ?

[GT49er]

Not sure why you thought Saward would be sacked after getting us promoted in 1972; maybe you thought he had been lured by a bigger club?

No, nothing like that - just a memory lapse.

I never heard anything about his career subsequently.

Not a lot - managed in Dubai for a bit, died a few years ago.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Peter Taylor was a genius,but too much of a deep thinker to be a manager in his own right.
Brian Clough tapped into this and added his own enthusiasm and self belief to make himself an icon.
Alan Mullery was a very lucky man to have inherited the Taylor legacy.

I don't think Mullery is given enough credit for the 1976/77 season.

The reason Ian Mellor is cherished amongst Albion fans is because Mullery had the foresight to form the Ward-Mellor partnership by dropping Fred Binney. Mellor didn't do very much in Peter Taylor's two seasons in charge. Mullery also got rid of some of the ageing players in the side, players such as Phil Beal and Joe Kinnear, establishing a young and hungry side, and one that was organised enough to start winning away from home.

 

[Brovion]

Clough's arrival was Year Zero in many respects. It was when it first dawned on us that we could be more than just a bog-standard third division side with occasionally above-average crowds. It is quite acceptable to divide the Albion's history into two eras: BC and AD. Or Before Clough and Always Dreaming to spell them out in full.

 

[Nottseagull]

just a bog-standard third division side with occasionally above-average crowds.

By definition, half our crowds were 'above-average'. Unless you mean compared to other clubs in the division, in which case, most of our crowds were.