7th May 1988 who remembers this day v Rovers

[Northstander]

Hot day and those cages, near disaster at Goldstone!

http://englandbrighton.blogspot.co.uk/2008/09/h-v-bristol-rovers-751988.html

 

[algie]

I was there. Cracking day.

 

[Northstander]

Amazing day, but nearly had our own hillsborough in the Northstand

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

there's some turf in a Seaford garden thanks to that great day!

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

 

[The Modfather]

What a glorious day

 

[darters74]

Despite only being 14 then, i remember their striker running out the tunnel at the start of the game and tripping over the temporary advertising boards on the pitch ! How obscure and boring is that! Great day, great season. Paid £21 for my season ticket that year!

 

[ManxSeagull]

I was there (aged 16) with a couple of my mates , we worked our way down to the front of the North Stand at the final whistle to get onto the pitch and got crushed against the fencing for a short while.

Very scary looking back at things whilst watching the tragedy at Hillsborough unfold and realising that could quite easily have happened at the Goldstone that day.

Also remember after our celebrations on the pitch trying to exit the ground via the south east corner and being pelted with missiles by the Rovers fans. A few Rovers fans charged in at the same time as the police or stewards shut the gate, they got trapped in the ground surrounded by our fans and had the **** kicked out of them.

 

[gjh1971]

Despite only being 14 then, i remember their striker running out the tunnel at the start of the game and tripping over the temporary advertising boards on the pitch ! How obscure and boring is that! Great day, great season. Paid £21 for my season ticket that year!

That would have been Devon White

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

I almost died that day. The crush was incredible and it is unbelieveable no one died. It was so close to a total disaster.

 

[sweetmods]

Top quality day. If you look carefully to the left of the south stand goal you can see some celery being launched by yours truly during the pitch invasion!

 

[The Modfather]

I was a season ticket holder for the first time that season. Still my favourite season following the Albion.

Great clip [MENTION=12839]Goldstone Rapper[/MENTION].

 

[Mackenzie]

I was in the East stand for that game. A great game against an up-for-it midtable Rovers. Fighting with Rovers fans outside the ground after the match.

It was a day of firsts for me.

 

[Mackenzie]

I was a season ticket holder for the first time that season. Still my favourite season following the Albion.

Great clip [MENTION=12839]Goldstone Rapper[/MENTION].

And mine.

Nelson and Bremner were an awesome front two.

 

[darters74]

Loved Bremner. Is CMS his lovechild? Maybe that's why he can play for the jocks !

 

[catfish]

I was caught up in the crush in the North Stand and it was a truly frightening experience. The rest of the day was great though.

 

[mr sheen]

That was the only game I ever sat in the West Stand for. I loved that season, think I went to more games than any before or since.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Great day.

 

[Paddy B]

I had forgotten about that,The crush was scary, my mate started to fall and would have been trampled but I managed to pull him up.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

the gas were drinking in the Hove park tavern before the game , came past the north stand giving it the bigun and it kicked off, CAN'T REMEMBER MUCH ELSE, ANYONE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE GAME
regards
DR