Albion v Man City 1979/80 footage at the Goldstone.

[El Presidente]

Hats off to who dug this out, as brings back memories of one of our best performances of the first season in the top flight.

I think it might settle the Lawrenson v Dunk debate too.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Hats off to who dug this out, as brings back memories of one of our best performances of the first season in the top flight.

I think it might settle the Lawrenson v Dunk debate too.

No contest between Lawrenson and Dunk. Good though Dunk may be, Lawrenson was world class like Vicente.

And yes, brilliant footage!

 

[Driver8]

Can you imagine our current team trying to play on that pitch?

 

[The Sock of Poskett]

Marvellous scenes. Remember the Wardy goal very well - think we were halfway up the North, behind the goal. Brought it all back

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Vintage Video: Brighton 4-1 Manchester City - Dec 1979 (5 minutes of highlights)

I've not posted on NSC for a good while. I hope all's been well.

Here's a video you might like...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KR_vEX4eeM

 

[wigman]

Remember it well.
Gerry Ryan's goal was special.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Remember it well.
Gerry Ryan's goal was special.

Happily, we can now see the entire run...

 

[Driver8]

Marvellous scenes. Remember the Wardy goal very well - think we were halfway up the North, behind the goal. Brought it all back

Back row of the South for me. There was like an an extra ledge that my brother and I used to sit on so that we could see, with our feet on the wooden bench. It was never the same after it burned down!

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Hats off to who dug this out, as brings back memories of one of our best performances of the first season in the top flight.

I think it might settle the Lawrenson v Dunk debate too.

It was me! Sorry, didn't see this thread when I just posted it up...

 

[wigman]

Happily, we can now see the entire run...

I loved Gerry, he always gave it his all.
I still remember that tackle on him at Selhurst by our current manager's brother.

 

[El Presidente]

It was me! Sorry, didn't see this thread when I just posted it up...

Thanks for sticking it on YouTube. Brilliant find!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Thanks for sticking it on YouTube. Brilliant find!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thank you! The footage was obtained by various Albion fans on Facebook donating a tenner or so to get access to the footage. Do you think there is much mileage in utilising the might of NSC for a similar crowdfunding campaign?

 

[JBD]

Can you imagine our current team trying to play on that pitch?

Blame Dennis Thatcher

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Thank you! The footage was obtained by various Albion fans on Facebook donating a tenner or so to get access to the footage. Do you think there is much mileage in utilising the might of NSC for a similar crowdfunding campaign?

Are there other matches that would be available at a price then? I always imagined that most old footage was destroyed or lost.

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

Marvellous scenes. Remember the Wardy goal very well - think we were halfway up the North, behind the goal. Brought it all back

Our lot were at the back of the chicken run - feck I was only 23

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Brilliant work. Sadly I was working in the Royal Pavillion Tavern that afternoon.....

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Are there other matches that would be available at a price then? I always imagined that most old footage was destroyed or lost.

£115 per programme. Brighton 2-1 Wrexham from 1978/79 survives. There are some others such as the home game v Coventry in 1979/80 with Coventry in chocolate brown kit, I think.

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

Lawrenson looked EXACTLY like Will Buckley for that first goal there. Uncanny

 

[Mayonaise]

What a great first touch Ward had in those days too. Such great skills on an awful surface.

 

[Robinjakarta]

Great stuff! As for Lawrenson, he wasn't even in what most would say was his best position (central defender number 6) in this match. I suspect that the regular number 10 was unavailable and that he was needed more there than in his regular position. Mullery would do that if there was a pressing need. It wasn't unusual to see him at full back or pushed up to striker late in matches when desperate for a goal. He could probably play better than the regular incumbent in any outfield position, and this clip shows his versatility as well as quality in what was a normal Lawrenson performance. He played this well all the time.