Anybody recognise themselves...?

[Cowfold Seagull]

On the bus breakdowns were relatively frequent and certainly don't remember being home before midnight ever.

Think the 1.30am was the worst but still. Dedication!

Well I hope they didn't pay Stagecoach, (or whoever they hired the buses from), full whack then!

 

[Puppet Master]

That pic is so 90's. Look at the curtains hairstyles.

 

[patcham seagulls]

2 memories of Gillingham

1st attempt to get there, agreed to pick a mate up from Lewisham thinking it was kind of on route. Got delayed in traffic and ended up in a cafe at 3pm, tucking into a full English instead.

2nd attempt ended up on the pitch handing out motm in jeans and trainers
Not easy picking a motm when they had been done 0-5 to Millwall in the auto windscreens shield.

Weird memories of Gillingham

 

[essbee]

I actually remember being very envious of Gillingham because they
had a good ground and played in a higher division.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Did you walk the 70 odd miles? Used to be back in brighton before 11.
Culverhouse was one of the better ones

Culverhouse was decent, who was the full back?

He went to Rochdale and scored at Withdean.... he wasn't too bad either

 

[portslade seagull]

Was a season ticket holder and went to every game. The football wasn't great but the Gills sports bar was nice

 

[Charlies Shinpad]

Bloody long way from Littlehampton in those days
!
When I get a bit pissed off with results (e.g. Yesterday)
I think of the time up at Preistfield against Barnet on bonfire night and we got battered 3-0 and there was just over 1,000 there. ( which was probably our Away attendance yesterday up at Preston)
Then I feel a lot better [emoji106]

 

[carlzeiss]

I actually remember being very envious of Gillingham because they
had a good ground and played in a higher division.

Me too , I actually enjoyed sitting in the Gordon Road Stand and as I was working in the area midweek games were convenient .

 

[big nuts]

Rod Thomas was great to watch in that team years ago. Remember Minton & Arnott centre mid with Barker & Hart upfront. We had a decent half season under Horton then lost something like 11 out of 12 under Jeff Wood.

 

[Charlies Shinpad]

Remember chatting to Robbie Reinault at the burger van at halftime because Nobby Horton wouldn't play him
Can't see that happening at The Amex with any players !!

 

[Deleted User X18H]

Think I might be at the back.

Was this one of the morbid express's that used to leave Conway Street at 11am or midday?

I used to walk past the ironic sign by the tennis courts in Hove Park that read 'Brighton & Hove No Football'

 

[AmexRuislip]

Think I might be at the back

 

[Deleted User X18H]

At least I went!

 

[AmexRuislip]

At least I went!

I'm sure you did chap!
I did go a few times, but was serving overseas for most of that time period

 

[Return of the Rev]

Recall driving back with a guy i had taken up there for a midweek game against Plymouth,he started having a Epileptic seizure on the drive home and tried opening his door whilst we were on the motorway. Had one hand on the steering wheel and the other holding the door closed.

 

[dejavuatbtn]

Rod Thomas was great to watch in that team years ago. Remember Minton & Arnott centre mid with Barker & Hart upfront. We had a decent half season under Horton then lost something like 11 out of 12 under Jeff Wood.

Yes, despite being a brilliant player for us in the past, Horton doing a runner didn't help our cause much that season.

 

[Return of the Rev]

Think I might be at the back.

Was this one of the morbid express's that used to leave Conway Street at 11am or midday?

I used to walk past the ironic sign by the tennis courts in Hove Park that read 'Brighton & Hove No Football'

Our coach would leave around 9ish from hove station and by 11ish we were in the pubs in gillingham,love them days!

 

[Elvis]

Was it the Cricketers? The pub used to be the best bit. We were all in the same boat. Travelling into a neighboring county to watch a home game. They put on a free buffet for us after the final game. Seems like a million years ago now.

 

[Lenny Rider]

Does anyone recall Fans United 2? Which was on Valentines Day 1998, a truly crap 0-0 draw with Doncaster Rovers.
The busses from Sussex were dubbed 'love busses ' although I recall reports of a punch up on one of them, with a quote from a witness "There wasn't a lot of love on that particular bus".

 

[BN9 BHA]

Does anyone recall Fans United 2? Which was on Valentines Day 1998, a truly crap 0-0 draw with Doncaster Rovers.
The busses from Sussex were dubbed 'love busses ' although I recall reports of a punch up on one of them, with a quote from a witness "There wasn't a lot of love on that particular bus".

I was on that bus and there was a fight, not sure what happened exactly as I was downstairs and the fight was upstairs, I do remember some very frightened youngsters coming downstairs to get away from the fight.
This was the first time I went on a bus or coach to Gillingham as I always drove, a girlfriend at the time thought it would be nice to get me a ticket for the bus. I wasn't happy to be honest.
On the way back from the match the driver took a wrong turn and ended up in a village/ small town in Kent, some people got off the bus and bought beers. It was pretty calm on the bus until the drinking started.
I'm sure the driver got lost again and it took ages to get back to Hove.