BHA 1 Newcastle 1 8th January 1983 - any memories of this?

[Ernest]

We had only 1 won of our previous 10 games , lost 6 of them and Newcastle with Keegan were the favourites to beat us especially after the draw

 

[wunt be druv]

The only game at the Godstone I ever watched from the West stand and we were shit.

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

It was a pretty unremarkable game on a dull afternoon. Maybe we were favourites, to some, but we were having a poor time and Newcastle were riding high in the division below and building the foundations of a really good team of youngsters and older stars.

They had Keegan, McDermott, Beardsley & Waddle, to name a few.We were fortunate to get away with a draw and a midweek replay at a packed St James didn't look promising but Albions class showed, they took a hammering and had a seasons worth of luck as the woodwork saved us many a time & every decision went our way.

For the few that made that journey, the replay surely is up there as one of our greatest every games and, to top it all, we had the company of the great Peter Ward on our supporters club coach as we gave him a lift to Derby. Back home in Brighton at about 7.00am!

 

[Beach Seagull]

I'm sure we took the lead only for Newcastle to equalise?

 

[HastingsSeagull]

2 days before I was born so ummmmm no