David Bellotti

[dangull]

I know Belloti and Archer had nothing to do with Falmer. However, if they hadn't have sold of the Goldstone, maybe Brighton would still sill be playing at that run down ground today.

 

[Hiney]

From Hull City 12 Feb 94

All very bland

 

[supaseagull]

I know Belloti and Archer had nothing to do with Falmer. However, if they hadn't have sold of the Goldstone, maybe Brighton would still sill be playing at that run down ground today.

You have a point. However if those two(and lets not forget Greg Stanley and in all fairness the board before them) had not have bled the club and the Goldstone dry and let it run into disrepair then i think it's likely that we would be now in the Premier League or at least flirted with it.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

erm prime real estate worth over £25 million in the early 90's we could have funded the AMEX a long long time ago and had Gus as Player Manager, IF we had been run properly and not by a bunch of crooks.

 

[Hiney]

From York City 5 March 94

Bland, but knowing what we know now, you just want to punch him!

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Does anyone remember Bellotti's April Fools' joke about the club selling the Goldstone and playing their home games in Dieppe?

 

[dangull]

Does anyone remember Bellotti's April Fools' joke about the club selling the Goldstone and playing their home games in Dieppe?

No. Maybe we would have been known today as Le Albion. Celtic and Rangers still cant get in the English leagues, they would have been annoyed.

 

[Hiney]

Does anyone remember Bellotti's April Fools' joke about the club selling the Goldstone and playing their home games in Dieppe?

It's mentioned in the 'Update '94' supplement to Tim Carder's book. He (Bellotti) went on Southern FM to announce the idea that, because of a lack of local sites, we were going to build in Dieppe.

No mention of the reaction he got.........

He does mention it in his programme notes for the game v Orient on 6th April - i'll post them as I get round to it.

 

[Hiney]

Next instalment.

From 16 March 94 v Burnley

 

[Captain Sensible]

Fcucckkkerrrr!!!!!

 

[Captain Sensible]

I know Belloti and Archer had nothing to do with Falmer. However, if they hadn't have sold of the Goldstone, maybe Brighton would still sill be playing at that run down ground today.

Maybe...
But they wanted the ground for Profit. They didnt care what happened to us afterwards. Just resale profit, was all they cared about. So the Amex is a by product of that. But there is nothing to say it still would not have happened eventually.
Basic fact is Bellotti and Archer tried to sell the club for profit. Ebveythimg else that came from that is from hard work and dedication.

 

[Seagull on the wing]

You've called the seagulls line on Brighton 8049 that's the line for Albion information every day 24 hours a day.

Now I'm really showing my age.

Still got the plastic card with the number on it

 

[Weststander]

Maybe...
But they wanted the ground for Profit. They didnt care what happened to us afterwards. Just resale profit, was all they cared about. So the Amex is a by product of that. But there is nothing to say it still would not have happened eventually.
Basic fact is Bellotti and Archer tried to sell the club for profit. Ebveythimg else that came from that is from hard work and dedication.

Archer and Stanley or their company, did allegedly make a vast profit, from a linked land deal.

As if being multi millionaires from DIY wasn't enough. Greed and no morals/ethics. Scum.

 

[Hiney]

Next offering, from the Leyton Orient programme, 19 March 1994

 

[Hiney]

30 March 1994

 

[BUTTERBALL]

Those last club notes show we have signed Paul Dickov on loan from Arsenal. I remember his spell with us. Good player.

 

[Phat Baz 68]

Hee hee
The Seagull Line Brighton 8049 that brings back memories of my Mum bollocking me for ringing up an enormous phone bill once !! Ha ha ha ha !!

(Please no jokes about other premium rate lines I had my under the mattress stash for that like every self respecting young lad did !)

 

[Stat Brother]

Those last club notes show we have signed Paul Dickov on loan from Arsenal. I remember his spell with us. Good player.

Dickov and Flatts up front.

If one stood on the shoulders of the other, they could look Ulloa in the eye.

 

[Hiney]

6 April 1994

"The Directors continue to give thought to the new ground"

 

[Mr Albion]

He was a Lib Dem BTW, a sign of things to come in many ways, look at the mess Clegg and his cohorts have unleashed on us.