Does Brighton have a football hooligan firm

[SeagullinExile]

remember it well
Regards
DM

91/92?

 

[Eeyore]

remember it well
Regards
DM

You don't support Brighton though.

 

[Rodney Thomas]

Tempora mutantur

Nos et mutamur in illis

 

[SollysLeftFoot]

I'm the top boy of the Hitchin Squadron, not recruiting at the moment though

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

You don't support Brighton though.

Oh dear
Regards
DF

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

91/92?

Yes, in the Ground by 1.30pm , a couple of mates avoided escort and spent the Afternoon in a town centre pub this would have been GD from Worthings era
regards
DZ

 

[SeagullinExile]

Yes, in the Ground by 1.30pm , a couple of mates avoided escort and spent the Afternoon in a town centre pub this would have been GD from Worthings era
regards
DZ

Ah. Would this be the same GD who we bumped into at Italia 90 during the Holland game I wonder

 

[Guinness Boy]

Tempora mutantur

So it was ok to be a Nazi in 2014?

 

[sydney]

we had a firm of about 400 in the 80's at the Goldstone and had some proper nawty capers in Hove park .....tear ups with spurs , cheslea , west brom , southampton spring to mind .....the first few home games in div 1 away support took the piss ...Arsenal and west ham notably ,,,,i wuzz there , stoned , pissed and grinning like a fool .....we have no notable firm now , not from what I've seen.

 

[sydney]

You're right it is probably the fault of the Brexit thread, and possibly me, as Das reich posted a youtube video which I, curious as to where it came from, clicked through and found a channel full of videos from cuddly KKK funster David Duke. So, yeah, I highlighted it. Not because he contradicted me, just wanted to point out what a scum bag he is. The unintended result of that was people who didn't know what DR stood for, found out.
Just let him post as Das Reich. Far better to see him for what he is.

here you are again , completely ignoring the context of the thread whilst getting stuck in to filthy , racist , old DR who changed his name to PPF about 3 years ago ....from memory , i didn't google it cos i don't give a shit ........are you sure you should be on a football board ....really , you come across as a right wet blanket , all stuck together with &&&&......you can put whatever fluid you want in that spot duchess.....bore off or post something interesting you cunut.

 

[seagull1970]

And there was a 25 Brighton vs 70 oxford at there place at a pub a few miles away from the ground during the game in the 90’s. Was quite the classic

 

[BN9 BHA]

here you are again , completely ignoring the context of the thread whilst getting stuck in to filthy , racist , old DR who changed his name to PPF about 3 years ago ....from memory , i didn't google it cos i don't give a shit ........are you sure you should be on a football board ....really , you come across as a right wet blanket , all stuck together with &&&&......you can put whatever fluid you want in that spot duchess.....bore off or post something interesting you cunut.

 

[spence]

I remember i game at Oxford around about that time. We took over a pub near the station, the landlord lost his nerve and tried to kick us out if i remember rightly. He then called the police to help get us out, but somebody locked the door until we'd finished our beers! When we finally left we got escorted through the town with some of these chavy types walking alongside giving the usual verbals and hand gestures, a lad next to me started shouting to one of them as if he was his mate, asking how he got out of the escort, the old bill heard this and proceeded to put this poor lad in with us, who then had to walk to the ground with us. I think he genuinely shit himself, i honestly thought he was gonna cry.

I was there also. Didn't we get the bus to that pub ? Loads out that day. After the game we had another escort to the station which took ages. I remember looking back down the road and it was packed with BHA. What a sight that was,
I also remember one of ours got trampled by a police horse.
Always found the Oxford lot naff

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

here you are again , completely ignoring the context of the thread whilst getting stuck in to filthy , racist , old DR who changed his name to PPF about 3 years ago ....from memory , i didn't google it cos i don't give a shit ........are you sure you should be on a football board ....really , you come across as a right wet blanket , all stuck together with &&&&......you can put whatever fluid you want in that spot duchess.....bore off or post something interesting you cunut.

That's a football forum post equivalent of soiling one's self. Get yourself a wet wipe and sort yourself out, FFS

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

we had a firm of about 400 in the 80's at the Goldstone and had some proper nawty capers in Hove park .....tear ups with spurs , cheslea , west brom , southampton spring to mind .....the first few home games in div 1 away support took the piss ...Arsenal and west ham notably ,,,,i wuzz there , stoned , pissed and grinning like a fool .....we have no notable firm now , not from what I've seen.

I admire your eyesight. All the way from your patio in Australia. You're an old man now. The youth have it.

(whatever it was....grubby knees and knuckles in Hove Park . . . even then I was too well-dressed for that).

 

[Return of the Rev]

And there was a 25 Brighton vs 70 oxford at there place at a pub a few miles away from the ground during the game in the 90’s. Was quite the classic

A few doors got knocked after that one.

 

[Weststander]

Account below from a time when we had a huge mob

He used to post alot on here - one of his finest

The Seagulleater

Palace V Brighton 5/4/1980

Got an early start on a Party 7. Sh*t did it taste rank at seven in the morning, but today was a special day, it was Brighton. Arranged to meet a few mates in the buffet bar at East Croydon for 8.30am, so we could have a gander at the Brighton as we thought we might take a pop at a few of the early arrivals.

Arrived at East Croydon at about 8.45am and found my mates at the corner where the post office is. Wondering what the hell they where doing there then, as I got up to them, I turned to where a lot of noise was coming from.

Outside East Croydon, there must of been 200+ hard-looking fuc*ers drinking away and having a laugh amongst themselves. I turned to my mates and said 'Fu*k this, let's go meet the others'.

We had arranged to meet other Palace in the centre of Croydon and along the way little mobs of Palace started to join us and we were turning into quite a tasty sized firm. We had a run-in with some brighton by the Forum pub, which used to be in the whitgift centre.

Give them their due, they never realised how many of us there was, and fought for as long as they could. One of them either jumped or was pushed from the first floor, and I honestly thought he was fuc*ed, but he just picked himself up and ran off towards the rest of the Brighton.

Well we all met up as planned, must of been 250/300 of us now. Imagine the sound of all 300 singing 'We hate Brighton' through the Alders arcade, so we decided to head back to East Croydon and kick it off.

We had all split up in different groups on both sides of George street and somewhere in the road. Big mistake going back to East Croydon as there was hundreds of the scum there well out-numbering us by say three to one.

Still we were up for it and carried on only to be diverted by the Old Bill and sent down Dingwell Road. A few of the BHA saw us and stampeded down towards us, but there were too many plod.

About ten of us dodged the Old Bill and in groups of two and three and headed for the Ralilway Tavern which was oppossite East Croydon Station. The best sight we ever saw over the next hour, was what our rivalry is all about as more and more Brighton kept pouring out of East Croydon Station and just collecting there.

There were so many that most were on the road and in the end the Old Bill closed it. Things were getting a bit uncomfortable where we were, and so we decided our safest bet was to get the fu*k clean out of there.

We dodged our way by using the subway which led us into Cherry Orchard Road. We stopped at the Horse and Groome, which had about 50 Palace in it and told them what we had seen at East Croydon and said we were going to Selhurst and see if we could pick off any BHA on the way.

Some came and some stayed saying that the BHA wouldn't come their way they would be diverted towards west Croydon and on to Whitehorse Road. Much the same at the next pub, The Cherry Orchard, and we went to the last pub, The Leslie Arms, where we decided to have a light ale or two.

About 20 mins later, someone from outside shouted have a look at this. So outside we went, and believe me, I have never seen anything like it in my life.

There were thousands of Brighton comming down Cherry Orchard Road. All you could see was a sea of Blue and white, with a bit of red and yellow mixed in. I felt for the Palace who we saw in the pubs on the way down, 'cos all you could here was glass breaking as the scum went passed. That was a firm and a half.

The Old Bill advised us to move on and to go up to the Wonderloaf, and turn right into Whitehorse Road, and then continue on to the ground. They said all the Brighton where heading this way and they estimated several thousand.

I'm game for most things but fu*k that lot, so we did the right thing and fu*ked off, kept looking around as all you could hear was the BHA. Not only that would you take your eye off of several thousand BHA?

Anyway in the distance we notice a mob of 250, by now we numbered the same so we ran at them, and they ran at us, turned out they were Palace too. So now we numbered around 500, a right nice firm too.

We carried on down Whitehorse Road until we got to the Big Gloucester, that's where the road splits into five ways. No sooner had we reached there, were when we were hit by all five roads, there was Brighton everywhere.

We had no choice but to have it on our toes, and all went out different ways. The Old Bill were soon on the scene, and ordered what was left of us to go straight to the ground.

It was only 1 o'clock too. On getting there, we were the first Palace in the Holmesdale, but also in there were about 50 BHA.

We did what we had to do and run 'em, right down to the pitch, and across they went, for the last big shock of the day, a sea of blue and white, appeared from nowhere in the Whitehorse Lane end and just poured down the terrace.

If they had managed to get across that pitch then I wouldn't be writing this now. As you can imagine there were offs all day and into the night, even went off in Surrey Street Market, but hey that's another story ...

Not seen this post before. Enlightening for those not around in that era.

As a kid in the mid to late 70’s as I made my way back to the car with my Dad, around the Conway Street tunnel, we often heard a roar then saw a huge Albion mob (hundreds, if not more) chasing away fans to Hove Station.

 

[Return of the Rev]

Not seen this post before. Enlightening for those not around in that era.

As a kid in the mid to late 70’s as I made my way back to the car with my Dad, around the Conway Street tunnel, we often heard a roar then saw a huge Albion mob (hundreds, if not more) chasing away fans to Hove Station.

Pretty much spot as reports go from what I recall.

 

[sydney]

That's a football forum post equivalent of soiling one's self. Get yourself a wet wipe and sort yourself out, FFS

who rattled your cage ya knobhead........ numerous users of this board appear to have no interest in the sport or the team .....far more interested in outing bigots , does get soooo tiresome , oh , and it's al fresco btw ....din...!!

 

[sydney]

Pretty much spot as reports go from what I recall.

the lads came out of the woodwork for palace .....not necessarily 100% Albion as i know for a fact a lot of the clifton boys supported London teams.......these were the days when having a ruck was part and parcel of going to the game .....worthing away to oxford as mentioned above was a funny old day ...5 or 6 coaches went up from town , the "toilet stop" at some little boozer around dorking was ****ing epic.....