Back in 2004 when we were campaigning for Falmer and helping Wrexham save their club, I was approached by two guys from East Stirlingshire (they are not called East Stirling because they are in Falkirk, sorry to be a pedant!) who were trying to save their club too. I can only imagine there has been a take over since then. I also recall the owner and chairman of Hamilton Academicals was VERY supportive of Brighton and our Falmer campaign.
I heard that as I was driving along today.
Ironic thing is that East Stirling are my Scotch club I taken an interest in their results for many years.
I don't know why, maybe its because they always do really badly although the last couple of seasons they have improved.
I saw a picture of their ground, its an absolute toilet.
The fact that their chairman is an Albion fan has given me a nice warm feeling.
Fordy or Rear Admiral Tony Ford is a founder BHAlba and a great great guy. After commanding our naval sea fleet Tony took on the far greater and infinitely more challenging task of saving East Sritling. He was also, in a previous decade, a key component in the Albion survival movement.
World Cup 2002, he famously told his Commanding Officer at Naval HQ to ' f**k off and stop bothering me with tales of faulty trident submarines !'
He went on to state ' I am watching the England vs Germany match. I don't care what state that bloody submarine is in.'
Thats not the picture I saw of it.
It was from the outside showing the walls and turnstiles in a pokey back lane. You're right that picture is much better.