[Albion] "Falmer, my arse"

[Bozza]

“Next we were off to Withdean Stadium, which was a total shambles. It was a small, decrepit athletics stadium with a football pitch surrounded by a running track. There were two uncovered stands, one holding 1,800 fans and the South Stand, which contained 4,500 temporary seats installed on a grass bank. It held less than 7,000 fans and there was no real atmosphere there, but we turned it into a fortress. The dressing room was a portakabin with a crooked floor and a leaking roof. There was a tiny office in the home dressing room, separated from the players, where Micky and I would go at halftime if the players were arguing with each other and we would let them sort things out for themselves.”

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I spoke to Micky Adams recently and he explained his decision [to leave Brighton]: “I was very ambitious and given the problems we faced I just could not see Brighton progressing at the pace I wanted. The higher we progressed the more difficult it would be to maintain our success. Dick Knight was always telling me how close we were to getting permission for a new stadium in the city but Bob and I would have a drink every Friday after training and our toast was always ‘Falmer, My Arse’ as we knew just how far away it was despite Dick’s words.”

Lots more gems here: https://bfctalk.wordpress.com/2017/...rticularly-as-this-chapter-is-about-brighton/

 

[essbee1]

Oh how times have changed.

 

[Jack Straw]

Just read all that on the link. I couldn't stop once I started. Very amusing and brings back memories.

 

[Big G]

Well here's to your "Falmer my arse" toast then��...and Dick's words��......would appear his words rang true then?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Just read all that on the link. I couldn't stop once I started.

Same. What a great read!

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

Greville is a good guy. I've seen some of the rest of the book and it's highly entertaining. Possibly in the running for best Albion-related book of the summer, although I hear there's going to be competition ...

 

[Mr Banana]

It's a brilliant book. The writer is a smasher. Buy it. Remember, books make great Christmas presents

 

[Blue3]

Very interesting read thanks for posting

 

[OzMike]

Going to get this, seems a good light hearted reflection.

 

[skipper734]

Just shows that Scouting players is a waste of time. As B. Zamora was signed on loan from Brizzle, the main reason being, he only earned £140 pounds a week. Good value. We appeared to have followed this reason for signing players ever since.

 

[The Birdman]

“Next we were off to Withdean Stadium, which was a total shambles. It was a small, decrepit athletics stadium with a football pitch surrounded by a running track. There were two uncovered stands, one holding 1,800 fans and the South Stand, which contained 4,500 temporary seats installed on a grass bank. It held less than 7,000 fans and there was no real atmosphere there, but we turned it into a fortress. The dressing room was a portakabin with a crooked floor and a leaking roof. There was a tiny office in the home dressing room, separated from the players, where Micky and I would go at halftime if the players were arguing with each other and we would let them sort things out for themselves.”

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I spoke to Micky Adams recently and he explained his decision [to leave Brighton]: “I was very ambitious and given the problems we faced I just could not see Brighton progressing at the pace I wanted. The higher we progressed the more difficult it would be to maintain our success. Dick Knight was always telling me how close we were to getting permission for a new stadium in the city but Bob and I would have a drink every Friday after training and our toast was always ‘Falmer, My Arse’ as we knew just how far away it was despite Dick’s words.”

Lots more gems here: https://bfctalk.wordpress.com/2017/...rticularly-as-this-chapter-is-about-brighton/

hospitality was better atmosphere and food was better at Withdean.i think they are trying sort this out it will help being in the premiership.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Kudos to the writer, and any writer because it's a hard slog with often limited rewards, but is this a commercially viable book? The potential audience for a Bob Booker autobiography is surely relatively small...

 

[rocker959]

Excellent read . Thanks for posting .

 

[Taybha]

Women freeze their breast milk ?

 

[Icy Gull]

Do you reckon Micky Adams saw as as Tinpot? ( no not Reading ) I always had that impression tbh whereas I got the feeling that Steve Coppell had a genuine affection for us

The comment about Falmer reinforces that feeling.

 

[pishhead]

Kudos to the writer, and any writer because it's a hard slog with often limited rewards, but is this a commercially viable book? The potential audience for a Bob Booker autobiography is surely relatively small...

I think it will appeal to fans of lower league football in general. Much the same as the excellent journeyman by Ben Smith.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

That was a good read. I knew a couple of the stories already, but it was still worthwhile.

 

[Lindfield by the Pond]

Great read - thanks for the link

 

[The Andy Naylor Fan Club]

Fantastic, insightful reading. Thanks for posting.

 

[Greville Waterman]

Here is some more information about the book which is currently at the printers. It should be available by the mid/end of August. There are chapters on each of the six managers Bob worked with and he had been enormously open and honest about his time at the club as well as his love for it.

Lots of stories about his playing and management career and the toll that a life in football can take.

I really hope that some of you decide to check it out. The book has been a year in the researching and writing and I have loved almost every minute of it!

http://www.bennionkearny.com/book/ooh-aah-bob-booker-story-greville-waterman-book-ebook/