[Albion] Friendly v QPR

[jevs]

Greetings

I have a vague recollection of watching Brighton play QPR in a pre-season friendly around 1976 at the Goldstone. Possibly finished 1-1

Does anyone remember this? QPR were huge back then and it's one of the few clubs i've never seen (or have I?)

Ta muchly

 

[The Wookiee]

Strangely in 1976/77 they were knocked out of the UEFA Cup by………,,,,.,….

AEK Athens

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Greetings

I have a vague recollection of watching Brighton play QPR in a pre-season friendly around 1976 at the Goldstone. Possibly finished 1-1

Does anyone remember this? QPR were huge back then and it's one of the few clubs i've never seen (or have I?)

Ta muchly

Yes, though I think Brighton won fairly comfortably.
Might have been pre-season of 77.

QPR had some great players then Parkes, Clements, Francis, Thomas, Bowles, Parkes.

 

[smillie's garden]

I was thinking about this the other day. I think it was ‘78, just before the promotion season. Albion won 2-1, and it was the only time I ever stood on South Stand terrace. I remember the “Stanley Bowles is a wanker” chants.

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

First game I went to without a ‘grown up’ me and a mate made our debut in the South Stand.
It was the 12 Aug 78 a week before our opener away at Wrexham.
Don’t remember the players but we won 2-1 and QPR wore a half red half black kit (Blackburn style)
The attendance of about 12,000 was half of our average at the time.
The programme was 5p

Funny the things you do remember.

 

[BN9 BHA]

There was also a friendly at The Goldstone v QPR 3/3/75, won 2-1. Testimonial for groundsman Frankie Howard

 

[BN9 BHA]

First game I went to without a ‘grown up’ me and a mate made our debut in the South Stand.
It was the 12 Aug 78 a week before our opener away at Wrexham.
Don’t remember the players but we won 2-1 and QPR wore a half red half black kit (Blackburn style)
The attendance of about 12,000 was half of our average at the time.
The programme was 5p

Funny the things you do remember.

Andy Rollings and Teddy Maybank scored.
Just looked it up in one of my books.

 

[Mr Bridger]

There was also a friendly at The Goldstone v QPR 3/3/75, won 2-1. Testimonial for groundsman Frankie Howard

Titter ye not!" ... "Don't laugh!" ... "No Missus!" Well I didn’t know that.

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

Andy Rollings and Teddy Maybank scored.
Just looked it up in one of my books.

This was featured in “one of your books” ?

Hmmmm….

 

[Questions]

First game I went to without a ‘grown up’ me and a mate made our debut in the South Stand.
It was the 12 Aug 78 a week before our opener away at Wrexham.
Don’t remember the players but we won 2-1 and QPR wore a half red half black kit (Blackburn style)
The attendance of about 12,000 was half of our average at the time.
The programme was 5p

Funny the things you do remember.

Burgers ?

 

[Questions]

Titter ye not!" ... "Don't laugh!" ... "No Missus!" Well I didn’t know that.

Nay nay and thrice nay.

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

Burgers ?

Boiled, plenty of onions and ketchup … delicious!

 

[Questions]

Boiled, plenty of onions and ketchup … delicious!

Get in. Who invented this new frying method for burgers I don’t know.

 

[BN9 BHA]

This was featured in “one of your books” ?

Hmmmm….

The attendance and programme price wasn’t

 

[Official Old Man]

 

[perseus]

Yes, though I think Brighton won fairly comfortably.
Might have been pre-season of 77.

QPR had some great players then Parkes, Clements, Francis, Thomas, Bowles, Parkes.

Sixties were better https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Marsh

 

[Official Old Man]

I've seen Rodney Marsh play at the Goldstone, but always thought it was this game. It was in a friendly I'm sure because he laid on all the skills he had and showed off to the crowd. So if it wasn't this game, when was it?

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

I've seen Rodney Marsh play at the Goldstone, but always thought it was this game. It was in a friendly I'm sure because he laid on all the skills he had and showed off to the crowd. So if it wasn't this game, when was it?

Might have been the earlier friendly mentioned for Frankie Howard.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Sixties were better https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Marsh

Great player, but as a team they weren’t a top flight force.

 

[Reinelt 62]

I've seen Rodney Marsh play at the Goldstone, but always thought it was this game. It was in a friendly I'm sure because he laid on all the skills he had and showed off to the crowd. So if it wasn't this game, when was it?

I think this was the Christmas 1966 League game at the Goldstone, when John Templeman was brought into the side to make his debut, specifically to mark Rodney Marsh. We had lost 0-3 at Loftus Road on Boxing Day, but drew 2-2 the following day at the Goldstone.

Don't know what RDZ would think about playing 2 games in 2 days...., and playing 3 games in 4 days was the norm over Easter at that time....