From april 1979 how many still attend the albion games?

[The Sock of Poskett]

Think I might have been at that game. First went aged 12 in 72, and started going regularly in about 76/77 through till 83/84. Moved away for work/family etc, came back in the mid 90s and have been coming ever since.

Now sit with my lad in the North Stand, who was first brought when he was 7 in 1997 to the Goldstone, and has been a season ticket holder since 2008.

 

[Charlies Shinpad]

I was in the Navy based in Jockland at this time but still got down to home games when we weren't underwater doing secret shit and still going strong as a STH in the North Stand with my lads

 

[fleet]

I do! Was there in 1969 too!

 

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My first ever match was the home defeat to Norwich in 1979

That was mine too! We lost 4-2 i think? I remember leaving the north stand with the canaries crowing (or cheeping!) and just being really happy to have been at my first game, I had no idea how much pain was ahead of me as a Brighton fan!

 

[willow147]

How many of the Bournemouth 28,000 were mid-40s+ and lifelong Albion fans?

That would be me.

 

[Taybha]

Hailsham Seagull has been going since electricity was invented , shame he chose to live in a place yet to be connected to the grid .

 

[perseus]

Ever present home games in 79. Only half the home games now. Increasing. nearly got a half season ticket.

I just could not get a ticket where I wanted.

It is the West Coastway trains that put me off, but they are getting better now.

 

[Grombleton]

Would have liked to experience those days, but unfortunately i wasn't to make an appearance on this earth for another 6 years.

 

[symyjym]

how do you do polls?

When you start a new thread, scroll further down the page and you have the option to include a poll. I would recommend giving some thought on the questions and answers rather than just jumping straight in.

 

[Norman Baker suck my lozenge]

I was at both,do I get a prize?

 

[Dumseagull]

Tricky for me as I didn't exist yet! My first game was Huddersfield away in 00/01 season

 

[Seasidesage]

I was at both as were probably about half the lads I went with in 1979. Not exactly scientific but I think our crowd retention isn't bad. That said I only went to about half a dozen home games a season during the Withdean years...

 

[sully]

I wasn't at the Man City game referred to in 1979, but did go to the end of season games at the end of 78/79, including aways at Orient, Luton and Newcastle.

Got a season ticket now, but wasn't at the Bournemouth game as it's shared with my brother-in-law.

I reckon the number who actually attended both games referred to would be just 2 - 3,000, though there's plenty more who were going regularly in 79 who still go regularly now.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

At both

 

[Fountainhead]

My first game was Jan 1975 v Leatherhead

 

[TonyW]

Good question.

7,000 seems like a decent starting point - probably on the high side?

How many of the Bournemouth 28,000 were mid-40s+ and lifelong Albion fans?

+1 here

Me.

 

[smiler]

West stand both games
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[One Teddy Maybank]

Put me down for two. Myself and my Father. My Mother remains a keen fan, but older now and will only attend if my son doesn't go.

 

[Mr Blobby]

Me, plus my Mum and my Oldest sister were all at both!

My other sister was at the game in 1979 and the reading cup game as only goes occasionally these days

My old man was at the game in 1979 but never lived to see Falmer completed

The Raven blood runs blue and white

 

[Seagull over Canaryland]

If only we knew what a rollercoaster awaited The Albion and its fans over the next 30 years, amazing highs and some awful lows.

In '79 we were surfing a real feel good factor, with a few years in the First Div, and a Cup Final ahead too.

But equally we were unaware of the traumas awaiting us in the '90s and 2000s. Amazing that we survived. From rags to relative riches now.