From the archives - Brighton & Hove Albion in the snow

[Goldstone Rapper]

January 1979
Brighton players in the snow - January 1979.mp4 - YouTube

Is that Chris Cattlin or Andy Rollings between Mullery and Ryan?

 

[Ernest]

The Catt

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Thank you, Ernest.

Other clips in the snow:

Brighton 1-0 Hull City (FAC 1984/5) in the snow - YouTube

And, of course, the legendary FA Cup game against Peterborough.

Peterborough v Brighton (Cup) 1985-86 - YouTube

Any others worthy of a mention?

By the way, if anyone has either of the Peterborough games from that season on VHS (I think both games were available to buy on video), please let me know....

 

[chucky1973]

Peterborough away was great

 

[GoldWithFalmer]

Scunthorpe at home early 90's Fac Cup? was that a snowy game

 

[Sussex on Leith]

Newcastle away in the cup in 1986 was a snow/orange ball job as I recall

 

[Southstandfaithful]

Theatre of trees

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

Very smart kit we had at Peterborough.

Most snowy game I recall was 71/72 v Torquay at the Goldstone and the 5,000 odd crowd was less than half expected as BR had put the 'match off' boards up at stations.

Really good 2-2 draw.

 

[Seagull over Canaryland]

I seem to recall a Cup game at Wolves (or WBA?) in the late '70s when it was really frosty night and the pitch was virtually frozen. The Albion kitman (Glen Wilson?) played a blinder having packed a set of pimple soled trainers and The Albion ran rings round their hosts, Wardy was in his element.

 

[portslade seagull]

Peterborough was a top game and rammed as well

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

I seem to recall a Cup game at Wolves (or WBA?) in the late '70s when it was really frosty night and the pitch was virtually frozen. The Albion kitman (Glen Wilson?) played a blinder having packed a set of pimple soled trainers and The Albion ran rings round their hosts, Wardy was in his element.

That was a league game and Wardy ran rings round Emylyn Hughes & George Berry. He scored a hattrick and 2 in the return fixture and only an OG prevented him getting anoth hattrick.

 

[Del Fenner]

Brighton v Palace in the Great Freeze of '63

After 1958 the Clubs did not meet again until the 1962-63 season following Brighton's relegation from Division Two, Palace improved upon a 2-2 home draw to win 2-1 at the Goldstone, but not even those points would have saved Brighton from another relegation. That game, which proved to Palace's last league win at the Goldstone, has an unusual story surrounding it. The coldest winter in living memory had locked the Goldstone under a sheet of ice and snow. In an effort to stage the Palace game there on 12 Jan 1963, the club hired a tar-melting machine off the council (pictured below). It thawed the pitch, but turned into a quagmire!

 

[Seagull over Canaryland]

That was a league game and Wardy ran rings round Emylyn Hughes & George Berry. He scored a hattrick and 2 in the return fixture and only an OG prevented him getting anoth hattrick.

Thanks. I recall a great photo sequence of Wardy having turned a defender (George Berry?) inside out, leaving him spinning on his backside on the icy pitch meanwhile Wardy is sprinting away to slot home one of his goals. You can see that Wardy is wearing trainers rather than boots.

 

[TSB]

Went to a game at Cambridge in the early 90's where they left the field for half-time, with a white ball and a green pitch. Second half kicked off with an orange ball on a completely white surface. FLUMPING HELL.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

The Peterborough game was FREEZING, but not as cold as Scunthorpe away the same season which froze every part of me.

 

[forrest]

Huddersfield away in the early 90's. Think it was their last season at their old Leeds Road ground. Plenty of snow that day. they closed the away end as it was covered in snow and stuck us in the seats. Won 3-0 if i remember rightly and as their fans left via the back of the closed away terrace they pelted us with snowballs and chunks of ice

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

Peterborough away was great

It was seriously packed in the away end.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Brighton v Palace in the Great Freeze of '63

Some wonderfully evocative images!

 

[BUTTERBALL]

I miss the Goldstone

 

[Daffy Duck]

Remember helping to clear the snow off the pitch for the game against Halifax (I think) in 1963. The club put out a request over the radio for people to come along and help and loads of us turned up. Managed to get the pitch cleared with the help of some big blowing machines. Stood behind the south goal for that one.
Almost every other game had been postponed and we were on Match of the Day. And, guess what....... we lost!

Peterborough was great and loved the red kit but we stood on solid ice for the whole game and my feet were bloody freezing!