Goldstone Ground late 80s - does anyone remember....

[Brightonfan1983]

...a light aeroplane flying over the ground before a game with Man City, trailing a banner with words to the effect of "Seagulls bomb City"?

I've always wondered who organised it, as they didn't seem to be selling anything!

 

[Tony Le Mesmer]

Was that the same game as the Keith Cuss 'header'?

 

[Brightonfan1983]

I can't remember anything about the game and my reference tomes aren't with me.

What was the Keith Cuss 'header'?

 

[Uncle C]

I can't remember anything about the game and my reference tomes aren't with me.

What was the Keith Cuss 'header'?

Classic!

 

[Brightonfan1983]

Classic!

Nope, still can't remember!

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Keith Cuss was a Brighton ball 'boy' who, according to City, took too long returning the ball when it went out of play for a City throw late in the game when we were leading.

He was later relieved of his duties.

 

[Brightonfan1983]

AAAHHHH yes I heard about that. Instead of catching it, didn't he head it into the North Stand?

Vague memories. And still no 'plane relief...

 

[BRIGHT ON Q]

What year was the Keith Cuss header?.All i remember is City playing in a decent purple away kit and us winning 1-0,Ohand the deft back header of coarse.

 

[Mo Gosfield]

Don't remember the year but do remember that Keith Cuss was 41 when it happened. He used to patrol the West Stand touchline and on this occasion, as the ball flew towards him, he helped it on its way into the crowd, with a deft back-header.
After serving the club for a number of seasons, he was promptly sacked.

 

[Robert Codners Nostrils]

It was 1989. We won 2-1. Went 1 up with a Curbs penalty (think it had to be re-taken). They equalized but an own goal by them gave us the game 2-1.

 

[Janbha]

Harty writes on Keith Cuss and the Albion - Golden Years - Worthing Herald

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Keith Cuss was a Brighton ball 'boy' who, according to City, took too long returning the ball when it went out of play for a City throw late in the game when we were leading.

He was later relieved of his duties.

It wasn't so much that he took too long, more that when the ball came towards him (this was in the days of one ball per match), rather than catch and return it, he headed it backwards into the West Terrace

 

[Mo Gosfield]

Just read the ' Harty ' article and there was no way that Keith Cuss tried to duck out of the way of the ball. It was clearly a deliberate header and ( some may say ) an act of time-wasting.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

It wasn't so much that he took too long, more that when the ball came towards him (this was in the days of one ball per match), rather than catch and return it, he headed it backwards into the West Terrace

lol yeah thats right ... and the entire west terrace took too long!.

 

[Falmerfourtickets]

Cuss did it backwards into new town road. The oldest ball boy in town