Guardian article on BHAFC past times in top flight . FA Cup
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Coldeanseagull
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That was entertaining, even if it did make me feel old
Never seen the highlights before - only heard the radio commentary. How the hell did we lose that? We were the much better tem on the day, certainly in those highlights at least.
Brings back lots of memories. The FA Cup final replay was the first match I consciously watched the Albion. That headband!
And what a build-up to the final, I never knew at the time: "(...) Of course, everyone remembers the 1983 FA Cup final for the “and Smith must score” moment but there was a miscellany of FA Cup nostalgia before that miss. Foster and Bamber not shaving during the Cup run; Bamber offering fans a ticket to the FA Cup final if they bought a season ticket for the following season; Jimmy Case and Gordon Smith going on Top of the Pops; the obligatory Cup final song, The Boys in the old Brighton Blue; Bob “The Cat” Bevan entertaining the players in the build-up to the final; Brighton’s flight to Wembley in a British Caledonian Airways helicopter. (...)"
Source:
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...-fa-cup-final?CMP=fb_a-football_b-gdnfootball
https://45football.com/index.php?id=158 ;-)
And what a build-up to the final, I never knew at the time: "(...) Of course, everyone remembers the 1983 FA Cup final for the “and Smith must score” moment but there was a miscellany of FA Cup nostalgia before that miss. Foster and Bamber not shaving during the Cup run; Bamber offering fans a ticket to the FA Cup final if they bought a season ticket for the following season; Jimmy Case and Gordon Smith going on Top of the Pops; the obligatory Cup final song, The Boys in the old Brighton Blue; Bob “The Cat” Bevan entertaining the players in the build-up to the final; Brighton’s flight to Wembley in a British Caledonian Airways helicopter. (...)"
Source:
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...-fa-cup-final?CMP=fb_a-football_b-gdnfootball
https://45football.com/index.php?id=158 ;-)
desprateseagull
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I remember the day of the FA Cup run, and the actual final quite vividly.. never sang cheered screamed clapped so much in my life, before or since!