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[Albion] Happy 75th birthday Barry Lloyd



Lenny Rider

Well-known member
Sep 15, 2010
6,010
Despite being one of his detractors in my fanzine days, Barry and his Albion journey is hugely underestimated in the club's 123 year history, and I only truly appreciated this when I really got to know him.

Happy birthday Baz :thumbsup:

(Do we have any of the 34 people on here who bought his 'Visionary Dethroned' t shirt back in 1993?)

The other 166 went to Eastern Europe care of Link Romania.
 




dejavuatbtn

Well-known member
Aug 4, 2010
7,573
Henfield
I think he had the club at heart and it wasn’t his fault Bellotti was his boss. He got us to the playoffs with both hands tied behind his back. Once the final was lost then he was on a hiding to nothing. He recognised that the community programme was important and my dealings with him re the junior seagulls supporters club football teams were helpful .
Happy birthday Baz.
 


Nobby Cybergoat

Well-known member
Jul 19, 2021
8,624
Seemed a decent fella. Gave us one golden season. His tenure ran it's course.
 








Cowfold Seagull

Fan of the 17 bus
Apr 22, 2009
22,114
Cowfold
I think the pressure got to him in the end, let's face it it wasn't an easy time to manage the Albion.

I met him a few times whilst l was on the committee at Horsham back in the day and he was in charge at Worhing, the pressure and the spotlight was off him then, and he seemed a really pleasant guy, and happy to talk about all things football.
 


Bish Bosh

Active member
Aug 10, 2005
524
Wish it was in the EU
Despite being one of his detractors in my fanzine days, Barry and his Albion journey is hugely underestimated in the club's 123 year history, and I only truly appreciated this when I really got to know him.

Happy birthday Baz :thumbsup:

(Do we have any of the 34 people on here who bought his 'Visionary Dethroned' t shirt back in 1993?)

The other 166 went to Eastern Europe care of Link Romania.
Only 34 - blimey! I cannot tell a lie...I was one of them
 






nicko31

Well-known member
Jan 7, 2010
18,574
Gods country fortnightly
Seemed a decent fella. Gave us one golden season. His tenure ran it's course.
All I remember was Lloyd out, Lloyd out, Lloyd out back in the early 90s. Did his best in difficult circumstances.....
 




vegster

Sanity Clause
May 5, 2008
28,272
Nice chap, pulled a good pint down at Woodside...Happy Birthday Baz !
 












Barry Izbak

U.T.A.
Dec 7, 2005
7,420
Lancing By Sea
Despite being one of his detractors in my fanzine days, Barry and his Albion journey is hugely underestimated in the club's 123 year history, and I only truly appreciated this when I really got to know him.

Happy birthday Baz :thumbsup:

(Do we have any of the 34 people on here who bought his 'Visionary Dethroned' t shirt back in 1993?)

The other 166 went to Eastern Europe care of Link Romania.
You might recall my early submissions to GE under the psedonym Barry Mustgoe.
Subsequent events caused me to celebrate by using deed poll to alter my moinker to "Hazgon".
Once he returned, I changed it for the last time.

Happy Birthday Bazza
 


Poskettspurpose

Active member
Jun 18, 2021
83
I remember on the way to Millwall (Old Den) in the play off semi final leg 2 the team coach stopped with the fan coaches somewhere in London. We walked up to the coach singing and clapping and BL stuck his fingers up at us. I still have a soft spot for him though due to almost getting us promoted to the top flight with a great team (Micky Small, John Burn, Clive Walker etc) built on a literal shoestring budget..
 


Scoffers

Well-known member
Jan 13, 2004
6,868
Burgess Hill
My first season ticket at the Goldstone was in the early Barry Lloyd era, so it will always be special to me in that way, in particular the play-off semi was amazing, of course. Must have been a real challenge to be manager back then, or more to the point, it would have been hard to attract anyone else better.

Happy Birthday Lloydy!
 






Van Cleef

Well-known member
Jun 17, 2023
842
He managed to rustle up some bloody good signings, somehow, amongst all the frees and cast offs from the bargain bin.

(Dont remember the BL t shirt, but I did have a Lean Mean Tackling Machine one. They weren't the best quality TBH. Is it too late for a refund?).
 


Jam The Man

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
8,226
South East North Lancing
My first ever match was Barry’s first ever win.
Bazza did a good job in very difficult times. Happy birthday!

Hindsight is a wonderful thing, and sadly a lot of us rejoiced when he left by ‘mutual consent’ just a few weeks after Bellotti arrived in the autumn of 1993.

How blind we were…
 


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