How racist were albion fans in the 70's

[portslade seagull]

Ah Norwich 81 and the debenhams incident, think we were somewhat worked up by the time we made the ground

 

[abc]

Strange that you put that , would it now be illegal ?

I'm sure it would be illegal now and might well have been then. However the Police (generalisation of course) were out and out racists back then and cared little for the law at football matches

 

[portslade seagull]

The Police back then would just give you a clip round the ear and send you on your way

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

There really, really aren't BH

Not compared to London or some other places but deffo loads more than there was even 10 years ago. Time was that you rarely saw any black people in Brighton except the day trippers. Not so now. We don't have many black supporters though which is indicative that most of our support is drawn from the locals rather than incomers.

I was recently at Stamford bridge...there is a proper cross section of London faces there and a much more representative ethnic mix.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Once a prize bell-end, always a prize bell-end. Clearly.

just to let you know i've NEVER been affiliated to any right wing organisation

 

[Se20]

just to let you know i've NEVER been affiliated to any right wing organisation

Nazi sympathiser ??

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Nazi sympathiser ??

 

[El Presidente]

No... we used to sing "there ain't no black in the Union Jack, join the national front" .... But we were mostly ignorant of what it all meant, or at least how sinister it all sounds now that we are older and wiser,.....to add context the late 70's produced a nation split on very polarised positions, in politics, music, fashion and the most tribal of all, football.

True, were you a Brotherhood of Man or a Dooleys follower?

 

[Se20]

Skinhead ??

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Skinhead ??

 

[Se20]

Freshwater or sea ??

 

[somerset]

Ah Norwich 81 and the debenhams incident, think we were somewhat worked up by the time we made the ground

Remember it well..... Scuffling in the aisles after catching up with some mouthy Herbert's who dared to challenge our right to be a public nuisance........ silly behaviour, generally much regretted.

 

[somerset]

True, were you a Brotherhood of Man or a Dooleys follower?

Leave it.........

 

[Rich Suvner]

No, he's right. The last game v Donny.

Second that. Such a shame its a memory from that day.

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

I can honestly say I don't remember any of this stuff going on in the seventies-----------------------------------did we win Saturday

 

[FREDBINNEY]

I'm sure it would be illegal now and might well have been then. However the Police (generalisation of course) were out and out racists back then and cared little for the law at football matches

Handing out leaflets for a political party would be illegal now ?? I very much doubt it.

 

[FREDBINNEY]

Absolutely. I'm not stupid.

It just reads like something you really wished you had the bollocks to do, but didnt.

 

[TheMajor]

I vaguely recall Chris Ramsey being subject to monkey noises from our own fans when he made his debut for the Albion at Selhurst, which was wrong on an awful lot of levels.

Are you referring to our 3-0 win which relegated them from Div 1 in 1982? If so all the racial abuse came from Palace that day.

 

[Se20]

Are you referring to our 3-0 win which relegated them from Div 1 in 1982? If so all the racial abuse came from Palace that day.

What was the attendance ?

 

[lawros left foot]

I have two Asian foster sisters and an asian foster brother, back in the Seventies I also had mates who were racist, it was just the way it was back then.