Its 27 years to the day since Albion played in the cup final so to celebrate...

[Icy Gull]

It was a great day.It was darned hard to get a ticket,but there were 20 or so Germans in front of me at Wembley.Got some sort of package from their home country and had come because it was the Cup Final; THE Cup Final.But I wondered what any Albion fan without a ticket would have thought.
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I expect they'd have been far more pissed off if they'd known that a Brighton employee allegedly sent Albion tickets to be sold in Manchester

 

[Dave the OAP]

I expect they'd have been far more pissed off if they'd known that a Brighton employee allegedly sent Albion tickets to be sold in Manchester

I think the rumour was it was many more than 1 employee allegedly

 

[wellquickwoody]

I think the rumour was it was many more than 1 employee allegedly

Loads of Manure in our end, I remember an older lad from Portslade jumping down onto the lower tier to kick it off! Don't suppose many of todays youngsters can even imagine Brighton taking on United on the terraces!

 

[Dave the OAP]

Loads of Manure in our end, I remember an older lad from Portslade jumping down onto the lower tier to kick it off! Don't suppose many of todays youngsters can even imagine Brighton taking on United on the terraces!

I remember that lad!

Also in the replay it all kicked off in the lower tier just as the second half was about start

 

[Soul Finger]

Only went to the Newcastle game at home. I was only 9 though.

Btw, thank you Dave.

 

[FamilyGuy]

I wonder how many TRUE supporters SAW every game on the ROAD to Wembley.

Not MANY of us

All except the away leg to Newcastle

 

[Deleted User X18H]

Here a ball played forward for Michael Robinson to chase, Robinson going forward strong, he's inside the Manchester United penalty area he finds Smith and Smith must score.....

Peter Jones 17.23 21st May 1983 Wembley London.

 

[Ernest]

I sat next to Peter Ward on the coach back from the Newcastle replay. I think it was the highlight of his Albion career

 

[hart's shirt]

One of the first in the stadium when the gates opened.

Stood on the terraces behind the goal where Smith did score.

 

[Storer68]

..... and he hasn't! And Bailey has saved it ! And there's the final whistle!

 

[wellquickwoody]

I remember screaming 'WATCH WILKINS!' as Utd came towards our end with the ball out on their left. Five seconds later the ball was in the the back of our net after Wilkins hit it from the edge of the box.

 

[portslade-by-sea]

Loads of Manure in our end, I remember an older lad from Portslade jumping down onto the lower tier to kick it off! Don't suppose many of todays youngsters can even imagine Brighton taking on United on the terraces!

That would be nutty neil,

one minute he was with us, next thing someone said whats nutty neil doing standing on the wall, he dived head first into the man u fans, came back without a scratch.

 

[Deleted User X18H]

..... and he hasn't! And Bailey has saved it ! And there's the final whistle!

...and he hasn't scored and Bailey has saved it. Absolutely remarkable, Robinson just holds his head in hands, Smith just had to score there. Robinson went inside the defender, kept his head stroked the ball to Smith all he had to do was just push the ball past the goalkeeper. And there goes the whistle for the end of extra time and Gordon Smith will remember that moment for a very very long time indeed.

Peter Jones 17.26 21st May 1983 Wembley London.

 

[Fred Oliver - Legend]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d4-lFjGnUA