[Albion] Its Friday, so let's have your favourite Albion strange but true tales.

[Jeremiah]

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Gary Chivers was known as Big Chiv in the dressing room due to what he was packing in the trouser department.

Wasn't it Gary Chivers who was interviewed after a cup defeat (away at Swindon?) who thought it was a League match ? He kept referring to the points we had lost. Shows that not all footballers are clued up .

 

[AZ Gull]

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It was Wayne Gray and I suspect I’m one of only a few here who saw him play for the Albion, back in 2002. ....

Well, I for one saw all his appearances (that's the one season where I did all 46 league games home and away).

 

[Peppermint Tea]

I remember him, scored at Colchester away.

https://www.11v11.com/matches/colchester-united-v-brighton-and-hove-albion-30-march-2002-11956/

Good work, mate. I wasn’t there but I think that was the game where Bobby Z was injured and the Col U fans were saying they’d smash us because we were a one-man team. And then the Albion fans started singing 1-0 to the one man team etc etc

 

[Peppermint Tea]

Well, I for one saw all his appearances (that's the one season where I did all 46 league games home and away).

Uber fan!!!

 

[Bozza]

The Albion were fined by UEFA for not fulfilling their media duties away at Roma.

Managers were required to conduct a pre-match interview pitchside, but Roberto De Zerbi got stage fright and wouldn’t leave the tunnel area.

David Weir had to be found and rushed pitchside so the Albion had someone to face the media.

 

[Birdie Boy]

Around 1986 Lawrenson and Maybank amongst others used to frequent Corals Squash Club. One night Maybank got barred as he couldn't be arsed to go downstairs to the toilet and pissed in a plant pot!

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Bumping into Stuart Storer in Berlin was a bit random.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Around 1986 Lawrenson and Maybank amongst others used to frequent Corals Squash Club. One night Maybank got barred as he couldn't be arsed to go downstairs to the toilet and pissed in a plant pot!

I always thought that was Fozzie?

 

[Birdie Boy]

I always thought that was Fozzie?

Definitely Maybank. I was only 17 or 18 and fancied Lawro's ex-wife big time!

 

[Flounce]

The Albion were fined by UEFA for not fulfilling their media duties away at Roma.

Managers were required to conduct a pre-match interview pitchside, but Roberto De Zerbi got stage fright and wouldn’t leave the tunnel area.

David Weir had to be found and rushed pitchside so the Albion had someone to face the media.

The team got stage fright during the game

 

[raymondo]

I had to mark Tony Towner (right winger) whenever we played against his school (age 12 - 15). He wasn't too bad, but we normally won

 

[Lenny Rider]

I always thought that was Fozzie?

It was, and it was early 80s.

 

[One Love]

Around 1986 Lawrenson and Maybank amongst others used to frequent Corals Squash Club. One night Maybank got barred as he couldn't be arsed to go downstairs to the toilet and pissed in a plant pot!

If you start bringing out Ted drinking stories there'll be hundreds of them.

 

[Jam The Man]

What I thought was ‘strange’ is that I got approx 40 instances of what I can only describe as hate mail (or similar type communications) from Albion fans when the CKR signing started going south.

Cos it was obviously my fault right!?

DK phoned me up at about 1030pm on the night CKR left to explain why we sold him, but my overriding emotion was genuine relief.

 

[el punal]

Kit wasn't dropped, he was moved out to the wing so Beamish and Irvine could play together I think. John was dropped in favour of Ian Goodwin. Our results after were very symmetrical - WWDWWDWWDWWD. But I can't remember what I did yesterday.

Nice story though.

Memories eh! I thought Ken Beamish had replaced Kit, I forgot that Kit had moved sideways.

 

[Bozza]

Bumping into Stuart Storer in Berlin was a bit random.

Wouldn’t happen in Düsseldorf.

 

[el punal]

Around 1986 Lawrenson and Maybank amongst others used to frequent Corals Squash Club. One night Maybank got barred as he couldn't be arsed to go downstairs to the toilet and pissed in a plant pot!

He must have been broke as he didn’t have a pot to piss in.

 

[portlock seagull]

Imagine this thread in 2050, no players in living memory will have done anything interesting nor ever shared same public space with any fans or press to have witnessed.

 

[Flounce]

What I thought was ‘strange’ is that I got approx 40 instances of what I can only describe as hate mail (or similar type communications) from Albion fans when the CKR signing started going south.

Cos it was obviously my fault right!?

DK phoned me up at about 1030pm on the night CKR left to explain why we sold him, but my overriding emotion was genuine relief.

I posted something on here about CKR being a bit lazy and received a really abusive PM from his father/stepfather (?). I apologised and said I would not have posted it if I thought it would be read by his family. We became almost internet mates after that as he apologised to me about his rant. We then exchanged a few interesting PMs until CKR moved on.

Real shame you got abuse as it was pretty bloody exciting when you ”won” him

 

[Pliny the Gull]

James Caan did in ROLLERBALL Playing for Houston