[Albion] ITV 4 Big match revisited

[drew]

On now, Big Match Revisited featuring Brighton v Blackpool 1978. We won but the contrived draw at the Dell robbed us of promotion.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Look closely and at the end you'll see a ten year old forming the view, that remains until today, Southampton and Spurs are cheating WANKERS.

 

[kojak]

Wardy was some player wasn't he

 

[Flounce]

Wardy was some player wasn't he

Yep, he would have suited De Zerbi ball too I believe.

 

[el punal]

I still hate Southampton and Tottenham for their manufactured draw at the Dell. A team that scored in every home game against a team that scored in every away game and yet they managed to produce a 0-0 borefest.

 

[kojak]

Bobby Robson pulling rank with Terry Neill in the golden goals,great stuff
Appreciate football is better today
But for pure entertainment it was better back in those days

 

[ROSM]

Spurs and southampton made me cry that day. Aston villa beating spurs to europe last year and us beating Southampton to qualify for Europe are just part of the healing process.

After the game I remember Mullery saying we would come back bigger and stronger the year after, and we did!

 

[kojak]

West Ham went down
Cambridge went up
They were the only teams to win at the Goldstone the following season

 

[chrisg]

I don’t remember the South stand being all standing ( it looked that way ). When did it go to an all seater ?
Remember sitting there in late 80’s

 

[el punal]

I don’t remember the South stand being all standing ( it looked that way ). When did it go to an all seater ?
Remember sitting there in late 80’s

It wasn’t all standing. The back half was wooden bench seating and the front half was terracing. It caught fire c1980? after which they made it all seating.

 

[LANGDON SEAGULL]

I don’t remember the South stand being all standing ( it looked that way ). When did it go to an all seater ?
Remember sitting there in late 80’s

There was a fire in the south stand near the end of the 1979/80 season - think it was after a home game against Middlesbrough. It was converted into all seater at the start of the next season

 

[BN9 BHA]

I don’t remember the South stand being all standing ( it looked that way ). When did it go to an all seater ?
Remember sitting there in late 80’s

Photo from 1977 when it had also had seats in the upper tier.

 

[POSKETT AT THE VALLEY]

There were Chinese whispers throughout the game that either saints or spurs were winning. Didn’t turn out that way. Cheating ********

 

[chrisg]

Photo from 1977 when it had also had seats in the upper tier.


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Thanks. Never seen that photo before ,
I was only 7 when that event happened so don’t remember it.

 

[kevo]

Look closely and at the end you'll see a ten year old forming the view, that remains until today, Southampton and Spurs are cheating WANKERS.

I think the highlights of the other game were on MOTD. Burkinshaw and McMenemy walked out of the tunnel together, waving at the crowd. Neither side had a shot worthy of the name. One of the worst stitch-ups in the history of the game.

 

[kevo]

Spurs and southampton made me cry that day. Aston villa beating spurs to europe last year and us beating Southampton to qualify for Europe are just part of the healing process.

After the game I remember Mullery saying we would come back bigger and stronger the year after, and we did!

Although we actually ended up with exactly the same number of points as the previous season!

 

[Bodian]

There were Chinese whispers throughout the game that either saints or spurs were winning. Didn’t turn out that way. Cheating ********

Yes - they spread around the ground from under the scaffolding for the TV gantry!

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Photo from 1977 when it had also had seats in the upper tier.


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Calling them seats is poetic licence. Long benches with white stripes defining each "seat".

 

[kojak]

Photo from 1977 when it had also had seats in the upper tier.


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What a brilliant photo!
remember going to games in the early 70s with the old man
He always stood on the SW corner
Me and my mate would have running competitions from end to end when the game wasn't very interesting

 

[el punal]

I think the highlights of the other game were on MOTD. Burkinshaw and McMenemy walked out of the tunnel together, waving at the crowd. Neither side had a shot worthy of the name. One of the worst stitch-ups in the history of the game.

The rumour was, how true I don’t know, that Tony Funnell hit the post for Saints and was immediately substituted. Can’t have that sort of honesty ruining our ‘let’s all cheat’ scenario.