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Martyn Blyth - RIP
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baggie227
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Knowing the big man
I travelled all over watching BHA win,draw and yeh, sometimes lose, along with Martyn. I remember having to stop the car on the way back from Port Vale, not for a loo break, but cos he was destroying the ozone, again. Hereford - the only reason we got there was cos we used his shirt as a filter for drain water, to fill the minivans radiator. Got back at 7 the next day - wife nearly killed me but Martyn acted as the mediator. For the last few years I've lived in Phoenix close by Martyn. My number plate is Seaguls, his West Ham. Alright he has split loyalties, but every time he went back he brought me back a program and details on how the boys were doing. All the Albion aside - what a great friend, one of the funniest people I've known and a true heart of gold. A friend said, on hearing of this tragedy, that he was a man amongst men - very true - I miss ya Martyn but will NEVER forget you.
I travelled all over watching BHA win,draw and yeh, sometimes lose, along with Martyn. I remember having to stop the car on the way back from Port Vale, not for a loo break, but cos he was destroying the ozone, again. Hereford - the only reason we got there was cos we used his shirt as a filter for drain water, to fill the minivans radiator. Got back at 7 the next day - wife nearly killed me but Martyn acted as the mediator. For the last few years I've lived in Phoenix close by Martyn. My number plate is Seaguls, his West Ham. Alright he has split loyalties, but every time he went back he brought me back a program and details on how the boys were doing. All the Albion aside - what a great friend, one of the funniest people I've known and a true heart of gold. A friend said, on hearing of this tragedy, that he was a man amongst men - very true - I miss ya Martyn but will NEVER forget you.
baggie227
Seagulls over AZ
remembering Martyn
Chris/Sarah - been thinking. Is there anything going on in the new stadium to stick names on seats - sponsor them or something. I'd love to start something going where we all chip in and get something in Martyn's name. Being in Phoenix I'm happy to get it going, need someone local to do it though. Chris - do you remember some of those road trips - being picked up by the AA in Reading, after Hereford, Oldham, Vale etc. He always drove cos we were too lazy , or maybe had drunk too much - not you and Josh, my boy, but us old geezers.
Chris/Sarah - been thinking. Is there anything going on in the new stadium to stick names on seats - sponsor them or something. I'd love to start something going where we all chip in and get something in Martyn's name. Being in Phoenix I'm happy to get it going, need someone local to do it though. Chris - do you remember some of those road trips - being picked up by the AA in Reading, after Hereford, Oldham, Vale etc. He always drove cos we were too lazy , or maybe had drunk too much - not you and Josh, my boy, but us old geezers.
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OTHERS IN PHOTO L TO R,Dave reeves,paul tierney,maggie,martyn,joe szweda,rod clarke,mick king,geordie ditcthburn,mick mc cloughlin and rory clarke.ON BUS DAVE SMITH,JOHN FRASIER AND GARY MARCHANT.
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ChrisBlyth
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- Jul 7, 2010
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Hi baggie227........or Lee
I certainly do remember those road trips, Torquay, Halifax, Rochdale, Exeter.....for a time i seemed to spend most my Saturdays in some obscure English town!
Will NEVER forget Hereford, from using his HH Rugby shirt to filter the radiator water to somehow missing the police escort after the game and driving straight through Hereford town centre and only avoiding getting a chinning because i was in the van and about 12!!!........was a Palace fan driving us home if i remember
Getting a seat sponsored is something we have talked about and certainly something I think he would have loved, His loyalties did waiver towards my beloved Hammers towards the end but deep down the Albion are his team definitely.
I'll look into it and then update this thread
cheers
Chris
I certainly do remember those road trips, Torquay, Halifax, Rochdale, Exeter.....for a time i seemed to spend most my Saturdays in some obscure English town!
Will NEVER forget Hereford, from using his HH Rugby shirt to filter the radiator water to somehow missing the police escort after the game and driving straight through Hereford town centre and only avoiding getting a chinning because i was in the van and about 12!!!........was a Palace fan driving us home if i remember
Getting a seat sponsored is something we have talked about and certainly something I think he would have loved, His loyalties did waiver towards my beloved Hammers towards the end but deep down the Albion are his team definitely.
I'll look into it and then update this thread
cheers
Chris
Thanks mate. Was trying to recall names half the evening. Has made me feel i would really like to get to see Rod at the Wine bar some time soon. So very sad to have lost martyn. My condolensces to all the family
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Hi baggie227........or Lee
I certainly do remember those road trips, Torquay, Halifax, Rochdale, Exeter.....for a time i seemed to spend most my Saturdays in some obscure English town!
Will NEVER forget Hereford, from using his HH Rugby shirt to filter the radiator water to somehow missing the police escort after the game and driving straight through Hereford town centre and only avoiding getting a chinning because i was in the van and about 12!!!........was a Palace fan driving us home if i remember
Getting a seat sponsored is something we have talked about and certainly something I think he would have loved, His loyalties did waiver towards my beloved Hammers towards the end but deep down the Albion are his team definitely
I'll look into it and then update this thread
cheers
Chris
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was the palace driver! no wonder it took a day to get home!Hooray Henley
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Bit busy right now, but am just putting together a few memories of the Denmark trip - Ouch! back a bit later
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pasty
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Another one here that was in "that minibus" for the Hereford game. Not many of you will know me as I hardly knew anyone that was in it to be honest, but a day not to be forgotten. God knows how drunk I got that day. Just remember forking out a share of something like £130 to get a taxi back to Brighton from Reading services.
And Chris - I think I met you just the once. Your dad drove you me and him up to Lincoln away many years ago.
And Chris - I think I met you just the once. Your dad drove you me and him up to Lincoln away many years ago.
Hooray Henley
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The Copenhagen trip! Wow!
First stop Hamburg - The Reeperbahn - I believe several of the visitors got their cherries popped that day, then on to Copenhagen via a game of seriously violent rugby on the German / Danish border. I'll never forget a crunching spear tackle by Martin on John Donaghue, then Martin was worried about reprisals. The Porno theatre, or as we called it "the Ritz hotel" where most of us slept. A bottle of Vodka that Martin and I shared on the night of the under 21's game. Then Martin locked me in the boot of the coach for the night "for my own safety". A group of Brighton supporters (including Martin) who stood up to a load of English thugs who were beating up and robbing Danish kids. Good days!
Then on to Amsterdam, found a little bar in the red light district where they had a couple of rooms and slept in a decent bed for the first time in a week, but we had to leg it early in the morning because Martin had ben sick in the room - Jagermeister, Yuk.
Then back to Blighty and straight to the Raj for a decent meal.
They were some good times - Martin was a good bloke - I miss him
First stop Hamburg - The Reeperbahn - I believe several of the visitors got their cherries popped that day, then on to Copenhagen via a game of seriously violent rugby on the German / Danish border. I'll never forget a crunching spear tackle by Martin on John Donaghue, then Martin was worried about reprisals. The Porno theatre, or as we called it "the Ritz hotel" where most of us slept. A bottle of Vodka that Martin and I shared on the night of the under 21's game. Then Martin locked me in the boot of the coach for the night "for my own safety". A group of Brighton supporters (including Martin) who stood up to a load of English thugs who were beating up and robbing Danish kids. Good days!
Then on to Amsterdam, found a little bar in the red light district where they had a couple of rooms and slept in a decent bed for the first time in a week, but we had to leg it early in the morning because Martin had ben sick in the room - Jagermeister, Yuk.
Then back to Blighty and straight to the Raj for a decent meal.
They were some good times - Martin was a good bloke - I miss him
Hooray Henley
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One thing I will always remember about Martin from way back when we were teenagers. His mum and dad had a new central heating system. His mum liked it really hot, but his dad didn't. Needless to say, the memsahib pulled rank and the dial was welded to about 30 degrees Celsius. Martins dads protest?? As soon as he got home from work he took all his clothes off except for his trousers and sat in the lounge topless for the evening.
For some this would have been embarassing - Not for Martin - he just took freinds round and nothing was ever said - Priceless
For some this would have been embarassing - Not for Martin - he just took freinds round and nothing was ever said - Priceless
Hooray Henley
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Chris - You say your dad like curry!!!! No Really?
I remember in about 1977 having a Phall eating contest with your dad. I believe he managed about 3 (no, not spoonfulls - portions) to my two. We both spent the next week with our arses in a fridge. As your dad would say though "We did it" Brilliant
I remember in about 1977 having a Phall eating contest with your dad. I believe he managed about 3 (no, not spoonfulls - portions) to my two. We both spent the next week with our arses in a fridge. As your dad would say though "We did it" Brilliant
Crispy Ambulance
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Let's have a piss up at Rod's / Gordon's bar in HH
The idea of a beer up is now firmly a starter. The thought of going to HH and especially Rod's bar is a cracking idea even if it does mean coming up by train from Hove.
Lee's idea of sponsoring a seat is also a damn fine idea. Something to remember Martin by.
Chris, I remember the Torquay game on a horrible January day in 99 where 7 of us crammed in Lee's disco (Land Rover Discovery) with your dad driving. He loved Lee's disco and would do anything to drive. I remember him getting us to Chudleigh where we expected a church and not much else. What did we find? The pub of the year for the Southwest. There were six barrels of prize winning and different home brews and we then went and ordered six pints of London Pride! You were clearly following in his footstpes and under age drinking! I was recovering from flu and felt crap but got no sympathy from anyone. As always your dad knew exactly where in deepest, darkest Dorset where we could find a curry house of repute. He was a wealth of knowledge when it came to curry houses.
It goes on and as many of the other posters here will testify, we have many memories of Martyn in our own way and for different reasons.
I look forward to seeing you again at the remembrance service.
David.
The idea of a beer up is now firmly a starter. The thought of going to HH and especially Rod's bar is a cracking idea even if it does mean coming up by train from Hove.
Lee's idea of sponsoring a seat is also a damn fine idea. Something to remember Martin by.
Chris, I remember the Torquay game on a horrible January day in 99 where 7 of us crammed in Lee's disco (Land Rover Discovery) with your dad driving. He loved Lee's disco and would do anything to drive. I remember him getting us to Chudleigh where we expected a church and not much else. What did we find? The pub of the year for the Southwest. There were six barrels of prize winning and different home brews and we then went and ordered six pints of London Pride! You were clearly following in his footstpes and under age drinking! I was recovering from flu and felt crap but got no sympathy from anyone. As always your dad knew exactly where in deepest, darkest Dorset where we could find a curry house of repute. He was a wealth of knowledge when it came to curry houses.
It goes on and as many of the other posters here will testify, we have many memories of Martyn in our own way and for different reasons.
I look forward to seeing you again at the remembrance service.
David.
Martyn
I could n't agree more and was thinking the same myself. It would be a fantastic idea to have a seat named after Martyn at the new ground. I was only thinking about it last night. He was such a fan. Travelling all the way to Hereford with the guys in some clapped out old van, watching a memorable game and having to use his shirt to drip water into the radiator of the car...He was a truly great man and I cannot think of anything better than to have his name emblazoned on a seat in the new Brighton ground. Please make it so.
I could n't agree more and was thinking the same myself. It would be a fantastic idea to have a seat named after Martyn at the new ground. I was only thinking about it last night. He was such a fan. Travelling all the way to Hereford with the guys in some clapped out old van, watching a memorable game and having to use his shirt to drip water into the radiator of the car...He was a truly great man and I cannot think of anything better than to have his name emblazoned on a seat in the new Brighton ground. Please make it so.
Where to start, ?
Martyn was a damn good mate you could always rely to help you out, buy you a beer or just be there with a big grin and an awful joke. We kept in touch until he was too ill to email, I shall miss him greatly.
As for all these stories. Curry ? You may think you know the all the curry stories but the best ever was in Bradford, none of this Anglicised rubbish, a pure, unalderated bowl of sheer fire. Martyn, Mick King, Mick Cherryman, Nick Kerr and I went there for Deb Cook’s 21st after a victorious 1-0 thrashing of York. We were damn hungry and the only thing we recognised was the cut tomato so we shoved those down our throats as soon as we could. Bad news, they were there to cool the curry down. We refused to be beaten because we are British but jees, was it the hottest I have ever known. Many pints later at around 5 am, Ghandi got his revenge, no one wanted to be second to the loo but Martyn was bigger than me, I shall never forgive him.
The Cambridge photo is ironic because Martyn, myself, and two others went in Chris Tampsett’s car because the coach was full. The old Mk1 Cortina with wide wheels and heavily smoked wheels went a like a bomb and sitting in a nice quiet pub outside the ground 30 minutes before kick off, Martyn asked the landlord if he had any trouble with visiting fans. “No, why should I ? Nobody ever watches City.” Wrong ground but Chris drove us across Cambridge at high sped and we got there just in time.
In Copenhagen, Martyn was one of several Brighton fans who stopped the idiots fighting the Danes, others were Nick Kerr, John Donaghue, me, Roddy Clarke etc We were fed up with the braindead giving the country a bad name.
It was Graham West who got hit with a hatchet at Scratchwood, luckily it was the blunt side and Geoff Philpott did hold the door shut on the coach, probably protecting Roddy’s peanut butter sandwiches. I was looking for anything to use but discovered a large wire waste bin to be bit cumbersome.
Most of you will not know but Martyn joined myself and 6 others on Tony Roger’s stag party to Majorca in ’82, this is where he got the nickname manatee, can’t think why. My abiding memory, apart from Martyn barfing on the floor at 4 one morning and then getting back into bed, was his incredible adlib to a bunch of guys from Chelmsford who stood up to make a toast.
“A toast. The Belgrano.” They shouted.
As they all raised their glasses to take a drink Martyn shouted out “Down in one !”
Most of the drink was spilt in the ensuing laughter.
And this was in the Gatwick departure lounge.
A truly great mate who will never be forgotten.
Dave Reeves
PS Who are all these people who know everyone I know ?
Identify yourselves !
Martyn was a damn good mate you could always rely to help you out, buy you a beer or just be there with a big grin and an awful joke. We kept in touch until he was too ill to email, I shall miss him greatly.
As for all these stories. Curry ? You may think you know the all the curry stories but the best ever was in Bradford, none of this Anglicised rubbish, a pure, unalderated bowl of sheer fire. Martyn, Mick King, Mick Cherryman, Nick Kerr and I went there for Deb Cook’s 21st after a victorious 1-0 thrashing of York. We were damn hungry and the only thing we recognised was the cut tomato so we shoved those down our throats as soon as we could. Bad news, they were there to cool the curry down. We refused to be beaten because we are British but jees, was it the hottest I have ever known. Many pints later at around 5 am, Ghandi got his revenge, no one wanted to be second to the loo but Martyn was bigger than me, I shall never forgive him.
The Cambridge photo is ironic because Martyn, myself, and two others went in Chris Tampsett’s car because the coach was full. The old Mk1 Cortina with wide wheels and heavily smoked wheels went a like a bomb and sitting in a nice quiet pub outside the ground 30 minutes before kick off, Martyn asked the landlord if he had any trouble with visiting fans. “No, why should I ? Nobody ever watches City.” Wrong ground but Chris drove us across Cambridge at high sped and we got there just in time.
In Copenhagen, Martyn was one of several Brighton fans who stopped the idiots fighting the Danes, others were Nick Kerr, John Donaghue, me, Roddy Clarke etc We were fed up with the braindead giving the country a bad name.
It was Graham West who got hit with a hatchet at Scratchwood, luckily it was the blunt side and Geoff Philpott did hold the door shut on the coach, probably protecting Roddy’s peanut butter sandwiches. I was looking for anything to use but discovered a large wire waste bin to be bit cumbersome.
Most of you will not know but Martyn joined myself and 6 others on Tony Roger’s stag party to Majorca in ’82, this is where he got the nickname manatee, can’t think why. My abiding memory, apart from Martyn barfing on the floor at 4 one morning and then getting back into bed, was his incredible adlib to a bunch of guys from Chelmsford who stood up to make a toast.
“A toast. The Belgrano.” They shouted.
As they all raised their glasses to take a drink Martyn shouted out “Down in one !”
Most of the drink was spilt in the ensuing laughter.
And this was in the Gatwick departure lounge.
A truly great mate who will never be forgotten.
Dave Reeves
PS Who are all these people who know everyone I know ?
Identify yourselves !
Im am the protector of the Peanut Butter sarnie Dave, and holder of the coach door
Geoff Philpott
daveinprague
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I never went to football with Martyn...but worked with him for years at Amex Network center. Great bloke.
Dave Ward
ex Amex Network operator
Dave Ward
ex Amex Network operator