R. Slicker
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Pretty sure it was Eric Steele, We used to call him Groucho.
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[Football] Memories of yesteryear from going to football
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Pretty sure it was Eric Steele, We used to call him Groucho.
R. Slicker
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nicking Toilet rolls on the train and trying to get them in the ground to luzz from the north stand
Barry Davies sometimes being on the train back after the game (got off at Southwick I believe).
Young kids trying to start chants and the crowd chanting back 'does your mummy know you're here?'
The referees old lady being a Whore ssssssssss.
We all hate Bananas, pyjamas, tomatoes or whatever colour the opposition were wearing.
Hit him on the 'ed with a baseball bat
Barry Davies sometimes being on the train back after the game (got off at Southwick I believe).
Young kids trying to start chants and the crowd chanting back 'does your mummy know you're here?'
The referees old lady being a Whore ssssssssss.
We all hate Bananas, pyjamas, tomatoes or whatever colour the opposition were wearing.
Hit him on the 'ed with a baseball bat
Taking on bets to run through the Bus wash machine when it was in use,in the bus station just passed the tunnel.
I didn’t realise quite how much water was used. I spent a very cold afternoon watching in the North Stand absolutely soaking wet.
Rosettes.
Silk scarves tied round your wrist.
Putting my packet of 10 Number 6 down the front of my trousers, cos if plod found them in your pocket, they would either confiscate them, or tell you you had to pay adult entrance money.
I didn’t realise quite how much water was used. I spent a very cold afternoon watching in the North Stand absolutely soaking wet.
Rosettes.
Silk scarves tied round your wrist.
Putting my packet of 10 Number 6 down the front of my trousers, cos if plod found them in your pocket, they would either confiscate them, or tell you you had to pay adult entrance money.
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banjo
GOSBTS
And using cash to buy it.
Iron Butterfly
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Definitely Eric, as in 'Eric drive the tractor' when he got on said vehicle behind the goal during the warm-up at, I think, Bristol Rovers.
Perfidious Albion
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Paying only 5s and 6d to stand under the West Stand.
As said already, the guy with a loud voice from the East Side shouting “wakey wakey in quiet moments
Half time Bovril
No segregation of fans and exchanging banter with a group of them on our terrace
Eric Morecombe Up In The Stand behind us when Luton Town came
Cracking saves from Brian Powney..... cries of “ Up John” when John Napier went to head it...
Happy days!
As said already, the guy with a loud voice from the East Side shouting “wakey wakey in quiet moments
Half time Bovril
No segregation of fans and exchanging banter with a group of them on our terrace
Eric Morecombe Up In The Stand behind us when Luton Town came
Cracking saves from Brian Powney..... cries of “ Up John” when John Napier went to head it...
Happy days!
Weststander
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Delving way back in time ....... home wins.
Weststander
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Sprinting on to the pitch at final whistle to pat the Albion players before they exited down the tunnel.
(That'd be a lifetime Amex ban from #BarberOut these days, loss of your home and being electronically ankle tagged).
Whilst furtively kicking opposition players in the bedlam.
whilst in the chaos
(That'd be a lifetime Amex ban from #BarberOut these days, loss of your home and being electronically ankle tagged).
Whilst furtively kicking opposition players in the bedlam.
whilst in the chaos
Comrade Sam
Comrade Sam
Watching the reserves and trying to get Clap Hands to clap at nothing. He was always resplendent in Burgundy - shirt, trousers, bodywarmer, gloves and shoes. Sad how it was acceptable to mock the mentally ill back in the day.
I would like to personally apologise for all the times I went under the bridge and not over at Hove station, as it ensured a home defeat every time I did it!
I would like to personally apologise for all the times I went under the bridge and not over at Hove station, as it ensured a home defeat every time I did it!
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
Sounds painful.
Ooh it’s a corner
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Taking on bets to run through the Bus wash machine when it was in use,in the bus station just passed the tunnel.
I didn’t realise quite how much water was used. I spent a very cold afternoon watching in the North Stand absolutely soaking wet.
Rosettes.
Silk scarves tied round your wrist.
Putting my packet of 10 Number 6 down the front of my trousers, cos if plod found them in your pocket, they would either confiscate them, or tell you you had to pay adult entrance money.
Yes to the silk scarf around the wrist - I guess we thought we were cool!
I don't think point 10 is only from yesteryear. I get that feeling for an evening game even now ( well, when we were last able to go ). Love an evening game - particularly a Friday. Game, few pints, amble home with no work the next day and hopefully the warm feeling of a win.
I'll add a memory of yesteryear though. My brother and I used to stand on the East Terrace and there was a tall lanky bloke who was always near us. Everytime the play got exciting he'd keep bending his knees into a squat and then back upright again. The more exciting things got the quicker he would complete the move. We nicknamed him "Benz zee knees" for obvious reasons. Must have been in his 50s even in the mid 80s so I hope he got to see the Amex - not that he could carry out the same manoeuvre there !
Trying to sneak in as a juvenile with 10 B&H in your pocket and hoping plod didn't search you.
Singing the "Laurel and Hardy" theme tune whenever plod lined the gangway in the North.
Singing the "Laurel and Hardy" theme tune whenever plod lined the gangway in the North.
Luck I could only afford 5 woodbines
Superphil
Dismember
1. Getting crushed onto the crush barriers when we scored.
2. Feeling smug having been able to position ourselves in front of the crush barriers, therefore at the back of the crush when we scored.
3. Ducking when the ball was hoofed into the NS, only to be ridiculed for ducking as there was a dirty great fence between the pitch and the terrace.
4. Chanting along with the crowd occasionally not knowing what was being sung so mmmm mmmm ner ner mmm mmm a bit.
5. Pay on the gate.
6. Going to away games on a whim, turning up, and paying on the gate.
2. Feeling smug having been able to position ourselves in front of the crush barriers, therefore at the back of the crush when we scored.
3. Ducking when the ball was hoofed into the NS, only to be ridiculed for ducking as there was a dirty great fence between the pitch and the terrace.
4. Chanting along with the crowd occasionally not knowing what was being sung so mmmm mmmm ner ner mmm mmm a bit.
5. Pay on the gate.
6. Going to away games on a whim, turning up, and paying on the gate.
dejavuatbtn
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Corrugated iron fencing around the players entrance in Newtown Road.
Blue and white stores just on the north side of the tunnel in Font Hill Road.
Smell of bread from Clark’s bakery.
Rattles and rosettes.
Guy with tache carrying round the prize draw numbers at half time.
Fred.
Walking to the ground with the players.
Ginger, the lead singer in the North Stand.
Wooden bench seat splinters in the south stand.
Tea huts.
Blue and white stores just on the north side of the tunnel in Font Hill Road.
Smell of bread from Clark’s bakery.
Rattles and rosettes.
Guy with tache carrying round the prize draw numbers at half time.
Fred.
Walking to the ground with the players.
Ginger, the lead singer in the North Stand.
Wooden bench seat splinters in the south stand.
Tea huts.
wolfie
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Speaking of warm-ups, I'm pretty sure that they never happened at games in the 60s. You spent an hour or so standing on a packed terrace in great anticipation of the first sighting of the teams when they ran out of the tunnel. This was particularly exciting at big games where the players were really famous (eg at Spurs, West Ham etc)
I seem to remember, at the famous Chelsea cup tie in 1967, Archie Macauley turfed the Chelsea team off the Goldstone pitch before the game for daring to have a warm up. The Doc was none too pleased about it.
Pretty pink fairy
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Milk crates ,knees up mother brown
Regards
DF
Regards
DF
bobby baxter
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The wakey wakey guy on the chicken run was a chap called Morry, he lived in Upper Lewes Road.
Another of his pearls of wisdom was when the Albion got a throw in he would shout, "Quick one, quick one" followed by "Too late"