[Albion] Name a unique or random thing that has happened at this football club

[Weststander]

Committed a £62m sting.

 

[jonny.rainbow]

Only team to have two substitutes score before half time.

Balogun and Andone

 

[Stato]

Nope - he was in the Hastings youth ranks at the time when he was 'poached'. Albion paid token compensation and the rest is history. John Gregory said if Dick Knight saw Barry run bollock naked past him on The Palace Pier he wouldn't recognise him. Villa paid up though etc.

The tribunal was over two players: Barry and his best friend and future agent Michael Standing. Gregory' s comment that Dick wouldn't recognise the lad if he walked Brighton beach with a seagull on their head was pretty stupid as Standing was Dick Knight's great-nephew.

 

[A1X]

Spending £15m on a striker who spent more time DJing than being playing for us

 

[Baldseagull]

I think it is unique that we take our official nickname from subverting our rivals nickname.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

The tribunal was over two players: Barry and his best friend and future agent Michael Standing. Gregory' s comment that Dick wouldn't recognise the lad if he walked Brighton beach with a seagull on their head was pretty stupid as Standing was Dick Knight's great-nephew.

But there again Gregory is a wanker

 

[nwgull]

Even more pertinently v Notts County at Wembley play-off 1991 (as after losing to Boro, we did have a second chance in the play-offs). And crazy when you put the dates together, and how quickly we fell.

It was certainly a rapid descent from ‘91 to the 96-97 season. However, at the time winning the play offs meant promotion to Division 1, with nothing like the financial rewards of the modern-day Premier League, which is a minimum of 95m for coming last as well as about 70m in parachutes. Therefore, for me, the Middlesbrough game was, and still is, the biggest Championship regular-season fixture ever played.

 

[Baldseagull]

We are the only club to win the Charity Shield having qualified to play in it as Southern League Champions.

 

[East Staffs Gull]

Match tickets get delivered after the game has been played.

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

We are the only club to win the Charity Shield having qualified to play in it as Southern League Champions.

Since Leicester won the league, we're the only team to win the Charity Shield having never won the league or FA Cup.

 

[Baldseagull]

Since Leicester won the league, we're the only team to win the Charity Shield having never won the league or FA Cup.

I am hoping we can ditch that honour soon though.

 

[METALMICKY]

The night match at Rochdale has to take some beating. Real people and real fan's.

Do you mean the Friday night monsoon at home to Rochdale?

 

[METALMICKY]

Failing to notice that Mark Farrington wasn't a footballer!

 

[Jeremiah]

Playing home games at 4 different grounds in 15 years

Coventry City did this in 8 years - Ricoh (Cov), Sixfields (Northampton), St Andrews (Birmingham ) & Pirelli (Burton)

 

[Eeyore]

A genuine Swedish bloke living in Sweden starting to support the club because of his love of all things Potter? That hasn’t happened yet I’m certain….

It's happened at Chelsea as well though...

 

[Official Old Man]

Two of our managers having the same name, Peter Taylor.

What was the other guys name? Wasn't it Brian Clough.

 

[BN9 BHA]

What was the other guys name? Wasn't it Brian Clough.

Never heard of him.

 

[Hamilton]

First team to score this century

How it took so long in this thread to get to that fact is a mystery.

And being the only Southern League club to ever win the Charity Shield.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Two of our managers having the same name, Peter Taylor.

And Mickey Adams.

 

[dolphin123]

2 Kerry mayo’s