Nigel 'Bushfire' Erskine

[cyanide-sid]

I wasn`t sure whether to put this on here at first but then thought I should bring to the attention to all Nigel`s many friends on here and at the Albion that he had a stroke at the weekend and is pretty poorly at the moment in Worthing hospital.
He was found saturday tea time at home after collapsing and was rushed straight into hospital. At the moment he is starting to respond to conversation and is uttering a few words (normally telling somewhere to eff off - good old nige) but he has no feeling in his right side. I know that there are so many people who know him and would want to send their best wishes and hope we can get him back fit for Falmer.

Thanks Sid.

 

[Dave the OAP]

blimey....dreadful news.

Get well really soon Nigel....only a few months to go to Falmer and I am sure you wnat to be there fit and well.

take care
dave

 

[Nottseagull]

All the best Nigel. You probably don't remember me, possibly I spoke to you last in the Clifton c.1979. You seem to have acquired a nickname since then; can anyone explain?

 

[getofftheropes]

Get well soon matey...........from all your L.A mates

 

[wigman]

I wish you a speedy recovery and looking forward to seeing you at the Amex!

 

[Bwian]

Bloody Hell! Hope you're back amongst us very soon Nigel. Get well soon.

 

[Ernest]

Hope he gets better soon, never forget when he was the mascot at the Goldstone and his shorts fell down

 

[vegster]

I just popped in to see him tonight, he's a lot more lively than the other poor devils in his section and, he's pretty lively by Nige's standards but it looks like he might be in there for a while. Mind you, at least his diet is going to improve temporarily....

 

[Jam The Man]

Get well soon mate...

 

[cyanide-sid]

All the best Nigel. You probably don't remember me, possibly I spoke to you last in the Clifton c.1979. You seem to have acquired a nickname since then; can anyone explain?

Well you can blame Ian Hart for the nickname if memory serves me well but I suppose I will have to admit to turning the gas up on my cigarette lighter and turning it on a naked Nigel on the coach going to Worthing v Oxford in the cup in 82. The rest I think you can workout.

why was he naked ? thats for another day.

 

[Billy Mays]

Get well soon mate. Best wishes from sunny Florida. Many happy memories of pre and post match sessions in Chapmans back in the day.

 

[matt]

Hope he gets better soon, never forget when he was the mascot at the Goldstone and his shorts fell down

A magic moment.

Get well soon.

 

[Barry Izbak]

.....never forget when he was the mascot at the Goldstone and his shorts fell down

Many many people will never forget that.

That is what being an Albion legend is all about.

We need you up at falmer Nige. Get very very very soon

 

[deakers]

Get Well Soon Mate.
Erskies shorts dropping during his "Klinsman Dive" in front of the North Stand at Fans United, will always be one of my top Goldstone memories.

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

It's been a while since I saw Bushfire around the town. Always remember him dancing in one of those supermarket delivery cages in the middle of the dancefloor during a Gulls Eye bash in Worthing many years ago.

Get well soon Nige.

 

[Vicar!]

Really concerned to hear! get well soon mate!

Vicar!

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

He's been around for more years than I care to remember so here's hoping he's up and about to join the promotion party.

All the best, Nige.

 

[Joey Deacon's Disco Suit]

Didn't he actually used to wear occasionally a Tesco's bag as a pisstake of our kit?

Get well soon, you Albion legend.

 

[LABHA]

LMFAO,was on the 1st Gulls Eye coach,away to Shrewsbury,when he decided to get naked,and wear a tescos carrier bag,whilst parading around the coach.

 

[Return of the Rev]

recall him running across the pitch mid 70's at gillingham getting thrown out then 5 mins later back in the ground running across the pitch again and getting chucked out again albion legend, take care sir!