[Albion] Random places you've bumped into other 'Seagulls' fans....

[Withdean and I]

Today, while on holiday in Orlando, we went to 'Boggy Creek Airboat Rides' and as we entered the shop/booking area, a guy wearing a replica shirt came out with his kids.
I didn't have anything identifying myself on but couldn't resist calling out "Seagulls" as he came towards me.
He half smiled, didn't stop, and that was that......a small, strange, brief encounter with a fellow Albion fan, miles from home.
Just wondered if anyone else has had far away random Albion moments like that?

 

[Commander]

Someone stopped me in the street in Auckland in 2005 and said "You go to Brighton games, don't you?". That was weird.

 

[Chicken Run]

A bar at the jolly beach resort in Antigua 2004 watching an Arsenal Game, it was good Friday iirc the day before the WI v England test.

 

[Goldstone1976]

I was in a pub in Birmingham a couple of evenings ago, and blow me down if there weren't maybe 40 Albion fans in there. I know Brum isn't that far from Brighton, but 40 in one pub has to count as unusual Shirley?

On topic: There's an Albion fan who lives 3 doors down from my place in San Francisco.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

The AMEX, on 86 minutes.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

On a bus in LA in 1990

 

[portlock seagull]

Not this thread....AGAIN!

Ps Amex on 86mins gets my vote V.good Herr T!

 

[severnside gull]

The Peak Tram in Hong Kong a few years ago
He was wearing a replica Phoenix Brewery shirt. I had a Skint shirt on

 

[Booley]

Nomads backpackers in Queenstown NZ, and Smokey Joes Les Deux Alpes.

 

[FamilyGuy]

On a petrol station forecourt, just outside Doncaster

 

[glasfryn]

think I have put this on here before
while we were living in Wales,and having in a futile manner put the Falmer for all (?) poster up in the window, heard a lot of horn blowing(car) outside and saw four lads in a car waving a blue and white scarf and shouting like mad, by the time I got out to speak they had gone.....................and never found out who they were .............so is it was you own up

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

I have been to quite a few places around the world, nobody will ever say that the met me as a Brighton fan in a strange place because I NEVER wear a replica shirt on holiday.

 

[drew]

Today, while on holiday in Orlando, we went to 'Boggy Creek Airboat Rides' and as we entered the shop/booking area, a guy wearing a replica shirt came out with his kids.
I didn't have anything identifying myself on but couldn't resist calling out "Seagulls" as he came towards me.
He half smiled, didn't stop, and that was that......a small, strange, brief encounter with a fellow Albion fan, miles from home.
Just wondered if anyone else has had far away random Albion moments like that?

Uncanny, you must have just missed us. We were on the air boat in 2002!

 

[knocky1]

Duke's Mound. He had a Pretty pink NOBO retro shirt and mine ended up looking like it had Sandtex on it.

 

[alfredmizen]

Nomads backpackers in Queenstown NZ, and Smokey Joes Les Deux Alpes.

My sister lives in Les deux alpes , I'm sure I've heard her talk about smokey joes.

 

[Biscuit]

A family holiday to Germany. We decided to visit Colditz castle during the renovation work. It was an amazing experience because literally nobody was around, everything was unlocked, we didn't have to pay to go in.. we just walked in and had a good snoop about. I'd recently finished reading the 'Escape from Colditz' book so it really brought everything to life.. anyway, my family and I were walking through the courtyard area when a man walked over wearing an Albion beanie hat. My dad was wearing some Seagulls apparel so the inevitable "Couldn't make the game today then?" chat ensued. Bizarre.

 

[crodonilson]

I 'bumped' into one in B&Q in Dumfries once, a very large chap, and if my memory serves me right he bought a bathroom mirror.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

At Watford Gap services, southbound, on a non match day.

 

[browneggsandham]

Athens Olympics in 2004. Was wearing an Albion related t-shirt and suddenly heard a chant of Seagulls from someone walking towards me!

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[Birdie Boy]

I have been to quite a few places around the world, nobody will ever say that the met me as a Brighton fan in a strange place because I NEVER wear a replica shirt on holiday.

I would normally agree but in a complete and utter cock up, I will be in Ibiza during the Derby game and flying home during the Boro game. So I will be wearing my shirt on those days and, I am hoping, there will also be a bloody big grin on my face! [emoji14]