[Albion] Rare video: Albion team photo shoot in the summer of '81 (two videos)

[Goldstone Rapper]

Thanks to He Shot He Scored for sharing this glimpse of life at the Goldstone Ground. Some reporting from the local news, including interviews with Mike Bailey and Tony Grealish...



And Michael Robinson signs a ten year contract!



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[glasfryn]

Robbo with a 10 year contract......blimey

thanks for putting this on brings back good memories for us wrincklies

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Probably the only video that survives of Moshe Gariani and Tommy Mason in their Brighton kit.....

 

[blue2]

Robbo with a 10 year contract......blimey

thanks for putting this on brings back good memories for us wrincklies

It was this type of contract that started the rot that got our club in the mess that then took,the next 30 years to resolve

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

It was this type of contract that started the rot that got our club in the mess that then took,the next 30 years to resolve

How did the ten year contracts lead to a financial mess?

I can understand it if you're a First Division club and you sign a player on a ten year contract and still had to pay First Division wages even if the club got relegated. Besides that, is there any other dynamic involved?

Did Brighton have to pay-off Foster and Robinson to some extent to get them to leave their 8 years or so of their guaranteed income?

Thanks!