16bha
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What happened to the Robert Eaton Memorial Flag? With the opening of Falmer and also 10 year anniversary of 9/11 next year, shouldn't a permanent home be made for it, even in a corner at Falmer?
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Robert Eaton Memorial Flag
- Thread starter 16bha
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Oh dear. 
Barrel of Fun
Abort, retry, fail
Sore point. Money was raised. The flag was purchased. No one had the wherewithal to look after it properly and it ceased to exist.
Leekbrookgull
Well-known member
Have to say,was far to big. Awesome,but so few grounds can accomodate it.
Basil Fawlty
Don't Mention The War
smudge
Up the Albion!
Genuine question if you ask me. Not everyone knows the day to day binfest on here.
It got nicked, probably.
It got nicked, probably.
Why on earth would anyone have nicked it??
Dave the OAP
Well-known member
Mr Hebbard and I spent a good hour looking around the containers by the players entrances one afternoon trying to find the flag, and we can confirm it is NOT anywhere at Withdean.
Gazwag
5 millionth post poster
I would guess, as it was apparantly kept in a builders bag, one day it was collect thinking it was rubbish and disposed of
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Safeway
M0DERAT0R
The Large One lost it.
ali jenkins
Thanks to Guinness Dave
I made it into curtains
Uncle Spielberg
Well-known member
No one seems to know exactly what happened but the best guess is it was stored somewhere at Withdean and when they did some building work some builders picked up the bag and threw it out, thinking it was rubbish. It jad a lot of use including the REMF games and the Cardiff final and many other games. I think it is a good idea to consider a new flag for the opening of Falmer and I am sure we could get a more secure place there to store it. I did a thread a year ago and got £ 600 of pledges. However the problem with the last one is that it was very heavy and cumbersome and people liked to have it in the away grounds but did not like the chore of folding it up, carrying it to a car and storing it when they got back so we would need this sorted and agreed first.
skipper734
Registered ruffian
Sake how many more times. If it's made of rip-stop nylon. The stuff that hot air balloons and yacht spinnakers are made of, and not cotton as the other one was, the new one could be huge and pack up fairly small and one man could carry it.
It would not have the problems the last one had. This is the way supporters of other Clubs that already have these do it.
Right, I agree with skipper if it's light enough then it will be a lot easier to move around and store.
As for looking after it, I hope to be sat in the north stand at falmer and will gladly take responsibility for it if we were to get a new flag.
So let's get some pledges and prices of where to get one made, I'll start with £20
As for looking after it, I hope to be sat in the north stand at falmer and will gladly take responsibility for it if we were to get a new flag.
So let's get some pledges and prices of where to get one made, I'll start with £20
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
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Last time THPP say it was when he helped carry it back to the storage shed near where the players now come out after the Albion-West Ham game where Hammond scored two and BZ deliberately stuck a shot round the post that would have given the Ammers a win then turned and quietly winked at H Block. Ha ha Pardew.
Anybody able to trace giant flag's movements after that day which was 23 Apr 2005?
Uncle Spielberg
Well-known member
It was at Cardiff whenever that was.
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
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Uncle Spielberg
Well-known member
So we had around 4 years use out of it. Lets draw a line under it and move on and get the second flag arranged for the start of Falmer and if possible REMF 10 which will be late April/Early May 2011.
Mr Banana
Tedious chump
I think the problem with making it with anything lighter than what it was made of was to do with getting a fire safety certificate for it - that took endless rounds of negotiations, if I recall. We had to take the fire safety certificate with us to grounds or get the safety officer from whichever ground we were visiting to give us one during the week before the game, otherwise we couldn't take it in.