[Albion] Shortest Albion careers. One game wonders!

[Thunder Bolt]

We had a keeper by the name of Gay who played just the one match back in the Withdean days.

He was a trialist, at a preseason friendly, away to Hastings.

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Paul Bence, so who played the least ever minutes??

 

[Thunder Bolt]

There was the game in the first season at the Amex when we played Wrexham and we had quite a few injuries, seem to remember quite a few development squad players playing that day, Anton Rodgers, Roland Bergkamp?

http://www.11v11.com/matches/brighton-and-hove-albion-v-wrexham-07-january-2012-296421/

 

[Brovion]

Anybody who ever takes part in TLO/Al's REMF quiz: pay attention to this thread as I've got a feeling some of these names will be surfacing as quiz answers! (Some probably have!)

 

[Gwylan]

Going back a bit, what about Roger Badminton? I think he made one appearance in my first season watching the Albion. He had a splendid name but promptly vanished

 

[greyseagull]

Ben Andrews? Pretty sure he got sent off away at Carlisle and that was about it.

 

[greyseagull]

Duncan McArthur as well? One of the most temperamental players I've played with and against!

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Florence Shagnuts played against Shrewsbury in the LC too, so whilst absolutely bollocks, can't qualify.

Don't recall that at all. Home or away?

there was an away game I remember, but that was JPT (and Sullivan played).

 

[jcdenton08]

Ladies and gentlemen, Michael Mahoney-Johnson at home (at Priestfield). The dubious honour of the worst 45 minutes I've seen from a "professional", in the worst football match I've ever, or will ever see, 0-0 against Doncaster. 23rd vs 24th in the bottom tier, neither side registered a SHOT. Not shot on target - a SHOT.

 

[Carrot Cruncher]

Don't recall that at all. Home or away?

there was an away game I remember, but that was JPT (and Sullivan played).

Away

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Away

Correct. FA cup game.

http://www.11v11.com/matches/shrewsbury-town-v-brighton-and-hove-albion-23-august-2005-220775/

 

[Carrot Cruncher]

Don't recall that at all. Home or away?

there was an away game I remember, but that was JPT (and Sullivan played).

http://www.11v11.com/matches/shrewsbury-town-v-brighton-and-hove-albion-23-august-2005-220775/

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Don't recall that at all. Home or away?

there was an away game I remember, but that was JPT (and Sullivan played).

That was three years later.

http://www.11v11.com/matches/shrewsbury-town-v-brighton-and-hove-albion-16-december-2008-283785/

 

[Carrot Cruncher]

Correct. FA cup game.

http://www.11v11.com/matches/shrewsbury-town-v-brighton-and-hove-albion-23-august-2005-220775/

League Cup.

 

[BlockDpete]

Frank Stapleton

Played 1 game for Liam Brady's team didn't he? Though not under contract.

 

[Gwylan]

Ladies and gentlemen, Michael Mahoney-Johnson at home (at Priestfield). The dubious honour of the worst 45 minutes I've seen from a "professional", in the worst football match I've ever, or will ever see, 0-0 against Doncaster. 23rd vs 24th in the bottom tier, neither side registered a SHOT. Not shot on target - a SHOT.

He was shockingly bad but, amazingly, played four times for us. It does make you wonder what the other strikers were like.

 

[Gwylan]

Played 1 game for Liam Brady's team didn't he? Though not under contract.

Two games

 

[carlzeiss]

We had an American keeper on loan, Jorgen Sommer (sp?). He only played one game for us and looked pretty good too.

We played a lot of keepers in our last few years at Withdean, most of them forgettable - there were probably some who played one game.

Think he was on loan from Luton . Played 1 game away at Cambridge when they were top of the league under John Beck and heading to Div 1 ( That's the Prem for you JCL and younger members )
They had Claridge and Dublin up front and spent the whole game hoofing the ball into our penalty area . He caught and saved everything they could muster and we earned a gallant point from a 0-0 draw . Soon after Dublin was sold to Manure and the game was for up for Beck , back to chasing rabbits with his wippets .

No idea what happened to our loan keeper next .

 

[The Large One]

Don't recall that at all. Home or away?

there was an away game I remember, but that was JPT (and Sullivan played).

Away

He did the classic treble - one league, one League Cup and one FA Cup match. We lost them all.

Incidentally, his opposite number against Shrewsbury in the League Cup 12 years ago... Joe Hart.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

He did the classic treble - one league, one League Cup and one FA Cup match. We lost them all.

Incidentally, his opposite number against Shrewsbury in the League Cup 12 years ago... Joe Hart.

Further incidentally... (accordingly to the 11v11 link above) the Albion sub keeper, was Richard Martin, who like Hart, also went on the Manchester City!