[Albion] Single appearance Albion (first team) 'careers' that you've witnessed.

[LANGDON SEAGULL]

Greg O’Dowd - played once in a 4-0 defeat away to Middlesbrough

 

[Slum_Wolf]

Greg O’Dowd - played once in a 4-0 defeat away to Middlesbrough

I was there for that one...

Where are they now? Greg O'Dowd | Coleraine FC

FORMER Coleraine midfielder Greg O'Dowd is the latest player to talk about his time in the Blue and White Stripes… The Dubliner is steeped in Irish football with his father Tony a past President of the Leinster Football Association, a brother Tony who was goalkeeper at Leeds United and Shamrock...

colerainefc.com

 

[SeagullinExile]

Ok, this guy played twice not once - Yank keeper, Tony Meola.

I witnessed his appearance at Cambridge many moons ago. 0-0 if I recall.

 

[jackalbion]

Just witnessed single appearance maker Mitch Walker play for Whitehawk in a 2-2 draw with Bogor, looked very assured throughout.

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

(A very Harry Redknapp looking-) Tottenham Hotspur:
Friedel;
Corluka,
Kaboul,
Dawson,
Assou-Ekotto;
Lennon,
Jenas,
Livermore,
Bale;
Van der Vaart (Defoe, 38);
Pavlyuchenko.

Subs not used: Gomes (GK), Carroll, Townsend, Kane.

Interesting to see a young Harry Kane was on the bench. After that game he started three seasons of different loans before finally breaking through into the Spurs first team.

 

[8049]

I didn't go, but wasn't it really pissing it down with rain?

Yep - got absolutely soaked. The ball stopped bouncing when it was lumped to the lower end of the slope.

 

[AZ Gull]

Solely on (long ago) memory, around '72 or '73, we played a mid-season friendly at The Goldstone (against Luton?) My Dad (who AFAIK had never been to watch The Albion before or since) took me and my brother (same as regard Albion attendances) to watch - the only time I sat in the West Stand. Can't remember the score, or much about the game, but I think I can remember a youngster called Mickey Conway playing for us, who looked quite good to me.
Not sure if he ever played for us again (waits for my usual correction form AZGull!)

Seemingly he did manage one game after that and according to John Vinicombe he scored as well.

As it happens, just come across this interview with Micky that appeared in the match programme for the fixture at home to Southampton on April 24 2022 (he was a guset of the club that day):-

 

[The Wookiee]

I don’t suppose pre season friendlies count?
Notably Paul Jewell and Bradley Allen if so!

Paul Jewell

I am having a discussion at work about Paul Jewell. My colleague says he played for Brighton, but I reckon he never actualy played for the first team. Somebody put us out of our misery :shootself

www.northstandchat.com

 

[Pliny the Gull]

Ansu Fati. Ajax away circa 2023.

 

[Bob!]

Talking of goalkeepers, did anyone witness Ali Al-Habsi's Albion career?

Yes I did!

 

[The Wookiee]

Nzuzi Toko ?

Did Nzuzi Toko exist or was he just a myth? | We Are Brighton

Nzuzi Toko was signed by Brighton from Grasshopper Zurich amid great fanfare, only to leave the Amex after just eight months and one League Cup appearance

wearebrighton.com

 

[LANGDON SEAGULL]

Yes I did!

Away at Bournemouth I believe . You can buy a jigsaw commemorating the occasion

 

[Bob!]

Away at Bournemouth I believe . You can buy a jigsaw commemorating the occasion View attachment 180320

It was Halloween the day before (obviously!), and really warm. There were loads of people lying on Bournemouth beach in Halloween outfits.

That game will always be remembered for that (and Ali Al-Habsi playing his one game for Brighton of course)

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Glenn Thomas

Despite what Wiki says, he never played for us at all.

And I witnessed all three times he took to the field in the stripes and proceeded to literally decompose as a living entity, in form and spirit and anything that once passed as human dignity, like Lord Voldemort on the receiving end of Harry Potter's wand.

 

[Mancgull]

Ashley neal?
David adekola?

Unfortunately Ashley Neale played more than one game. Played the full 90mins in a 3-0 defeat at Rochdale in late 1996.
I’m sorry to say that that game is indelibly inked into my memory. Wish it wasn’t.

 

[wolfie]

Here's one for the old timers. Does anyone remember a winger called Peter Knight who played a few games during the famous div.4 promotion season (1964-1965) ? I think he was pulled out of Wednesday afternoon football in Preston Park (Post Office or Coop teams played there on early closing day) to play alongside Bobby Smith et al. I remember seeing him score in a 3-3 draw with Bradford City at the Goldstone when Smith scored twice. I don't think he ever scored again. We were unbeaten at home for the whole season and scored 102 goals in all. See the picture outside the Amex West Stand (with Norman Wisdom) for the regular team.

 

[Jam The Man]

Paul Jewell

I am having a discussion at work about Paul Jewell. My colleague says he played for Brighton, but I reckon he never actualy played for the first team. Somebody put us out of our misery :shootself

www.northstandchat.com

100% played in a pre season friendly at the Goldstone. Don’t think he stayed after that though.