[Albion] still not treading hallowed Goldstone Ground

[Captain Fun Boy]

‘er indoors is buying a sofa, i’m already upset she is getting it from that furniture shop on the sacred Goldstone site. She wants me to go in to the shop and sit on it to be sure but stropped when i refused to set foot on what i see as treading on the grave. Am I alone?

 

[Stat Brother]

Give it up - we've won.

 

[Telboy]

You are not alone

 

[albionfan37]

‘er indoors is buying a sofa, i’m already upset she is getting it from that furniture shop on the sacred Goldstone site. She wants me to go in to the shop and sit on it to be sure but stropped when i refused to set foot on what i see as treading on the grave. Am I alone?

I wouldn’t go in it either and I’ve barely been past there since

 

[timbha]

I avoided it for a couple of years but when we came back to Withdean I gave in. Didn’t feel as bad as I expected it to. Just a bit eerie. I could still hear the crowd and sense the football.

Let’s face it. It was a tip when we left.

 

[Nobby]

Difficult one, very difficult one. I wouldn't ever go into those shops.

But I have been back - once, to the see the gold stone in Hove Park

And then stood in the car park to remember the atmosphere of the West and North stands and the East Terrace. The seats that were in the South Stand above the terrace that my Grandparents, Dad and Uncles (and me) sat in as a kid are now in the Retail Units.

Once to remember them all , but I won't be back again.

It's a bit like visiting a grave - there's nothing there now - just the memories.

 

[veuve]

Sacred

 

[Dun Lurkin]

I haven't set foot on the site since we left, and have no intention of doing so in the future. Do drive past the site every time I go to the Amex though.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Always park there when I visit TLC.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

The memories are more important than the place. Be more worried about losing those. I’m afraid football (like life) just moves on. We play at Falmer now.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

I swore i would never set foot on that site. Im a man of my word.

 

[Jam The Man]

It’s very much personal choice. Personally I was of the view that until we had a permanent home, I wouldn’t go there, though I found the idea of refusing to drive past a bit extreme to me, but there you go.

After we nested as the Amex, I even stretched it on another couple of years before setting foot on the site about 9 years ago.

Going there doesn’t make people bad fans.
Not going there doesn’t make you an Albion Saint.

It’s the memories that count, and it was now a very very long time ago. I now find it quite nice when we go there to talk to my children and explain what it was like for me, and pointing out imaginary moments.

 

[willalbion]

‘er indoors is buying a sofa, i’m already upset she is getting it from that furniture shop on the sacred Goldstone site. She wants me to go in to the shop and sit on it to be sure but stropped when i refused to set foot on what i see as treading on the grave. Am I alone?

No, I'm with you.

 

[Icy Gull]

‘er indoors is buying a sofa, i’m already upset she is getting it from that furniture shop on the sacred Goldstone site. She wants me to go in to the shop and sit on it to be sure but stropped when i refused to set foot on what i see as treading on the grave. Am I alone?

Worse, I’d throw the strop if my wife tried to buy something from there at all!

Each to their own though, in the grand scheme of things it makes no difference at all.

I am a bit of a hypocrite though as my wife bought our daughter something from Toys R Us many years ago when said item wasn’t available anywhere else reasonably close to us. I just mumbled a complaint but didn’t try and stop her.

 

[Coldeanseagull]

Luckily, I'm too lazy to hold a grudge. Been in Lidls a few times with the better half.
I'm more upset with Brighton becoming a no go zone.....unless you're looking for a charity shop, a coffee house or student accommodation....or looking to score some illicit dealings, apparently

 

[Bodian]

Quite easy for me to avoid!

 

[World of Sport]

I can't park my car on the spot that Kit Napier scored directly from the NE corner, and where the rest of my memories are now buried




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[robinsonsgrin]

Even Dick Knight has bought from shop on that site.... so dont worry too much

 

[Thunder Bolt]

The day of the official opening of our stadium, we had a ceremony of unveiling a memory board on the opposite corner in Hove Park. It shows pictures of the ground, and the Albion’s story.
Tim Carder worked hard with the council to get it erected there.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Didn't go there until Buckley's double, often go there now