Strangest Albion Game Ever Attended

[Spiros]

Plymouth away in 1994, about 100 of us there, just before Christmas, Codner scored from 45 yards, Akinbyi did a summersault when he scored, police had to keep us in the ground as the local were hiding in the trees outside the away end and the Fatty Taxman got locked in the ground after the rest of us had been allowed out.

Remember it well. Right near the end Kevin McGarrigle scored to make it 4 but it was disallowed. The bloke standing next to me then showed me his betting slip which was something like £10 on the Albion to win 4-0 at 150/1. When it finished 3-0 he looked suitably gutted while the rest of us celebrated the end to our long losing streak. Was that you?

 

[Ernest]

It has to be Tobermore United v Albion in the Irish pre season tour of 1984 when a rather inebriated Chopper West decided to piss up against the goal post whilst the game was still going on and whilst Mr West was emptying his bladder Doc Talbot was being questioned by the RUC for being a suspected terrorist and having his case searched which contained that weeks Jackie magazine

 

[Uncle Buck]

Remember it well. Right near the end Kevin McGarrigle scored to make it 4 but it was disallowed. The bloke standing next to me then showed me his betting slip which was something like £10 on the Albion to win 4-0 at 150/1. When it finished 3-0 he looked suitably gutted while the rest of us celebrated the end to our long losing streak. Was that you?

Nope not me, think I was too young to place a bet back then....

 

[Dave the OAP]

Obviously all the ones from the early 90's till the present day Id probably remember but one that sticks in my mind is a Game at withdean a Few years ago. I think it was a gainst leicester, on a friday night about a week before christmas. It was the season we first went down from the Championship. (hinshelwood & coppel and all that). On that night it was so foggy that You couldnt make out the other side of the pitch from where I was sitting in the south stand singing section. Im pretty sure we lost 1-0, and we only realised they had scored when we heard their fans cheering and saw the bloke running away on his celebration. Surreal!

I remember that...it was foggy and they only realised they had scored when their forward ran the length of the pitch and started jumping up and down in front of them.

 

[Dave the OAP]

It has to be Tobermore United v Albion in the Irish pre season tour of 1984 when a rather inebriated Chopper West decided to piss up against the goal post whilst the game was still going on and whilst Mr West was emptying his bladder Doc Talbot was being questioned by the RUC for being a suspected terrorist and having his case searched which contained that weeks Jackie magazine

were you in Belgium when we played Standard Leige(?) or someone like that. i was off my face that day and ended up falling asleep on the terracing...at the end of the game, some copper woke me up as the ground was almost empty

 

[Arthritic Toe]

Goldstone 1970's.
Against Northampton (I think). Raining a lot. Half time 0-0. Final score 7-0.
Second half kicking towards the South stand we manage to score 7 without reply. Peter Ward 4 and Ian Mellor 3. Of course I wa sin the North stand and could hardly see!

It was Walsall. It was the only home match I missed all season. My Mum didn't let me go 'cos I'd been bad. She felt bad when I told her the score though.