Teddy Maybank is on Weakest Link now

[cheeseroll]

For some unknown reason Teddy didn't go down well with a section of the Goldstone crowd. One of the best target men ever to play for the Albion he was certainly a players' player. He used to finish most games with bumps and bruises, usually from taking on battles on behalf of one of his team mates.

The most important goal he scored for Brighton was at Kenilworth Road during our promotion season to the old First Division.

There were a lot of hostilities fired in our direction before the game, as Luton warned Alan Mullery not to play Paul Clark because one of their players had sustained a broken leg from a tackle from Clarky in the corresponding match at The Goldstone. Mullers was not to be intimidated and Clark's name was on the team sheet.

On top of this The Albion had seemed to be running out of steam with some below par performances and dropped points. They just couldn't afford to lose this one if they were to sustain their promotion push.

At half-time we were one down from an unlucky own goal by Willow. The manager must have been at his eloquent best in the dressing room because Brighton came out with a lot of determination in the second half. With about ten minutes to go and from sustained pressure applied to the host team we were awarded a free kick not far outside the penalty area. This was well within Nobby Horton's range, but he seemed reluctant to take it. Teddy Maybank just took it upon himself to step up and whack it. It flew in to the net and I can still visualise Penguin prancing back to the halfway line in celebration of his goal.

We drew the game one each. That was such an important goal, and the result seemed to kick-start a revival of Albion' fortunes.

Great report, i remember it well, his celebration was magnificent. i can also remember our chants echoing back off the stand at the Luton end.

 

[Everest]

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