The Albion team when you first became a fan

[Pavilionaire]

Looks familiar - my first game was around New Year 1983 an uninspiring 1-1 draw v Watford. Peter Ward (back on loan from Forest) scored the Albion goal and I think the game highlights are on YouTube.

I went to that game, I believe Watford fielded a young John Barnes. We also played Newcastle in the cup at home around that same time, I remember the Geordies packed out Brighton town centre in their droves before the match.

 

[Seagull58]

Don't remember them all , but it included :

Powney, Henderson , J Napier , Gall, Bell , Lawton, Turner, Wilkinson, Gilliver , ?, & ?

In the squad was also Kit Napier, Alan Duffy, John Templeman, Reserve Goalkeeper was Geoff Sidebottom.......

1967 for me so most of those must have been playing but it was before Duffy signed.

 

[Grassman]

Is that 1976? Steve Piper and Gerry(?) Fell are familiar names but they, understandably, made less impression on me than most of the others...

Funnily enough it was Eric Fell that made the biggest impression on me. I guess that was because I was standing at the front of the Chicken run and he was on the wing. Probably 76/77. I can smell the place now. Wonderful. The green, green grass, the orange bit around the edge. Memories.

 

[Grassman]

Simple question why do people now adays, like commentators and radio people line teams up left back to right back when traditionally until recent years it was always listed right to left as the numbering showed. Johnny Cantor always does it.

I guess that would be because of the numbers. Number 2 was always right back. 7 always right-wing.

 

[Blue3]

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Don't remember them all , but it included :

Powney, Henderson , J Napier , Gall, Bell , Lawton, Turner, Wilkinson, Gilliver , ?, & ?

In the squad was also Kit Napier, Alan Duffy, John Templeman, Reserve Goalkeeper was Geoff Sidebottom.......

This would have been the squad I remember watching

 

[gjh1971]

Steele, Gregory, Williams, Horton, Foster, Stevens, Clark, O'Sullivan, Maybank, Ward, Sayer

 

[maltaseagull]

Something like:
Powney
Henderson
Templeman
Smith
Napier J
Gall
Wilkinson
Lawton
NapIer K
Turner
Armstrong

others were: Burns, Blackburn etc

This seems like my era. What season was this?
Memory is fading but weren't Livesey, Beamish abd Brian Dear around in this time too?

I remember Brian Dear too dear chants

 

[BLOCK F]

In no p;articular order, but these were some of the names I remember when I first supported the Albion.
Brian Powney,Bobby Baxter,Stewart Henderson,Dave Turner,Norman Gall,Jimmy Collins,Jack Smith,Wally Gould, Bill Cassidy, Jack Bertolini,Johnny Goodchild.

There were others;maybe Eric Whittington was around at the time or a bit later.
The big news of the era was the arrival of Bobby Smith.

Archie Macauley was the manager and in the dugout were Cyril Hodges and Frankie Howard.

 

[Prince Monolulu]

Approx 72/73. Can't recall the VERY first game but remember being impressed generally by the blonde hairage of Eddie Spearritt and John Templeman, the lank, slightly greasy trimming of Barry Bridges and the commanding figure of the schoolteacher lookalike Brian Powney.

 

[Brownstuff]

Don't remember my first game but was during the 83/84 season and Corrigan was in goal
Team would have been something like:
Corrigan, Gatting, O'Regan, Hutchings, Grealish, Wilkins, Case, Wilson, Ryan, Connor, Penney

 

[BLOCK F]

This seems like my era. What season was this?
Memory is fading but weren't Livesey, Beamish abd Brian Dear around in this time too?

I remember Brian Dear too dear chants

Brian Dear,on loa\n from West Ham.Looked like he liked his pies,but was pretty classy and scored a few tasty goals I remember.

 

[Brownstuff]

This seems like my era. What season was this?
Memory is fading but weren't Livesey, Beamish abd Brian Dear around in this time too?

I remember Brian Dear too dear chants

Sorry unable to assist
No idear i'm afraid

 

[Turkey]

Wish I could remember, was around 1994 I'd guess in terms of really getting to know the players. Steve Foster, Paul McCarthy, Kurt Nogan etc

 

[Prince Monolulu]

Ken Beamish and Barry Bridges, not EXACTLY CMS and Baldrick but good entertainment

 

[Grizz]

Mine was Albion v Rotherham 23rd Oct 1993

Think the team was

Nicky Rust

Ian Chapman
Steve Foster
Stuart Tuck
Stuart Myall

Robert Codner
Gavin Geddes
Darren Wilkinson
Mark Edwards

Kurt Nogan
Mark Farrington

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

The only 4 players that stick in my memory are Nogan, Walker, Digweed and Wilkins.

 

[oldboyroy]

From memory (1978)

Steele

Williams
Rollings
Winstanley
Cattlin

O'Sullivan
Horton
Lawrenson
Sayer

Ward
Maybank

Sounds about right, could be one or two wrong.

Same time as me

 

[The Large One]

Simple question why do people now adays, like commentators and radio people line teams up left back to right back when traditionally until recent years it was always listed right to left as the numbering showed. Johnny Cantor always does it.

Have a holiday, Brian.

The things you worry about...

 

[The Large One]

From memory (1978)

Steele

Williams
Rollings
Winstanley
Cattlin

O'Sullivan
Horton
Lawrenson
Sayer

Ward
Maybank

Sounds about right, could be one or two wrong.

Looking it up, my memory wasn't too bad...

Steele

Williams
Rollings
Lawrenson
Tiler

O'Sullivan
Horton
Clark
Towner

Ward
Maybank

Sub: Poskett

A right hard-b*stard pair of reducers in the middle there.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Quote Originally Posted by Moshe Gariani View Post

Is that 1976? Steve Piper and Gerry(?) Fell are familiar names but they, understandably, made less impression on me than most of the others...

Funnily enough it was Eric Fell that made the biggest impression on me. I guess that was because I was standing at the front of the Chicken run and he was on the wing. Probably 76/77. I can smell the place now. Wonderful. The green, green grass, the orange bit around the edge. Memories.

It was Gerry Fell, played with him and against him as he dropped to non-league.

My team and again memory is failing me.......

Grummitt
Tiler
Wilson
Burnett
Rollings
Machin
Piper
Towner
Fell
Binney
Mellor

I think!