The Albion team when you first became a fan

[Prince Monolulu]

Ah yes, Eric Potts. Arrived the same time as Lawro. Recall the first game where the flame-haired winger shone with twists and turns and pace and saying to my Dad along the lines of 'the ginger bloke cost a fraction of Lawrenson and looks a million times better.'

Dad acknowledged this with a knowing look and said 'Early days son, early days'.

 

[Walker_this_way]

Well I was raised as a fan so going from my first game;

Albion vs Boston United in the LDV Vans Trophy.

Ben Roberts
Robbie Pethick
Adam El-Abd
Adam Hinshelwood
Guy Butters
Kerry Mayo
Nathan Jones
Chris McPhee
Richard Carpenter
Gary Hart
Leon Knight

 

[dennis]

1976 Derby County League Cup
Possibly
Peter Grummet
Ken Tiler
Andy Rollings
Graham Winstanley
Chris Catlin

Tony Towner
Nobby Horton
Steve Piper
Peter O'Sullivan

Peter Ward
In Mellor

Sub was usually Gerry Fell.

Manager Alan Mullery

Bukta kit.

Great times.

 

[dennis]

I wrote mine without seeing yours. I put Winstanley instead of Cross I would imagine you're right

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

Great thread especially seeing those who started a similar time to me.

My team would probably have been Powney (or b
Burns) henderson, Dalton, Templeman, Napier J, Turner (or Gall), Wilkinson, Lawton, Napier K, Livesey & Tawse. Bobby Smith (the 2nd) was the usual sub.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Blimey 68/69 so a little boy ..a lot of the names above i remember and Freddie!

I used to like Bell at left back

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

67/68, the unlucky George Dalton had his only season cut short by a broken leg. Glad to see Charlie Livesey before he left.

 

[Perkino]

Cannot remember but I'd imagine it was something like:
Kuipers
Watson, Cullip, Wicks, Mayo
Brooker, Oatway, Carpenter, Rogers
Zamora, Steele

 

[drew]

ex QPR? (him, and not his girlfriend)

Mary Stavin I believe. Only problem was that whilst he was seeing her, so was George Best!


My first team was

Grummitt
Tiler
Rollings
Burnett
Wilson
Horton
O'Sullivan
Towner
Mellor
Binney
Piper

Think that was it, was against Halifax in 1976. 1-0. Next game I saw was 5-0 against Peterborough. Between the sticks for them was one Eric Steele.

 

[Mr Blobby]

According to the programme the line up for Brighton v Chester 13.9.1975 (bloody hell nearly 40 years ago!!!)

Peter Grummitt
Joe Kinnear
Harry Wilson
Phil Beal
Dennis Burnett
Graham Winstanley
Tony Towner
Ernie Machin
Fred Binney
Neil Martin
Peter O'Sullivan
Manager - Peter Taylor

We won 6-0

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

1976 Derby County League Cup
Possibly
Peter Grummet
Ken Tiler
Andy Rollings
Graham Winstanley
Chris Catlin

Tony Towner
Nobby Horton
Steve Piper
Peter O'Sullivan

Peter Ward
In Mellor

Sub was usually Gerry Fell.

Manager Alan Mullery

Bukta kit.

Great times.

What a great team, and that game, together with the Ipswich game are two of my all time favourites from the Goldstone.

 

[spanish flair]

Great thread especially seeing those who started a similar time to me.

My team would probably have been Powney (or b
Burns) henderson, Dalton, Templeman, Napier J, Turner (or Gall), Wilkinson, Lawton, Napier K, Livesey & Tawse. Bobby Smith (the 2nd) was the usual sub.

What has been good for me in this thread, is being reminded of some really great players who I had forgotten, that played for the club.
Players like George Dalton, Nobby Lawton from your team, Graham Cross, Geoff Sidebottom, Dennis Burnett and Fred Binney, the list goes on with some great Albion memories included.

 

[Tony Le Mesmer]

Moseley
Hutchings
Pearce
Wilson
Young
Jacobs
Saunders
Penney
Fashanu
Connor
Mortimer

Sub : O' Regan

 

[Worried Man Blues]

The only way I could work out what year it was, is that they played in Blue with white sleeves and I remember Charlie Liversey playing, what game haven't a clue.

 

[BrianWade4]

1988

So people like:

Perry Digweeed
Steve Gatting
Mike Trusson
Robert Codner
John Crumplin
Kevin Bremner
Gary Nelson

 

[FRYG]

Brighton Vs Barnet 26th December 1999

Walton

Watson
Carr
Wilder
Mayo

Freeman
Rogers
Oatway
Crosby

Hart
Pantimonte

May have got a few positions/formations wrong !

 

[Grassman]

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...



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!

Sorry, I don't know why I wrote 'Eric'! I knew it was Gerry, I was agreeing with him! Crikey, I think I'm getting old.

 

[Codner's Wallop]

1. Corrigan
2. O'Regan
3. Hutchings
4. Grealish
5. Fozzie
6. Gatting
7. Wilson
8. Case
9. Ryan
10. Connor
11. Penney

Had to use old the programmes link, which is truly excellent.

 

[Hamilton]

1978 versus Blackburn Rovers (which is why I've always had an irrational dislike of Rovers)

Could have been Mosley, Catlin, Winstanley, Horton, Mellor, Maybank, O'Sullivan, Sayer, Lawrenson, Ryan, Ward

Something like that. Total guess.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

Sorry, I don't know why I wrote 'Eric'! I knew it was Gerry, I was agreeing with him! Crikey, I think I'm getting old.

Easy mistake to make. Funny now to think that we had two "Erics" at the club around 1978...