[Albion] The scoreline at your first ever Brighton game

[Peter Grummit]

1-1 v Port Vale 16th October 1971. West Stand seats, near the back. Age 8. Promotion season.

Nobby Horton was playing for Vale (I recently discovered).

PG

 

[Deano's Right Foot]

Albion 1 Boro 1 - 1967

 

[daveybgtt]

No idea? I can't be the only one..........

 

[MisterE]

home win against Watford 6-0 - 1958 - Adrian Thorn scored 5 - promoted

 

[JJ McClure]

Brighton 1 Arsenal 2
FA Cup
1988 (I think)
Perry Groves scored and I always hated him after that.

 

[Elvis]

Whilst at home to Southampton on Sunday I will spare a thought of my first game. It will be actually 40 years ago to the day. A 4-0 win against Cardiff. Standing on a milk crate on the chicken run I was mesmerised by the atmosphere to my right, that wonderful North Stand. It would be a few years until I made it my permanent home. I suppose that was the story of many of us, starting on the chicken run until we migrated to our spiritual home.

The build up to the game was to become a familiar past time. Standing outside The Stadium pub with a bottle of coke and a packet of salt n shake. Its just a shame that most of my family members who were propping up the bar are no longer with us.

 

[Badger]

Albion 1-2 Derby (15th April 1992)

I only went to 2 matches at The Goldstone, this defeat and a 0-0 against Oxford (I think).

 

[Hugh Jorgan]

Brighton 1 Stoke City 1
December 1988

 

[Hamilton]

2-2 at home to Blackburn in the rain.

 

[Rovert_Fugazi]

3-1 Gillingham 1969

 

[Betfair Bozo]

3-0 v Bristol Rovers April 1979.

 

[FamilyGuy]

3-0 at home to Wolves, a Tuesday evening in or about 1981

 

[Hove Seagull]

Had to look up the date - February 24 1976 and found a match report

Brighton 2 Palace 0

Crowd that even The Amex can't match with a full house of 33000 at the Goldstone


https://thegoldstonewrap.com/tag/sammy-morgan/

Mine too. I was just 11. North Stand with my dad, uncle and cousin.

 

[kiwigull]

2-1 win v Gillingham, Boxing Day, 2004 at the Withdean

 

[kroqq]

0-4. Arsenal at home. Aug 18 1979.

 

[cjd]

2 - 0 v Aldershot Town

13th March 1965....glorious sunny day.

 

[Joe Gatting's Dad]

Norwich City F A Cup replay in the fifties - midweek afternoon at Goldstone - early kick-off as we did not have any floodlights. One shilling children's entrance on east terrace. Lost two-one!

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Brighton 2-0 Preston NE

5th September 1992. North Stand.

 

[el punal]

Brighton & Hove Albion 2 Barrow 0

Which according to Tim's History book was a Third Division fixture played in front of over 21,000 fans.
September 1969

You're right about the attendance, but I think it was a cunning ploy by the club to sell tickets for the Wolves League Cup tie which was to be played the following Wednesday. So a nice incentive to add 10,000 more to the gate than otherwise would have have been expected.

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

Really struggling here, I know I went to a bloody freezing match aged six (according to my Mum, she was with us all and remembers it was A TREAT for my 6th Birthday, bloody funny family I've got). So would have been Brighton 0 v 0 Swindon, no doubt a classic!

First game I really remember was when I started going on the supporters bus from Horsham in 1972/73 season and saw either Brighton v Bristol City or Sunderland at the start of the season and then went regular from 1973, sure I remember Millwall that year also, but for very different reason as a eleven year old!