THIRTY-ONE years ago today

[Freddie Goodwin.]

The most crowded I'd ever experienced at a ground, pretty dangerous if you think of it now but great then.

Was drinking at Victoria
before the game, marvelous scenes and the picture on the railway bell thread was after the semi-final and not, as the Argus often claim, after the final.

 

[AmexRuislip]

I went with my dad travelling the usual mind numbing train ride from Bexhill to Victoria, better when we got to London and excelled when at Highbury, especially seeing the score displayed with us winning.
Went to the final, but I was caught juggling light bulbs in the first class carriage on the train home.
Caught with my mates by a couple of coppers who used to work with my dad, who used to police the football train, Eastbourne to Hove on match day
Banned from going to the replay

 

[crasher]

Did we win then? I left 10 minutes before the end. Always wondered what happened.

 

[Garage_Doors]

31 years ago today i got married, and were still married

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

31 years ago today i got married, and were still married

Congratulations! That's no mean achievement these days.

 

[Goldstone1976]

shagging two different 23 year olds at the same time

Diphallia is an unusual condition for sure. I applaud your bravery in talking about it so openly on NSC

 

[Phat Baz 68]

diphallia is an unusual condition for sure. I applaud your bravery in talking about it so openly on nsc

:d:d:d:d:d:d:d

 

[madinthehead]

Bloody hell, I was there.. Only 8 years old.. Great day!

 

[Garage_Doors]

Congratulations! That's no mean achievement these days.

Thank you, 5 happy years, shame about the ******* 26 others !

 

[desprateseagull]

making a happy man feel very old..

 

[Silk]

The feeling at the end when I knew we were going to the Cup Final, in the days when the Cup Final was The football event of the year bar none!

This. Can remember running through the tunnel under the clock end at the end of the game, just out of sheer excitement. Still reckon I was the first one to jump and shout when Jimmy's shot went in.

 

[Fulking Seagull]

Days like that are what the average football fan experiences if they are likely maybe 2 or 3 times in a lifetime. Could it be we have another one around the corner...?? Come on you blues....

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

31 years ago. Where did my life go?

 

[supaseagull]

I was ten and all I remember was some guy behind me lifting me up in the air when our second goal went in and the crowd surging forward. Was amazing being a brighton fan on that day- such a great atmosphere. Much better than the final.

 

[desprateseagull]

I recall being wowed by seeing so many blue/white flags, and those foam hands, on the way to stadium. squeezed into the clock end, covered in split beer(?), as Jimmy Case scored a screamer.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Went with my parents and 3 friends. Can still see Case 's shot hitting the net. The tunnel under the clock end when we exited was so packed, you literally just swayed with the hordes to get out.

 

[Zen Frenzy]

Coach trip up from The Exchange in Livingstone Road when it was a proper boozer run by the obdurate Scot, Ian Macdonald. We were relative boys amongst men but all pissed as *******s which fuelled the euphoria of the Case goal that I can remember as if it was yesterday.