Return of the Rev
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77 i think went in the back of a transit and missed my job interview at amex
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Travelling Away to Watch The Albion - Pre 1975
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77 i think went in the back of a transit and missed my job interview at amex
Return of the Rev
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south stand republican army(lancing branch)
Return of the Rev
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recall trouble in the south with rotherham,swindon,mansfield, west ham and spurs to name a few oh also pompey!
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remember the West Ham one well, fined £440 missus went berserk only earnt around £100 a week in those days
Dave the OAP
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Didn't that start when we played Leatherhead in the cup and they brought a few into the South Stand.
Anyone remember when we played Fulham in the Archer days when we were protesting outside the West Stand after the game and their mob came running around by wadham Stringer .....
One of the best away days I remember was Ipswich in the late 70's when we were escorted through the town and a couple of us ducked out of the main group and went and sat in a sandwich shop just as it all kicked off..after the game there were tales of rucks and we blagged it!!
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LONGTIME DIEHARD
Anyone remember the Albion fans going on the pitch during the away game at Cheaterfield in the 1978-79 season when we went up.
bhaexpress
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I think you mean the 1976-77 season and yes I was there.
Daffy Duck
Stop bloody moaning!
Remember getting stuck on train for 12 hours going to Notts Forest for a League Cup game, about 1975 I think.
Never did get there, think we lost 2-1, and even after the game had finished, good old British Rail were still sending us north so that they wouldn't have to give us our money back.
Got as far as Kettering and there were loads of police lined up on the platform and wouldn't let us off the train. They finally managed to get another engine on the back to get back to Brighton. Arrived at the station at 12.15am, exactly 12 hours after we'd left!!!
Not a good day by any stretch.
Never did get there, think we lost 2-1, and even after the game had finished, good old British Rail were still sending us north so that they wouldn't have to give us our money back.
Got as far as Kettering and there were loads of police lined up on the platform and wouldn't let us off the train. They finally managed to get another engine on the back to get back to Brighton. Arrived at the station at 12.15am, exactly 12 hours after we'd left!!!
Not a good day by any stretch.
Dave the OAP
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yes me too
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1978 luv!
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and me, we ran the full length of the pitch at the full time whistle. I've got a photo somewhere of loads of us taken in a pub before kick off. I'll try and find it. Also remember buying a football and having a kickabout in the town centre.
seagullsovergrimsby
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Bosun Boys used to be in the South as well.
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was that the mid week cup game?
seagullsovergrimsby
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Being in the top flight meant playing a different style of football which soon became boring , several of us used to go up to the Den to watch a "proper" game of football during this period.
severnside gull
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I remember going to a (2nd round?) FA Cup tie some time in the late 60's. Travel wasn't as straightforward and I recall several train changes and a long old journey to arrive at a ground with a tin shed covering a narrow terrace and standing watching a fairly desultory 0-0 draw in mist, rain and hail followed by a lengthy journey back to Brighton. The sort of matchday experience that makes you wonder why you bothered. I'm pretty sure we won the replay and I think that might have been the year we nearly beat Chelsea at home - but then again my memory is not what it used to be and I am more likely to be wrong 
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I seem to remember on the Seagull Specials in the mid 70's it was a 50/50 chance either the train would break down or there would be a suicide on the track which meant it would be touch and go whether or not we got to the game on time and afterwards the train getting bricked on the way home.
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Aldershot in the 3rd round - 1967 ?I remember going to a (2nd round?) FA Cup tie some time in the late 60's. Travel wasn't as straightforward and I recall several train changes and a long old journey to arrive at a ground with a tin shed covering a narrow terrace and standing watching a fairly desultory 0-0 draw in mist, rain and hail followed by a lengthy journey back to Brighton. The sort of matchday experience that makes you wonder why you bothered. I'm pretty sure we won the replay and I think that might have been the year we nearly beat Chelsea at home - but then again my memory is not what it used to be and I am more likely to be wrong
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Had to queue for ages outside the ground in the rain not sure whether game was on
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I think they were actually Palarse fans supporting Leatherhead? I was in the North Stand for a few songs that day, thinking there would be none of them there. We had certainly been going into the South Stand before that game.