[Albion] Was There A Proposal To Ban Us From The Football League?

[el punal]

Please enlighten me dear people. I vaguely remember that back in our troubled years of the 1990s clubs were asked to vote on whether the Albion should be allowed to remain in the Football League. I don’t know the circumstances or which clubs were against us. Can anyone shed light on this?

 

[Stat Brother]

Yes.

 

[studio150]

Yes, Orient being one of the clubs to vote against us I seem to recall.

 

[Razzoo]

Yes, Orient being one of the clubs to vote against us I seem to recall.

Barry Hearn?

 

[Razzoo]

I remember watching for the result on teletext. There weren't too many votes to expel us. The vast majority were decent.

 

[Insel affe]

Barry Hearn?

He was the one who chaired the motion, I don’t think this helped…

https://youtu.be/FFLTe2mgjQQ

 

[Insel affe]

In contrast to Barry tosspot Hearn, the late great Ray Wilkins at least understood the plight of the Albion and didn’t want any action to be taken.

https://youtu.be/XIaR6CUVd-I

 

[Wozza]

In contrast to Barry tosspot Hearn, the late great Ray Wilkins at least understood the plight of the Albion and didn’t want any action to be taken.

https://youtu.be/XIaR6CUVd-I

Good times.

 

[B-right-on]

Please enlighten me dear people. I vaguely remember that back in our troubled years of the 1990s clubs were asked to vote on whether the Albion should be allowed to remain in the Football League. I don’t know the circumstances or which clubs were against us. Can anyone shed light on this?

Yes.

Thats one hell of a light shed on this.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I went to school with that pitch invader and several of us know him well. Evening, Wreck, if you're watching

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

He was the one who chaired the motion, I don’t think this helped…

https://youtu.be/FFLTe2mgjQQ

Were the 'mindless morons' named and shamed?

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Ah.

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/5168363.games-ban-for-seagulls-fans/

 

[Bodian]

He was the one who chaired the motion, I don’t think this helped…

https://youtu.be/FFLTe2mgjQQ

My last match at the Goldstone. What a game to go out on.

 

[Insel affe]

My last match at the Goldstone. What a game to go out on.

Such a good game, I remember feeling so tense and nervous the whole game.

If the truth be told, the passion at the time was so intense, for survival I could have punched someone.
I’ve never felt so angry and betrayed at that time, I hated Orient as well especially Scott

 

[herecomesaregular]

My last match at the Goldstone. What a game to go out on.

Me too! Brilliant last game in terms of atmosphere and events on the pitch. Flew out to Delhi shortly after on a long planned backpacker adventure. Heard the Hereford result on a very crackly portable world radio in Kathmandu (very tense times of course) between treks in the Himalayas (sans guide or porters, unlike the Israelis we met). Amazing times.

 

[Tokyohands]

Bellotti having the cheek to say the supporters are trying to ruin the club! ......

Oldham really had it in for us, trying to rally more clubs to boot us out.

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

 

[dejavuatbtn]

OK, so we had Archer, Bellotti and Stanley - who were the other two?

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Orients manager was provocative as well, a right arse. Tommy Taylor.

 

[el punal]

Okay, loads of replies to my opening post so thank you, but, why was there a motion to chuck us out? Was it because we would have no ground to call home? Is there a report/document/record of the vote describing which clubs were for and against us?

For those that were anti-Albion it would be interesting to see how they are faring now compared to ourselves.