What was your first Albion away game?

[Stat Brother]

Not Wembley Cardiff etc
What was your first league/cup match away from Goldstone, Withdean, Amex.

Today is that first for Stat Club Juniors.

As Stat Father didn't take me to away games, I think mine might have been Hull in the FA Cup, the season we ALL went to Peterborough in the next round.


3-2 Albion - mid '80's.

 

[papajaff]

Bournemouth - 1972/73 season. 1-1.

 

[Acker79]

Oldham, 1990 (?) when we lost 6-1. My brother took me as a birthday present.

 

[Icy Gull]

I don't remember

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

Papa, do you mean 71/72, a promotion year and we left B'muff behind?

My 1st was away at Luton in April 1969. We lost 3-0 and have hated the place ever since.

 

[papajaff]

Papa, do you mean 71/72, a promotion year

Yes you're right Freddie. Would have been around April as that was my 11th birthday.

Next one will be in about 3 hours.............

 

[Lincoln Imp]

Northampton Town, season 76/77 I think - it was at the start of the Glory Years, between a home cup draw against Div 1 Derby County and the replay, which we lost. Northampton's ground had a rope down one side (it was shared with the cricket ground) and an enormously high fence in front of the away end, which Tony Towner tried to get over when he scored.

 

[albion534]

Rotherham....Alex Revell

 

[elwheelio]

9th March 1991 away to Millwall with my mate and his Dad. We lost 3-0 but I loved it.

 

[SweatyMexican]

Charlton away 2010, 4-0 win, what a first away game to go to.

 

[Norman Potting]

....And only (as thread terms exclude the Wembley play off final) was a dire mid week game v Wimbledon at Plough Lane sometime in the mid '80's. Red away kit and we lost 1 - 0 via (I think) an Alan Cork free kick. If the "etc" in the thread starter excludes Priestfield I would also like losing 1 - 0 to a Welsh team (Swansea I think) to be taken into consideration.

 

[BensGrandad]

As a 10/11 year old skipping off of school from Holy Trinity to go to The Den for a cup tie against Millwall. We bunked the train to New Cross Gate and then I stood outside the Den crying I had lost the money for our entrance and a chap paid for me and my mate to go in. Good day till I got home to face mum and dad for not coming home straight from school.

 

[The Maharajah of Sydney]

Watford , November 1975 , F.A Cup 1st Rd . We won 3-0 .

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

As a 10/11 year old skipping off of school from Holy Trinity to go to The Den for a cup tie against Millwall. We bunked the train to New Cross Gate and then I stood outside the Den crying I had lost the money for our entrance and a chap paid for me and my mate to go in. Good day till I got home to face mum and dad for not coming home straight from school.

You rascal! Happy days when young kids could just go off on their own

 

[sams dad]

Gillingham Sept 1965. Lost 3 - 1

 

[BensGrandad]

You rascal! Happy days when young kids could just go off on their own

So much different now, I just told mum and dad I went up the park and then to my mates for tea. The downside was she said well you wont be hungry now if you had tea at his house so sent me to bed without any tea.

 

[forrest]

Early 90's Plymouth away it was during the Christmas/new year period. Kurt Nogan scored for us that day and I think it was a 1-1 draw.

Funny thing is Plymouth was also the first game I saw at the Goldstone as well.

 

[Working class pride]

Leeds in the first division days. 1979 or 80 I think

 

[clif26]

1957. Southend United at Roots Hall. Albion won 2-1

 

[El Turi]

It was Reading funnily enough. They won the league that day and their was a massive pitch invasion at the end. We had a few thousand up there though.