skipper734
Registered ruffian
Where's the Billy Lane option? 1955, Third division South 2nd, 1956 Champions, we were soon back down though.
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When did you start supporting the Albion?
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bhaexpress
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1969
BensGrandad
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It was 57/58 season and I am told that Billy Lane sat in the stand in his suit with a red rose in the lapel and watched the trainer taking the players through their training he never once put on a tracksuit himself.
' Tiger ' made his debut on Feb 10 1973 v Luton. The team had lost its 12 previous matches !!! in the old Div.2 ( Championship today ) and yet came out and won 2-0. In that run of 5 successive home defeats ( see...nothing changes ) the crowds ranged from 11,116 to 17.470.
ewe2
Well-known member
1963
Dave the OAP
Well-known member
Start of the 1974/5 season
This was the first real place we settled due to Dads job. When we came back from South Africa we settled for a while in Kent and I ended up supporting Chelsea. Ah what might have been
I am actually quite surprised at the demographic of this. I didn't realise so many of us over 50's used one of these new fangled computers.
This was the first real place we settled due to Dads job. When we came back from South Africa we settled for a while in Kent and I ended up supporting Chelsea. Ah what might have been
I am actually quite surprised at the demographic of this. I didn't realise so many of us over 50's used one of these new fangled computers.
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Deleted User X18H
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September 1976 my Argus profile is wrong.
Goldstone Rapper
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I would give so much to have started supporting the Albion from then.... Lucky you.
fire&skill
Killer-Diller
2nd April 1977 [vs Mansfield Town]
Beeercan
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Born 1988, First game 1994 (Blackpool H 1-4) First Season Ticket: 1st year at Withdean
Lord Bracknell
On fire
1971/72.
Up until then, I'd been a Birmingham City supporter for some years. I'd come back from Italy in February 1972 and was living in a bedsit within walking distance of the Goldstone. The guy who had the next room to mine was an Albion supporter and, one evening, he persuaded me to go to a game.
That was the season that the Albion were chasing promotion from the Third Division, along with Aston Villa, and it only seemed right to a Blues supporter to get fired up about the prospect of Brighton beating the Villa to the champion's place. Sadly that wasn't to be, but the Albion did finish the season in a promotion winning second place. And in the run-up to the end of the season, there was a good 2-1 victory over the Villa at the Goldstone on 25 March to enjoy. What I mainly remember about that game was a heated discussion with my neighbour about whether either the Albion or the Villa were good enough to survive in the Second Division.
The following year, Villa came 3rd. We ended up bottom. Birmingham City came 10th in the First Division, my family moved from Birmingham to Manchester ... and, despite everything, I ended up as an Albion supporter.
Up until then, I'd been a Birmingham City supporter for some years. I'd come back from Italy in February 1972 and was living in a bedsit within walking distance of the Goldstone. The guy who had the next room to mine was an Albion supporter and, one evening, he persuaded me to go to a game.
That was the season that the Albion were chasing promotion from the Third Division, along with Aston Villa, and it only seemed right to a Blues supporter to get fired up about the prospect of Brighton beating the Villa to the champion's place. Sadly that wasn't to be, but the Albion did finish the season in a promotion winning second place. And in the run-up to the end of the season, there was a good 2-1 victory over the Villa at the Goldstone on 25 March to enjoy. What I mainly remember about that game was a heated discussion with my neighbour about whether either the Albion or the Villa were good enough to survive in the Second Division.
The following year, Villa came 3rd. We ended up bottom. Birmingham City came 10th in the First Division, my family moved from Birmingham to Manchester ... and, despite everything, I ended up as an Albion supporter.
Essan128
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Never actually sure of my first game I saw (too young then), but it was in the days of John & Kit Napier. Ever present during the 70's, 80's and early 90's. Circumstances mean I am no longer able to attend matches regularly, but keep up to date thanks to you all on NSC!
During all that time it was the lows we had that made the highs so special, treasured memories. Just remember on a piss poor Saturday afternoon, you'll soon be watching the Albion in a new stadium with a terrific atmosphere, and a team to be proud of!
Nothing beats supporting your local team.
During all that time it was the lows we had that made the highs so special, treasured memories. Just remember on a piss poor Saturday afternoon, you'll soon be watching the Albion in a new stadium with a terrific atmosphere, and a team to be proud of!
Nothing beats supporting your local team.
daveinprague
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Never actually sure of my first game I saw (too young then), but it was in the days of John & Kit Napier. Ever present during the 70's, 80's and early 90's. Circumstances mean I am no longer able to attend matches regularly, but keep up to date thanks to you all on NSC!
During all that time it was the lows we had that made the highs so special, treasured memories. Just remember on a piss poor Saturday afternoon, you'll soon be watching the Albion in a new stadium with a terrific atmosphere, and a team to be proud of!
Nothing beats supporting your local team.
Yep..youre not wrong....bad shit happens, but so does the good stuff...
I remember back in the day, watching a boring 0-0 with Walsall on a day when it was pissing down, and hearing the result of the cup final and wishing that we could be in a cup final one day....and feck me it happened!
1962,I think!!Anyway,before we signed a certain Bobby Smith.Couldn't believe it at the time,but wow, what a season we had when he arrived and we won the 4th Division and had average crowds of around 18,000!!!!
Used to stand behind the dugout in the West Stand until I got a season ticket about 14 years later!
Wally Gould and Norman Gall were my favourites and Dave Turner was the hard as nails captain!....Happy days!
Used to stand behind the dugout in the West Stand until I got a season ticket about 14 years later!
Wally Gould and Norman Gall were my favourites and Dave Turner was the hard as nails captain!....Happy days!
cheshunt seagull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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Almost exactly the same timing for me. My parents moved into a house on the Old Shoreham Road, 5 mins from the Goldstone, in January 1972, having lived in the US and Canada. The promotion run-in was full of dramatic late winners and I was hooked. The following season was a massive let down and my first 12 months as an Albion fan were to be an accurate indication of the roller coaster ride of emotions to follow. The last 2 seasons have been a severe test of that loyalty but it is probably a residual memory of the glory days that will shortly lead me to put on my thermals, leave a warm house, sit in an M25 jam, to watch what will be most likely to be a collective display of ineptitude at a freezing soulless ground at the end of an industrial estate.