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Where's The Unlikeliest Place You've Seen A Brighton Top?
- Thread starter Bars Mar
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The Tassie Seagull
Dave Clarkson's Left Sock
Was flying from Tas to Melb for the Ashes, Boxign Day 2006. Guy on same plane had an Albion shirt on. Also different guy at the MCG sitting a couple of rows back from me had one on as well.
Robot Chicken
Seriously?
I saw a guy wearing an Albion shirt when I was on the tour of the Nou Camp. Turns out he was from Leicester.
Machu Pichu , Peru
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
Furthest place is Tenerife for seeing a Brighton shirt for me.
Dandyman
In London village.
If you look carefully at paintings of William of Orange landing at Brixham in 1688, there's clearly a very young FDM in background as well.
Barry Izbak
U.T.A.
Johnny Crumplin Football Genius tee shirt
Busch Stadium St Louis 1989
Busch Stadium St Louis 1989
NMH
Banned
A Brighton shirt, but not an Albion one - in a backstreet market in Rio De Janeiro
(Avenida Nossa Senhora De Copacabana, for anyone who might be familiar with Rio). It showed a silhouette of The Royal Pavilion - and the shopkeepers were trying to tell me it was a picture from some Arabic country! (can't recall where they claimed it was). Despite my telling them it was "Brighton,... Ingalaterra", they kept wafting aside my proclamations, in favour of their story.
(Avenida Nossa Senhora De Copacabana, for anyone who might be familiar with Rio). It showed a silhouette of The Royal Pavilion - and the shopkeepers were trying to tell me it was a picture from some Arabic country! (can't recall where they claimed it was). Despite my telling them it was "Brighton,... Ingalaterra", they kept wafting aside my proclamations, in favour of their story.
Braders
Abi Fletchers Gimpboy
now DAVE , you know and I know that is not true is it?
Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
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Depending on when this was, DP, then I'm guessing it could well have been my mate, Dave. Originally from Worthing and moved to Leicester in the 90s.
Mrs Coach
aka Jesus H. Woman
Lake Louise, Canada.
NMH
Banned
Slightly different (not a top but a flag);
At the opening match for England in the 1998 World Cup finals, vs Tunisia in Marseilles, I was in a corner of the stadium and looking with amazement at the hundreds of England flags with various towns on them.
My school mate and I had met up (from Australia and USA respectively) for the events in France.
Anyway, we read all these names, "Kettering", "Leatherhead", "Walsall" etc etc, and just as we were saying "can't see a Brighton section" - a flag unfurled about 6 feet in front of us; "BRIGHTON".
Coincidence of large proportions (esp. as our tickets went to my mate's Brisbane address), and we were in exactly the right section of the stadium.
Incidentally, the ticket allocations SHOULD have meant about a third of the stadium to English fans, but we had two-thirds of the place by my reckoning.
The only trouble for the whole match was on the beach during the game, when we went into a two-goal lead the local Arabic populace (Morrocans, mostly I believe) started throwing bottles and stones at the English.
Typical, we bring the absolute best support to an international match, and a bunch of sore losers and sand-monkeys get "Trouble at England Match" headlines.
At the opening match for England in the 1998 World Cup finals, vs Tunisia in Marseilles, I was in a corner of the stadium and looking with amazement at the hundreds of England flags with various towns on them.
My school mate and I had met up (from Australia and USA respectively) for the events in France.
Anyway, we read all these names, "Kettering", "Leatherhead", "Walsall" etc etc, and just as we were saying "can't see a Brighton section" - a flag unfurled about 6 feet in front of us; "BRIGHTON".
Coincidence of large proportions (esp. as our tickets went to my mate's Brisbane address), and we were in exactly the right section of the stadium.
Incidentally, the ticket allocations SHOULD have meant about a third of the stadium to English fans, but we had two-thirds of the place by my reckoning.
The only trouble for the whole match was on the beach during the game, when we went into a two-goal lead the local Arabic populace (Morrocans, mostly I believe) started throwing bottles and stones at the English.
Typical, we bring the absolute best support to an international match, and a bunch of sore losers and sand-monkeys get "Trouble at England Match" headlines.
Statto
007
Was at Real mallorca V Real Betis in 2005, And I was wearing the famous shirt, when I noticed a guy about 5 rows in front of me with an albion bage on his shirt. Needles to say I gave it the famous "Seeeeeeaaaaaagulls". The whole section of the ground that we were in was full of English/British. The ticket touts must have targeted that section. Funnily enough Someone in the seat next to me was from Hove! It was the final game of the spanish season in late may. Betis neaded a point to get into the Champions league and Mallorca neaded a point to stay up. So the Final scoreline of 1-1 suted both teams.
sir albion
New member
SpidersLegs
Member
In the queue for the log ride at Seaworld in Florida May 2002. Also saw someone with an England shirt with Zamora on the back at Magic Kingdom the same year.
Jameson
Active member
in the Estádio do Dragão in Porto, Germany v's Holland, Euro 2004
champion7
fast and furious
saw one last year at jacksonville (usa) while attending a nascar event