[Albion] Who Scored Your 1st Albion Goal?

[Eric Youngs Contact Lense]

In the same vein, there are a couple of pictures of that game here

https://www.seagullsprogrammes.co.uk/197475

Huge thank you to you and [MENTION=786]Mileoakman[/MENTION] ! This has really opened my eyes and says I have very little memory of the day.. firstly, I though Tranmere scored 1st, and secondly, their scorer was injured in the process. None of that may be true, because the biggest wake up call for me was that I had no recollection at all that we were playing in all-white that day! Never thought I had seen that kit "live"! I was only 5 (6th birthday the next day!) so I will forgive myself. I have even had to check that this was my first game, and it definitely was! I got a season ticket the next season and my programme collection started then!

 

[GREASED WEASEL]

My first match was at home to Shrewsbury Town in November 83, but I have no idea who scored.

Terry Connor with a header in the South Stand goal

there's a pretty good photo of it in the Cardiff programme of that season

Nigel Pearson played for Shrewsbury that day

 

[Dave the OAP]

Ricky Marlowe...albion vs Palace ...first game when we moved down here in 1975 ish.

Didn’t know anything about Brighton and had heard of Palace, so was supporting them from the north west corner.

Went the next game and stood with my brother on the chicken run. And we were hooked! ( he gave up on Brighton after an incident at one of the Huddersfield games in the north stand at the Amex) I persuaded the senior steward to let him go and sit in the away section with Town fans. He hasn’t seen Brighton since and is a ST holder, travelling up to Huddersfield every home game for the last few years. Costs him, but he enjoys it. Daft thing is he left Huddersfield when he was 5/months old! Yes he has more of an affinity with Huddersfield that I do and I left when I was 6

 

[brakespear]

Ian Baird, 1997 although I'd been a fan for 19 years by then

 

[RyFish]

Terry Connor with a header in the South Stand goal

there's a pretty good photo of it in the Cardiff programme of that season

Nigel Pearson played for Shrewsbury that day

Cheers! I should've guessed it was Terry.

I remember big Steve Ogrizovic playing for the Shrews in that game too.

 

[stewart12]

it was in a 2-2 draw with Torquay in 1996. I'm fairly sure it was Iain Baird but may be wrong

 

[Ding Dong !]

Steve Foster.

Brighton 3 - 3 Liverpool

Oct 1981

Was hooked from then on.

 

[Paul Reids Sock]

I was quite late to the party. 21st Feb 2004 a fresh faced 15 year old PRS watched BHAFC 3-0 Bournemouth at Withdean.

The legend that is Gary Hart getting the first goal

Trevor Benjamin and Leon Knight also scoring

 

[DavidRyder]

Not sure, but a good chance it might have been Gary Nelson in 1987.

 

[Mackenzie]

Terry Connor I think.

 

[Brownstuff]

Haven't a clue
Started watching around 1984
Although I was hooked first few games were drab affairs so probably wasn't until about the 3rd game that I witnessed a Brighton player hitting the onion bag
Who that was will remain a mystery

 

[Hiney]

it was in a 2-2 draw with Torquay in 1996. I'm fairly sure it was Iain Baird but may be wrong

Yes, Ian Baird. The other was scored by Jeff Minton

 

[stewart12]

Yes, Ian Baird. The other was scored by Jeff Minton

brilliant knowledge- thank you

 

[Bill Cassidy's tie up]

Johnny Goodchild, home win v Barnsley in August 1962

My first game as well. Thanks for that was trying to google it.
Still got the program and a very faded rosette Dad bought me.
Started going regularly 1964 though.


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[Granny on the wing]

My first game as well. Thanks for that was trying to google it.
Still got the program and a very faded rosette Dad bought me.
Started going regularly 1964 though.


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You would have seen the Bobby Smith era and a big Chelsea cup game if i`m right . My first game was against Oldham Athletic which was 6-0 which i wrongly posted on another thread as being Bury . I actually thought for years it was a team called Barrow until i looked it up .I think it was Kit Napier but can`t find the info , i think he scored 2 goals .

 

[dolphins]

For me it was Eddie Spearritt, in our FA Cup round one TROUNCING of the mighty Hillingdon Borough 7-1 at the Goldstone, 20th Nov 1971. I was four and a half at the time, and a scoreline like that was somewhat impressive for a little 'un like I was then. At that tender age, of course, I expected the same every match, an expectation that has been reset over the years!

 

[GREASED WEASEL]

You would have seen the Bobby Smith era and a big Chelsea cup game if i`m right . My first game was against Oldham Athletic which was 6-0 which i wrongly posted on another thread as being Bury . I actually thought for years it was a team called Barrow until i looked it up .I think it was Kit Napier but can`t find the info , i think he scored 2 goals .

24 August 1968

6 different goalscorers

Flood
Henderson
Livesey
Wilkinson
Kit Napier
Templeman

 

[Lever]

24 August 1968

6 different goalscorers

Flood
Henderson
Livesey
Wilkinson
Kit Napier
Templeman

Blimey I remember that match well...and a 2-1 defeat by Oldham on February 21st 1987 (Connor scored)

 

[smillie's garden]

I believe it was "Magic" Peter Ward who started the comeback against Millwall in Aug. '77. The other Albion scorers that day were Steve Piper and an own goal by Kitchener. I'm not sure of the order, and I couldn't find a detailed match report on-line. I know we went 2 down.

 

[Granny on the wing]

24 August 1968

6 different goalscorers

Flood
Henderson
Livesey
Wilkinson
Kit Napier
Templeman

Thanks for that .I am going to be a bit dumb and assume it was Flood first scorer . There was a football special bus that went to the estates around Brighton and my mates and i were allowed to go on our own to the game . I think it was something like 9 pence to get in for kids,which was of course old money to get in the Chicken Run .I would love to know what the prices were .