withdean is growing on me!

[Return of the Rev]

Now the stadium is all but dismantled i find going there for athletics is giving me a connection to the arena that i didn't feel while we were there!A bit like the rose tinted specs that people use for goldstone memories! I keep scanning the stadium for memories and get to walk the unkept pitch twice a week. thanks withdean old friend,now i can see what you meant to us!

 

[Braders]

yeah has to be said I walked past it the morning of the first game at the AMEX , the fact that only a few pieces are left made me feel abit , most my Albion supporting life was there so I can't knock it , and although it was drab , it left me soaked to the skin so,so many times and it was a massive laughing stock amongst other football fans it did bring some good times

 

[Box of Frogs]

 

[Rich Suvner]

Withdean - the student flat. It will live long in the memory, many a good time, but which you couldn't wait to get out of into nicer digs at the time.

 

[Yoda]

I love the way the club creasts have been left in the changing rooms

 

[Braders]

I DO miss being home 5 minutes after the games finished and not dealing with pissing transport it has to be said.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Yep, good old Withers, l always have, still do, and always will love the place. Yes totally unsuited to League Football, and the scene of many a soaking, but still the the ground where we secured four promotions during our tenure there.

A place of great history too, do many people realise it started off life as Brighton Zoo before the last war?.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

when i drive past i'll think off you Rev

 

[Return of the Rev]

 

[Wilko]

Did anyone else read the sign on the first pic as 'Physio The Rapist'? No, just me then.

 

[8ace]

When are they going to remove this sign?

 

[Return of the Rev]

Did anyone else read the sign on the first pic as 'Physio The Rapist'? No, just me then.

what do you see nowiamasickbunnyhelpme

 

[Return of the Rev]

When are they going to remove this sign?

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next tuesday between 9am and 1pm

 

[West Hoathly Seagull]

I DO miss being home 5 minutes after the games finished and not dealing with pissing transport it has to be said.

This. Quarter of an hour walk for me, and then an easy drive. And I miss the beer garden of the Brewery Tap. Standing up in a concourse for an hour isn't the same, even if it is the WSU. We could do with a few more decent pubs near the Amex. Still, would I go back to my student accommodation? No, I don't think so.

 

[TS90]

Very true. Club needs to work with the uni to build one on the edge of the campus.

 

[wunt be druv]

Bitter sweet memories of the old place,but,time moves on and now the Ugly duckling that was once Brighton and Hove Albion has grown into a beautiful Swan and the most exciting time I have ever experienced in 40 Years of supporting the Mighty Seagulls

 

[easy]

Thanks for the photo's in this thread, gone, but not forgotten.

Thanks Withers

 

[Box of Frogs]

Thanks Rev

 

[e77]

Withdean has a remarkable history including being a zoo and hosting Davis Cup tennis!

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

When are they going to remove this sign?

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Why will they want to remove it?, Withdean Stadium lives on, albeit under a different guise, but people will still want directions to it, presumably.