withdean the good points?

[Norman Potting]

Three Championships, a play off promotion and Zamora. It may have been a dump but it was the City Council dump and we rented it off them.

Wouldn't swap it for the Amex though.

 

[Norman Potting]

Three Championships, a play off promotion and Zamora. It may have been a dump but it was the City Council dump and we rented it off them.

Wouldn't swap it for the Amex though.

 

[SeagullSongs]

How many people do you reckon the Goldstone would hold nowadays with everyone seated?

 

[catfish]

For me , the only good thing about Withdean is that it got us back to Brighton. I miss it about as much as I miss having a broken neck.

 

[Landgull]

Location, Location, Location.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

The thing is the goldstone of the late 80's and 90's was a very different place to the goldstone of the 70's i would swap for the 70's goldstone but not the 85 onwards goldstone

well I only knew it '85 onwards, but I loved being on the North Stand as a teenager and beyond. I know comparing that terrace to the all-seater Amex is apples and oranges, but they were good days. That first view of the floodlit pitch as you got to the top of the steps on evening games will stay with me til the day I die.

I think for those sat in the west stand at the Goldstone its a no-brainer that the Amex is miles better.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

I liked hunkering down in my Albion plastic hoody kagoul thing and listening to the rain on the hood.

And I loved going back to my mum and dad afterwards where we parked outside. My dad loved to hear about the match over a cup of tea. Sadly both passed away after the season ended, so Withdean ending really was the end of an era.

 

[bn1&bn3 Albion]

Chips, the walk to the ground and Zamora.

 

[Drumstick]

Chips, South stand madness at a last min goal, the gallows humour we had, Darren Currie, Pethic, the first goal of the milenium by Freedman, Ponchos, 'hit the bar, hit the bar, hit the bar. And much more. the screamer.

Last two seasons I moved to the NS with my old man, I hated it, Withdean was depressing anyway but being sat in silence, unable to sing with Richard Reynolds behind me doing his shit stand up routines to his chums. Those were the worst days, dark dark days indeed.

 

[Ninja Elephant]

the other 6k nutjobs that stayed with the club rain or shine .

I quite agree with that. We may have been small in number but we were passionate. If quiet.

The TREES!

The Amex needs more TREES!

Well played.

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

The manager/sub walk from the tunnel to the dugout - enabling perfect standing ovation/abuse opportunities.

Sportsman Carvery

Easy to meet all your mates at half time.

The humour in the early years, before everything got a bit 'goony' as the football worsened.

 

[Lower West Stander]

The bus ride from Mill Rd P&R. Always exciting to see if we were going to make it to the ground or not....

 

[Sergei Gotsmanov]

The walk to and from the ground. Match day travel is the only thing I dont like about the Amex. At withers and the GG it was part of the experience that I enjoyed.

Sitting there so wet that all you could do was laugh. I love having a roof but a little part of me enjoyed getting soaked for the cause.

The firework when we scored.

The trees.

The screamer.

There was very rarely a boring season. Whether it was up or down we were entertained.

 

[Hamilton]

Convenience ... just a 2 minute walk.

Access for the masses to harangue the likes of never-a-champ-Adkins.

100% loyal fan base.

Surprisingly good view from the south stand.

Fresh air & sun on the better days.

Agree, but 100% loyal fan base?

There were as many whingers at the Withdean as there were at the Goldstone, are posters on here and attend the Amex today.

I also liked the trophies.

I love the Albion so manage to have good memories no matter where they are. Wouldn't swap any previous homes for the Amex though.

 

[Rich Suvner]

Watching the ladies do their aerobics classes (looking across the pitch from South Stand) during some of the nightgames kept me entertained

Chips and curry sauce

The first Adams team with Bobby Z utterly restored my faith in supprorting the Albion

Owning away team managers before they painted the dugouts to give them some privacy / respite

Jumping in a cab at 2.55pm from Brighton station (after a last cheeky one) and getting to game on time

Original firework goal celebrations

The sound of the trees - which also emphasised how tinpot the ground was

 

[Hamilton]

Do you think them aerobic ladies had any idea?

 

[Hamilton]

The stewards at Preston Park station who haplessly tried to convince us there was "no access to Withdean stadium"

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I miss bellowing at the man with the board. Nodding head Alex Ferguson just isn't the same somehow

 

[del_boy]

good points...

back in brighton a step closer to the amex.

chips, and being able to just about get away with smoking a sneaky snout at half time until getting noticed then stamping it out and apologising I didn't know it was non-smoking its outside.

i don't miss it.

 

[34064 Fighter Command]

Some pictures to capture Withdeans finest points......