[Albion] Your first away game watching The Albion

[Questions]

Mine was either Walton and Hersham in 71/72 or it might have been Pompey away the previous relagation season when we dropped from from Division 2 after just one season.

 

[POSKETT AT THE VALLEY]

Late 1970’s v Fulham. Paul Clarke with a 1-0 win. Open terrace behind the goal.

Remember Fulham wacking up the admission price as we were in the top 3.

 

[Reinelt 62]

Thugwall at the Old Den, 12 September 1964. Lost 0-2, but Albion went on to be Division 4 champions that season, with Millwall finishing second.

Back in the days when Millwall were undoubtedly the Albion's main rivals, not Palace.

The atmosphere was, shall we say, a tad intimidating....

The Albion team on that day, in good old 2-3-5 formation: Powney: Sanders, Gall: Bertolini, Upton, Turner: Gould, Collins, Bobby Smith, Jack Smith, Goodchild.

This appears to be my 100th post on NSC since July 2003. Quality not quantity over 20 years I would like to think!!

 

[POSKETT AT THE VALLEY]

My memory of my first games isn't clear, but I'm pretty sure this was my first away game. Palace away Oct 1978. Lost 3-1

Put it this way, I was definitely at this game as a 10 year old. I remember the crushing disappointment when Hillaire scored.

Remember it well. Quite a few Albion ejected from the Holmesdale. Wardy scored for us.

 

[Paris]

19/9/98. Leyton Orient at Brisbane Road. We lost 1-0.

 

[BN9 BHA]

Palace c1980 with Pat Mattews, the late Keith Hawkings and the brains behind the operation Martin Miller

Miller

Seriously though is Keith really no longer here? I was friends with him and went to home games when we were in our early teens.

 

[fly high]

@PILTDOWN MAN will confirm but I think it was Palace c1977.

Mine too although might have been 76.

 

[Silver flying chariot]

16th December 1995 - Bournemouth away - won 3-0... Should never have gone ahead though. Pretty much every game got called off that day apart from ours. went on the costa express. Absolute belted down non stop all day. pitch was a lottery. jeff Minton and Junior McDougald (x2) the goal scorers... remember Jeff Minton doing a sliding tackle and sliding for 15 yards by the halfway line. comical game of football.....

 

[BN9 BHA]

My first away was v Spurs with my dad in 1977, 0-0

 

[AlexBH]

Northampton away early 2000s we lost 2-0, but I had a great time as we went bowling, had a meal at the harvester and stayed in a hotel. All very exciting when you are 8 or still when you are 30 lol

 

[The Rattler]

23 November 1985
Sunderland 2 Albion 1
Roker Park
By coach
It rained

 

[DavidRyder]

Leyton Orient in the early 90s. I think we lost 3-1, possibly.

 

[Poyningsgull]

28th Jan 1967.
Aldershot 0 Brighton 0 FA Cup 3rd round. Pissing down.

 

[Poyningsgull]

28th Jan 1967.
Aldershot 0 Brighton 0 FA Cup 3rd round. Pissing down.

Followed a month later by the defeat at Chelsea in the next round. Chelsea 4 Brighton 0

 

[Mackenzie]

23 November 1985
Sunderland 2 Albion 1
Roker Park
By coach
It rained

Your first away match was a coach journey to Sunderland, thats going in off the deep end!

 

[Bodian]

Away at hartlepool as a first game... tremendous commitment.....

(except that it was at home....?)

Brighton 1-1 Hartlepool August 1993

 

[SeagullinExile]

Aldershot away, 87. 1-4 Albion.

 

[Gazwag]

Ipswich Jan 1983 - Lost 2-0 I think

 

[Mexican Seagull]

Aldershot, FA Cup, 1967. A fabulous 0-0 draw!

That was also my first away game which my uncle took me too, I recall more mud than grass on the pitch and some great hot chocolate from his thermo flask- no memories of the game itself....

 

[Bodian]

Aldershot away, 87. 1-4 Albion.

The worst toilets at any ground I have ever been to. Basically a windowless brick building - with a good few inches of piss on the floor because no-one really know where the wall drain was. And then at the end of the game the friendly old bill marched us about a mile uphill in the wrong direction from the station, so we missed the first train home as well.

But, as you say - we won!