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Donny fans memories of the last Goldstone game
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i was by the sealed off tunnel,pretty sure bananas werent thrown,as usual a rumour gets started and explodes into a race issue(i would be the first to confront that).
Betfair Bozo
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This is not the footage I saw recently but you can see the bananas on the pitch. Having said that, on the one I saw recently there were at least 6-8 and they were thrown at him as he walked off. Maybe there is a cut in the filming here, I don't know. That said, I remember the bananas anyway, so one of us has it wrong!
This is not the footage I saw recently but you can see the bananas on the pitch. Having said that, on the one I saw recently there were at least 6-8 and they were thrown at him as he walked off. Maybe there is a cut in the filming here, I don't know. That said, I remember the bananas anyway, so one of us has it wrong!
PFJ
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A banana was definatly thrown .I was standing on the South West terrace and it seemed to come from the seats in the West stand just above the North West terrace. I thought it odd considering the occasion that somebody had one ready , so I can only assume they brought it in to eat. It was thrown as Moore and Baird came together after the tackle and before they were both sent off. It bounces on the grass just below Moore's thigh. It is included in that piece of footage that was posted on here re the last game a couple of weeks ago.
AnotherArch
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Unfortunately I can vouch that they were indeed thrown. One or two from somewhere just in front of me on the North side of the sealed off area by the tunnel. They were aimed towards another coloured defender, who was involved in the general 'discussion' that was going on, again on the north side of where the 2 combatants were with the ref. He just ignored them.
We have a lot to thank the Donny players for that day !
We have a lot to thank the Donny players for that day !
Return of the Rev
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one banana two banana three banana four banana la la la la lal la la THAT WAS THE MID SUSSEX BANANA SONG! it went with alot of silly dancing
Betfair Bozo
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Return of the Rev
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recall some stewards getting smacked when the north stand gate was forced open from the inside at ht
King Tubby
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This is correct, I was on the north west terrace close as you could be to the tunnel. I always thought it was from the back of the terrace near the west stand, but they could of could have come from the seats. There was no fight that i can recall but when it happened it did shock everyone and there was some abuse thrown at the direction of the thrower. Not seen anything like that since the seventies it did take the gloss off the day for a while.
Unfortunately Diar, it was. If you watch the video that someone has posted of the game on this thread you can clearly see scumbag Weaver pulling the strings from the touchline and Richardson was sat on the bench that day too.
I had a replica shirt from that season and was trying to find it at the weekend with a view to wearing it this weekend. I thought it'd probably be too small, but after 40 minutes of searching I remembered that I burnt it as it had Richardsons company sponsoring it.
Return of the Rev
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me and a mate took 4 coaches to gillingham for the valetines love in! Good drink with the donnie and no fruit based problems!
Not strictly true, I almost chocked on a piece of Melon given to me by an old lady in a Brighton scarf !
one banana two banana three banana four banana la la la la lal la la THAT WAS THE MID SUSSEX BANANA SONG! it went with alot of silly dancing
thought it was from littlehampton based lads,i know it was always sung,the rumour mill is well in swing today,ive seen post from,bananas being thrown,lad being beaten up etc etc,i saw f*** all and was right by the tunnel,i did see 6/8 lads doing that song mind
,chinese whispers i love em
This. Worst I saw for racism was at Deepdale. Bless the backward fools.
Arthritic Toe
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I'm afraid you must have had rose-tinted earoles in those early years. It is a very sad and shameful fact that when black players first started to appear more widely in the game, during the late 70s, but were still something of a rare sight, monkey noises from the terraces were commonplace. The North stand was not imune from this.
Coloured? Was he wearing face paint, Adam Ant style?
Hillian1
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I was going to post something similar. We used to stand to the left of the goal on the North about half way up and it was quite common during the early eighties. I wouldn't go as far to say rife but it was certainly there.
Betfair Bozo
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfDzoGOXodI&feature=relmfu&fmt=22
About nine and a half mins in. You can see two bananas being kicked off the pitch by Donny players and another landing near Moore. Certainly less than I remembered it being though so may have been just one or two kids as has been suggested.
About nine and a half mins in. You can see two bananas being kicked off the pitch by Donny players and another landing near Moore. Certainly less than I remembered it being though so may have been just one or two kids as has been suggested.