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Death in Grimsby – 50 Years Following Brighton and Hove Albion now published in paperback This is the generic press release which details what this is all about: BRIGHTON & Hove Albion FC were founded in 1901 and for all but six seasons of their 118 year existence have played their football...

As some of you may know I was a newspaper journalist for 28 years (an editor for about 15 of those years). I took early retirement in 2013 following a nervous breakdown, and since then run my own publishing and editing company. Anyway, to cut a long story short… my last client was a lovely...

FAO Brovion (sorry Tim but your NSC account won't accept PMs And anyone else who attended Boundstone in the early and mid 1970s - Hungry Joe? Reunion planned here: https://m.facebook.com/groups/280404965798066

It was 50 years ago today... well two days ago: https://seagullnic.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/a-day-and-a-life-following-the-albion-with-a-little-help-from-a-friend/ Lost a few good friends along the way, but still Albion till I die.

Can anybody help me with a bit of research? My first Albion game was on 2 September 1967 – a 1-0 home win against Bury at the Goldstone in front of 13,413. I can remember loads about the day (I was just 11) including the fact that Bury were captained by Bobby Collins who ran the show until we...

On Sunday. Think, for those who are of a certain age - and certainly anyone who is a parent - that grey day in 1996 will have touched us all. As a Brighton exile, living and working very close to Dunblane at the time, it always remains with me. Maybe, the ONLY positive to come out of that day...

Obviously we need to pick up as many points as we can, but Wolves could be key to our automatic promotion ambitions. They are my local club (I live less than a mile from Molineux) and having taken 4 points off us this season, they are currently lying 13th in the table with little to play for...

I wonder how many other fans of David Bowie or Lou Reed, or even 1970's music in general, are aware of this. Must admit it took a while to sink in.... The tragedy of Lou Reed’s Transformer: https://seagullnic.wordpress.com/2016/01/20/goodnight-legends-goodnight

I have been an Albion supporter since 1967 and a member of NSC in its various forms since 2001. So I hope Bozza and the duty Mods will allow me this one post: I left Sussex (Mile Oak, Hove and Lancing) when I was 22 years old. Other than fleeting visits to relations and my lifelong obsession...

Back from Blackpool and what an incredible day! I took part in the march and protest and met many fans from other clubs and shook hands with too many Blackpool fans to count. Sadly, I missed the pitch/invasion sit-in as I refused to enter the ground on the basis that Oyston was not having any...

I am helping with a research paper on the history, integration and impact of black footballers in British professional football. There is plenty of statistical information, but looking for my primary source stuff... such as first hand accounts and memories. The first black footballer I can...

Something Ernest said in the thread about NSC Posters from the Dim and Distant, about the number who have died over the past 14 years. Before I get flamed, do we have a Forum or dedicated thread on NSC to remember these past friends? We all remember Ricky Marlowe's Hairpiece (Robert Eaton), but...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/10944652/Tory-MP-allegedly-found-with-child-porn-in-1980s-faced-no-charges-police-told.html Strangely the senior MP / Cabinet Minister involved is named in the Telegraph piece, just 12 hours after my radio interview in which I hinted at the fact I...

For the attention of all NSC regulars – particularly those who were active between 2003 and 2005. Many of you were there for me during my personal troubles, first with my descent in alcoholism (there is a bloody long thread about it somewhere on here) and later my marriage break-up. More...

I belong to a Bob Dylan fan/info feed... this came up this morning. Either our former star Andrea Orlandi is a big Bob Dylan fan or someone else entirely, but the Shoots in The Dark comment is intriguing. https://www.facebook.com/NOTHINGbutDYLAN?fref=photo

When I started supporting the Albion in the 1960s we were definitely a Mid Table Mediocrity club. Usually well safe from relegation, but never really promotion material… just another 3rd Division team. There has been a lot of gnashing of teeth in the past week over our failure against Derby, the...

http://seagullnic.wordpress.com/2014/05/15/poem-goldstone-memories/ Happy but very distant times. Sadly Charlie Livesey has passed away, but believe the rest of my heroes are still with us.

There has been quite a debate raging on the Derby thread on who can beat who in the play offs, who has the strongest side and who has the best form etc. Our progress over the past three seasons is quite stunning in terms of how we perform against the top six clubs. 2011/2012 2 wins and 6...

This really moved me to tears. Bound to divide opinion on the death penalty, but this man is to be executed for robbery alone - he did not commit the murder. But that is the law in some US states. http://seagullnic.wordpress.com/2014/03/05/the-answer-my-friend-is-blowin-in-the-wind/