[Albion] The scoreline at your first ever Brighton game

Peter Grummit

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Lewes

• Oct 23, 2017

• #141

1-1 v Port Vale 16th October 1971. West Stand seats, near the back. Age 8. Promotion season.

Nobby Horton was playing for Vale (I recently discovered).

PG

 

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Deano's Right Foot

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Barcombe

• Oct 23, 2017

• #142

Albion 1 Boro 1 - 1967

 

daveybgtt

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North Sompting

• Oct 23, 2017

• #143

No idea? I can't be the only one..........

 

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MisterE

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• Oct 23, 2017

• #144

home win against Watford 6-0 - 1958 - Adrian Thorn scored 5 - promoted

 

JJ McClure

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Hassocks

• Oct 23, 2017

• #145

Brighton 1 Arsenal 2
FA Cup
1988 (I think)
Perry Groves scored and I always hated him after that.

 

Elvis

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Viva Las Hove

• Oct 23, 2017

• #146

Whilst at home to Southampton on Sunday I will spare a thought of my first game. It will be actually 40 years ago to the day. A 4-0 win against Cardiff. Standing on a milk crate on the chicken run I was mesmerised by the atmosphere to my right, that wonderful North Stand. It would be a few years until I made it my permanent home. I suppose that was the story of many of us, starting on the chicken run until we migrated to our spiritual home.

The build up to the game was to become a familiar past time. Standing outside The Stadium pub with a bottle of coke and a packet of salt n shake. Its just a shame that most of my family members who were propping up the bar are no longer with us.

 

Badger

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Toronto

• Oct 23, 2017

• #147

Albion 1-2 Derby (15th April 1992)

I only went to 2 matches at The Goldstone, this defeat and a 0-0 against Oxford (I think).

 

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Hugh Jorgan

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Brighton

• Oct 23, 2017

• #148

Brighton 1 Stoke City 1
December 1988

 

Hamilton

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Brighton

• Oct 23, 2017

• #149

2-2 at home to Blackburn in the rain.

 

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Rovert_Fugazi

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• Oct 23, 2017

• #150

3-1 Gillingham 1969

 

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Betfair Bozo

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• Oct 23, 2017

• #151

3-0 v Bristol Rovers April 1979.

 

FamilyGuy

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Crawley

• Oct 23, 2017

• #152

3-0 at home to Wolves, a Tuesday evening in or about 1981

 

Hove Seagull

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Havant

• Oct 23, 2017

• #153

Icy Gull said:

Had to look up the date - February 24 1976 and found a match report

Brighton 2 Palace 0

Crowd that even The Amex can't match with a full house of 33000 at the Goldstone


https://thegoldstonewrap.com/tag/sammy-morgan/

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Mine too. I was just 11. North Stand with my dad, uncle and cousin.

 

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kiwigull

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2-1 win v Gillingham, Boxing Day, 2004 at the Withdean

 

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kroqq

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• #155

0-4. Arsenal at home. Aug 18 1979.

 

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cjd

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La Rochelle

• Oct 23, 2017

• #156

2 - 0 v Aldershot Town

13th March 1965....glorious sunny day.

 

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Joe Gatting's Dad

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Way out west

• Oct 23, 2017

• #157

Norwich City F A Cup replay in the fifties - midweek afternoon at Goldstone - early kick-off as we did not have any floodlights. One shilling children's entrance on east terrace. Lost two-one!

 

DarrenFreemansPerm

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Shoreham

• Oct 23, 2017

• #158

Brighton 2-0 Preston NE

5th September 1992. North Stand.

 

el punal

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Bitterne,Southampton. In the land of wrong stripes

• Oct 23, 2017

• #159

Barry Izbak said:

Brighton & Hove Albion 2 Barrow 0

Which according to Tim's History book was a Third Division fixture played in front of over 21,000 fans.
September 1969

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You're right about the attendance, but I think it was a cunning ploy by the club to sell tickets for the Wolves League Cup tie which was to be played the following Wednesday. So a nice incentive to add 10,000 more to the gate than otherwise would have have been expected.

 

Tim Over Whelmed

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Arundel

• Oct 23, 2017

• #160

Really struggling here, I know I went to a bloody freezing match aged six (according to my Mum, she was with us all and remembers it was A TREAT for my 6th Birthday, bloody funny family I've got). So would have been Brighton 0 v 0 Swindon, no doubt a classic!

First game I really remember was when I started going on the supporters bus from Horsham in 1972/73 season and saw either Brighton v Bristol City or Sunderland at the start of the season and then went regular from 1973, sure I remember Millwall that year also, but for very different reason as a eleven year old!