Who took you to your first Brighton game...

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darkwolf666

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Nov 8, 2015

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Sittingbourne, Kent

• Aug 21, 2017

• #101

My best mates dad, for my best mates birthday "treat".

March 5th, 1969, a thrilling 0-0 draw against Plymouth Argle in Division Three - sat in the West Stand, if my memory serves me right, on bench seats.

The bug was caught and nearly 50 years later I'm still going, which is more than I can say for said mate who buggered off to Australia!

 

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1234andcounting

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Mar 31, 2008

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• Aug 21, 2017

• #102

LamieRobertson said:

if the score was a one all draw then thats the same game as me

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It wasn't. It was a 1-0 defeat. It was good preparation for the next 50 years tho.

 

whitelion

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Dec 16, 2003

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Southwick

• Aug 21, 2017

• #103

A neighbour - boy a bit older than me when I was six

 

Worried Man Blues

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Feb 28, 2009

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Swansea

• Aug 21, 2017

• #104

My dad circa 1964 all I can remember is that my feet were freezing. We were sitting down. Got the bug when I went with school friends in the North Stand in 1968.

 

The Sock of Poskett

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Jun 12, 2009

2,802

• Aug 21, 2017

• #105

My dad - early 70s (maybe 72?) v Northampton Town. Think it was 2-2 and Fred Binney scored.

 

pastafarian

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Sep 4, 2011

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Sussex

• Aug 21, 2017

• #106

Some of these reminiscences are wonderful, there is something about football and your club handed down by ones elders or loved ones that makes the love and passion of your club so special……….its something the remote control and sofa brigade will never have, never understand. or comprehend
Cherish it and the memories and pass this passion on to the next generation.

 

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The Birdman

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Nov 30, 2008

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Haywards Heath

• Aug 21, 2017

• #107

The Birdman said:

My uncle Cyril 1963

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this was the last game of the season that I remember.
My Dad didint take me has he was usual on Duty

 

Norman Potting

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Nov 5, 2006

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Sussex, Sussex not by the sea and actually nearer

• Aug 21, 2017

• #108

Guy and Colin, I may even have driven. New Year's Day 1983 uninspiring 1-1 draw v Watford but I did see Ward score. 30+ Years later we are all still going and with teenage offspring as well.

 

Albion my Albion

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Indiana, USA

• Aug 21, 2017

• #109

Two of my older brothers

 

Nobby

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Sep 29, 2007

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• Aug 21, 2017

• #110

My Dad 1966
Sat in the South Stand seats behind the terrace and the goal with my Grandparents who had season tickets
Also various Uncles Aunties etc
Never forget the green of the pitch and Kit Napier's goals

 

Jam The Man

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Jul 5, 2003

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South East North Lancing

• Aug 21, 2017

• #111

My Grandad - 94 next week
It was a 2-0 win against Palace in April 1987 and I believe was Barry Lloyd's first win as manager. Danny Wilson and Darren Hughes scored

 

Official Old Man

Uckfield Seagull

Aug 27, 2011

8,530

Brighton

• Aug 21, 2017

• #112

Tried to rack my brain for this one. It was that famous game V Aston Villa back in 1972 (I was 16). North Stand so it wasn't my Dad or Uncle, my Dad buying me a season ticket in the South a few years later. So it must have been my cousin who is a few years older than me. We stuck together up until 1979 when the dream ended and we lost interest.

 

Gritt23

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Jul 7, 2003

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Meopham, Kent.

• Aug 21, 2017

• #113

The dad of a school friend (Lee Wilkins) took me to Brighton 2-4 Norwich back in October 1979. Then my second game, and first WIN was courtesy of my brother over Christmas, when we saw us smash Man City 4-1!

Happy days.

 

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Jameson

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Jul 7, 2003

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The beautiful Yorkshire Dales

• Aug 21, 2017

• #114

Albion in the north said:

The guy who lived across the road. Drove to Heathfield and got the supporters bus. 1976. Don't remember who we played but it was the first time I had a meat pie and a bovril.

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Whites Coaches of Heathfield. They were the days!


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Gazz15

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May 13, 2014

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Newhaven

• Aug 21, 2017

• #115

My dad, uncle and cousin. Had just moved to the Sussex coast the week before. 15th April 1970.... Albion 1 Mansfield 2 last game of the season.

Battle of Britain was on at the main cinema, as we drove through Queens Road.

 

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beakyburn

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• Aug 21, 2017

• #116

Morvangull said:

My dad took me in 1958, first season in the old second division. Don;t remember the game but do know that he had made a stool for me to stand on and we watched from the 'chicken run'. He took me quite regularly after that and I paricularly remember the Fulham game when the record crowd of 37,000 thousand plus was recorded and we won 3-1

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Just before you. Dad took me in 1957. Had a stool to stand on too. 60 years this year. Seen it all.

 

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topbanana36

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Dec 29, 2007

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New Zealand

• Aug 21, 2017

• #117

My dad RIP his only time. Brighton v Man Utd 1979 0-0 what a dull game that was for an 8 year old

 

Durlston

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Haywards Heath

• Aug 21, 2017

• #118

Great thread this (along with the whores).

They say you never forget the date or details of your first ever football match, or your virginity.

 

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thedevonseagull

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Apr 27, 2017

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North Devon

• Aug 21, 2017

• #119

My Dad, can't remember exactly what game, but it was 1976 and we stood in the West Stand. He made me a wooden crate to stand on and painted it blue and white.

 

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stevie17

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Oct 29, 2014

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Hertfordshire

• Aug 21, 2017

• #120

my father august 77 (cant believe its 40 years ago) it was v cambridge utd league cup think we won 3-1 ..peter ward was playing.