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[Albion] First albion experience going with your mates to an away game and staying the night



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rebel51

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Jan 4, 2021
699
West sussex
Il have to say for me 85/86 season league game Fri night game at the odsall Bradford. Only 16, shady and dodgy as f*** outside ground. Stayed the night went out in bradford after game, in a strip joint and some bradford lads came all round us and said your coming with us and they made us feel like royalty, never brought a drink all night and they took us in clubs ending staying at a lads farm with all our head bags in tow. Went to man u v arsenal on Saturday with the bradford lad. There group of lads was part of a hooligan mob called the ointment, so we was lucky and got told we were brave staying in bradford after a game of theirs. A game that always will stick in my mind, don't even know if we won or lost.
 




Psychobilly freakout

Psychobilly freakout

HellBilly
Feb 23, 2009
23,040
Brighton factually.....
rebel51 said:
Il have to say for me 85/86 season league game Fri night game at the odsall Bradford. Only 16, shady and dodgy as f*** outside ground. Stayed the night went out in bradford after game, in a strip joint and some bradford lads came all round us and said your coming with us and they made us feel like royalty, never brought a drink all night and they took us in clubs ending staying at a lads farm with all our head bags in tow. Went to man u v arsenal on Saturday with the bradford lad. There group of lads was part of a hooligan mob called the ointment, so we was lucky and got told we were brave staying in bradford after a game of theirs. A game that always will stick in my mind, don't even know if we won or lost.
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07 Oct 1985Bradford City v Brighton and Hove AlbionL0-2League Cup
20 Dec 1985Bradford City v Brighton and Hove AlbionW3-2League Division Two
 




Official Old Man

Official Old Man

Uckfield Seagull
Aug 27, 2011
8,562
Brighton
Prior to this season I've only spent one away game 'overnight' and that was Burton Albion in 2017 and that was with my wife so I don't think that counts.
 


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Bodian

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May 3, 2012
11,860
Cumbria
The problem with staying away is always 'what do you do with your stuff?'

It's generally the night before I've stayed. Shrewsbury in the mid 1980s I remember well, as we went up the night before and spent the night playing darts in the pubs. Checked out of the B&B in the morning, and turned up at the ground with our bags, including sets of darts - asking where we could store them. They just let us in with them.

Much like the time a couple of us went to Headington on the way back from a working holiday, and I had a billhook in my rucksack. Stewards looked at the first few muddy clothes - said 'is it all like this' - and just let us in!
 




drew

drew

Drew
Oct 3, 2006
23,070
Burgess Hill
Bodian said:
The problem with staying away is always 'what do you do with your stuff?'

It's generally the night before I've stayed. Shrewsbury in the mid 1980s I remember well, as we went up the night before and spent the night playing darts in the pubs. Checked out of the B&B in the morning, and turned up at the ground with our bags, including sets of darts - asking where we could store them. They just let us in with them.

Much like the time a couple of us went to Headington on the way back from a working holiday, and I had a billhook in my rucksack. Stewards looked at the first few muddy clothes - said 'is it all like this' - and just let us in!
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In my experience, most B&Bs or hotels will hold your luggage until after the game. Not so much with Airbnbs.

My first overnighter was, I think, 1991, away to Middlesbrough. Drove to the game and then stayed overnight in Wakefield.
 


AZ Gull

AZ Gull

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Oct 14, 2003
11,750
Chandler, AZ
Bodian said:
The problem with staying away is always 'what do you do with your stuff?'

It's generally the night before I've stayed. Shrewsbury in the mid 1980s I remember well, as we went up the night before and spent the night playing darts in the pubs. Checked out of the B&B in the morning, and turned up at the ground with our bags, including sets of darts - asking where we could store them. They just let us in with them.
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It wasn't an overnight stay but...
I graduated from uni in the summer of 1990. It took me a while to figure out what I wanted to do next, so I was having job interviews from that autumn. One, in Loughborough, was on January 30 1991 - and after a draw at Anfield the previous weekend it was the day of the home FA Cup replay against Liverpool.
There was no way I was missing THAT game, and I was just able to make it by train in time - so I stood on the North Stand terraces in my usual position wearing a suit and with my briefcase between my legs. :lol:
 


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Gwylan

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Jul 5, 2003
31,341
Uffern
I have had quite a few weekends away, taking in a game with Mrs Gwylan (and the previous Mrs G); I go to the game, while they go shopping. I've only had one overnighter with mates - the FA Cup match at Bolton in 92, when Paul McCarthy gave away a penalty towards the end.

We stayed in a cheap, ramshackle pub and my mate who was driving got absolutely ratarsed and was in no fit state to drive back until the Sunday. We had a lot of time to kill on the Sunday
 






LamieRobertson

LamieRobertson

Not awoke
Feb 3, 2008
46,760
SHOREHAM BY SEA
rebel51 said:
Il have to say for me 85/86 season league game Fri night game at the odsall Bradford. Only 16, shady and dodgy as f*** outside ground. Stayed the night went out in bradford after game, in a strip joint and some bradford lads came all round us and said your coming with us and they made us feel like royalty, never brought a drink all night and they took us in clubs ending staying at a lads farm with all our head bags in tow. Went to man u v arsenal on Saturday with the bradford lad. There group of lads was part of a hooligan mob called the ointment, so we was lucky and got told we were brave staying in bradford after a game of theirs. A game that always will stick in my mind, don't even know if we won or lost.
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Interesting topic.

Erm “head bag”? 🤔
 










LANGDON SEAGULL

LANGDON SEAGULL

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Dec 9, 2004
3,424
Langdon Hills
LamieRobertson said:
Interesting topic.

Erm “head bag”? 🤔
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Eeyore

Eeyore

Colonel Hee-Haw of Queen's Park
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Apr 5, 2014
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My first overnight stay was in Newcastle before a match in 1990. We woke up after the evening out and the match had been postponed.

Ended up spending a mint just to watch Tottenham v Sunderland in London the following day.
 






jackalbion

jackalbion

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Aug 30, 2011
4,044
Newcastle away between Christmas and New Year 2017 0-0 draw. Remember meeting a very strange woman on a night out with Andy (the other guy) who said to her that her hair looked nice, and she said that was the nicest thing someone had said to her that Year, it was December 30th… won £50 in a Casino and bought everyone premier inn breakfast, easier times.
 




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The Optimist

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Apr 6, 2008
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Lewisham
Sunderland in the Championship when they were in a promotion season. Night out in Newcastle. Flew up, left our stuff at the airport storage as we couldn’t check in before the game. Met the team at the airport after the game and got some pictures with them.

Le Harve in a pre-season friendly. All of a sudden this woman started coming on really strong, at the bar I was warned she was €200 a night.
 


Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
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Oct 8, 2003
50,204
Faversham
Sheffield Wednesday 2004

Well, not with my mates, but with the GF.

In the evening we had tickets to see Icon of Coil at The Corporation. GF was tired so I went on my own. Hotel was nice. Bosh!

Epic!

 


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