[Football] Stuff that never happens in football anymore

[Paxton Dazo]

Streakers.

Have we ever had one at the Albion?

Not a streaker, but I remember being at Southend (a) first game of the season (2000/2001?) and a Brighton fan ran on the pitch and scored a goal in front of the away end.

Anyone else remember that? He may even post on here.

 

[METALMICKY]

Keepers taking a goal kick from the same side of the goal it went out instead of wandering around trying to decide then moving it again.

Why did they ever change that rule. That ability to choose now gives more opportunity to time waste

 

[WATFORD zero]

Players running out from the tunnel then jumping to head an imaginary ball.

I've read this thread a few times and although some others are good, this always stands out as

THIS

 

[Bodian]

I've read this thread a few times and although some others are good, this always stands out as

THIS

If 'they' get their way, headers will be a thing of the past - let alone imaginary ones

 

[WATFORD zero]

If 'they' get their way, headers will be a thing of the past - let alone imaginary ones

Imaginary ones will always be part of my football memories and I'll bore the shit out of people talking about them and what it was like when I were a lad.

If 'they' get their way, ban headers and stop large numbers of people suffering from brain injuries going forward, I think I'll back 'them' all the way. Sorry

 

[jcdenton08]

Imaginary ones will always be part of my football memories and I'll bore the shit out of people talking about them and what it was like when I were a lad.

If 'they' get their way, ban headers and stop large numbers of people suffering from brain injuries going forward, I think I'll back 'them' all the way. Sorry

If you even pretend to head a football nowadays they’ll put you in prison

 

[AlbionBro]

Players caked in thick mud.

 

[GT49er]

Reliant Robins parked by a corner flag

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That's not a Reliant Robin!

 

[GT49er]

Back passes to the goalies - who couldn't carry the ball, but had to bounce it every three paces.
Goalies drop-kicking the ball (or kicking from the hand) as far upfield as they could.
Short shorts and thighs glistening with horse linament (or Ralgex or whatever sort of linament it was).
Goalies with peaked caps.
Rolled-up 'Pink 'uns' poking through from two rows behind you on the terrace and edging out of the way of the inevitable following steaming stream (or was that only on The Kop at Liverpool?)
Players numbered from 1 to 11.
Mullets and sideburns.

 

[bluenitsuj]

Brighton beating Charlton

 

[BN9 BHA]

Reliant Robins parked by a corner flag

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[POSKETT AT THE VALLEY]

Rattles. Kids standing on crates at the front. Smoking. Frozen pitches. Seagull charters.

 

[POSKETT AT THE VALLEY]

Rosettes

 

[wellquickwoody]

Away fan being led out of the home end whilst being restrained by coppers!

 

[allystrat]

Goalposts like these. Malta v England 1971.

 

[Baldseagull]

Motorcycle couriers grabbing rolls of film from pitch side photographers, so they could get the shots developed and in to the late edition Argus.
Always impressed me as a teenager that by the time I had got back to Brighton Station and bought a bag of chips from Sing Li, I could buy a paper with a write up and pictures of the game I had just watched.

 

[Swansman]

Motorcycle couriers grabbing rolls of film from pitch side photographers, so they could get the shots developed and in to the late edition Argus.
Always impressed me as a teenager that by the time I had got back to Brighton Station and bought a bag of chips from Sing Li, I could buy a paper with a write up and pictures of the game I had just watched.

Fascinating to think about how that would probably be entirely impossible today.

 

[Zeberdi]

When buying a 30 a season striker for £15m was a world transfer record (and there was only one transfer deadline to do it in)



and when your TV screen looked like this

 

[Swansman]

When buying a 30 a season striker for £15m was a world transfer record (and there was only one transfer deadline to do it in)

Still the most expensive transfer of all time if you consider what the market looked like at the time. Would pretty much be like someone buying a player for £300m today.

 

[Zeberdi]

Still the most expensive transfer of all time if you consider what the market looked like at the time. Would pretty much be like someone buying a player for £300m today.

If course but the poetic nuance of it looked good - and some subliminal false messaging of £15m for the ”let’s get a 20 a season striker fan club’ may have a perverse sort of balming effect along the lines of, ‘oh, that’s not unreachable for us‘