What is your "I was there" Albion occasion?

[Barrel of Fun]

Walsall at home first day of the season few years back, withdean, dire, lost 1-0, think they ended up with 9.....i was there!!!!

and look at us now

That was late September, I recall.

My old flatmate was in the away end texting me furiously.

In a way, I was quite pleased for Walsall. They played the perfect game and we were absolutely hopeless, deserved nothing. Pumping endless balls in to the area when they had accomplished giants at the back. Unreal that we then went on to beat Man City the following week.

 

[Grombleton]

Donny. A special day for so many reasons.

 

[Mattstrugnell]

hereford ...and banging my head on the ceiling when reinault scored

 

[pottert]

Probably the Swindon game. We deserved absolutely nothing out of those two games. The only moment that comes close to that euphoria when AV scored was probably WB's 2nd against Doncaster. I always felt we were going to win that game though for some reason, and the Virgo header came from basically nowhere.

I know what you mean although I think we played quite well in the first leg at Swindon with carpenter scoring the winner.
The return leg was dire we just sat back waiting for Swindon to score & even when they did to take te game to extra time nothing changed,so when Swindon scored again in extra time we all thought well that is that & then Adam Virgo arrived in the box in injury time in extra time to take the game to penalties and the rest is history.

 

[Plastic-Fantastic]

losing 8 - 2 at home to Bristol Rovers in 73/74 season

Nigel was on the bench that day as child I understand!

 

[severnside gull]

'63/4? - the Bobby Smith season
absolutely tonking Southend & Wisbech, in the space of a couple of weeks
Leatherhead in the cup & stuffings by eight goals v Northampton & Bristo
promotion to Division 1 then our first game v Arsenal
Wembley cup final (twice) v Man U
Hereford
staying up under salde & going up under Gus @ Walsall
Cardiff play off final (and Cardiff last season & this!)
the first 20 minutes against blackburn last week




got to be loads of others - the kids keep telling me how sad I am when I regale them with stories about Wally Gould & Kit Napier, Ward & Zamora...........

 

[Publius Ovidius]

FA cup run.

 

[Sam-]

Watford at home this season. Only joking, I was in my armchair that day.

 

[Davemania]

83. I was a kid but that first game was magical to me. WOW. Wembley.

That would have been my first ever Albion game but for my Auntie and Uncle setting that very same day as theyre wedding day so we were in Derbyshire instead. My dad has never forgiven them. Instead first game was the following season. I was there though last game at the goldstone and 91 wembley play off

 

[Stoo82]

I was there for the last and first Doncaster games.
I was there for the Hartlepool game.
I was there for fans united at Gillingham. (One of only two games I went to up there)
I drove past Withdean on our first game back in Brighton on my lunch break.
I was there when the protests took over the juntion outside the Hove Park Tav.

 

[Jambo Seagull]

Top of the table clash at White Hart Lane in 77/78
Anfield in the 5th round of the Cup Feb 83
Unfortunately I missed Highbury for the semi but went to every other tie in that cup run.

 

[Mungo_Jerry]

Day I came of age as an Albion fan was age 14 v Portsmouth in 1992 when we played them at home in one of last games of the season. It was properly spicy and I think from memory if they'd beaten us we'd have gone down that night but we won a squeaker 2-1 which sparked a mass pitch invasion at the end. Then we lost the next game away to Ipswich (who were Champs that year) and went down anyway.

 

[hitony]

Swindon Semi = awesome

Cardiff Mill Stad = Amazing

First game at The Amex v Doncaster probably the most emtional game I have and will ever attend!

Many games at The Goldstone to many to mention but they were all very memorable.

 

[pottert]

Day I came of age as an Albion fan was age 14 v Portsmouth in 1992 when we played them at home in one of last games of the season. It was properly spicy and I think from memory if they'd beaten us we'd have gone down that night but we won a squeaker 2-1 which sparked a mass pitch invasion at the end. Then we lost the next game away to Ipswich (who were Champs that year) and went down anyway.

I went to ipswich we would have gone down even if we had won I think Raphael Meade scored for us.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Away v Liverpool in '83 on the way to Wembley
FA Cup Semi Final at Highbury
Hereford Away
Play off finals

 

[El Sid]

Peter Ward's first goal.

 

[rdigs24]

Top 3 Ipswich 1991 to get into the play offs,Liverpool FA cup 1991 and Leicester away in 1994 ,Bottom 3 (we lost but the games are extremely memorable) Away at Middlesbrough in 93 got stuffed 5-0, Home to Cardiff at the Goldstone lost 5-3 and finally the 5-0 at palace said I'd never go to that hole again and there I was in December. All v memorable games

 

[SeagullSongs]

Erm, play-off final 2004.

I always seem to miss almost all of the great occasions.

 

[Simon Morgan]

Playoff final 04. Mcshane Palace. 4-0 Charlton win and Cardiff away last season were both very special

 

[Simon Morgan]

And of course Donny at Goldstone/Amex