Withdean - what's left of it...

[Storer 68]

Wow, that was quick.

a couple of screwdrivers and easier to to dsmantle than Palace's defence this season

 

[Storer 68]

For this reason alone there should be some sort of statue/plaque/monument erected there with the clubs record whilst playing there. In years to come Withdean needs to be remembered as the place where the Albion began it's rise from the ashes of the 3 barstewards legacy and our league record whilst there is nothing short of miraculous, it shouldn't just be left with no lasting legacy of the Albion.

there is STILL no mention of BHAFC at the Goldstone Retail Park

 

[Man of Harveys]

This is the point which is most baffling.

Considering we had spent 95 years at The Goldstone Ground with just six promotions (and only two championships) to our name, you look back at Withdean - especially given the state the club was in when we arrived there, and by far an inferior set-up in just about every way - and think 'How the bloody hell did that happen?'

This. And I know it's far easier to say from having enjoyed my privileged position in the North stand but I loved the place: I loved its weird setting, the trees, the walk down the muddy path to get there, the fact that you saw hugely rich directors queueing to get into a portakabin, everything.

I've always said that, even more than other sites of other former football grounds, people will look at Withdean in years to come and think "they actually played West Ham/Man City/Sunderland etc here, in front of 7-8000 people?" It'll seem laughably improbable by then.

 

[Storer 68]

This. And I know it's far easier to say from having enjoyed my privileged position in the North stand but I loved the place: I loved its weird setting, the trees, the walk down the muddy path to get there, the fact that you saw hugely rich directors queueing to get into a portakabin, everything.

I've always said that, even more that the sites of other former football grounds, people will look at Withdean in years to come and think "they actually played West Ham/Man City/Sunderland etc here, in front of 7-8000 people?" It'll seem laughably improbable by then.

It seemed laughably improbable then!

 

[Publius Ovidius]

actually we have had loads of success and failures at withers, but games like Chesterfield and Swindon will go down in the memory as the best of times

 

[public school boy]

Can you take photos each week to keep us updated?

i could do that but you might have to wait till next season before I work out how to up load them.

 

[Gangsta]

I for one am quite sad in a "thank f*** it's over" sort of way

Your quote above came to mind this afternoon when I passed a lorry carrying some of the toilet blocks up Valley Drive...

 

[Spun Cuppa]

I might go and watch a Whitehawk game there next season, sitting in the North Stand. I'll be able to turn towards the bloke nearest me and warble, 'OI, MATE!!!...'

 

[DT Withdean]

Amazing how with that tiny makeshift ground, we achieved all those promotions in that era.