[Albion] Your first away game watching The Albion

[Mackenzie]

Brighton v Kelvin Morton

Lost 2-1

 

[patchamalbion]

Lincoln in 2000/01, 1-0 down and won 3-1.

Scuffles in our end and after as 4/5 Lincoln fans jumped up and celebrated in our end after going 1 up. All very exciting for a 13 year old.

 

[Lenny Rider]

Back on topic, Manchester City away tomorrow brings back happy memories for me.
It was my first away game and I went along with my late Uncle Bob, a massive Albion fan, who had himself re located to Manchester for work, just as my father had done, shifting us up north (Wigan) also for work in 1982. I had found the move a little stressful and hated the north, so much at the time, I later had so much fun when I left school, moving into a student house in Rusholme in 86 until I moved to London in 91. Manchester was so much fun, the student clubs and gigs, the whole music scene was just sublime, some of my friends who I shared a house with still live in and around Manchester, it was a proper Psychobilly student house all of us southerners and we would take it in turns when our team was playing in the north to watch one of our teams together. So Manchester will always have a special place in my heart, I have gone off on a tangent sorry.

First Away game 23rd February 1984
Manchester City 2 Brighton & Hove Albion 0
attendance 20,227

I still have the programme.

from what I recall City played with us, and could have had more than just the two, we did wake up somewhat late on and I think Danny Wilson became my favourite player at the time because of how he played. It was somewhat a bit of disappointment to be honest, but as I have said previously, I later went on to watch a lot of Brighton games away in the north from 86 onwards and to be honest a defeat away was a regular occurrence around that time, with some particularly shocking results as well, which made me wonder why.

Anyway, there must be some cracking first away games stories, prey tell.





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Martin Keown's Albion and full league debut (one loan from Arsenal)

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

Martin Keown's Albion and full league debut (one loan from Arsenal)

Ah yes, I did knew that, I remember uncle Bob raving about him, saying he looked a class above.

 

[Hotchilidog]

Leyton Orient 0 Albion 2 in 2001, Brooker and Zamora scoring in front of that great open terrace.

My first year as a season ticket holder after moving DFL in 97.

 

[Sussax]

Leicester in the league. 0-0 if I remember around 2009/10 - Arrived late due to traffic and we were playing in a different kit if I recall, can’t remember anything about the game itself

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

Palace c1980 with Pat Mattews, the late Keith Hawkings and the brains behind the operation Martin Miller

 

[GT49er]

Aldershot, FA Cup, 1967. A fabulous 0-0 draw!

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

Leyton Orient 0 Albion 2 in 2001, Brooker and Zamora scoring in front of that great open terrace.

My first year as a season ticket holder after moving DFL in 97.

That was a great game, so good to get that Orient Hoodoo off our back that day, got absolutely slaughtered that night in Camden.

 

[Bozza]

The 1983 FA Cup semi-final. Does that count as away?

If not, this oft-discussed game/farce...

 

[Austrian Gull]

Wolves 2 Brighton 4 - was definitely an evening game in 89/90. Think we were 4-0 up within the first half-hour.

Home fans not particularly pleasant before or after!

 

[Wonbrow]

19/11/77 - Spurs 0-0
Att: 48,613
My Dad managed to get front row seats directly behind our away support; great memories

 

[CAPTAIN GREALISH]

Not a clue

 

[chaileyjem]

Palace (A) - FA Cup in 1976 . Except i can't remember if it was the Selhurst game or the Stamford Bridge game. My Dad took me and he can't remember either. I got lost after the game for 15 minutes (very scary) and remember eating a fantastic array of food in the back of the car that my mum had sorted (sausage rolls, crisps) on the way up having been picked up straight from school (very exciting).

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 05/10/68 lost 2:0. Went with my Uncle.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Not a clue

I have trouble remembering where I left my keys 2 minutes ago

 

[Adders1]

The 1983 FA Cup semi-final. Does that count as away?

If not, this oft-discussed game/farce...

I do love an 80s pitch in reverse mono!

 

[The Grockle]

Bournemouth away 95 or 96. Live cameras were there and there was lots of protests and a pitch invasion.

 

[Adders1]

Black ?
N

 

[spence]

Lost 1-0 at Leeds Road in the mid 80s