[Albion] Your memories of Brighton & Hove Albion v Crystal Palace.

[Psychobilly freakout]

My first game was away at Palace April 1985 - 15 years old travelled down from Wigan on my own, knew no one, stood next to a Brighton fan a couple of years older than me wearing a cream argyle cardigan and smoked a pipe. I also remember a 16 hole cherry red Doc Marten skinhead being arrested and walked past our supporters. Apart from that I don't remember too much about the game.
Favourite memory was the St Patricks day massacre was excellent.
Second favourite was the McShane header 1-0 away, that was bedlam in the stands when that went in.
Least favourite was the FFs Murray, that really hurt.

You got any ?

Saw this on the interweb, apparently it is Brighton v Palace, but before my time.

 

[Is it PotG?]

My one and only visit to the East, front row halfway for the FA Cup fixture mid '70s.

 

[BevBHA]

Only managed to get a ticket once at Selhurst. The Knockaert goal 1-2 game. Haven’t done it again since as I thought that day could not be topped.

 

[Right Back]

5 penalties in one game. Would have gone on for hours with VAR.

 

[PHCgull]

I remember them doing the double over us last time, in 1932, shortly before Hitler achieved German citizenship

 

[TomandJerry]

Such a lovely bunch

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

First time I went away was when McShane claimed that fantastic own goal. Most prolonged goal celebration I've ever been a part of.

Special one off shirt with commemorative embroidery on it was in hindsight, totally tinpot.

 

[Mackenzie]

My second away trip (first was Portsmouth) was to Selhurst Park (27th March 1989). We lost 2-1 with Wright and Bright both scoring, Curbishley scored ours. It was the Kelvin Morton 5 penalties match.

I don't think the rivalry seemed as intense those days as it is now strangely, I quite happily got the train up wearing colours and wondered around amongst their fans without a word said. It didn't seem intimidating in the slightest.

My next game up there was a 5-0 loss which was about as inept as our loss against Luton last night, although I did manage to get through the police cordon to get back to the car which meant a quick getaway.

The last match up theirs was the McShane game which was brilliant (and unexpected). Really great atmosphere in the away end.

I think Saturdays game will be the first home match against Palace I've missed since I've been going to games, I think my favourite was the 3-1 when Andone scored that amazing solo goal.

 

[Garyoldfan]

A few years ago when I smashed somebodies fuckin head in.

 

[Seagull on the Hill]

Saw my first Palace match at the Goldstone on 12th January 1963, a 1-2 defeat
I was 10 years old and didn't have a clue where Crystal Palace hailed from.
Next game against them was August 1974, when Palace brought a decent following and there was a fair bit of trouble.
Favourite match against them is the 3-0 win on Boxing Day 1979, when Peter Ward ran rings around Jim Cannon.
Favourite match at Selhurst is the 1-0 win in 1975, when Barry Butiin scored very early.

 

[LANGDON SEAGULL]

My first trip to Selhurst was as a 10 year old in 1981 - a three nil win to the good guys. Think John Gregory got a couple . Lovely stuff

 

[faoileán]

1978 - away at Selhurst Park, about 45 minutes before KO. Big mob of Albion fans assembling on the higher level of terracing in the White Horse Road end when from one of the corners a gang of 20-25 skinheads come trooping across the lower terrace...bleached jeans, flight jackets and DMs, but no scarves. There were no skinheads in Brighton at the time and so en-masse about 200 Albion come pouring down the terrace kicking and punching as the skinheads fled onto the pitch, one of them going head-over-heels with his big cherry red DMs up in the air (for younger readers I should explain that there was virtually no attempt at segregation in those days, and so this type of scenario was a regular occurence. You had to keep your eyes and ears open to who you might be standing next to).

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Before 'trouble'. I was standing very close to the Palarse contingent on the NE terrace.

A couple of years later, my brother and I were caught by a mob of the divs throwing stones at us on the Croydon back streets, after a police stewarding debacle. And the stage was set....

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

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Before 'trouble'. I was standing very close to the Palarse contingent on the NE terrace.

A couple of years later, my brother and I were caught by a mob of the divs throwing stones at us on the Croydon back streets, after a police stewarding debacle. And the stage was set....

70 Fkn p !!

 

[carlzeiss]

Late 70's boxing day , after the match , on the way back to Hove station , a Palace fan being held in a front garden by a lone Police officer with his truncheon drawn waiting for back up while being surrounded by a mob of home fans is my earliest memory of the rivalry .

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Don't remember loads.

All I know is that I want us to win the game so much I feel a bit sick in the days and hours leading up to it.

McShane, Andone stand out on the up side.

The play off defeat stands as one of the grimmest moments of my football supporting life

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

The play off defeat stands as one of the grimmest moments of my football supporting life

Luckily for me I was in America for those two games, already pre-booked break.
At the time I was livid and wanted to stay and go to both games, thank baby Jebus I went.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Watching Palace celebrate like that in our home, with us having badly let ourselves down on the pitch and them spearheaded by a player who should have still have been ours, was truly horrific I never want to feel like that again

 

[Brovion]

My first Brighton v Palace game, 1975, a 1-0 away win at Selhurst Park. I went with my Dad, a Palace fan, and we sat with the Palace fans. Don't remember there being much of an atmosphere, but it was before the rivalry got properly going as this was pre-Mullery.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Hearing poor Gerry's leg snap