[Albion] 2024/25 Albion Outstanding Contribution Award: Dick Knight

[Flounce]

It’s a bit early to be peeling onions

 

[amexer]

A great night, I had to tell more lies than Donald Trump to get him there , but a fitting award to the legend that is Dick Knight

Very well done. Blow any football highlights etc that is the best video by miles to be shown for years. It should be a permant fixture on club website

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Absolutely lovely moment and so well deserved. The video package was superb. Hopefully this builds some bridges between Dick and Tony, was lovely to see them shake hands.

 

[el punal]

Reconciliation?

One would hope.

 

[Mustafa II]

We owe everything to Dick Knight.

Not taking anything away from what Tony Bloom has done/is doing - but without Dick Knight, none of it would be possible. There would be no Falmer Stadium, and in all likelihood, no BHAFC as we know it.

What he did was incredible. Not only did he keep the club alive on life-support, but this period was also the most successful in its history, in terms of silverware.

I really do think we should have, and would love to see, a statue of him at the Amex.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Hope the club put the segment on the website as many younger fans will not the awareness of them days

They should play it at home matches right before "it gets better, and better, and better". I'll be a blubbering wreck.

 

[Rambo]

Really pleased to see Dick get the recognition he deserves.

 

[Official Old Man]

Whilst watching it I was expecting something at the end of the presentation to Dick that went along the lines of 'and we're going to call the new xxx, Dicks xxx'. Having his name over the counter in the north concourse just isn't enough.

 

[portslade seagull]

Totally deserved his reward. The great man stepped in when the club had been put on life support by those leeches in charge without him it would've died.

 

[Hotchilidog]

Build a f**king Statue....that's the post

 

[Hotchilidog]

Whilst watching it I was expecting something at the end of the presentation to Dick that went along the lines of 'and we're going to call the new xxx, Dicks xxx'. Having his name over the counter in the north concourse just isn't enough.

I actually think having Dick Knight recognised where the heartbeat of the Albion support are is quite fitting personally. I think this more appropriate than a tucked away bland airport lounge

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Whilst watching it I was expecting something at the end of the presentation to Dick that went along the lines of 'and we're going to call the new xxx, Dicks xxx'. Having his name over the counter in the north concourse just isn't enough.

Aren’t there plans to refurbish the north stand concourse over the close season which will see a new bar area built? That will become Dicks Bar rather than just a kiosk as it is now.

Having his name live on via a club award is also a very fitting gesture to the great man.

 

[Giraffe]

Very touching video. There really does need to be a statue of Dick Knight and then in time Tony Bloom.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

A striding colossus of sport in Sussex.

The first time I saw Dick was at the fans meeting at Hove town hall. I'd been to a few such "what are we going to do" type meetings at the Concorde, but this was the first one which didn't make me feel worse than when I went in. At the time the situation was so desperate that my memory is that lots of Brighton fans were more interested in taking shots at each other than working out a way forward.

In strides Dick. He lays down a vision so compelling, the normally fractious fan base just sat there open mouthed. Then he passed the mic to the man on his left. Martin Perry just exuded competence and professionalism in the way the chancers before could never do. It was the perfect combination of a "vision" guy and a "how are we going to put this into practice" guy.

Finally after years of despair, factions, bickering, bad faith actors and just general chaos, finally, there was a leader, someone we could get behind, someone could could offer us a shot, even if a long shot, of salvation.

I've always been sad that Bloom and Knight had this bad blood. I guess once you've had the control and adulation Dick had, it's hard to give it up and I don't doubt he could be a difficult person. But both love the club and i'm delighted that this has been enough to bring them back to this point in the end

 

[METALMICKY]

I've got something in my eye

 

[Seagull Stew]

I really do think we should have, and would love to see, a statue of him at the Amex.

But naming a stand after him would not be appropriate. Great bit of humour from Dick!

 

[Cordwainer]

Apologies for the very much JCL question, but what is the issue(s) between DK and TB?

 

[Bozza]

Apologies for the very much JCL question, but what is the issue(s) between DK and TB?

Bottle tops.

 

[Flounce]

Two very strong willed leaders can’t work alongside each other

But thank God for both of them!

 

[Basil Fawlty]

A poignant moment in our history last night, the infighting has been finally put a line across. The rumours and hear say put to bed, I definitely wasn't crying last night.

Yes I was.....