Uncle Bill and cousin Robin were great football fans and they took me to my first match at the Goldstone age 7. After that my Dad was a messenger for the Albion's bankers (the job doesn't exist anymore - he used t take money to the bank's 'important' customers who couldn't be arsed to go to the...
My first Goldstone visit with my Dad in the fifties. At that time all goalkeepers wore green jerseys except for internationals when they wore yellow. Eric Gill (the Albion GK, not the other one) wore a white jumper on that day. I always liked a rebel...
I was there - remember a Kent policeman bussed in to police the conference tried to get us to move on. A mature lady next to me took him to task and he rapidly backed away and left us to it.
I remember (along with many others I suspect) saying who??? when he was our first premier league signing. Then he scored our first goal! Upwards and upwards since then. Pascal - thanks for the memories and good luck for the future.
Last night seemed very much the tactics that worked in Primary School - pick the eleven best players (in the coach's opinion) no matter where they played and hoof the ball as far as possible into the opponent's half. Didn't seem to work last night though...