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For anyone who might be interested, the launch do for my new book 'Eric & Dave - A Lifetime of Football and Friendship' takes place on Sunday 2nd October at the Denton Island Bowls Club in Newhaven, Sussex, kick off at 2pm. Long story short - 'Eric & Dave' is the remarkable story of Eric Gill...

Unfortunately the launch do for my new book 'Eric & Dave - A Lifetime of Football and Friendship', originally due to take place this Sunday (25th Sept) at Denton Island Bowls Club, Newhaven, has had to be postponed until Sunday 2nd October (as the Dave in question tested positive for Covid...

A date for your diaries. The launch do for my new book 'Eric & Dave - A Lifetime of Football and Friendship' will be held on Sunday 25th September at Denton Island Bowls Club, Newhaven, Sussex, BN9 9BA, kicking off at 2pm. Long story short - 'Eric & Dave' is the remarkable story of Eric Gill...

Hi all, Seagulls Over London are holding their final gathering of 2018 tomorrow (Thurs) evening. I'm billed as special guest but the star-turns are undoubtedly ex-Albion goalkeeper Brian Powney and defender Ian 'Reggie' Goodwin who will join me to talk about my new book 'Bloody Southerners' and...

Greetings all, Spencer Vignes here - sports writer, author, Albion match day programme scribe, NSC member, etc. I'm also an Albion fan whose adopted home city is Cardiff - very convenient for this weekend, in other words. That in mind, I thought some of you planning on staying over in Cardiff...

I just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who made the time and effort to attend the launch bash for my new book 'Bloody Southerners' at the Caxton Arms in Brighton last Thursday. Great to meet so many old friends, make some new ones & generally talk bollocks with likeminded Albion fans...

Hi all, Just a reminder that the launch bash for my new Albion book 'Bloody Southerners' is next Thursday, 18th October, at the excellent Caxton Arms in Brighton, kick off 6.30pm. Everyone welcome. Peter O'Sullivan, Andy Rollings, Ian 'Reggie' Goodwin, Gary Williams & other ex-players all...

Greetings all, Spencer Vignes here - journalist, author & the guy who writes most of the retro stuff in Albion's match day programme. I'll cut straight to the chase. I've got a new book coming out on Thursday 18th October. Published by Biteback, 'Bloody Southerners' is about Brian Clough and...

Greetings one and all, Looking for the answer to an Albion-related question. Back in the seventies, our former chairman Mike Bamber ran a club/restaurant either in or around Ringmer. Can anyone remember what it was called (and I need the exact wording if possible, as it's for a piece I'm...

Hi there, Just to let you know that the Newcastle United edition of Seagull will be focusing on the 1983/84 season when Albion found themselves back in the second tier following four years in the old First Division and a matter of months after an FA Cup Final. We only finished ninth that...

Howdy, Just to let you know that the Ipswich Town edition of Seagull will be focusing on the 1988/89 season when Albion had just won promotion back to what is now the Championship from what was then Division Three. The league table that season has us finishing a lowly 19th, but that doesn't...

Howdy all, Just to let you know that the Burton Albion edition of Seagull will be focusing on the 1975/76 season when Peter Taylor - as in Brian Clough's right hand man as opposed to the Withdean one - was still boss of the Albion. Taylor cut his managerial teeth at Burton so this particular...

Howdy all and a Happy Christmas to everyone, Just to let you know that the QPR edition of Seagull on the 27th will be focusing on the 1982/83 season when we achieved the unique double of an FA Cup Final and relegation from the top flight. This one was almost impossible to write because so much...

Howdy, Just to let you know that Friday night's edition of Seagull for the visit of Leeds will be focusing on the 1995/96 season when Albion's off-field plight started making the news way beyond Sussex borders. Highlights on the field were few and far between as Albion were relegated to the...

Howdy, Just to let you know that Saturday's edition of Seagull for the visit of Fulham will be focusing on the 1990/91 season when Albion, against all expectations, came within 90 minutes of a return to the top flight via the play-offs. To be honest most of us were expecting a relegation...

Howdy, Just to let you know that Friday's edition of Seagull for the visit of Aston Villa will be focusing on the 1971/72 season when both the Albion and Villa were in the old Third Division (today's League One, you whippersnappers). Ultimately Villa won the league with us finishing...

Greetings all, Just to say that you are all invited to the launch of my new book Lost In France on Friday 18 November. The only catch, for those of you resident in God's own county, is it's in my adoptive home of Cardiff (at Octavo's book shop on West Bute Street, down the Bay, from 6pm). Now...

Howdy, Just to let you know that Saturday's edition of Seagull for the visit of Norwich will be focusing on the 1976/77 season when Albion, under Alan Mullery's guidance, won promotion from the old Third Division in a blizzard of goals (we scored a ridiculous 63 at home in the league - SIXTY...

Howdy, Just to let you know that Tuesday night's edition of Seagull for the visiting of Wolves will be focusing on the 1984/85 season when Albion, under Chris Cattlin's guidance, missed out on promotion to the top flight by a couple of points (one more win, given Manchester City's superior goal...

Greetings all, Just to let you know that Saturday's edition of Seagull for the visiting of Preston will be focusing on the 1964/65 season, when an Albion side featuring the ex-Spurs and England legend Bobby Smith won promotion from what used to be Division Four, or League Two in today's money...