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Southend on New Year's Day (I think: might have been Boxing Day) at Withdean, anyone? A pitch of a standard so poor, even Charlton Athletic would have been embarrassed. Conceded an early goal and then spent the remaining 80 minutes or so chasing around pathetically, failing to score ourselves...

For those inclined to panic about the Albion's current position, just read those words again. "Clive Platt ran us ragged" :ohmy:

In the rain?

We used to sit in the South Stand at Withdean and gaze across at the house being built near the bottom of Valley Drive. Its progress seemed somewhat slow, and we often used to ponder which would get built first: the Albion's new stadium or that house. Astonishingly, given that we were at...

It's perfectly reasonable to have good memories of shit times. I remember the occasional unexpected victory against all the odds. The group of diehards travelling on the buses to the Pissfield. Scott McGleish's early appearances on our radar. Peter Smith's gangly unpredictability. Wendy's...