Fans United - 8 February 1997

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Me

Jul 5, 2003

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Southwick

• Feb 8, 2015

• #1

18 years ago today.

Brighton & Hove Albion 5-0 Hartlepool United

 

Barry Izbak

U.T.A.

Dec 7, 2005

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Lancing By Sea

• Feb 8, 2015

• #2

Quite the most extraordinary day that was. Still brings a tear to the eye.

 

Megazone

On his last warning

Jan 28, 2015

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Northern Hemisphere.

• Feb 8, 2015

• #3

You should only ever look back to see how far you've come. Great video.

What a long journey it's been but yet it still only feels like a few years ago!

 

atfc village

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Mar 28, 2013

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Lower Bourne .Farnham

• Feb 8, 2015

• #4

Hartlepool were such a poor side that day.

 

dejavuatbtn

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Aug 4, 2010

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Henfield

• Feb 8, 2015

• #5

Barry Izbak said:

Quite the most extraordinary day that was. Still brings a tear to the eye.

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Absolutely and a great reminder to all who hear the call from those clubs who supported us at that time. It's a pity that one fan's comment that football is nothing without the fans - I get the impression that the big boys in the Sky wouldn't have a problem with empty grounds provided their money kept coming in.

 

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Brovion

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Jul 6, 2003

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• Feb 8, 2015

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Ha! Unless someone else wants to lay claim to it I do believe that's me in the first photo behind the 'save' with my son on my shoulders. My daughter is the slightly mournful-looking girl on my right.

 

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Hampster Gull

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Dec 22, 2010

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• Feb 8, 2015

• #7

What a day. Can remember it pretty well, including the fog

 

BRIGHT ON Q

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Jul 5, 2003

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• Feb 8, 2015

• #8

We'll never be defeated.....amazing day

 

Return of the Rev

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Flitting between the county league and mates rates

• Feb 8, 2015

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Hampster Gull said:

What a day. Can remember it pretty well, including the fog

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Spent a couple of hours painting a protest slogan on the grass bank down at the waterhall the night before! Blooming fog completely obscured it on the day Still see the aftermath of one of the archer out poster on a road sign as you leave the a27 for the hove turn off

 

Barry Izbak

U.T.A.

Dec 7, 2005

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Lancing By Sea

• Feb 8, 2015

• #10

Return of the Rev said:

Spent a couple of hours painting a protest slogan on the grass bank down at the waterhall the night before! Blooming fog completely obscured it on the day Still see the aftermath of one of the archer out poster on a road sign as you leave the a27 for the hove turn off

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It lasted for weeks after though

More than my Motorway Bridge signs did. They were torn down (thanks to Belotti's instructions) within 24 hours each time. What a cock

 

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Brovion

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• Feb 8, 2015

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When Attila first read me his poem 'Goldstone Ghosts' I laughed at the couplet "And when our new home's built and we are storming back, a bunch of happy fans without a care" I said, "Naa, no matter how good it gets we'll still find things to moan about!"

Thinking about Fans Utd does put our current troubles into perspective. That's NOT a 'moan about the moaners' btw; 1997 can't be used as a frame of reference for absolutely everything and people have a perfect right to let off steam and vent their frustration at our current small slide backwards, but still ... It makes ya think.