jonnyrovers
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My recently passed away father in law went and kept this memorabilia. Anyone out there remember the game or the team? First ever home game in Division 1......
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BHAFC vs Arsenal 18th August 1979
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My recently passed away father in law went and kept this memorabilia. Anyone out there remember the game or the team? First ever home game in Division 1......
HantsSeagull
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i remember the bloody score.......
Vegas Seagull
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- Jul 10, 2009
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First of 10 before we even scored....
Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews
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Never seen that before, at a glance it's the same layout we used for programmes for friendly matches around that time. (Sorry to hear the passing of your father)
Goldstone Rapper
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Match report with colour photos here
http://thegoldstonewrap.com/2014/06/21/brightons-baptism-of-fire/
http://thegoldstonewrap.com/2014/06/21/brightons-baptism-of-fire/
Spanish Seagulls
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4-0 seemed a regular occurrence whenever we met Arsenal
Goldstone Rapper
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Eurostile was a popular font at the time.
Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews
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Think it happened once in about 10 meetings
Mr Bridger
Sound of the suburbs
Yep, right next to the Arsenal fans in the chicken run. Got head butted on the way out by a pissed up Arsenal fan .
I was 14 at time , the w@nker
I was 14 at time , the w@nker
It's the score I associate with Brentford away, actually.
Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews
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I was 12 at the time and me and my mates (same age) were always having to leg it, at home and London aways, we were all seen as fair game!
jonnyrovers
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Brilliant, Thanks Rapper. Nice to see my home team Donny Rovers on the front page. I was a regular at Belle Vue as a nipper with my old man in the Billy Bremner days.
LamieRobertson
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If i remember correctly the anticipated capacity crowd failed to materialise ..and that scoreline!
Was our first victory at home to Ipswich? Just a guess.
Was our first victory at home to Ipswich? Just a guess.
Was there with my late father on the CR, in those days juniors went through separate turnstiles, I got in but my dad didn't along with many others until they just opened that big gates and let them in.
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Interesting to see that Rovers' team in 1979/80 featured Alan Warboys, who helped to destroy Brighton at the Goldstone six seasons before.
atfc village
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Top team Donny 83 /84 season runners up to York ,great game v us at Aldershot that year.
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1979/80 attendances were pretty good, especially considering the rising prices. But they dropped significantly in 1980/81, which caused a lot of financial difficulty considering the massive investment in the summer of 1980.
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Hampster Gull
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I have the postcard and remember the match well
Bolton in league Cambridge in league cup
Spanish Seagulls
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You're right, maybe it was the trauma of that day and the reoccurring nightmares that followed!