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[Albion] Jimmy Collins RIP







twowheelsbest

Well-known member
Nov 1, 2009
489
Brighton
Remember him well, one of my early Albion idols ����
 




amexer

Well-known member
Aug 8, 2011
6,152
Remember him when very young.. Him and Bill Cassidy were big drinking mates in days when. Think Collins became a tiler in Southwick
 




northstandsteve

Well-known member
Oct 9, 2003
1,691
Hove
Frequented a club in Southwick. A true gent except on the field!!! Played against him when he was in his 40's could wind you up, but more importantly was still decent. RIP
 


Poyningsgull

Well-known member
Apr 12, 2007
1,612
RIP Jimmy. You gave me and a lot of people a lot of happy memories. You also made a magnificent job of tiling my bathroom and downstairs flooring.
I will never forget seeing him hobble up my stairs with his tiling kit and remembering how he was in his heyday playing for the Albion.
Sad news indeed.
 


BLOCK F

Well-known member
Feb 26, 2009
6,316
RIP Jimmy.
I remember seeing him playing at the Goldstone all those years ago.
 








Gwylan

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
31,323
Uffern
Good player.

I remember when the 1965 promotion side was paraded at the Amex and Jimmy didn't look in the best of health then, it was sad to see such a tough competitor looking like that.

RIP
 








Feb 9, 2011
1,047
Lancing
My sister in law works in home help and been visiting him for last couple of years. Both coming from Glasgow they had some great banter evidently.
RIP Jimmy
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papajaff

Well-known member
Aug 7, 2005
3,968
Brighton
I played against Jimmy twice back in the 80s when he was playing for Woodmancote. Still a class act then. My mate Wayne, our right back, tried to be clever and Jimmy made him look stupid.

RIP Mr Collins, a great wee player.
 


sams dad

I hate Palarse
Feb 7, 2004
6,383
The Hill of The Gun
A member of the wonderfully entertaining team that won the 4th division title in 1965, when 6 players scored 10 or more goals.
RIP Jimmy.
 


Freddie Goodwin.

Well-known member
Mar 31, 2007
7,186
Brighton
He left Albion just before I started watching but so many folk had good things to say about him.
 


dejavuatbtn

Well-known member
Aug 4, 2010
7,128
Henfield
He was a great player for us and a good ambassador as club captain. He lived at the time in a club house in Holmes Avenue and would always be one of the players who came over the park after training to play cricket with us kids who used to be allowed to watch pre season training at the Goldstone. They would play three a side under the West Stand before it got completed and spend a lot of time ribbing each other on the pitch, including the time when Bill Cassidy got stripped naked and had to run back to the changing rooms. Great memories indeed.
In later days he played with some of my old mates for Hangleton on Sunday morning at Wish Park.
A proper Albion club legend. Rest in Peace wee Jimmy and join your mates up there.
 



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