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[Albion] Does anyone else miss the days when we were crap?



jamie (not that one)

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May 3, 2012
1,358
Valencia
Or is it just me?

Obviously it's amazing being in the Premier League and I honestly never thought I'd see the day when we were, but there's some masochistic sentiment in me that misses us getting excited over a 100k player or someone on a free from a first division club. The Goldstone was falling apart but it was our home, Withdean gave us a sense of purpose during the long fight for Falmer and now.... now we are up with the big boys, dropping 17 million quid on players and some fans want the manager sacked for not taking sexy enough throw-ins.

It's all great but I must say I miss us being shite.
 

Stat Brother

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Jul 11, 2003
73,270
West west west Sussex
What like 2 weeks ago?

Ahhhhh those were the halcyon days
 

Icy Gull

Back on the rollercoaster
Jul 5, 2003
72,015
We have been crap mostly over the last few months and no I don’t like it :lolol:
 

mejonaNO12 aka riskit

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Dec 4, 2003
21,456
England
I miss signing people like Nathan Elder and saying defiantly in the pub "I think he's the next Zamora"

I once claimed Steve Melton would play for England....
 


May 27, 2014
1,638
Littlehampton
I don't miss us being crap but like you i do find the incessant whinging from new supporters ****ing irritating. Yeah we've been a bit poor in 2019 but look at the bloody context

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Goldstone1976

We Got Calde in!!
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Apr 30, 2013
13,754
Herts
There's a bit of relativity in this question for me; we ARE still crap in PL terms - though obviously much better in absolute terms compared with when we were in L1/2. This situation suits me just fine - all the while there are three teams who are a bit more crap.
 

rippleman

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Oct 18, 2011
4,491
Not "crap" - no.

But the days where we weren't just a money making machine and the club embraced us as fans / supporters and not customers - yes
 


Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
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Oct 8, 2003
49,051
Faversham
I miss signing people like Nathan Elder and saying defiantly in the pub "I think he's the next Zamora"

I once claimed Steve Melton would play for England....

Lorenzo Pinamonte.
 

loz

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Apr 27, 2009
2,216
W.Sussex
Its a totally different, I get my football kicks for watching Bostik league teams, I get my premier league experience from watching my boyhood football team. Sadly one I really enjoy all the time, the other is mostly a chore but as I have been doing it since 1972 I sort of have to carry on till the end.
 


Worthing exile

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May 12, 2009
1,219
I miss being able to get to home matches easily and cheaply.
I miss not being able to take an extra mate at the last minute and sit/stand with them.
I miss not having affordable memorabilia being sold out of a back room by St Peters Church rather than the expensive tat we are offered now.

Premier League is the place to be but it can get boring JUST being a number and having my last few coppers prised from my grasp by PB.
 

Normal Rob

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Jul 8, 2003
5,636
Somerset
there was a certain kudos associated with supporting a lower league team that i always loved, especially when i moved to another part of the country. It helped me forge an identity for myself in my new workplace. I'm still known as being 'the Brighton fan' after 20+ years in this part of the world.
 


DavidRyder

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Jul 23, 2013
2,884
I don't miss the bad football or stress of relegation threats and off field stuff.

But I did really enjoy the home atmosphere in the North at the Goldstone, and away days without the faff that we get now. Felt more like a proper road trip back then, but maybe it's because I was younger.
 

BN9 BHA

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Jul 14, 2013
21,391
Newhaven
I miss the lower league awaydays.
Just going with mates and paying on the gate, with no real plans for the day, just getting up and going to an away game if I felt like it.

These days too much to worry about.
Not really keen on not knowing if a game may be moved for TV etc or if there is railway engineering works that weekend.
 

Reddleman

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May 17, 2017
1,825
I miss signing people like Nathan Elder and saying defiantly in the pub "I think he's the next Zamora"

I once claimed Steve Melton would play for England....

I remember so clearly have a drunken discussion with my uncle where we thoughts that Stuart Myall would be up there with the likes of Horton, Case etc. Too much red wine me thinks!

I don't miss those days thought I look back nostalgically. Its was being so crap for so long that makes the present so special.
 


jamie (not that one)

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May 3, 2012
1,358
Valencia
I don't miss the bad football or stress of relegation threats and off field stuff.

But I did really enjoy the home atmosphere in the North at the Goldstone, and away days without the faff that we get now. Felt more like a proper road trip back then, but maybe it's because I was younger.

And it used to cost 3 quid or something.
 

Monkey Man

Your support is not that great
Jan 30, 2005
3,155
Neither here nor there
Might as well enjoy the Premier League experience while it lasts as the chances are at some point we'll get relegated, and it might take many years to climb back. And we could even have a stint in League 1 at some point – who knows?

Supporting Brighton has always been about highs and lows, in four different divisions and in four different "home" grounds. We just happen to be near the top of an upward curve at the moment.
 

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