Bizare meeting of an Albion Fan today.

[topbanana36]

It was in Westport 1hrs drive from Greymouth. The guy I met was called Terry who had been in South Africa for years but moved to NZ 7 years ago.

 

[Norman Potting]

Dashing into the shop at Dover ferry terminal 4 Saturdays ago at around 0615 to get a coffee,wearing my old "Skint" Polo top, exchanged pleasantries with guy in Albion Polo top exiting said shop.

 

[Ex-Staffs Gull]

Walking into an Office works out of town in Adelaide and met a guy with his son wearing an Albion shirt. Said hi ans exchanged pleasantries. Also met a guy on a station platform in buffalo NY in 90 we were both wearin NOBO tops.

 

[fat old seagull]

NSC stalwart Woodchip emigrated to NZ recently. Maybe it was him. Was he ginger?

BTW why would a man in a van want to knock out your seven year old?

My guess is he thought he might win, was the boy carrying an iPod or similar?

 

[Socialist Sid]

To be fair it would have to happen far away! not much of a story bloke down hove park in albion shirt

Not so sure about that Rev, in the Withdean years it was something of a novelty.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Was his name Pete?

 

[Return of the Rev]

Not so sure about that Rev, in the Withdean years it was something of a novelty.

Tbh i think i saw more albion shirts around town during the withdean years than at any period at the goldstone,the junior seagull club was huge at during this period,seem to be an inconvenience NOW

 

[BuddyBoy]

Benidorm. Given the ex pat population it's not really that surprising. Definitely the furthest though.

 

[Ali_rrr]

Not a Albion fan as such, but on holiday in rural Portugal, a I was talking to a Belgian who supported Royal Antwerp. As we got talking, he told me he'd been looking out for us for years, I asked him why, and he replied he liked our story!

 

[BuddyBoy]

Not a Albion fan as such, but on holiday in rural Portugal, a I was talking to a Belgian who supported Royal Antwerp. As we got talking, he told me he'd been looking out for us for years, I asked him why, and he replied he liked our story!

I like this.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Not a Albion fan as such, but on holiday in rural Portugal, a I was talking to a Belgian who supported Royal Antwerp. As we got talking, he told me he'd been looking out for us for years, I asked him why, and he replied he liked our story!

Wonder if Royal Antwerp fans shout 'Come On You Twerps'?

(probably not though eh, on account of speaking Walloon or Flem or whatever)

 

[BN9 BHA]

To be fair it would have to happen far away! not much of a story bloke down hove park in albion shirt

I don't know I heard you meet some dodgy blokes at 3am in Hove Park, in the toilets!

 

[AZ Gull]

A few years ago, one Saturday afternoon, I went to see a movie at a cinema in Ahwatukee (an area just to the south of Phoenix, in Arizona). As I wandered up the aisle and made my way to an empty seat, I found myself sat next to a young lad wearing an Albion top. Turned out they were also local residents, with his Dad being from the Brighton area.

 

[HastingsSeagull]

Nice chat in Thailand with someone in a Brighton shirt......... Plenty of palarse bashing in Vegas too but no allies found :/

 

[footychick]

Not quite the same but I was at a soft play place in Bury St Edmunds wearing my Brighton shirt when a man came up to me and said he was also a fan who was originally from near Brighton.

 

[Adders1]

played footy with an albion fan from Hurstpierpoint in Christchurch NZ earlier this season if that counts

 

[Medwayseagull]

I saw an Albion fan walking down a street in Melbourne last year when I was on holiday. I stopped him to give him the thumbs up but as he was talking on his mobile I didn't get the opportunity to speak to him. I did post it on NSC when I got back to try and find out who he was but nobody responded.

 

[Sergei's Celebration]

I was in a godforsaken town called Columbus in Nebraska. It was the middle of winter and I was wearing a Brighton parka.whilst looking at the assault rifles in Walmart...the guy behind the counter was looking at me strangely then wandered up and says " howdy..you from Brighton.." His dad was a migrant to the US and hailed from Telscombe. The whole family supports the Albion.

On another occasion I was in the arctic circle in Northern Finland and was staying in a log cabin with a mixed group of Europeans. I was wearing a Palookaville top under my ski clothes and heard this British voice saying " there's even weeds up here" yes..two of my fellow adventurers were Palace.

That made me giggle!