FA Cup: Eastbourne Borough V Oxford United

[Albion Rob]

Local dialect usually requires Pevensey to be pronounced "Pemsey", which I quite like.

Think the Oxford lads may just look to take the piss all day in Eastbourne, particularly with the game finishing at 2pm, am heading in for a mate's birthday so will be interesting to see what goes on.

As for the Boro contingent, quite a lot of trainspotters but you never know what a game like this is going to throw up, maybe it will have caught the imaginations of the less desirable elements of the town - I remember the scousers used to have an affinity with Langers when I was a kid.

Really looking forward to the day - be interesting to see what could have been had Eastbourne actually been a footballing town.

 

[The Keeper]

Had heard about the scouse community down in Eastbourne, could well be a bit lively down in Eastbourne on Friday night

 

[Stinky Kat]

Two attempts and still not right! Not Langley or Lanley!

Langney Sports became Eastbourne Borough a few years ago to attract sponsorship - being known as Eastbourne is more desirable as people know where Eastbourne is - no one outside of the area knows where Langney is.

I doubt there will be any trouble but I'm intrigued to know how they will segregate fans as there are (to my knowledge) only one set of turnstiles. (Ex Goldstone I believe)

Anyway, off to get my ticket tonight!

Sorry big man

 

[Hampden Park]

from what i remember, the scousers arrived when the summer came and they all f***ed off when winter turned up. the same could be said of 'our asian friends' . they came in the summer took our jobs at 'wimpy' and f***ed off again. i also remember that both the scousers and asians used to like jumping off the pier (or were they assisted) when they visited 'dixeyland' (was that the name of the club on the end of the pier?).

does the 'Archery' still have a reputation?

 

[Stinky Kat]

Blimey you make it sound like the Bronx! I live 3 mins walk from the ground and can vouch for the fact that its a very respectable residential area of mainly bungalows inhabited by old biddies! The scariest thing in the grond might just be the ghost of Mick Green!

As for the question of "what if" some Oxford goons came looking for trouble the only conceivable opposition might come from the Shinewater or Kingsmere estates if they got wind that a scrap was being offered.

Personally i think the biggest concern might just be crowd safety with so many people crammed into a small ground.

Either way i'm making the effort to lend my support but of course the big game is at Stoke.

the day we played there it was like "you aint from round ere mate F.off or die"

I have been to the Bronx and LANGNEY is worse

 

[The Orange Seagull]

Two attempts and still not right! Not Langley or Lanley!

Langney Sports became Eastbourne Borough a few years ago to attract sponsorship - being known as Eastbourne is more desirable as people know where Eastbourne is - no one outside of the area knows where Langney is.

I doubt there will be any trouble but I'm intrigued to know how they will segregate fans as there are (to my knowledge) only one set of turnstiles. (Ex Goldstone I believe)

Anyway, off to get my ticket tonight!

Oxford fans will be in L shaped piece of terracing from halfway down Mick Green Stand(as far as players tunnel) round to all of the Peter Fountain stand.See eastbourneboroughfc.co.uk for details.
Eastbourne fans have all of the rest of the ground (including the seats) entering via the turnstiles to the right of the Mick Green Stand which aren't normally used.

 

[The Orange Seagull]

Message to anyone thinking of having a drink in the clubhouse bar before or after the game Saturday............they are only letting Langney Sports Club members in.

 

[crodonilson]

I think its one of the games on match of the day, if its true it promiaes to be a memorable occasion. I cant make it due to commitments in Crewe, but I will keep a keen ear on my wireless to keep in touch with all things FA CUP.

 

[Strike]

I stayed round a girls flat in Eastbourne recently, being near Soverign Harbour North, I assume its near Langley, but found at night it could get a bit noisy, but not that bad.

Good luck to Borough, but the big games at Stoke.

 

[Monkey Man]

the day we played there it was like "you aint from round ere mate F.off or die"

I have been to the Bronx and LANGNEY is worse

You don't half read some crap on this board sometimes!

Have you really been to either place?

Langney is mainly a former council estate which is respectable enough and a good community spirit, which has ensured the club got established and progressed as far as it has. There are a few social problems in the newer bits like Shinewater but I'd rather walk through any part of it at night than, say, Moulsecoomb or Whitehawk.

 

[Albion Dan]

from what i remember, the scousers arrived when the summer came and they all f***ed off when winter turned up. the same could be said of 'our asian friends' . they came in the summer took our jobs at 'wimpy' and f***ed off again. i also remember that both the scousers and asians used to like jumping off the pier (or were they assisted) when they visited 'dixeyland' (was that the name of the club on the end of the pier?).

does the 'Archery' still have a reputation?

Are you from Eastbourne? If you were youd know there are Scousers there all year round, lots of them moved down in the eighties when offered decent council housing, and they caused quite a lot of grief it has to be said.

The bouncer who was stabbed to death outside Ziggys by Peter Whinne springs to mind, condmeing my favourite club in Eastbourne to closure, but countless other shit that alot of my mates found themselves coming to blows with them over. Although it seems most of them have grown old and sorted it out a bit or died of Heroin addiction.

As for Asians I cant remember hardly any, ever. Dixieland Are you that old? It became Roxy, then Atlantis, and think its something else now.

Archery doesnt have a rep now, and as for the possibility of anyone from Eastbourne being bothered to cause trouble at Footy that is hilarious. If the Oxford boys want a fight in the evening though theyll find plenty of pissed up 18-22 year olds fuelled up on alcopops and cocaine ready to take them on.

 

[Hampden Park]

Are you from Eastbourne? If you were youd know there are Scousers there all year round, lots of them moved down in the eighties when offered decent council housing, and they caused quite a lot of grief it has to be said.

The bouncer who was stabbed to death outside Ziggys by Peter Whinne springs to mind, condmeing my favourite club in Eastbourne to closure, but countless other shit that alot of my mates found themselves coming to blows with them over. Although it seems most of them have grown old and sorted it out a bit or died of Heroin addiction.

As for Asians I cant remember hardly any, ever. Dixieland Are you that old? It became Roxy, then Atlantis, and think its something else now.

Archery doesnt have a rep now, and as for the possibility of anyone from Eastbourne being bothered to cause trouble at Footy that is hilarious. If the Oxford boys want a fight in the evening though theyll find plenty of pissed up 18-22 year olds fuelled up on alcopops and cocaine ready to take them on.

yep born and bred in hampden park, lots of scousers around in the late 70's taking all the summer jobs in town along with the asians. had quite a few fistycuffs with both of them. yes i guess i must be quite old then as i went to dixieland, diplocks,painted wagon and that nightclub along seaside, viking then cloisters i think, got barred for life from there because of scousers (not big and not clever before any slaters cotton on ). there used to lots of rivalry with the archery, old town, hampen park, lottbridge etc. havent lived there for a long long time. still visit my mum in pulborough avenue.

 

[The Great Cornholio]

yep born and bred in hampden park, lots of scousers around in the late 70's taking all the summer jobs in town along with the asians. had quite a few fistycuffs with both of them. yes i guess i must be quite old then as i went to dixieland, diplocks,painted wagon and that nightclub along seaside, viking then cloisters i think, got barred for life from there because of scousers (not big and not clever before any slaters cotton on ). there used to lots of rivalry with the archery, old town, hampen park, lottbridge etc. havent lived there for a long long time. still visit my mum in pulborough avenue.

My nan used to live in Pulborough Avenue!

 

[Stinky Kat]

You don't half read some crap on this board sometimes!

Have you really been to either place?

Yes I have!

 

[Albion Rob]

Can't wait for this game now. Heading down the Martello for openiong time then after a couple of (very) swifties, heading to the ground. Should be a brilliant atmosphere.

 

[The Great Cornholio]

You don't half read some crap on this board sometimes!

Have you really been to either place?

Yes I have!

Excellent - someone from Hastings thinks Langney is rough! As was said above - Shinewater is probably the second roughest estate behind Kingsmere but the rest of Langney, especially the part by Priory Lane, is a nice area. I looked at a house on Priory Lane before moving to the posh part of Hailsham!

 

[Hampden Park]

My nan used to live in Pulborough Avenue!

what number?

 

[The Great Cornholio]

what number?

65

 

[Arthur]

Can one of you Eastbourne lot help me out?

Does anyone know if the game has sold out or not?

If not can you just rock up and buy tickets on the day?

Ta.

 

[Stinky Kat]

The best thing to come out of this thread is I can now spell Langney. IMHO Eastbourne is grottier and more violent than my beloved Hastings, I suspect you disagree which is fine

TGC I know you lived in Hastings so you will know like all towns there have areas percieved as either good areas and not so good areas.

Priory Lane may be a bungalow beauty spot but when I played at Langley Sports ground as it was then I do not think it was the people from the bungalow who wanted to fight us for not coming from Eastbourne.