[Albion] How many managers have you see us play under?

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Surely Goodwin was already in place in 1969?

Actually.....you are correct. So its one fewer for me. Poor, on my part.

 

[5Ways Gull]

This thread started me on a bit of a nostalgia trip. Those who started with Archie Macauley like me, do you remember Southern Soccer with Maurice Eddleston? Saints or Pompey pretty much every week. Ray Hiron and Mike Trebilcock for Portsmouth, Terry Paine and Jimmy Melia for Saints. Ourselves. Bournemouth and Southend (?), would get 1 or 2 games a season. That and Football Focus with Sam Leitch were my .main exposure to televised football then. I wasn't allowed to stay up for MOTD :-( .

 

[Marty McFly]

My first match was under Micky Adams. However, I did not get to the AMEX to see us under RDZ, nor have I seen us under FH yet. So, I've seen us - in person - under 12 managers, while my supporting reign includes 14 different managers.

 

[Cornith]

Russel Slade was my first, Seen us under Gus, first year as a season ticket holder under Oscar Garcia, Sad Hypia year Hughton years and potter. Stopped at covid but try to go when im back but sadly uni stops me going to most. Overall 7 managers and ive been lucky with my albion support seen us only on the up.

 

[Fungus]

This thread started me on a bit of a nostalgia trip. Those who started with Archie Macauley like me, do you remember Southern Soccer with Maurice Eddleston? Saints or Pompey pretty much every week. Ray Hiron and Mike Trebilcock for Portsmouth, Terry Paine and Jimmy Melia for Saints. Ourselves. Bournemouth and Southend (?), would get 1 or 2 games a season. That and Football Focus with Sam Leitch were my .main exposure to televised football then. I wasn't allowed to stay up for MOTD :-( .

Awful wasn’t it? 🫣 But it did allow me to correct my wife’s pronunciation of “Trebilcock” a few days ago.

Having to endure Southern Soccer was why I was late developing an interest in football. First game I was allowed to stay up late to watch was Man U’s epic victory in the European Cup, and I was hooked. Never dreaming my local team would ever outclass my childhood heroes.

 

[el punal]

31 in my case.

Anyone see us under George Curtis, Billy Lane, Don Welsh, Tommy Cook or (heaven forfend) the legend, Charlie Webb?


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31. Same as you! I started watching the Albion in 1965 - my first game was the Bedford Town cup tie which ended 1-1, and we lost the replay 2-1. There are some notable gaffers in that list - Pat Saward, Mullers, Micky Adams, Gorgeous Gus, and the last four of Hughton, Potter, RDZ, and Fab, who I reckon could be our best ever coach. You can forget Brian Clough - we were just a convenient stepping stone.

 

[Deportivo Seagull]

Bloody hell, 26 in total! Didn't realise just how many for me.

Same for me.

 

[Brovion]

This thread started me on a bit of a nostalgia trip. Those who started with Archie Macauley like me, do you remember Southern Soccer with Maurice Eddleston? Saints or Pompey pretty much every week. Ray Hiron and Mike Trebilcock for Portsmouth, Terry Paine and Jimmy Melia for Saints. Ourselves. Bournemouth and Southend (?), would get 1 or 2 games a season. That and Football Focus with Sam Leitch were my .main exposure to televised football then. I wasn't allowed to stay up for MOTD :-( .

Oh yes, I remember all that very well. Apart from the Home Internationals and the ONE single televised club game every year (FA Cup Final) it was pretty much all we had. And no, I wasn't allowed to stay up for MoTD either, but when I was older I was allowed to watch the football highlights (European games or internationals) on 'Sportsnight with Coleman'. They'd show them after the ice skating or showjumping.

 

[Gabbafella]

Only 19 for me.
Feeling like a JCL.

 

[5Ways Gull]

Oh yes, I remember all that very well. Apart from the Home Internationals and the ONE single televised club game every year (FA Cup Final) it was pretty much all we had. And no, I wasn't allowed to stay up for MoTD either, but when I was older I was allowed to watch the football highlights (European games or internationals) on 'Sportsnight with Coleman'. They'd show them after the ice skating or showjumping.

Yes as well as the cup final they always showed the England v Scotland game live. The youngsters today don't know they're born. Completely forgot Sportsnight.

 

[Dinner with Gotsmanov]

26 here, or 24 if Mullers and Adams are only counted once each. I am genuinely surprised it has been so many.

 

[Miami Seagull]

Seen us play? 29...

 

[cheshunt seagull]

30 for me.

 

[Baldseagull]

Not sure. My first game Sept 74, so Taylor would have been manager, but I was only 3 months old then and missed a few. I watched FA Cup final on the telly so that probably counts Melia, and next game I know I was at was a Blackburn game in 84 with Frank Worthington on the program cover, so that must add Cattlin, and then started going regularly when Mullery was in charge second time round. Then all the rest, except I never saw a game played under Hyppia or Hinshelwood, live or on the telly, so have to exclude them. So that makes 22, or 23 if we're counting Micky twice

If you were going to pick two managers to miss, Hinsh and Hyppia would be good ones, Mickey Adams second coming would be another I wished I had never seen.
From Cattlin onwards for me.

 

[cheshunt seagull]

This thread started me on a bit of a nostalgia trip. Those who started with Archie Macauley like me, do you remember Southern Soccer with Maurice Eddleston? Saints or Pompey pretty much every week. Ray Hiron and Mike Trebilcock for Portsmouth, Terry Paine and Jimmy Melia for Saints. Ourselves. Bournemouth and Southend (?), would get 1 or 2 games a season. That and Football Focus with Sam Leitch were my .main exposure to televised football then. I wasn't allowed to stay up for MOTD :-( .

I can remember that we often had The Big Match rather than Southern Soccer which usually meant a big London team and highlights from games in other parts of the country. It was always a let down if it turned out be Southern Soccer with Pompey. I remember Hiron; he was terrible and Milkins in goal who looked over 60.

 

[kevo]

Bloody hell, 26 in total! Didn't realise just how many for me.

Same here. We are all old boys...

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Archie Macaulay onwards. Remember the programmes “Macaulay says”

 

[The Sock of Poskett]

First game I saw was in 1972 under Freddie Goodwin, but didn't start going regularly until the Mullery years.
Missed a few years in the late 80s/early 90s, so my count comes to 22 (I think).

 

[Bish Bosh]

Archie Macaulay my first as well, so 31 with double-counting. I can remember Southern Soccer too - but kind of wish I couldn't!

 

[DavePage]

Archie was my first