Most surreal sight at a football match

[Scarface]

The squirrel at Withdean in the friendly a coupl eof years back that since found a home on Jones's head

That was brilliant, how could I forget that! Made it into the paper (the sun - it was lying around at work, I didnt buy it honest!) the next day too! Who was it who nearly trod on it? Was it Piercy or someone like that?

 

[alan partridge]

been mentioned before on NSC but that mascot who was very short who did a dive in front of the north stand. and his shorts fell down. then he tried to pull them up again whilst kneeling on them. everything on show.

lovely stuff

 

[Adams score 0]

Little Nigel

 

[The Laughing Bluebird]

It was Wolves v Scarborough, opening day of the 1986/87 season. I think that it was Scarborough's first ever game in the football league and it was Wolves first game in the Fourth Divison after their rather amusing free fall through the league.

Close, but not quite correct. It was the opening day of 87/88 season. It was Scarborough's first game in the League, but Wolves were actually in the Fourth Division (along with us) the season before. I went up to Scarborough a couple of months later and the policing was well over the top as a result of the chaos that Wolves caused when they went there.

Wolves eventually went up as champions. We were runners-up, having beaten Wolves 3-2 at Ninian and 4-1 at Molineaux. That was my favourite season ever. Steve Bull was banging in goals all over the place for Wolves and our strike partnership of Gilligan and Bartlett was brilliant for the Fourth Division. Some great memories.

 

[alan partridge]

Little Nigel

was that his name?

lovely big cock

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Nigel "Bushfire" Erskine, of Gulls Eye fame, I believe?

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

ian wright, shaun wright phillips and thierry henry playing up front with gazza just behind and beckham/overmars on the wings in keowns testimonial last year.

also chippy scoring at spurs, and albion at millenium stadium picking up a trophy...

 

[Yorkie]

That was brilliant, how could I forget that! Made it into the paper (the sun - it was lying around at work, I didnt buy it honest!) the next day too! Who was it who nearly trod on it? Was it Piercy or someone like that?

Paul Brooker had gone to Leicester and he was back playing in this friendly.

He chased it down the wing but the squirrel outpaced him.

H block were cheering for the squirrel

 

[Bobby's Gull]

The squirrel at Withdean in the friendly a coupl eof years back that since found a home on Jones's head

Same as.

Also Paul Ince playing at Withdean, it was a kind of 'WTF' moments.

 

[Biscuit]

Me and Brighton boy pegging it past a steward and doing klinsman dives along the pitch after the Swindon game.

 

[SK1NT]

Not sure how that was surreal, it was a celebration, but not surreal.

course it can be surreal! rushing the pitch? winning a match that you thought ud lost! so when u finally do win, it seems all too surreal!

 

[SK1NT]

Me and Brighton boy pegging it past a steward and doing klinsman dives along the pitch after the Swindon game.

ahhh the memories

 

[zefarelly]

I have to say beating MAnsfield 6-0 in the glorious sunshine in the first league game after exile at Gillingham was pretty wierd

 

[aftershavedave]

Nigel "Bushfire" Erskine, of Gulls Eye fame, I believe?

exactly

 

[somerset]

The stunned looks on 30k odd Newcastle fans' faces in '83 when Wardy got us through in a 3rd round replay that as we all know led to the final.

 

[Cian]

Eircom League Division One fixture, back when it was just Irish Division Two. Desolate rural stadium (might have been Athlones, I can't for the life of me remember). Match was bloody violent. Ended up with 18 players on the pitch, none of whom were goalies.

Scoreline was only 3-2 or so though.

This was YEARS back, I'll have to ask my brother to see can he remember who was playing or why we were even there...

 

[Finchley Seagull]

The Cheltenham away game in the promotion season with the match going on and all away fans staring at the burger van on fire. It was definitely more interesting then the match from an Albion perspective.

 

[LANGDON SEAGULL]

That choirboy singing happy birthday dear seagulls at the Bournemouth match a few years ago.

 

[empire]

Thousands of people running onto the pitch on cue and tearing down the goalposts.

Apart from that the bloke trying to kick Ray Wilkins up the arse was pretty f***ing weird.

the butcher,thats was so funny

 

[Waterhall Wizard]

We were 3-0 down at Southend. Brighton activity could be heard from outside the ground. Swarms of home fans were running towards the back of the stand overlooking the outside of the ground. About ten coppers were scurrying up the terraces to find out what was going on.

The next thing that happened was surreal. Coppers and fans scattered in all directions as a wheelie bin flung from outside made its entrance above them looping the loop. The scene was almost repeated a few moments later but as the rabble scattered another wheelie bin hit the perimeter wall with a thud and fell back outside.