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The Albion player you were most gutted to see leave/sold...







Peter Grummit

Well-known member
Oct 13, 2004
6,772
Lewes
Johnny Byrne. It proved we were going nowhere having missed out in the playoffs for the top flight. And sure enough we were relegated.

PG
 


PILTDOWN MAN

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NSC Patron
Sep 15, 2004
19,467
Hurst Green
100% Agree.

And to think 7 played in the same side. Looking back we had a bloody good team on paper, pity we should have been comfortable in the old League 1.
 


Mo Gosfield

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Aug 11, 2010
6,352
Wardy...........felt like the end of an era.
Lawrenson......money was so huge ( £900k ) that we all knew it had a big upside.
Saunders........just plain stupidity...obvious he had big potential.
Fozzy............left for less money to play in the top flight...fair play.
Case.............had more to give.
Zamora..........inevitable.
 










catfish

North Stand Brighton Boy
Dec 17, 2010
7,677
Worthing
Wardy - just felt impossible he could play for anyone else.
 








Mo Gosfield

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Aug 11, 2010
6,352
And to think 7 played in the same side. Looking back we had a bloody good team on paper, pity we should have been comfortable in the old League 1.

Quite.
Just running through those names...how many would get in the present side? Answer....all of them. When I read posters on here extolling the virtues of Ashley Barnes, my mind thinks back to those halcyon days at the Goldstone. Wardy racing in on goal from 35-40 yards out and you knew he was going to score. Lawrenson, oozing class, carrying the ball out of defence and beating men in that languid, effortless style that eventually made him one of the best centre-backs in Europe. Stevens, so assured, so confident, destined for the top flight. Fozzie. Captain courageous. Rock-like. Nobby Horton, driving his men on like a demon, never settling for second-best. Always cajoling and looking for openings. Jimmy Case. What can I say...awesome...like a pocket-sized tank. Running through brick-walls and coming back for more. Scoring amazing goals. Danny Wilson, strong and calm. Mr. Reliable. Michael Robinson. Terrorised top-flight defences. Big, Strong..like a bull-dozer but with a good touch. High class.
Happy Days!
 




Betfair Bozo

Well-known member
Jul 24, 2007
2,107
Would "hindsight" be defined as "looking out one's arse?" i thought Connor was pretty crap to be honest.

At that stage of Ritchie's career I think Connor probably did better than he would have done. The Saunders/Connor partnership was pretty good I think.
 










Socialist Sid

New member
Oct 20, 2012
702
The Kremlin
Sergei Gotsmanov for me without a shadow of doubt.

He had a Crumplin attidude but with bags of skill, and much, much more.

'We had a Russian international' :clap::banana:
 




Langley

New member
Mar 10, 2008
781
Waltham Chase, Hants
The, some might say, surprising wave of disappointment over Barnes being sold got me thinking about other Brighton "favourites" and their sad departures. What are yours?

For me it would have to be:

Garry Nelson - shoved out to the wing then to Charlton by Lloyd
Bobby Zamora - Inevitable but still gutting
Danny Cullip - Not the best player but a huge part of the club and a shock when he went.

Had to be the great Jimmy Langley for me.

As regards sad departures then it's Peter Grummit
 




Vegas Seagull

New member
Jul 10, 2009
7,782
Lawro '81...we were a comfortable top flight side, season after won last 4 to stay up, next relegation...never been the same since
 


fleet

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Jul 28, 2003
12,247
Ward - so good with Mellor
Robinson (inevitable but sad)
Lawrenson (as above)
Zamora (he would have been a better player if he had stayed a season or so more with us before going to the prem)
The Byrne/Small partnership
Bennett and Crofts
In that order I think
 


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