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Thats a great site and proved I got my first season wrong and it was 1955/56 and not 1954/55
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The Albion team when you first became a fan
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Thats a great site and proved I got my first season wrong and it was 1955/56 and not 1954/55
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Here is the following season's team Dorothy Stringer 1957
The lad holding the ball Micky Harris went on to captain London Boys and signed for Spurs during their glory days when he left school, before signing for Brighton.
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November 73 - York City at Home - Clough's first game in charge
(There were 10,000 more at the game than for the previous home game!)
Ended 0-0
Powney
Templeman
Ley
Boyle
Gall
Sperritt
Bridges
Beamish
O'Sullivan
Hilton
Piper
I have no idea of the formation, or who lined up in what position, but assume Sully played on the wing, Gall at CB and Piper in Midfield...?
(There were 10,000 more at the game than for the previous home game!)
Ended 0-0
Powney
Templeman
Ley
Boyle
Gall
Sperritt
Bridges
Beamish
O'Sullivan
Hilton
Piper
I have no idea of the formation, or who lined up in what position, but assume Sully played on the wing, Gall at CB and Piper in Midfield...?
Mackenzie
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That looks 85/86ish, which is when I started going regularly. My favourite team was the Barry Lloyd 87/88 team....
1. Keeley
2. Chivers
3. Dublin
4. Wilkins
5. Rougvie
6. Gatting
7. Nelson
8. Jasper
9. Bremner
10. Codner
11. Penney
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Don Shanks was he not the player who was dating Miss World at the time?
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ex QPR? (him, and not his girlfriend)
Fair play to him if he was, I'll have too goggle her now to see what she was like.
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Reasonable - tv career and a lot of work for charity apparently.
Gregory2Smith1
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always nice to see Sussex Bond brickwork
With props to [MENTION=118]Hiney[/MENTION] , apparently the team for my first game was
Grummit
Tiler
Cattlin
Wilson
Rollings
Cross
Towner
Ward
Mellor
Piper
O'Sullivan
Sub: TBA
I'd have got only about 5 from memory
Grummit
Tiler
Cattlin
Wilson
Rollings
Cross
Towner
Ward
Mellor
Piper
O'Sullivan
Sub: TBA
I'd have got only about 5 from memory
Gregory2Smith1
J'les aurai!
71-72 season
I haven't got the Hillingdon programme but got the Chesterfield one from the next game,so the team was
Powney,Henderson,Spearritt,Templeman,J Napier,Gall,Murray,K Napier,Irvine,Turner & O'Sullivan
we won 7-1 with 5 goals in the 2nd half
Dave Bedford ran around the pitch before the game
the ref for the Chesterfield game was Clive Thomas
and Ken Tiler was in the Chesterfield line up
I haven't got the Hillingdon programme but got the Chesterfield one from the next game,so the team was
Powney,Henderson,Spearritt,Templeman,J Napier,Gall,Murray,K Napier,Irvine,Turner & O'Sullivan
we won 7-1 with 5 goals in the 2nd half
Dave Bedford ran around the pitch before the game
the ref for the Chesterfield game was Clive Thomas
and Ken Tiler was in the Chesterfield line up
Looking at that mine should be the same, but I just don't think it is.
I have programmes with Ward named in the squad but to dismay I can't really place him in the team.
The same applies to a few others, although that midfield stuck around for a while longer, I don't think the same can be said of the defence and forwards.
I do, just about, remember Moseley taking over from Steele.
Therefore I'd imagine my team is the one after, that developed into the cup final team.
AmexRuislip
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v Swindon Nov 6, 1976, with my Dad, won 4-0 
1. Peter Grummit
2. Ken Tiler
3. Chris Cattlin
4. Brian Horton
5. Andy Rollings
6. Graham Cross
7. Tony Towner
8. Peter Ward
9. Ian Mellor
10. Steve Piper
11. Peter O'Sullivan
12. Gary Fell
Those were the days, and I am still here supporting the team I love
1. Peter Grummit
2. Ken Tiler
3. Chris Cattlin
4. Brian Horton
5. Andy Rollings
6. Graham Cross
7. Tony Towner
8. Peter Ward
9. Ian Mellor
10. Steve Piper
11. Peter O'Sullivan
12. Gary Fell
Those were the days, and I am still here supporting the team I love
Shatner's Bassoon
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The game that really got me hooked as a fan was Portsmouth in the cup, a few years after my first match. Thanks to the absolutely fantastic website mentioned above, I can see that the team was as follows:
1. Mark Beeney
2. Gary Chivers
3. Ian Chapman
4. Dean Wilkins
5 Paul McCarthy
6. Nicky Bissett
7. John Crumplin
8. Andy Kennedy
9. Kurt Nogan
10. Robert Codner
11. Clive Walker
1. Mark Beeney
2. Gary Chivers
3. Ian Chapman
4. Dean Wilkins
5 Paul McCarthy
6. Nicky Bissett
7. John Crumplin
8. Andy Kennedy
9. Kurt Nogan
10. Robert Codner
11. Clive Walker
AmexRuislip
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Something like:
Powney
Henderson
Templeman
Smith
Napier J
Gall
Wilkinson
Lawton
NapIer K
Turner
Armstrong
others were: Burns, Blackburn etc
Powney
Henderson
Templeman
Smith
Napier J
Gall
Wilkinson
Lawton
NapIer K
Turner
Armstrong
others were: Burns, Blackburn etc
Norman Potting
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Looks familiar - my first game was around New Year 1983 an uninspiring 1-1 draw v Watford. Peter Ward (back on loan from Forest) scored the Albion goal and I think the game highlights are on YouTube.
BensGrandad
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Simple question why do people now adays, like commentators and radio people line teams up left back to right back when traditionally until recent years it was always listed right to left as the numbering showed. Johnny Cantor always does it.
Brownstuff
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Well done for coming back for more