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[Albion] Total Games at Withdean
- Thread starter Jam The Man
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Reinelt12
Sick Note
I believe we met then also, I think I remember you mentioning more than once during the 1-5 against Millwall that their fans were too quiet and that that was something we should be concerned about, as after all they are Millwall and dangerous! You might have known me then as Takers?
Or am I old and my memory completely shot?
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Dubbers signed for Watford in 1990, and never played for us again.
Sirnormangall
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- Sep 21, 2017
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How true - in similar circumstances the EFL still wouldn’t help us or any other club in that position.
Sirnormangall
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- Sep 21, 2017
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any ideas on games you missed?
hopefully the 2-3 Chester defeat was one of them
And hopefully you also missed the 0-2 defeat v Walsall’s nine men.......character-building!
Publius Ovidius
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He must have been there a a guest as I was sat next to his wife and kids...
Seagullroyal
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- Dec 31, 2014
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One memory of Withdean, is from one of the crap cup competitions? Johnsons paint or similar, circa 2000. It was after golden/silver goal was introduced.
My lad, aged about five at the time.
As they do at that age, needs the loo at least every fifteen minutes.
End of the game, its 0-0, so I take him to the loo before extra time starts.
Hear a cheer whilst in there, come out of the portakabin loo, and everyone is leaving, and we've won 1-0!!
We scored in the first minute of added time, and game is over!
Won't embarrass him. as he's now 24 and a North Stand regular!!
My lad, aged about five at the time.
As they do at that age, needs the loo at least every fifteen minutes.
End of the game, its 0-0, so I take him to the loo before extra time starts.
Hear a cheer whilst in there, come out of the portakabin loo, and everyone is leaving, and we've won 1-0!!
We scored in the first minute of added time, and game is over!
Won't embarrass him. as he's now 24 and a North Stand regular!!
Megazone
On his last warning
Not sure if the Playoff matches count as cup? but my favourite ever goal will always be Virgo vs Swindon in the playoffs. Unbelievable scenes especially as it just didn't look like we were going to score playing so shite the whole match. What a depressing experience that was until Virgo threw himself at a flick from Cullips header . The running track went completely mental. I was hugging some old man next to me I didn't know in sheer delight and he was going just as berserk. Even Mcghee had his arms wide open in pure mentalness. You just knew we were going to win the pens.
If there was ever a robbery we can be proud of (unlike CPFC and their mugging-off of St Johns ambulance) it was this one. Thanks Withdean for the magical memories.
PS "Hit the bar, Hit the bar, Hit the bar"
If there was ever a robbery we can be proud of (unlike CPFC and their mugging-off of St Johns ambulance) it was this one. Thanks Withdean for the magical memories.
PS "Hit the bar, Hit the bar, Hit the bar"
Jam The Man
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- #29
Maybe he meant Keith Bennett?
Ah, the Auto Windscreens Shield.
I remember us singing to Millwall fans: "You'll only win the windscreen and you'll smash it anyway!" to the tune of "Glory, glory, Tottenham Hotspur".
Real gallows humour at a desperate time. I remember getting the train back in a carriage with Millwall fans. We 'tried' to look happy but inside we were so depressed.
Publius Ovidius
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Yes sorry. I remember he was a Keith.
My memory is really starting to go and I am only 61
LANGDON SEAGULL
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Yes sorry. I remember he was a Keith.
My memory is really starting to go and I am only 61
I’m sure it was Mickey Bennett
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studio150
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Wasn't the Gillingham away game, in the League Cup in the first season at Withdean ?
I went to all the Gillingham games, the only time that I've had my car serviced on miles rather than annually, given the whizzing around the motorways.
The Colin Hawkins match against Stockport sticks in the mind.
I think the most enjoyable game I saw was a 4-0 win over Blackpool, played on the August bank holiday. The weather was beautiful, Zamora was on fire and it was the start of another promotion season just after getting out of the basement in 2001. Fantastic time.
And Steve McMahon was sent off from the dugout?
Dick Swiveller
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- Sep 9, 2011
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Yes sorry. I remember he was a Keith.
My memory is really starting to go and I am only 61
Ormerod, Browne, Sturgess, Minton, Johnson, Arnott, Storer, Bennett, Hart, Moralee, Culverhouse
Subs Allan, Ansah, Mayo
Definitely no Keiths
I don't remember that but they'd come up with us through the play-offs.
McMahon was always a dirty player for Liverpool. I never rated him.
- Nov 11, 2009
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The only period of time since late 70's I wasn't a STH. Did 8 games at Priestfield.
Mind you I did bottle a few at Withdean with my southstand B block ST when it was freezing and pissing down.
Publius Ovidius
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I take it all back. It was all nice and I must have dreamt it.
Jam The Man
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The first time we were involved in a golden goal was in 96/97 when we knocked Fulham out of the football league trophy cup 3-2. James Virgo scored from about 30 yards out in the first minute of extra time. Great way to end a match: score a goal, then go ‘ome!
The next time was the Withdean one mentioned above. It was against Wycombe in 01/02 (same trophy)
1-1 at FT (Geoff Pitcher) and it was Steve Melton who scored a golden goal in extra time.
The final time we were involved in something similar was in 03/04 against Boston Utd (same trophy again!)
1-1 at full time, so Chris McPhee’s goal to make it 2-1 was a silver goal. He also scored a pen in the same half to make it 3-1
Could be....I wasn't planning to go, but happened to be in the area . . . .