What game was most" hold head in hands and weep" at the Albion

[British Bulldog]

1974 FA Cup 3rd round losing 0-1 at home to Leatherhead with that mouthy wanker Chris Kelly scoring the winner, Was our biggest crowd of the season as well.

 

[1234andcounting]

So many to choose from, particularly in the period 1995-98, but last season's home defeat to Mansfield in the 3rd round of the cup was quite distressing. A team heading out of the football league played us off the park for most of the 90 minutes when a fourth round tie for the first time since 1993 was there for the taking.

 

[Blackadder]

I think Saturday's game against Walsall is in the top 5! (if not higher)

 

[Brovion]

Out of the games I've been to the three that stand out...

2-8 at home against Bristol Rovers - in front of The Match of The Day cameras as well! (Note to younger readers: in those days MoTD would often feature non-Premiership games)

0-3 at home to Oxford Utd in the FA Cup. At the time we were in the old, old, first and they were on the old, old third.

The Peterborough game. Mind you in those days, unlike today of course, we had a useless team, a useless manager and a useless chairman.

I wasn't there on Saturday but playing for an hour against nine men, failing to score (when as eleven men they hadn't kept a clean sheet for 18 games) and then actually conceding a goal is pretty dire. I would put it in the Top 10 of worst home performances of all time.

 

[Blackadder]

2-8 at home against Bristol Rovers - in front of The Match of The Day cameras as well! (Note to younger readers: in those days MoTD would often feature non-Premiership games)

On a pedantic note Brovion, I think it was ITV's Big Match that covered the Rovers game. I'm pretty sure Brian Moore covered the game the following day.

Could be wrong though. As you say, BBC used to cover Third Division games. I remember our games against Aston Villa being televised (and we beat them!)

 

[Caveman]

0-5 palace

From the first corner after a couple of minutes that Kuipers flapped at and missed, it just felt like it was going to be a bad afternoon.

That has to be it. I have never kicked and stamped on a chair in front of me as much in my life.

 

[Brovion]

... As you say, BBC used to cover Third Division games. I remember our games against Aston Villa being televised (and we beat them!)

Indeed! Didn't Willie Irvine's goal win Goal of The Season that year? The Villa game was also the time that groundsman Frankie Howard painted parts of the pitch green so it would look good on that new-fangled color TV!

I still think it was MOTD that covered the Rovers game, but I could be wrong. In fact I hope I am as that means only one bit of the country witnessed our humilitation as opposed to all of it!

 

[Braders]

Plymouth or Reading 5-1's

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

Indeed! Didn't Willie Irvine's goal win Goal of The Season that year? The Villa game was also the time that groundsman Frankie Howard painted parts of the pitch green so it would look good on that new-fangled color TV!

I still think it was MOTD that covered the Rovers game, but I could be wrong. In fact I hope I am as that means only one bit of the country witnessed our humilitation as opposed to all of it!

It was ITV's Big match for sure. Clough was a regular panalist too.

 

[Reinelt 62]

From a different era, two home games in two days:

0-5 v Northampton, Good Friday 1963
0-1 v Bournemouth, Easter Saturday 1963

Northampton were well on their way to being champions, but Bournemouth were in the frame for relegation and this was a four-pointer in those days.
The performance in that second game was so utterly dire that one of the Sunday rags gave half the team a player rating of just 3/10, which at that time had never been seen before for any team. You'd get 4/10 for just turning up.

Nothing changes...

 

[Gully]

0-3 at home to Oxford Utd in the FA Cup. At the time we were in the old, old, first and they were on the old, old third.

...I remember that game very well, it was my first at the Goldstone!

 

[El Presidente]

6-0 (or was it 6-1?) away to Oldham. Shit weather, shit ground, the Albion didn't bother to turn up, and we were a total embarrasment.

An honourable mention must also go to losing 1-0 to Rotherham under Martin Hinshelwood, when our strike force was (I think) Marney and Wilkinson. We didn't have a shot, or even a corner, it was stunningly poor. A big hats off to Mark McGhee and his sense of humour for the 3-0 humiliation at Luton, when we had the comedy strike force of McCammon and Turienzo (who limped off after 20 minutes, and was never seen in an Albion shirt again).

 

[Dave the OAP]

6-0 (or was it 6-1?) away to Oldham. Shit weather, shit ground, the Albion didn't bother to turn up, and we were a total embarrasment.

An honourable mention must also go to losing 1-0 to Rotherham under Martin Hinshelwood, when our strike force was (I think) Marney and Wilkinson. We didn't have a shot, or even a corner, it was stunningly poor. A big hats off to Mark McGhee and his sense of humour for the 3-0 humiliation at Luton, when we had the comedy strike force of McCammon and Turienzo (who limped off after 20 minutes, and was never seen in an Albion shirt again).

Oh Yes that was fun.

What about Portsmouth away when we lost 5-1 in the rain and the bastards played the goals over again on the tannoy when all we wanted to do was go home