Plymouth 1973
Always a 'friendly' welcome from the Devonport End.
Plymouth 1973
Always a 'friendly' welcome from the Devonport End.
Possibly. I don't recall. I remember Clive Morton was with us.Remember this, I think. Did we move to the side stand?
My wife and I were there, it was one of her first games. I thought it was 89 though. I was sold a pie at half time that was still frozenI know two others (sons) who were there that game..selling out of date alcohol apparently which one tucked into!
Rob has mellowed a bit now though.Watching football wasn't easy back then. A lot of social unrest.
There was a thread on the Brighton Big Board about the Boxing Day match.
First proper crowd trouble seen at the Goldstone Ground apparently
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There's always been rivalry between not just the clubs but the towns. As rival resorts and both chasing the conference trade (though hopefully not the Conference!) so planty of spice in these fixtures. My favourite, and one of my most memorable Albion games EVER, was on Boxing Day 1971. A...www.northstandchat.com
The Bournemouth fans, in their thousands, arrived early. When I arrived (and there was little segregation, Bournemouth had taken the (empty) north Stand. As the crowd built, by KO, they had the right hand half of the north and we had the left. It was packed solid, the atmosphere was electric and hostile with missiles flying and crowd surges. The police were in the middle and they brough dogs in, although they didn't stay long, driven mad by the noise.
'I remember Bournemouth had a firm back in the day!'
Oldham was the 5th of November 2003 - a bitterly cold day. Hollands Balti Pie the only highlight.I can remember being at the Vetch on a Friday night with low numbers.
Can also remember being at Oldham this century with only about 100 of us.
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Just a bit!Rob has mellowed a bit now though.
Way before then/them.BCE Bournemouth casual element
I love the random things people remember from games that would otherwise be erased from the memoryMy wife and I were there, it was one of her first games. I thought it was 89 though. I was sold a pie at half time that was still frozen
They were. Remember them systematically putting bricks through every bloody windscreen. I was on John and Lucille Bartlett’s coach and the driver stood at the front with his crowbar making it quite clear he was ready to use it.I would also add, 75% of the coaches parked at the Greyhound Stadium at Brighton were smashed up.
The game when we won at Portsmouth early eighties I reckon we only took a hundred or so, whereas they brought thousands to Dean Court.
Elsewhere, Weymouth v Torquay had a crowd of 2,009+ on Saturday. I heard an interview with Terras manager Bobby Wilkinson lamenting the fact that ‘big’ clubs no longer support non league by playing pre-season friendlies. He mentioned AFCB particularly.
He has a point.
I did many away trips on John and Lucille's coach. Happy days.They were. Remember them systematically putting bricks through every bloody windscreen. I was on John and Lucille Bartlett’s coach and the driver stood at the front with his crowbar making it quite clear he was ready to use it.
He made his point very well and it did at least get us into the 25%.
My dad went - I was being made at the timeIt was mayhem. Maybe the mind plays tricks, as I was a 17 year old at the time.
My dad went - I was being made at the time
Yes, not the initial 'making'Blimey, does your dad know that you were being made when he was in Brighton watching AFCB?