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Robert Isaac interview: Have You Ever Had It Blue? | The Goldstone Wrap
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The Albion Retro Blog. Robert Isaac interview: Have You Ever Had It Blue? After getting stabbed by rival supporters and leaving the club you support, the last thing you’d want are injuries, relegation and bust-ups with the boss. But that was the way of things for Robert ‘Bob’ Isaac, a promising defender who helped the Seagulls return to the Second Division in 1988. By contrast, he tasted victory on his Chelsea debut in the First Division some thirteen years later. His speed and aerial ability helped ...
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Grandmaster Fash | The Goldstone Wrap
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The Albion Retro Blog. Here is mascot Gavin McLean, then 12 years old, posing with new Brighton striker Justin Fashanu on the opening day of the 1985/86 season, before the 2-2 draw with Grimsby Town at the Goldstone in August:. Fash had a fine spell with Notts County in 1984/85, leading to considerable interest from the likes of Manchester City, Norwich, Chelsea, Birmingham, Oxford and Oldham. In Jim Read’s superb biography of Justin Fashanu, he provides a vivid anecdote:. There was some lingering ill-wi...
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Sean Coleman – a reader meets Brighton’s Peter Ward | The Goldstone Wrap
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The Albion Retro Blog. Sean Coleman – a reader meets Brighton’s Peter Ward. Top Soccer magazine may not have lived long in the memory of many supporters, but the edition from 15th December 1979 certainly gave Seagulls fan Sean Coleman, then 11, one of the best Albion-related childhood stories of the glory years:. If people paint a room in the colours of their favourite soccer team then they must be close to being fanatical fans! He met Peter outside the Goldstone Ground with his kit bag at the ready.
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home shirts | The Goldstone Wrap
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The Albion Retro Blog. Tag Archives: home shirts. Football Attic: Number 37 in the Greatest Football Shirts Ever. As a long-term fan of The Football Attic. I was delighted to see Brighton and Hove Albion’s snazzy home kit from the mid-1980s make it into Chris and Richard’s countdown of the the Greatest Football Shirts Ever, as chosen with Jay from Design Football. And John Devlin of True Colours. There’s a nice write-up. By John Devlin, as well as a Football Attic podcast. The strike made the score 2-0 a...
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gordon smith | The Goldstone Wrap
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The Albion Retro Blog. Tag Archives: gordon smith. And Smith did score! From Gordon Smith’s autobiography:. There were 100,000 cheering fans in Wembley that day and we certainly silenced the Red Army when I scored in fourteen minutes. Gary Howlett fired a diagonal cross towards the far post and I drifted in behind their defence to head the ball back across goal, beating Gary Bailey at his left-hand post to score the opener. Yes, folks, Gordon Smith did score at Wembley in the FA Cup final! Back row: Mich...
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gary williams | The Goldstone Wrap
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The Albion Retro Blog. Tag Archives: gary williams. We can see you holding hands. A sweet image of Gary Williams from Shoot magazine in 1979:. Delightful player badges and discs. Thanks to Nick Spiller for lending me these marvellous items. A pair of badges from the late 1970s:. 8230;some discs from 1979/80:. 8230;and yet more discs, this time from 1980/81:. Brighton hit City for four… again! Here’s Michael Robinson in action against his former team mates from Manchester:. When you’re young. Brighton sup...
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Club Colours | The Goldstone Wrap
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The Albion Retro Blog. Category Archives: Club Colours. Football Attic: Number 37 in the Greatest Football Shirts Ever. As a long-term fan of The Football Attic. I was delighted to see Brighton and Hove Albion’s snazzy home kit from the mid-1980s make it into Chris and Richard’s countdown of the the Greatest Football Shirts Ever, as chosen with Jay from Design Football. And John Devlin of True Colours. There’s a nice write-up. By John Devlin, as well as a Football Attic podcast. Sadly, Rothmans Football ...
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Photo Opportunities | The Goldstone Wrap
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The Albion Retro Blog. Category Archives: Photo Opportunities. The Brighton Cup Final squad of 1983, a good thirteen years before Liverpool arrived for Wembley in cream suits. Merry Christmas from Bobby Smith. Robert Isaac interview: Have You Ever Had It Blue? As a Chelsea apprentice, he appeared on The Sun front page after he was hurt by Millwall hooligans going to a match. However, there was much better news on the pitch. The Hackney-born youngster played for the reserves aged 15 and broke into...We li...
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doug rougvie | The Goldstone Wrap
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The Albion Retro Blog. Tag Archives: doug rougvie. Robert Isaac interview: Have You Ever Had It Blue? After getting stabbed by rival supporters and leaving the club you support, the last thing you’d want are injuries, relegation and bust-ups with the boss. But that was the way of things for Robert ‘Bob’ Isaac, a promising defender who helped the Seagulls return to the Second Division in 1988. By contrast, he tasted victory on his Chelsea debut in the First Division some thirteen years later. His spee...
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