Having left The Withdean with the 3 points and very happy to do so, when driving back i must be honest that i feel quite angry towards Brighton council for what they have done to that football club after turfing them out of the Goldstone Ground.
I saw us lose 7-0 there and win 5-3 years ago but my memory of the place was that it was one of those classic football grounds which has now gone down the pan like so many others.
Similar to Charltons past, their fans have been pushed from pillar to post and last night there was absolutely no atmosphere generated from the home fans due to the stadium being assembled of mismatched temporary golfing stands, i think everyone who was at the game would agree that there was no edge to the match after we scored and that was a strange feeling from my perspective as we usually find ourselves living on a knife edge during games. Brighton never looked like scoring and are probably the worst football team i have ever seen us play including some of the non league teams we have played in the cups over the years, i dont mean that in a detrimental way to the football club but i sadly felt that the whole place and set up is an utter shambles.
For a worldwide renouned City, Brighton should have a football team to be proud of but it just reminded me of the years we spent in exile but on a far greater scale, the only bright point is that at least they have a new ground on the way and have currently been accomodated in Brighton but this club looked at deaths door last night, will Brighton even be a league club by the time the new ground is built and if not where will that leave them?
After leaving the game their fans just seemed to happily accept yet another defeat and i cant see any chance whatsoever that they will stay up this year which is a shame because Brighton is a nice part of the world with decent supporters and should be proud to accomodate a successful football club, unlike the shit that dwells in Norwood who for that matter also seem to be going down the pan which im far less concerned about!
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Aaaah the good old days....
NOT!
new ground does look awesome and they defo deserve it.
And also felt sorry for their fans . There for the grace of .....
Nice to hear an acknowledgement to our Club on the tannoy at halftime ( could actually hear it loud & clear then ! ) regarding the role model of the Valley Party and the BTTV campaign in general.
Me, MOG, Alex Wright were there. Anyone else?
Nice feature on Steve Gritt in the programme last night.
Poyet also said that Charlton are a special club for him as one of his sons plays for the U16s.
That was my very first Charlton away game, Jimmy Case got a hat-trick.
Only made my love for Charlton even stronger.
Just have. How the F*** do people get paid for writing crap like that. Cliche, cliche and more cliche. And in a Brighton programme.
In case you didn't see it Paul Jiggins, some Sun writer/Spanner going on about anoraks and trains and how Millwall don't care about us.
Yes, some Rudds were in attendance on that famous day, Henry. It was a special, special occasion.
Very strange atmosphere last night. Almost felt like a practice game at one point. The new ground did look impressive ... question is, will they get the crowds?
More worryingly will they still be in the league and then what happens if not?
not sure - as I thought he was alright! when there was another "ref moment" the keeper ran over to the linesman in front of us and you could clearly hear him going mental with his scottish accent and the brighton fans said that was the best thing he did all game - then he went on to make those 2 saves and they did say he did well. I think they were harsh but i guess we haven't watched him week in week out - and i don't think elliot looked to confident himself during the game keeping on punching so i stayed diplomatically quiet!
He hasn't had that much experience at first team level yet so it was probably a bit daunting. Still, even if he rode his luck a bit, he kept a clean sheet and that is all you can ask really.
Latest pictures from Falmer - They are sorting it out!!
was good to hear them thank charlton for helping their party campaign =- and well to those who helped them
Disgrace that they were booted out of The Goldstone which was a lovely, old characterful ground & which is now a non-descript trading estate with a Toys R' Us and Burger King.
Over here now in Canada, perhaps because of our lack of modern history, great efforts are made to preserve historic "old" buildings & sites. It seems that hugely important parts of our British cultural & sporting history - ie the old stadiums now buried under housing estates, supermarkets and identikit trading estates are destroyed without a second thought. It is ridiculous and depriving future generations of important British history.
i can understand why they dont like him tbh, i think he did make some good saves at the end but felt at corners he looked very poor and didnt really take much control either
only part of his game which was ok was shot stopping but cant just be good shot stopper if your a goalie, although obviously is one of the attributes you do need.
A mate of mine's house used to overlook the Goldstone ground. You could see most of the pitch from the bedroom.
I agree wholeheartedly with these comments, except I don't think their current team is as bad as you make out.
I hope they get their new stadium soon....and good luck to them.
Oakster, you are particularly on point given that you're in Alberta and more particularly near Calgary, where the lack of modern history is, shall I say, more apparent that most other places...so the preservation efforts that you refer to would likely maintain the 1950s for future generations!