[Nitrous Oxide]

I remember Zamora kicking the ball out of Abbeys hands. Both the ref and lino were running back to the half way line and had their backs to it.

[Mr_Pleasant]

calvin plummers socks, on 21 October 2017 - 07:49 AM, said:

That was a long time ago- let it go!
Brighton is a fantastic club - I was at the Withdean that night though and they were animals that night.

We'd have been the same in the circumstances

I disagree. I don't think we would.

It's true that most places we went after the DB issue blew up, we had brown envelopes waved at us, and if the boot had been on the other foot, I suppose that many of our fans would have been angry at perceived cheating, and been waving the old envelope (not a euphemism). Quite a lot of people wanted us chucked out of the league.

Brighton though went above and beyond, and given the support they'd sought generally a few years earlier when they were being shafted by a Board/chairman, that stuck in the throat big time. Even before the DB issue became news, they were horrible when they came up to the Rec (on and off the pitch; the fact that they chucked away the game that they should have won by their mindless thuggish approach pleased me greatly).

[whittman]

MDCCCLXVI, on 21 October 2017 - 07:18 AM, said:

Brighton were fellow promotion contenders during our season under Brown. The game at Saltergate (the one where Ingledow scored a late winner) saw a large following turn up, behave with an arrogance unbefitting an outfit who'd so often begged for - and received - the support of others, leading to aggro before and after the game.

By the time of the return fixture everything had been blown open and the CFSS had taken over. However rather than sympathise with fellow fans suffering in the same way they'd done they subjected ours', not to mention Town players and officials, to vicious abuse and mockery.

Worse still they took it upon themselves to launch some sort of media crusade against us, demanding far worse sanctions than had been applied whilst again conveniently forgetting we'd merely been victims as they had. And unfortunately a media who seem to see Brighton as some sort of success deserving darlings lapped-up such brazen hypocrisy.

I'll never forget or forgive.

I think after the drawn night match at the Withdean there was lets say an altercation in the dressing rooms after the match lol

[Siberian Spireite]

I remember driving over Slack Hill for the Brighton home match during our dodgy promotion season, finally picking up the Peak FM signal and hearing that the match had been delayed. I ended up sitting in the Wing Stand right near their fans (they had a good section of it) as the Kop was full when I arrived. Oatway (thug of the QPR nomenclature) saw red right in front of us and they chucked away a match they could well have won- the fact that Ingledow even played suggests we were missing midfield genius Marcus Ebdon that day...?

Fast forward to 2005 and I was sitting in a train at Naushk in Siberia, waiting to cross the Mongolian border, when I spied a backpacker in a Brighton shirt out of the window. The volley of lower divisions footy-related abuse suddenly coming from nowhere in English seemed to surprise him but he took it well.

This post has been edited by Siberian Spireite: 21 October 2017 - 08:26 AM

[Spire-Power]

whittman, on 21 October 2017 - 08:12 AM, said:

I think after the drawn night match at the Withdean there was lets say an altercation in the dressing rooms after the match lol

Nicky Law and Banks wading in?

[firedodger]

Spire-Power, on 21 October 2017 - 08:24 AM, said:

Nicky Law and Banks wading in?

I think I'm right in saying mark innes was doing the damage on the pitch for us in the second half? Might be wrong but anyway, the story goes that we were on top and their manager at the time (McGhee?) was winding up one of his subs to go on and kick lumps out of one of our players, orders to kick him out of the game, apparently law was stood calmly behind him and issued the chilling warning 'if you touch him I'll be waiting for you after the match'!

[firedodger]

calvin plummers socks, on 21 October 2017 - 07:49 AM, said:

That was a long time ago- let it go!
Brighton is a fantastic club - I was at the Withdean that night though and they were animals that night.

We'd have been the same in the circumstances

Brighton are the only side I wish nothing but continued bad fortune for. Horrible shower of supporters who I despise.
After a midweek game there I stopped someone literally getting their head kicked in, they were on the floor and this bloke had his leg back ready to boot

[Westbars Spireite]

Siberian Spireite, on 20 October 2017 - 09:17 PM, said:

Shocker, that one. Right in front of the Kop. How the ref missed it, I'll never know.

I'm certain it was Cross Street End. Hundred yards but almost caused a riot on the Kop.

[Spire-Power]

firedodger, on 21 October 2017 - 08:41 AM, said:

Brighton are the only side I wish nothing but continued bad fortune for. Horrible shower of supporters who I despise.

They've had continued good fortune

[brimington spireite]

remember them coming 1976 ?
they brought 1000s think they needed a point to win promotion
think peter taylor played for them that day ?
it kicked off everywhere. when they scored they came on pitch
so it kicked of again after match there were a load of
them on markham rd roundabout roughly were feathers pub were
they were battering some young town fans till the old school turned up
i dont condone violence but in them days it went with watching town
these deserved all they got, think same season we went to brighton
lost 2 1 rodney fern scored went with east mids remember them
got in a pub nr ground same thing kicked of again
no doubt some older end will remember the incident with the kung fu kick ?
no dont like brighton met a brighton fan in alcudia some yrs ago
same old thing brown envelopes etc yep they still hate little old town lol

This post has been edited by brimington spireite: 21 October 2017 - 09:43 AM

[Spired]

calvin plummers socks, on 21 October 2017 - 07:49 AM, said:

That was a long time ago- let it go!
Brighton is a fantastic club - I was at the Withdean that night though and they were animals that night.

We'd have been the same in the circumstances

I wrote to the government to oppose them getting a new stadium that's how I feel about them. XXX for tat because they were trying to get us shut down.

I still hate them to this day. I hope they get relegated

This post has been edited by Spired: 21 October 2017 - 09:48 AM

[Sussex Spireite]

calvin plummers socks, on 21 October 2017 - 07:49 AM, said:

That was a long time ago- let it go!
Brighton is a fantastic club - I was at the Withdean that night though and they were animals that night.

We'd have been the same in the circumstances

I for one will never let it go. It was the sheer hypocrisy of Brighton that night that will always stick in my throat. With them playing "Money, money, money" and "The Tax Man" over the loud speakers. Yet 5-6 years earlier they were in a similar situation and wanting every football fans sympathy.

I wish Brighton all the luck in the world, all of it bad!!

[timshorts]

I work with a good few Brighton fans and was at a wedding reception featuring Brighton Seagull cakes last night.

I've never had an issue from any of them due to my Chesterfield tendencies, but occasionally do for my Burnley ones. Their dislike is definitely aimed elsewhere.

Other than Palace, they have a similar story to the above re Leyton Orient. When Brighton was being taken down the s-hole by their former owners the fans invaded a pitch for a (fairly pointless) end of season game, and Orient seemed hell bent on having them relegated/kicked out of the league etc etc. Big mouth Tommy Taylor, the manager, I remember being particularly obnoxious. They weren't even playing Orient. Anyhow, last season, Orient fans did something pretty similar, and strangely, very little was said about them or their previous views.

Quite a good party though. Those of us that weren't Brighton supporters were at least happy that West Ham lost. If they sack Bilic, please can they have Caldwell next.

[Town_Fan]

Brighton are the only club i would happily cheer if they went under. Its not just the brown stuff bit i also remember them rioting to get a game abandoned (donny at the withdean?)when there was a chance they could have gone non league. In the end it was hereford who went out of the league on the ladt day of the season. Cheats all of them.

[calvin plummers socks]

Town_Fan, on 21 October 2017 - 11:02 AM, said:

Brighton are the only club i would happily cheer if they went under. Its not just the brown stuff bit i also remember them rioting to get a game abandoned (donny at the withdean?)when there was a chance they could have gone non league. In the end it was hereford who went out of the league on the ladt day of the season. Cheats all of them.

I think it was us under Brown who were the cheats 🤔

[Town_Fan]

calvin plummers socks, on 21 October 2017 - 11:19 AM, said:

I think it was us under Brown who were the cheats 🤔

What do you call rioting to get a game that you need to win abandoned because you arent winning?

Weve taken our licks for Brown but Brighton are like Teflon. They are opportunistic and hypocrites. Sod em, hope they go under.

[Bankrobber]

Count me in for the Brighton dislike mob. Cannot stand anything about them. Their hypocritical self appointed 'voice of the football supporter' fans absolutely grate the most.

[Westbars Spireite]

calvin plummers socks, on 21 October 2017 - 11:19 AM, said:

I think it was us under Brown who were the cheats 🤔

What did we do, other than to ourselves, to give us an unfair advantage over the opposition?

[Siberian Spireite]

Westbars Spireite, on 21 October 2017 - 11:30 AM, said:

What did we do, other than to ourselves, to give us an unfair advantage over the opposition?

Signing players we couldn't afford.

[Town_Fan]

Brightond self preservation shenanigans helped put hereford put of business. No one gives a shiny **** though.