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Feb 1, 2012, 8:13 am
You can see us holding hands, but we can't see the pitch
The Return to Selhurst. It was an old school football outing up in South London last night. A big Albion mob of 2700 turning up at the crumbling home of the hated Crystal Palace seeking revenge for the 3-1 drubbing at Falmer back in September... Comment - Like
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Jan 23, 2012, 5:39 pm
Coming to Brighton?
It’s right up there alongside Death On The Nile, Murder On The Orient Express, and other mysteries. Is Michael Owen coming to Falmer? Rumours have been rife before regarding the one-time England wonderkid, but this time it feels different.
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Jan 20, 2012, 10:06 am
Stone Island, the Italian clothing label, is 30 years old this year. Set up in 1982 by the late Massimo Osti as a diffusion line to his main CP Company label, the brand with the compass patch on the upper arm is perhaps (for better or worse) more synonymous with football culture than any other.
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Jan 19, 2012, 7:26 am
I’ve not anticipated a game of football as much as this for a long time. Forget visits from your Liverpools and Newcastles, noisy trips along the coast to Pompey or Southampton, this is the one every Albionite dreams of – Palace away in the league.
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Jan 12, 2012, 5:46 am
The latest production of The Seagull Love Review is out this Saturday at Falmer v Bristol City. The Albion’s only current fanzine is going from strength to strength this season, and that’s down to two things – 1, it’s a quality read, and 2, it gets great support from the fans of BHAFC. The p... Comment - Like
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Jan 3, 2012, 4:00 am
Happy New Year friends. 2011 spluttered down like an old street drunk falling over into his own spew, December was particularly painful, like watching the Albion of old. There were even faint rumblings of dissatisfaction with Gus Poyet. But what a change a day makes. 3-0 at home against The Gopher-f... Comment - Like
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Dec 14, 2011, 7:45 am
Burnley on Saturday is my first visit to Falmer since West Ham in October, shocking. There are new ‘Christmas Pies’ for sale at the ground, but more importantly The Seagull Love Review (TSLR) number 35 is out as well. The only BHAFC fanzine has really taken off since the move from Withdean, it s... Comment - Like
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Dec 5, 2011, 8:07 am
I just missed the Forest game on Saturday, travelling back home from work as I was. Seems the team have picked up again since I’ve been away. Win games even when you play bad – that just might keep us in with a shout of the play-offs, but I can’t see us thereabouts unless we get the whole squa... Comment - Like
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Nov 17, 2011, 2:12 pm
Hello rat fans. I’m still far and away from home shores, but I’ve just got interweb facilities, so I’m checking up on all things Albion.
TSLR 34 is out this Saturday and available to buy in Scumhampton, home of that lovable South Coast Club – Stains FC. I haven’t seen the Albion lose at S... Comment - Like
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Oct 22, 2011, 10:07 am
…since I’ve updated this place. I’ve been busy elsewhere, and even though the Crystal Slum game was a choker (well done nifty fifty mate), it’s not the reason I’ve been avoiding updating the blog.
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Sep 25, 2011, 9:54 am
Doing the weekly foodshop today with the missus I came across these two Spanish shoppers in Hove Tesco – Vicente Rodriguez and Inigo Calderon. I’m not a famous person botherer per se, but as everyone around BHAFC is as excited as a ten year old on Xmas Eve at the arrival of Vicente, I had to tak... Comment - Like
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Sep 24, 2011, 12:46 pm
It wasn’t a night for dicky hearts at Falmer last night. A scintillating game of football that had me out of my seat all night.
The Leeds away crowd were great, best banter at the Amex yet. Loads of big fat Yorkies with no tops on screaming abuse and singing their hearts out. They were almost as ... Comment - Like
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Sep 22, 2011, 5:26 am
That was a great night of football. Even though we lost it felt that this exciting new Albion side has finally arrived, with the potential we now show it can only take a catastrophic loss of nerve not to make something special of this season, the tools are there already, it’s the psychological fac... Comment - Like
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Sep 19, 2011, 9:25 am
The rain is back so I can finally wear this beauty of a raincoat picked up for a song back in July. Aquascutum as a brand suffered the same fate as that other British luxury brand – Burberry – back in the 1990s. A certain type of fan at the football was always seen in both famous house checks, a... Comment - Like
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Sep 6, 2011, 6:08 am
Thanks to everyone who bought the last copy (issue 31) of The Seagull Love Review. As expected the big crowd at the new stadium meant for bigger sales, far bigger, so give yourself a pat on the back for supporting your only current Albion fanzine.
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Aug 28, 2011, 8:42 am
The Big Lemon bus smoke bombs the Amex
Top of the league. A simply brilliant day for the Albion yesterday, first news was we have Liverpool at home in the Carling Cup (which I’m 99% sure I’m going to miss with work commitments), then a mostly workmanlike victory (apart from two class goals) ove... Comment - Like
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Aug 25, 2011, 5:29 am
I haven’t posted about clothes for a little while now, the football has been hectic since the start of this new season and frankly I’ve been totally immersed in the new stadium and great results. That’s not to say I haven’t been picking up bits and pieces here and there, I have, but I’m al... Comment - Like
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Aug 24, 2011, 7:26 am
Nice game, shame about the photo
I decided to sample the delights of the North Stand last night, just to see how a match looks & sounds in the bleachers. Apologies for the shitty photo, but I hadn’t much time to concentrate on photography during this classic match. I miss the old banter of the No... Comment - Like
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Aug 21, 2011, 4:40 am
Disappointing as it was to throw away both a 100% winning record and a two goal lead, yesterday was all about a striking masterclass from a still very potent ex-International footballer. Kevin Phillips was the main reason the Albion didn’t win three points, it’s as simple as that.
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Aug 18, 2011, 4:24 am
A properly head-staggering start to this 2011-12 Championship campaign. Form, reputation, status, home advantage, they all mean nothing so far. After Southampton hit 5 at Ipswich on Tuesday night we had big boots to fill, and fill them we did.
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Aug 15, 2011, 5:27 am
Always a good awayday is Pompey. There’s a plethora of pre-match pubs to choose from, from the glittering Gunwharf Quays to rundown Fratton itself, a tipple for anyone’s taste. Then there’s the always lively match, accompanied by the local loathing of anything foreign – i.e. anything north, ... Comment - Like
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Aug 10, 2011, 4:52 am
Trip the light fantastic
A fairly inauspicious start to what may yet turn out to be a classic Abion cup run. But another historic night as the first game under floodlights was played at Falmer, shame the match didn’t dazzle the senses.
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Aug 7, 2011, 6:31 am
If this is what a typical football day out with the Albion is going to be like then I will be frazzled come April 2012. This opening ‘proper’ game had just about everything. A 20,000 plus gate, wall to wall fan noise and colour, reckless tackles, a manager getting sent off, weird bookings, and t... Comment - Like
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Aug 4, 2011, 4:34 am
TSLR sellers of the world unite
New season, new look TSLR. As Brighton & Hove Albion FC moves into their new ultra-modern all-seater stadium on the edge of the South Downs, one old tradition will move in with it – the unofficial club fanzine. The Seagull Love Review has been re-vamped – new pri... Comment - Like
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Jul 31, 2011, 5:49 am
"Those Who Sow in Tears Shall Reap In Joy"
What a great day! I won’t bang on about the match itself, read the club website for that here, but I’d like to reflect on the whole day.
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Jul 25, 2011, 2:12 pm
Watching in a Wardy Wonderland
I nearly missed this one, forgot about it in all the build up to the first game at Falmer this Saturday against Spurs. I missed the original show first time round in 2001 (so thanks to R for reminding me it’s on again). The story of Albion’s history, as told throu... Comment - Like
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Jul 24, 2011, 12:25 pm
Drift Racing Bexhill style
I was at the De La Warr Pavilion on Friday to watch Glaswegian post-rockers Mogwai. Friday evenings in Bexhill are a blast, the main attractions range from tripping over old dears driving their yappy little dogs on the seafront, window shopping the dozens of charity shops... Comment - Like
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Jul 21, 2011, 9:06 am
…there’s nothing to see here. What was that all about? The North Stand Chat harakiri has been reversed. For those of you who missed Naylor’s very odd piece, here it is:
A couple of points:
Remember the last ‘official’ person to tell Albion fans to “stop whining”?
Hello sexy
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Jul 20, 2011, 5:05 am
Even though the summer’s been shite, it’s still a bit too warm of an evening to go out in a coat, while venturing out in only shirt sleeves can leave you distinctly chilly, unless you have a beer jacket on. The solution? A hoodie. A pullover would probably do the same job, but when I wear my jum... Comment - Like
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Jul 18, 2011, 4:47 am
Provided You Don’t Kiss Me, 20 years with Brian Clough : by Duncan Hamilton
First Published : 2007
ISBN 978-0-00-724711-0
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On the one hand, Clough was capable of being unforgivably rude, unecessarily cruel, appallingly bombastic and arrogant, and so downright awkward that I wa... Comment - Like
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Jul 14, 2011, 4:38 am
Uninspiring 'Hornet' mascot makes his rounds of the A2B
A pleasant evening’s football in the leafy suburbs of BN14, where you find yourself weaving through parked Range Rovers and BMWs to arrive at the footballing hotbed that is the A2B Stadium, Woodside Road. No swally for me at this one, as it ... Comment - Like
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Jul 10, 2011, 1:19 pm
First match report of the 2011-12 season, it won’t be much of a report, more of a “look at me phots!”. Nice little ground is Leylands Park. Sometimes you’ve got to envy non-league football; grounds where you can take a pint out and watch the match, no police to be seen, and you can eat a hom... Comment - Like
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Jul 6, 2011, 3:21 am
I’m getting my mod mojo on here with this latest polo to join the rather large pile I have at home. There’s a proper Fred Perry store in Duke’s Lane, but it has the whiff of “funboy” about it. So, I like to schlep up to Jump The Gun in Gardner Street, where Stockport’s most famous son an... Comment - Like
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Jul 4, 2011, 3:09 am
As a sometime contributor to currently Brighton’s one and only fanzine – The Seagull Love Review – I’m also someone who loves these rags, a bit of a fanzine anorak if you like (I’m not always around to contribute my written shite to the TSLR editors, not because I’m a lazy twat, I just h... Comment - Like
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Jun 29, 2011, 5:19 am
Calcio, a history of Italian Football : by John Foot
First Published : 2006
ISBN-13 978-0-00-717575-8
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Romeo Benetti played for Milan, Juventus and many other clubs in the 1970s. His appearance alone was terrifying. A huge muscle-built man, with a big face, he sported a large re... Comment - Like
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Jun 28, 2011, 8:05 am
Summer is teasing us, even down here on the naturally sunny south coast. She’s been hiding for most of June, and peeks out shyly from behind her veil once in a while. The upshot of this is I’m still wearing gear that usually gets aired in April before being stored away until October. A lot of dr... Comment - Like
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Jun 24, 2011, 11:16 am
My running days are virtually over, I’m 15 stone and when I do manage to get out for a run I’m in bits for days after, bad knees and sore ankles. Not wanting to stop keeping fit I’ve taken up cycling again, after a break of about 5 years. I must say I’ve missed it.
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Jun 22, 2011, 4:29 am
There’s a Sale on at Clarks at the minute, by and far my favourite shoe manufacturer. I picked up this pair of British Millerain waxed canvas Wallabees. I love this idea, matching up the classic (1964) design of the Wallabee with the Barbouresque Millerain canvas; it’s like wearing a pair of min... Comment - Like
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Jun 20, 2011, 5:03 am
It’s the ideal day for a shant in Brighton is Sunday. The best pub for a midday tipple is the Quadrant opposite Boots at the bottom of Queen’s Road. Get a frothing pint in a real dimpled glass, find a nice window seat, and watch the weekending stag and hen nighters struggle back up the hill to... Comment - Like
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Jun 18, 2011, 10:03 am
Our Nige gives it the big 'un onstage at the O2 Empire
Recovery time today, I was at the Half Man Half Biscuit gig up at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire last night. They’re still one of the best live bands in the UK, older than most (“…avoiding proper work since 1985″), but bald pates aside th... Comment - Like
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Jun 17, 2011, 4:20 am
Rip it up and start again, last game at the Goldstone v Doncaster April 1997
Doncaster at home in the first game in the Championship 2011-12, very fitting and certainly NOT a fix (!?). Palace at Falmer is a night game on 27th September, and we’re up there on another Tuesday night on 31st January ... Comment - Like
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Jun 15, 2011, 4:38 am
The Rough Guide to Cult Football : edited by Andy Mitten
Year Published : 2nd edition 2010
ISBN 13: 978-1-84836542-1
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To be fair, Ron himself was born in Liverpool’s Old Swan, and has had some trouble with Scousers. “Going to Anfield was like Vietnam”, he said of his visit... Comment - Like
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Jun 14, 2011, 3:59 am
Paulo and pals enjoying an alternative day out at the match
It’s shameless plug time here at Hovian Towers. Foul Paulo is a very good pal of mine from Stirling in Scotland; apart from being well into his football and good clothing, he’s also a very accomplished musical artist. Paulo’s been ma... Comment - Like
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Jun 12, 2011, 9:42 am
I pinched this video for the blog after a NSC poster put it up over there (I think it was his Mum, but glad she did it anyway LOL). This video was apparently shown at Harty’s testimonial dinner and has never been shown in public before
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Jun 8, 2011, 6:08 am
Coming soon to a stadio near you - EFW
“the blog soaks up the beauty of football and pop culture, celebrates the underbelly of life and raises a glass to the wonderful world of pubs, clubs and euro drinking holes.” – Danny Last, EFW
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Jun 6, 2011, 4:16 am
Another gem from those excellent purveyors of good taste – Peggs & Son of Duke Street, Brighton. I should really be seeking an advertising fee from these guys, but I’m just pleased that nestled in the back alleys of the city there’s at least one place that delivers the goods, and it’s far an... Comment - Like
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Jun 3, 2011, 4:12 am
…love to see Half Man Half Biscuit in the Shepherd’s Bush Empire.
The legendary Half Man Half Biscuit are on stage up in old man Steptoe’s old haunting ground on Friday 17th June. I’ve always been a big fan of the four lads from the Wirral, they are as unique in their own way as The Fall ar... Comment - Like
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May 31, 2011, 6:39 am
Football Fascism and Fandom : by Alberto Testa and Gary Armstrong
First Published : 2010
ISBN 978 1 4081 2371 3
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“In this calcio bought for money – where Buffon.”
So speaks the direttivo of the Boys UltraS group, affiliated to AS Roma. A far cry then from the typical utte... Comment - Like
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May 26, 2011, 8:24 am
I bought these a while back in Peggs, but haven’t been wearing them much as I’ve been overseas a lot lately, where flipflops or sandals are more suitable. I went into Peggs hoping to buy a nice tan/brown leather boot, but these caught my eye and when I tried them on they looked great with my sel... Comment - Like
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May 8, 2011, 4:16 pm
…to a fantastic season. But that’s enough of me gassing, here’s the photos from yesterday’s 1-1 draw up at a very accommodating Notts County and the Gus Bus victory parade down on Brighton & Hove seafront today. Enjoy your summer and full speed to Falmer in August. Cheers! Comment - Like
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