18-05-2022, 01:53
(17-05-2022, 19:45)BridgwaterBaggie Wrote: Realised tomorrow is the 40th anniversary of .......... Albion 2 Leeds 0
I'm sure some of you have similar memories....
The joy of avoiding relegation
Leeds slid towards relegation
Their fan pulling down sections of the Smethwick fencing and the mount police preventing a pitch invasion
And all this at the end of a season in which we reached two cup semi-finals
Where did that time go ?
Lots of similar memories especially from those days I was lucky and unlucky, not to miss a game home or away between 1977 and 1984. However, the relegation avoiding game I remember most was Portsmouth at home 2005, which we won 2-0. For those who were not there, it was the Portsmouth fans that made that game, In a nutshell (if I remember it all correctly) If we won we stayed up, which also relegated Southampton. Before the game a fair few of the Pompey fans, were in the club shop buying up Albion shirts, every time a Portsmouth player committed the smallest foul it was met by chants from the Portsmouth fans of OFF, OFF, OFF. If we were on the attack all you heard was, "let em score" to the tune of 'here we go'. When we did scored, I really don't know if we were happier or the Pompey fans, I guess they really don't like Southampton and it was great the way many joined us for the cerebrations after the game.