The Goldstone Wrap

Feb 14 2013

The Apprentices ’83

These three full-time apprentices are Martin Lambert, a 17 year old centre-forward from Southempton, David Ellis, a 16 year old midfielder from Newcastle-under-Lyme and Gerry McTeague, 17, a centre-half from Edinburgh.

‘We all want to make it in the game,’ says Martin, the player on the right. ‘There’s nowhere we’d rather be.’

Following this photo published in the Brighton v Watford programme, 1982/83, Lambert was the only one of the three who signed professional forms with the Albion, having a baptism of fire against Leeds in August 1983.

He was released at the end of the 1984/85 season with three appearances to his name before rejoining the Goldstone playing staff under Barry Lloyd in July 1989.

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Feb 13 2013

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Photo Opportunities

Albion wear Farah Slacks

A truly kitsch classic. The first team in 1983 are kitted out in some rather dapper new blazers and slacks from the firm with its UK base in Gatwick.

From the Townsend Thoresen Cup programme against Manchester United in August 1983, the advert claims that Farah slacks and leisurewear are ‘styled to fit the Albion naturally.’

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Feb 12 2013

Jimmy Case’s cracking header – as drawn using felt-tips

Case’s thumping headed goal against Liverpool at the Goldstone Ground 1981/82 is celebrated at Match Magazine through a rather primitive yet charming diagram.

The goal, Brighton’s second, can be seen below:

You be the judge of whether Grobbelaar’s positioning was really as hapless as the drawing suggests!

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Feb 11 2013

Welcome to this retro blog

I started the Seagulls TV website at www.seagulls.tv in 2009 to gather and share vintage videos of Brighton & Hove Albion from yesteryear. It’s been a glorious journey of unearthing hidden gems, such as the 8-2 humiliation at the hands of Bristol Rovers in 1973 to inflicting a cup shock over mighty Liverpool at Anfield in 1983.

As I gradually assemble that site, I have come across other material that doesn’t currently fit the current videos/profiles/action/stats format of that site but may be of interest to other supporters. For you perusal, I aim to post images of retro merchandise you could have bought from the Seagulls Shop back in the day, as well as articles and photos gleamed from the likes of Shoot! and Match magazine.

Whether you remember collecting Panini football stickers when Brighton were a force in the top flight or gathered some souvenirs from the final match at the Goldstone, I hope they’ll be some stuff here of interest to you.