Not a vintage performance but the team showed real fighting spirit and the subs came up with two lovely finishes. It was an absorbing contest and I think a point was probably a fair result. Nice little bit of shared applause between the fans and De Zerbi at the end too. #bhafc
How running saved my soul.
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On the anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s death, I recall how Nirvana changed my teenage world.
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Robert Townsend and Steve Gatting on Brighton and Hove Albion’s Goldstone Ground pitch.
A photo of me meeting Steve Gatting. 1989ish?
I write about a childhood spent behind the scenes at the Goldstone in my debut nonfiction book. You can preorder it here:
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Words and pictures from a childhood of hanging around the Goldstone and collecting autographs. Have a read. If you like it, it’d be great if you subscribed to my substack (it’s free) and/or preordered my debut book about #bhafc (it’s not free, but really good I promise!).
I agree. I hate VAR!
A great team performance and a deserved victory. Was anyone else convinced the winner would be disallowed for offside? I was sure of it! Nice for a decision to go our way, because I thought the referee was particularly poor today in general and gave a lot to Liverpool. #bhafc
Absolutely delighted for Jason Steele. A true professional and, by all accounts, a top bloke and a brilliant influence in the #bhafc squad.
They said it would take 193 years to clean London’s air. We did it in nine. 💨
London has now met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide air pollution.
It was nice to see Minteh back in the starting 11 and on the scoresheet… with a very weird goal! Aside from the final 10 mins of the first half, I thought we managed the game well, particularly after taking the lead. #bhafc
Robert Townsend’s debut book, Long Way Together.
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That’s right! Heroes with brooms! 🧹
I went to my first ever #bhafc match 40 years ago today. Peterborough in the FA Cup. Dean Saunders with the only goal. Forty years! Where has the time gone? I wonder how many games I’ve been to since. Life’s too short to try to work it out, so I’ll just say “a lot”.
My first ever game. A seismic event in my life. #bhafc
I remember this one well. Great day out and cracking atmosphere on the terrace behind the goal.
Am I the only one who thought a late Forest equaliser was INEVITABLE? So relieved to be proved wrong. Not the best performance in the second half (first half was very good) but the players showed real fighting spirit to get over the line. #bhafc
Whenever we play Forest I always think back to one of the all-time great Albion moments. “Ulloaaaaaaaaa…”
#bhafc
Great news!
Writer Robert Townsend and Dolores O’Riordan from The Cranberries.
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Fair enough. I thought we defended well.
Credit where it’s due, that was one of the best performances of the season. Defensively solid and dangerous on the attack. Hard to choose a player of the match as everyone put in a good shift, but I thought Milner and Van Hecke were particularly impressive. #bhafc
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Author Robert Townsend playing football on the Goldstone Ground pitch as a teenager.
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Yeah 88/89 sounds right. Gary Chivers was one of my favourite players. Lovely bloke.
Gary Chivers celebrates in front of the North Stand at the Goldstone Ground.
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My husband Bobby has WRITTEN A BLIMMIN’ BOOK! It’s about #BHAFC. But it’s more than that - and it’s not just for football fans.
I’m so proud, and sure, I’m biased, but it is dead-set a brilliant read. It’s out this September, and available to pre-order NOW!
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