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Brighton & Hove, the original Albion... - baggiebloke - 03-03-2019
https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/special-shows/the-mystery-hour/what-does-albion-mean-in-football-team-names/
I've been wrong about this all my life.
RE: Brighton & Hove, the original Albion... - GunsOfNavarone - 03-04-2019
(03-03-2019, 11:58 PM)baggiebloke Wrote: https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/special-shows/the-mystery-hour/what-does-albion-mean-in-football-team-names/
I've been wrong about this all my life.
Other teams copied Brighton........... butter ucking follocks.
RE: Brighton & Hove, the original Albion... - Anung un Rama - 03-04-2019
Had to look into this as its surprised me but, we do predate them by over 20 years.
From the BHA website:
https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/club-info/history/
Brighton and Hove are twin towns, now combined as one city, on the South Coast of England in the county of Sussex, and are well known as tourist destinations.
Professional football in the area was the brainchild of Edgar Everest, a Sussex Football Association official who founded Brighton United in 1897. Playing at the Sussex County Cricket Ground, the club collapsed in 1900. A high-class amateur side, Brighton & Hove Rangers, was formed in its wake but also folded after just one year.
But the will to provide the towns with a successful club was already strong. The former manager of Brighton United, John Jackson, was the driving-force behind a third club, Brighton & Hove United, which was formed as a semi-professional outfit on 24 June 1901 at the Seven Stars, a pub in Ship Street. The new concern changed its name to Brighton & Hove Albion before a ball was kicked because of objections from Hove FC.
Quite why “Albion” was chosen as the new suffix is not known. West Bromwich Albion certainly set a good precedent, but there are no known connections between the two clubs at the time.
RE: Brighton & Hove, the original Albion... - HUGHIE REED31 - 03-04-2019
I know i'm getting old now,whilst reading the paper on Sunday the headline for the Brighton match
said ALBION Win ,now I don't why but it really fucking annoy me ,we're the Albion
not fucking Brighton
end of rant.
RE: Brighton & Hove, the original Albion... - KratosBaggie - 03-04-2019
Does anyone know why we use the suffix Albion?
RE: Brighton & Hove, the original Albion... - Alf Tupper - 03-04-2019
(03-04-2019, 06:54 AM)KratosBaggie Wrote: Does anyone know why we use the suffix Albion?One of the videos I saw once about the history of the club reckoned it was after the Albion area of West Bromwich where the majority of the players came from.This was an area off Greets Green called the Albion Estate there's a road down there called Albion Road that leads down to Oldbury.Not sure if anyone calls it the Albion now though.
http://west-bromwich.streetmapof.co.uk/albion-road/
RE: Brighton & Hove, the original Albion... - KratosBaggie - 03-04-2019
(03-04-2019, 07:14 AM)Alf Tupper Wrote:(03-04-2019, 06:54 AM)KratosBaggie Wrote: Does anyone know why we use the suffix Albion?One of the videos I saw once about the history of the club reckoned it was after the Albion area of West Bromwich where the majority of the players came from.This was an area off Greets Green called the Albion Estate there's a road down there called Albion Road that leads down to Oldbury.Not sure if anyone calls that now though.
http://west-bromwich.streetmapof.co.uk/albion-road/
Fantastic, many thanks for that.
RE: Brighton & Hove, the original Albion... - Supamart - 03-04-2019
(03-04-2019, 07:14 AM)Alf Tupper Wrote:(03-04-2019, 06:54 AM)KratosBaggie Wrote: Does anyone know why we use the suffix Albion?One of the videos I saw once about the history of the club reckoned it was after the Albion area of West Bromwich where the majority of the players came from.This was an area off Greets Green called the Albion Estate there's a road down there called Albion Road that leads down to Oldbury.Not sure if anyone calls it the Albion now though.
http://west-bromwich.streetmapof.co.uk/albion-road/
Yes, I remember reading about this a while back.
RE: Brighton & Hove, the original Albion... - Cunninghamismagic - 03-04-2019
(03-03-2019, 11:58 PM)baggiebloke Wrote: https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/special-shows/the-mystery-hour/what-does-albion-mean-in-football-team-names/
I've been wrong about this all my life.
Arf. Brighton weren't founded until 1901
RE: Brighton & Hove, the original Albion... - Old Stroller - 03-04-2019
(03-04-2019, 07:14 AM)Alf Tupper Wrote:(03-04-2019, 06:54 AM)KratosBaggie Wrote: Does anyone know why we use the suffix Albion?One of the videos I saw once about the history of the club reckoned it was after the Albion area of West Bromwich where the majority of the players came from.This was an area off Greets Green called the Albion Estate there's a road down there called Albion Road that leads down to Oldbury.Not sure if anyone calls it the Albion now though.
http://west-bromwich.streetmapof.co.uk/albion-road/
It’s a nice theory, but wrong. Nearly all of the earliest players lived in and around Overend St and Walsall St, just behind the High St and a stones throw from Dartmouth Park where they played their matches. Which makes sense as many were employed at the Spring Works just over the road.
Locally, Walsall Albion, formed in 1875, can lay claim to be the earliest team with the suffix. They never took off though and were gone by 1880.