Mary Emery might just have been Albion’s longest-serving supporter.

She followed them for 89 years, from the open terracing at the Goldstone to the luxury of the 1901 Club at the Amex.

She fell in love with the club after seeing them beat Clapton Orient in Division Three (South) back in 1929.

And she was an enthusiastic campaigner for the new stadium in Falmer in the years after Albion lost their Goldstone home.

Mary, from Hove, died peacefully on Thursday afternoon with her son Robert by her side. She was 93.

Robert will be at the Amex today as Albion take on Swansea City in the Premier League.

He will remember his mum as she would have wanted best – over a pre-match beer and then watching the stripes at the stadium she dreamed of and did her bit to help make possible.

Robert told The Argus: “She was perhaps the Albion’s longest-serving supporter.

“She saw her first game on September 25, 1929, when they beat Clapton Orient 1-0 and Hugh Vallance scored the goal.

“She was still going to games until about three years ago.

The Argus:

“She was part of the group who went to Downing Street with Fat Boy Slim, Norman Cook and Des Lynam to see John Prescott when we were campaigning for the new stadium (pictured above).

“She was quite poorly just before the move to the Amex and I thought she wasn’t going to get there.

“But we got three years at the stadium, which was great.”

Mary converted the allegiances of her husband Ted from West Ham to Albion after they married in 1947.

The Argus:

Robert said: “When he died in 2002, she started going to more away games on the coaches organised by Liz Costa with her mate Sheila Sullivan. She was quite an intrepid fan.

“But it wasn’t just about football. She campaigned for the new stadium.”

When work started at Falmer, Mary was there – as a guest of club chairman Dick Knight.

Those memories will flash through Robert’s mind today as he cheers on the Seagulls.

He said: “I’ll be at the game and it will be very poignant.”