Different generation, different question. For older people the date of November 22 always begs the question "Where were you when JFK was shot?"

But, after last Saturday, for years to come talk of Lee Harvey Oswald's handywork in Dallas will be replaced by people revealing where they were when Jonny Wilkinson put the ball through those two posts.

For my part, I was halfway up the M1 with Norman Gall who, incidentally, was in a cinema back in 1963, on our way to cover the Albion at Notts County for BBC SCR.

And as much as I share the whole pride of the nation in our rugby team's success on the world stage, I have to admit that, bearing in mind the events of the last few weeks, Albion's three points at Meadow Lane gave me almost as much satisfaction as the events in Sydney a few hours before.

The previous week had been one of those low points in the 30 or so years I have followed Albion. There was no passion or pride from the players against Bristol City and all in all it looked a desperate situation.

Mark McGhee wasn't far wrong when he told my SCR counterpart Hawesy after the game that if he'd been an Albion fan and had suffered the Bristol City debacle he certainly wouldn't have travelled to Nottingham.

But 500 or so did and, as fanatical and passionate as I am about the Albion, I won't get carried away by one result. But in 90 minutes on Saturday the players went a long way to restoring pride and passion.

It's true the likes of Peter Ward and Bobby Zamora only grace the Albion once in a generation, but how far is Leon Knight from emulating the scoring feats of these two Albion legends?

Peter Ward's club record of 36 goals in 1976-77 is certainly there for the taking.

On the corresponding Saturday back in 1976, Wardy scored his 17th of the campaign in an FA Cup first round tie against Palace at the Goldstone in front of 29,510 (that reminds me, I must send Bill Archer a Christmas card!).

Young Knight is only one behind with 27 games left in the league, a possible three in the LDV Vans Trophy and potentially another three play-off games.

Twenty-one goals in 33 games? If he can stay both suspension and injury free don't bet against it!

John Piercy can also take a lot of heart from Albion's win despite his 86th minute dismissal.

He has waited so long for a run in the team and played very well. It's easy to have a go at match officials, but I believe Mr Cowburn got it wrong.

He mistook over exuberance for cynicism and both John's bookings were questionable, a view shared by a number of people in the press box including Norman Gall, a man who kicked more than a few people up in the air during his 488 games for Albion.

Piercy's 'early bath' earned him a four out of ten rating in the News of the World, unlike The Argus which marked him for the time he was on the pitch and not for two rash challenges.

The marking by the nationals can be enhanced. I know because I've have handed them out on a couple of occasions.

Working one afternoon at Withdean for the NOTW, through Jack Arlidge's agency back in 2001-02, I witnessed another emphatic win by Peter Taylor's champions elect.

It was the kind of performance and league position Albion fans could only have dreamed about during the dark days of Archer and Gillingham.

When it came to the player marks maybe I let my heart rule my head.

It was a joy to watch, but needless to say my markings resulted in four Albion players making the Division Two team of the day, something I've not seen from that day to this.

Last Sunday Leon and Richard Carpenter made it in. Let's hope another stirring performance this week will result in more miniature blue and white shirts on the page in question.