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Uwinsc

New member
Aug 14, 2010
1,254
Horsham
I seriously don't get the banner? Do they mean you can buy a stadium with money? I'm rather confused, but we won - they lost and they can take their odd banner home with them...How rather bizarre....if you're going to try and insult someone at least make sure you're insulting! :lol:

Well half of it: the other half the stewards removed (I think because they put it on the tarmac part in front of the stand)
 




GoldWithFalmer

Seaweed! Seaweed!
Apr 24, 2011
12,687
SouthCoast




southstandandy

WEST STAND ANDY
Jul 9, 2003
5,737
To be fair I spoke to numerous Ipswich fans in Brighton after the game and they thought the whole episode was a total embarassment to their club. I have been to Portman Road a number of times and although their ground is a bit dated now I've never had any problem with the supporters and found them very easy to get on with. Even the ones in the pub after game in town were great considering they had just lost 3-0. I think it has to be put in perspective that a couple of inbreds tarnished their reputation a bit today (and that was a quote from an Ipswich fan in the Cricketers pub tonight). We've got our own idiots and people should not get too wound up about it. In the end all it seemed to achieve was to get the Albion fans going even more - talk about shooting yourself in the foot!
 




Turkey

Well-known member
Jul 4, 2003
15,568
I'm not upset in the slightest. Didn't really understand it! If it's a dig so what? I imagine it was 1 or 2 people thinking it would be a laugh. Those who then held it up probably didnt even know what it said and just went with the flow.

Cant really say its a reflection on all Ipswich fans! Plus, fwiw I think Portman Road is an ace ground. Really enjoyed the trip their this season bar the result!
 




Marshy

Well-known member
Jul 6, 2003
19,772
FRUIT OF THE BLOOM
I think we are getting a little carried away with this...

A "few" idiots hung up a banner ( every club has some ) clearly knowing nothing about our recent struggles and efforts.

It was just a pop at cashing in on naming rights for stadiums i guess, with old grounds they have a point... (sort of) but not with new stadiums.
The fact that AMEX have been in Brighton for god knows how long and is a huge employer in the area, they probably had no idea.

Those people adding Ipswich to the likes of Palace and Pompey etc as rivals because of it....really ?.....move on
 




aolstudios

Well-known member
Nov 30, 2011
4,670
brighton
Backfired big style - it was very quiet & laid back today until they did their big reveal :facepalm: it just woke everything up and provided a nicely hostile and noisy atmosphere for the rest of the game. Thanks guys :lolol:
 




British Bulldog

The great escape
Feb 6, 2006
10,910
It was pathetic, because no one had a f***ing clue what they were trying to say. Maybe doing it at Chelsea or Manchester City may have made more sense, but to be honest they just made every Ipswich supporter in that ground today, look like a massive c.unt

Spot on Mr Burns.
 


Acker79

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Nov 15, 2008
31,921
Brighton
I think it would have been a bigger deal if we had lost. Some fans get angry at our opponents just for singing when their team is playing well/winning (one guy was going nuts with Millwall fans for singing when they were 2-1 up, not in a 'only sing when you're winning' way, but in a 'if you don't shut the f*** up I will rip your throat out' way). If those fans who lack a certain degree of perspective, already upset by the banner, could have caused trouble. But, they didn't.


I think their second banner would have been tolerated a bit more, if their first hadn't been so antagonising. It was for NOTOEPPP , Twitter

I was just confused by it, combination of the poor grammar (I didn't notice it at the time, but it just didn't read right), and the idea that they would hold it up at the ground of a team that has our recent history.
 


jackanada

Well-known member
Jul 19, 2011
3,220
Brighton
So what would a well conceived banner complaining about football finance look like? Ideas for Portsmouth...
 






bigcabboy

New member
Nov 7, 2011
235
i totally agree with south stand andy i went to ipswich and thought their fans were a good bunch was really surprised about the needless banner today and chatting to ipswich fans on park n ride after were very embarressed about it , just a few idiots i presume!
 


West Hoathly Seagull

Honorary Ruffian
Aug 26, 2003
3,540
Sharpthorne/SW11
I missed the banner, as I walked from Cockroft today and didn't get there till 2.55, but it clearly wound everyone up, as we haven't had an atmosphere like that since Burnley. As for the corporate sponsorship argument, Ipswich were one of the first clubs to name a stand after a company: the South Stand was known as the Churchman Stand after the cigar factory behind the stand. So they can talk.:ffsparr: No, I know it's got nothing to do with Palace, but the Ipswich fans do rather remind me of that fellow.
 


This banner was NOTHING personal, it was from a group of Ipswich fans who are against Modern Football. They have NOTHING against Brighton as a club, they just object to the stadium being named after a corporate giant. I do not see this as pathetic at all, they were meerley getting their views across. Maybe the 'North Stand Kollective' should try doing a display some time.
American Express is a corporate giant? I thought it was a local employer, based in Edward Street.
 




GoldWithFalmer

Seaweed! Seaweed!
Apr 24, 2011
12,687
SouthCoast




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