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[Albion] Stadium Observations
- Thread starter Simster
- Start date
Where would you put another platform? You can't put it north of the line, there's various buildings there. South of the line there might be barely enough space, but you'd have to entirely redo the footbridge and probably have to take some of the land that Brighton University own. It would also become a FAR bigger project that side, as there's a hill that would require a lot of excavation.
You'd also likely run into platform capacity issues at Brighton station and line capacity issues between Falmer and Brighton. There's no scope to expand line capacity at all given there's several bridges and a tunnel.
Skaville
Well-known member
Let’s accept that we can’t expand the north stand. It’s then a case of maximising the noise from the small amount of fans in it. I’ve always assumed the major issue is the roof, which is far too high. Could we put in a lower false roof in? It would ruin the cosmetics but improve the acoustics.
Several you say?
Crikey.
Cheshire Cat
The most curious thing..
Do you realise the IMMENSE cost of that, plus having the roads all dug up for at least a couple of years.
How big do you want your council tax to be?
So we’ve gone from “worst transport in the Premier League”, to “one of the worst” to “no hotel for away fans” in three paragraphs
Nobody’s queuing up to stay in a hotel in Aston or Norwood for absolute certain. But that’s not really a travel criteria.
Neither is stuff to do in Falmer (where home fans can have good food, beer and the early game in The Swan).
Motogull
Todd Warrior
- Sep 16, 2005
- 9,867
To be next to a dual carriageway and a station sounds great but you can only go in three directions by road when exiting with poor 'pinched' entries to them. The 'walk there's are low in total I reckon. A P&R near Lewes, with a collection and drop off using the A27 bus stops would be a boost. Roofs over the train queuing areas would be good, and the bus stops.
I was where we normally have noise, but let's face it a bus-parking visiting team on a miserable Monday night in January is a tough one to get bouncing over.
I was where we normally have noise, but let's face it a bus-parking visiting team on a miserable Monday night in January is a tough one to get bouncing over.
Okay, fine. The transport is not the worst in the Premier League; that goes to Aston Villa. Are you satisfied now?So we’ve gone from “worst transport in the Premier League”, to “one of the worst” to “no hotel for away fans” in three paragraphs
Nobody’s queuing up to stay in a hotel in Aston or Norwood for absolute certain. But that’s not really a travel criteria.
Neither is stuff to do in Falmer (where home fans can have good food, beer and the early game in The Swan).
That doesn't excuse our sh*t transport system though. I nearly got crushed waiting for a train once.
Not Andy Naylor
Well-known member
I really can't accept that. Take out the offices and open up that space. There might be a few visible girders and stuff but where there's a will ...
Motogull
Todd Warrior
- Sep 16, 2005
- 9,867
Whilst you're at it, C4 the plod box and extend the shelf round to mirror the other end please.
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
I'll certainly buy that the trains aren't the best, but last night underlined another major flaw.
Having watched the staff load the wheelchair fans steadily on to the locomotive, the remaining passengers with sticks etc were then barged out of the way with surges from every direction through the doors, even treading over the loaded wheelchairs.
Awful behaviour.
Having watched the staff load the wheelchair fans steadily on to the locomotive, the remaining passengers with sticks etc were then barged out of the way with surges from every direction through the doors, even treading over the loaded wheelchairs.
Awful behaviour.
The flaw there is that some people are ***ts.
Buy Stoke's stadium and relocate it.
No problem with atmosphere there even when it's half empty.
No problem with atmosphere there even when it's half empty.
pocketseagull
Well-known member
- Dec 29, 2014
- 1,063
Surprising that more people don't walk back to the city really. From some of the nightmares I read on here it can't be that much longer than waiting for a train and definitely beats standing in the cold.
crodonilson
He/Him
Don't know how Wolverhampton have the audacity of moaning about our home atmosphere 
Firstly they couldn't sell out last night, piss poor following with loads of empty seats in the away end, then they barely raised a murmur.
Secondly their home atmosphere is one of the worst in the PL, and they are probably the most DULL team in the league. No wonder pour fans can't get motivated against such a depressing footballing backwater with no PL history to speak of.
Not many home atmopshere's are especially noisy with the exception of Villa Park and the City Ground.
Firstly they couldn't sell out last night, piss poor following with loads of empty seats in the away end, then they barely raised a murmur.
Secondly their home atmosphere is one of the worst in the PL, and they are probably the most DULL team in the league. No wonder pour fans can't get motivated against such a depressing footballing backwater with no PL history to speak of.
Not many home atmopshere's are especially noisy with the exception of Villa Park and the City Ground.
clapham_gull
Legacy Fan
- Aug 20, 2003
- 25,338
Fulham ? Liverpool ? Everton ?
Definitely not the worst. In fact there are very few where it's easy to get that amount of people out at the same time.
clapham_gull
Legacy Fan
- Aug 20, 2003
- 25,338
There are some specialist holiday providers catering for that sort of market.
Machiavelli
Well-known member
We sit deep into the south end of the WSU, and it was pretty much all they sang, although last night it was loibrary. It's the WORST song around.
MattBackHome
Well-known member
- Jul 7, 2003
- 11,731
Atmosphere yesterday was abysmal, from both sets of fans. Travel shit as well but that's to be expected. Took me longer to get back to Portslade than it did to get back from Bowers & Pitsea last Monday 
My highlight however was going into Dicks for the first time in YEARS and finding it to be all done up. Lovely in there now, not at all like the airport departure gate it once was. Well done Barbs x
My highlight however was going into Dicks for the first time in YEARS and finding it to be all done up. Lovely in there now, not at all like the airport departure gate it once was. Well done Barbs x
jackalbion
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- Aug 30, 2011
- 4,044
Here, here!