I never mentioned Manchester United. I was talking about people who support London clubs which was in Pav's original post. And as I replied to him below Sussex IS in the catchment area of a team like Chelsea, so yes, Chelsea are a local 'big' club to Brighton in the same way as Brighton is to...
Why? Surely it's no worse than someone going from Worthing, Lewes, Eastbourne, Horsham, Crawley, etc down to Brighton? Those people too have turned their backs on their local clubs in order to support a bigger one. And every single one of the, perfectly valid, reasons they can give for choosing...