StonehamPark
#Brighton-Nil
So going by your experience, we'll never be a successful top tier club and will only be relegated.
May as well let the club know to pack up for their holidays now then.
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So going by your experience, we'll never be a successful top tier club and will only be relegated.
May as well let the club know to pack up for their holidays now then.
SeagullCrow
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- May 9, 2008
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Ultimately this will be a good source of additional revenue for the club in queston (in this case Leicester), but for some reason supporters like this just really irritate me - it's irrational I know, and all supporters find their own way to the clubs that they love. But at a very base level this just strikes me as innately wrong.
It's probably because I was lucky enough to born to a father who was a BHA supporter and I never had any reason to question my football allegiance - the Albion was in my blood from the beginning, and I was more than happy that way.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
That isn't what I said.
Nixonator
Well-known member
Could you go here:
http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/englandcontent.htm
And find me an example of any club that has had significant attendance drop-off in top flight for the last 20 years?
The best examples that I can find are those that are nailed on for relegation - between 1-2k drop.
Westdene Wonder
New member
Spot on, should we be promoted we are hardly likely to be winning many games even at home,first season no problem as season tickets will be the order of the day,however whether we stay in the Premiership or return to the Championship our attendances are likely to decrease
tigertim68
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- Sep 3, 2012
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Why would they get relegated ? look how well teams like Swansea have done , both Watford and Bournemouth have stayed up quite comfertablly so why can't we ?
TheJasperCo
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Bournemouth's ground seats fewer than 12,000, while Norwich has roughly the same capacity as us. In terms of catchment area and surrounding population density, would it make sense to start adding tiers, even just temporary seating?
bn1&bn3 Albion
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I guess it could be possible to lower the pitch but even with that I don't know how many extra seats they could add.
It's not something that would need considering until we have been a STABLE Premier League club for at least 5/6 years.. By then safe standing could be allowed and the club could possibly go with that option to increase capacity.
It's not something that would need considering until we have been a STABLE Premier League club for at least 5/6 years.. By then safe standing could be allowed and the club could possibly go with that option to increase capacity.
theboybilly
Well-known member
Fixed it for you
Did you post this 5 years ago?
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
So going back to expansion...transport problems?... I can't see it being feasible but hey
bn1&bn3 Albion
Well-known member
I thought I heard somewhere there are already plans to improve signalling to reduce the wait time between trains.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
No, did you?
That old chestnut even though safe standing wouldn't increase capacity
Norman Potting
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An anorak writes:-
Judging by this it has already been done:-
http://www.s-tcover.co.uk/brighton-to-lewes-headway-improvement/
I suspect that this is more to improve reliability than number of trains. I think that currently the Lewes - Brighton service per hour is 2 trains from Seaford, one from Ashford (usually only 2 carriages, I think on matchdays this terminates at Eastbourne and passengers change to a proper, longer train for Brighton), one from Ore and one that shuttles between Lewes and Brighton only - 5 per hour.
Best hope surely is to ensure that trains are formed with as many carriages as possible. However, looking at my "Railway Track Diagrams - Southern & TFL" (what do you mean, you haven't got a copy!) the Brighton platforms at Lewes can only handle trains of max 7 carriages - I am getting a lift on Monday otherwise I would have got to Lewes early with my notebook and Marmite sandwiches to check in detail the usual length of trains through Lewes via this route on a matchday- suspect they are usually only four car with the Seaford ones three car. Pity the Seaford branch was singled beyond Newhaven as this may have allowed an extra train or two to be squeezed in.
I personally can't see much changing regarding train services on match days, anyone ITK regarding Southern able to comment?
No, but quite a few people (mostly Palace fans) did. Pretty much what you said, word for word.
bn1&bn3 Albion
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Safe standing would increase capacity. The problem the club has is it would not be possible without structural changes to the concourse. If the club were looking at options to increase capacity this option may be cheaper and easier than raising the roof or lowering the pitch.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
How many teams have stayed in the Premier League since Sky took over, & how many have gone up & down? We went up to the top division for 4 years & went back down. That is the point I was clumsily trying to make. The Championship/ div 2 doesn't have the same disparity in money or facilities.