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Shocked to see so many Arsenal fans getting on at Worthing, Hove etc
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Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
- 30,578
I think it is incredible how many Albion fans there are now, all things considered.
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
Poor ********, imagine having to watch football in that morgue every other week. Thank goodness we're Brighton.
hart's shirt
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Arsenal fan Nick Hornby does a good job in explaining why we support our particular teams in Fever Pitch:
“Few of us have chosen our clubs, they have simply been presented to us; and so as they slip from Second Division to the Third, or sell their best players, or buy players who you know can't play, or bash the ball the seven hundredth time towards a nine foot centre-forward, we simply curse, go home, worry for a fortnight and then come back to suffer all over again.”
“I had discovered after the Swindon game that loyalty, at least in football terms, was not a moral choice like bravery or kindness; it was more like a wart or a hump, something you were stuck with. Marriages are nowhere near as rigid - you won’t catch any Arsenal fans slipping off to Tottenham for a bit of extra-marital slap and tickle, and though divorce is a possibility (you can just stop going if things get too bad), getting hitched again is out of the question.”
In short, we don't choose our teams.
They choose us.
“Few of us have chosen our clubs, they have simply been presented to us; and so as they slip from Second Division to the Third, or sell their best players, or buy players who you know can't play, or bash the ball the seven hundredth time towards a nine foot centre-forward, we simply curse, go home, worry for a fortnight and then come back to suffer all over again.”
“I had discovered after the Swindon game that loyalty, at least in football terms, was not a moral choice like bravery or kindness; it was more like a wart or a hump, something you were stuck with. Marriages are nowhere near as rigid - you won’t catch any Arsenal fans slipping off to Tottenham for a bit of extra-marital slap and tickle, and though divorce is a possibility (you can just stop going if things get too bad), getting hitched again is out of the question.”
In short, we don't choose our teams.
They choose us.
pastafarian
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boring on the pitch, boring atmosphere in the ground and the worst opinionated up their own arses bores ive encountered on the train home for ages.
worthingseagull123
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- May 5, 2012
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You cannot convert fans of big teams.
Let us focus on winning over the next generation.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
When we were at Withdean, Mike award wrote his book Gullhsnger about being an Arsenal fan through habit, but decided to watch the Albion as he had moved down here.
He found a passion for a team which he never had for Arsenal.
I remember he got pelters on Nsc.
He found a passion for a team which he never had for Arsenal.
I remember he got pelters on Nsc.
Icy Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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Who does he support now?
Wasn't he the plonker who dissed the Palace rivalry too?
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
I'm reading that at the moment. It's entertaining. Why did he diss the palace thing?
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
He's still with Brighton. My post followed post 26. Your post is one explanation why.
No thanks.
When I was in the stadium yesterday it made me appreciate even more how lucky we are to have the Amex.
Nice stadium at Arsenal but as an older fan something didn't feel right about watching a football match there.
Simontheseagull
Eye from the sky
It didn't feel right to me either. A lot of the Arsenal "fans" appeared to be either part of the London liberal metroplitan elite or tourists having photos taken with half and half scarfs. The only surprise was that I didn't hear the chant "Oh Jeremy Corbyn".
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
The Amex is almost bursting and the away allocations insufficient.
Let them have their Arsenal, we're pretty much full.
Let them have their Arsenal, we're pretty much full.
Wrong-Direction
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- Mar 10, 2013
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Give me the amex over a soulless ground like arsenal have any day!
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Icy Gull
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Is that a putdown? If so fine, but yes he did piss me off with his comments having never experienced the rivalry.
Icy Gull
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Wardy's twin
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- Oct 21, 2014
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I know football is a business these days but there are limits to where this should be taken, without passion the whole thing becomes sterile and will eventually die when the next fad comes through. Arsenal have taken the business first aspect too far and treats its fans as cash cows.
Wrong-Direction
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