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Council vote for Hughton & Bloom to be given the Freedom of the City



The Large One

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Jul 7, 2003
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http://www.brightonandhoveindepende...es-to-be-handed-freedom-of-the-city-1-7963607

Brighton and Hove Albion's manager and chairman are to be given special honours this week, after securing promotion to the Premier League. Brighton and Hove City Council will meet on Thursday (May 18), to hand manager Chris Hughton and chairman Tony Bloom the Freedom of the City - a ceremonial honour which local authorities can bestow.

The honour is largely a symbolic gesture, but in medieval times the 'Freedom' would give the bearer special privileges, such as the right to vote or own property, or driving their sheep and cattle through the centre of the town. The honour follows the promotion parade through the city on Sunday, which saw tens of thousands of fans cheer on the players as they processed from Madeira Drive to Hove Lawns on open-top buses.

At the meeting on Thursday afternoon, lead councillors are set to speak in support of the motion to award honorary Freedom of the City, before all councillors vote to officially confer the title.

Mr Hughton took over as Albion manager in the middle of the 2014/15 season, helping retain the club’s place in the Championship. Last year the Albion missed out on automatic promotion only by goal difference, finishing third. Hull won the ensuing play-offs for the third promotion spot. This year the team gained automatic promotion finishing just one point behind Newcastle, a team that came down from the Premier League last year.

Brightonian Mr Bloom became club chairman in 2009, succeeding Dick Knight. He has invested millions into the club, including its home the Amex Community Stadium and training ground in Lancing.

Brighton and Hove City Council said although its meetings are open to the public, it said space in the chamber is limited. It said there will be a few spaces available to the public on the day and these will be issued to the first people in the queue for the meeting. The council encouraged residents to watch the ceremony on its webcast instead of attending the meeting at Hove Town Hall.
 




Knocky's Nose

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May 7, 2017
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Hmmm....

Well, if Chris and Tony want to drive their cattle up the middle of North Street, I'll just have to turn the engine off and let 'em finish.

I know my place. :hilton:
 




The Andy Naylor Fan Club

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Aug 31, 2012
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Does this mean Tony will get planning permission for his hotel and medical centre at the Amex :shrug:

Probably not. When Martin Perry was speaking Sunday about installing an outside tv broadcasting studio he did ask for us to send in as many letters of support as we could. Hopefully the worldwide exposure of our club and city will make any submissions a bit easier!
 












Stat Brother

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Jul 11, 2003
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Probably not. When Martin Perry was speaking Sunday about installing an outside tv broadcasting studio he did ask for us to send in as many letters of support as we could. Hopefully the worldwide exposure of our club and city will make any submissions a bit easier!

Force of habit.
 




















Triggaaar

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Oct 24, 2005
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The honour is largely a symbolic gesture, but in medieval times the 'Freedom' would give the bearer special privileges, such as the right to vote or own property, or driving their sheep and cattle through the centre of the town.
Shouldn't they have been given the honour a week ago, before driving us sheep through town?
 








The Large One

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Jul 7, 2003
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I think the 'joke' was more to do with the long-standing in-joke of asking us to write to the council supporting an application which seemed to have to do on an almost daily basis during the noughties.

The reality is he probably could do with people writing in support, but it's not as 'life or death' as the support we needed to show back then.
 



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