Grombleton
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- Dec 31, 2011
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I still love seeing the stadium coming into view when crossing the bridge from the station - still get goosebumps.
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Do you still get excited about going to the Amex?
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Dan Gleeballs
Active member
- Nov 24, 2011
- 968
Absolutely. Did the Upper west last Sat, did the stadium tour yesterday & I can't wait to get in the North stand tommorow. Luckiest fans around at the moment. So many whinging fans in the Premier league e.g Villa fans, Arsenal fans, Chelsea fans just to name a few. Not saying I don't want Premier league football but this is a time & place to cherish
Sergei Gotsmanov
Russian international
Yes.
But I dont look forward to getting there. Match day travel used to be an enjoyable part of the match experience for me. Now I just want to get it over and done with. Can't help but feel it has taken a bit of fun out of the experience. Guess its a sacrifice i'm willing to make for the sake of going to our amazing stadium. That said I used to get excited about going to Withdean. There was something i liked about the quirky little place. I think the only thing that would ever stop me getting excited about going to a game, wherever it may be, would be if I fell out of love with the game itself, and that's just not gonna happen.
But I dont look forward to getting there. Match day travel used to be an enjoyable part of the match experience for me. Now I just want to get it over and done with. Can't help but feel it has taken a bit of fun out of the experience. Guess its a sacrifice i'm willing to make for the sake of going to our amazing stadium. That said I used to get excited about going to Withdean. There was something i liked about the quirky little place. I think the only thing that would ever stop me getting excited about going to a game, wherever it may be, would be if I fell out of love with the game itself, and that's just not gonna happen.
fozzie's headband
New member
Absolutely!! Love the place and still can't believe it's ours!! The whole match day experience is amazing, after all we've been through I will never take it for granted.
shaolinpunk
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Just watching the prematch vid on youtube gets me excited
countryman
Well-known member
- Jun 28, 2011
- 1,893
I don't think I will ever stop getting excited about going there.
BlockDpete
Well-known member
- Oct 8, 2005
- 1,144
Of course, plus pre match warm up at the Swan is just the icing on the cake 
Davey Boy Smith
Active member
- Jul 5, 2003
- 502
This.
There was me thinking I was the only one - love it! First year of being a season ticket holder and been fantastic. Would move some of the idiots who sit next to me "shouting get it forward" but apart from that I love it. Still the terracing at Peterborough next weekend should be pretty special though!
- Jul 7, 2003
- 47,272
It occurred to me yesterday just how much money the place must generate these days.
Aside from the obvious, ie the increase in crowd size from 7,000 to 20,000, people must be spending so much more money. I never bought food or drink at Withdean, now I'll get to the Amex early, usually have a pie and a pint, then after the games it's become a routine to hang around in the concourse bars or in Dick's, having a few more drinks. Plus the club shop is so much better stocked and easier to get to for us out of towers than Queens Road: I've bought plenty of stuff this season that I'd never have picked up before.
I keep meaning to look at to cashback total on my season ticket account to see just how much I've spent, but I'd probably be horrified. I don't mind, as it's going to a good cause IMHO, but it must be hundreds of pounds more in just half a season than I ever spent in ten years or more at Withdean.
Good times.
Aside from the obvious, ie the increase in crowd size from 7,000 to 20,000, people must be spending so much more money. I never bought food or drink at Withdean, now I'll get to the Amex early, usually have a pie and a pint, then after the games it's become a routine to hang around in the concourse bars or in Dick's, having a few more drinks. Plus the club shop is so much better stocked and easier to get to for us out of towers than Queens Road: I've bought plenty of stuff this season that I'd never have picked up before.
I keep meaning to look at to cashback total on my season ticket account to see just how much I've spent, but I'd probably be horrified. I don't mind, as it's going to a good cause IMHO, but it must be hundreds of pounds more in just half a season than I ever spent in ten years or more at Withdean.
Good times.
Lord Bamber
Legendary Chairman
All of these!
I just love it!
DarrenFreemansPerm
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YES x 100000 !!!
Withdean and I
Well-known member
- Aug 6, 2003
- 1,353
I simply don't know if the wonderful reality of what we now have as a stadium will ever really become 'normality'. 33 years of watching us play in lesser surroundings leaves me, and I am sure, most others simply utterly thankful for what we now have. I am honestly in dreamland and the football and atmosphere has been on the whole brilliant and at times breathtaking. Love every home match!!!
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Just watching the 'lost generations' returning... the kids sitting in the concourse eating their snack boxes... the home atmosphere after the lack of noise at the Withdean, the mascots going around the outside of the ground... then the mad 'every man for himself' dash to Falmer station post match!
BensGrandad
New member
I still get excited walking from the station to the stadium and cant quite believe that it is ours and can only get better