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You can struggle to believe what you wish, but dem's de facts.

It's not because it's Millwall.

It could be that there aren't enough drivers to cover for Boxing Day, irrespective of how much the club is prepared to offer...

Better to bother my arse and find out what's going on than type spurious stuff from a position of willful spite and ignorance.

When you get it wrong, you really get it wrong.

What would it take for the club - or anyone - to get a football service running from Brighton - Falmer - Lewes on Boxing Day? Aside from a wallet the size of Belgium?

I'm told 'hopefully, by the end of this week...'.

Understood, but I'm going by the numbers Southern say they shift in that time after each match.

... which is? It's the police who were first to say they wanted the game moved.

You also dispute food prices have risen, so... Anyway, I've seen many people come up with numbers and ideas about how it can be done, but talking to transport people and the police about what it's like on the ground, I can't see anyone's figures stacking up. Can you go through your figures...

No we haven't.

Unlikely. The capacity for the gig was only raised five weeks in advance, and they were nothing like sold out beforehand. I was told by the club that there was 35,000 over the two days. The trains ran until 10pm, and extra buses were provided, and P&R was running.

700 at Brighton Racecourse 520 at Mill Road 350 at Mithras House

Unlikely. 1570 P&R spaces would cater for 5,495 (at 3.5 per car). Let's add another 1,000 for walk-ups. Still short. Hire the buses (at vastly higher costs) from the company that has already said it can't offer buses...? ???

Sorry, Noele, I can't see that your figures don't add up. While there's around 2,300 'close-by' parking spaces (Bennett's Field, Universities, New Bridge), there is no P&R (which, at capacity, is 1,570 spaces all-in), because there are no buses running them. You can get extra car parking in at...

Come on, you Chickens!

Both shifted for Sky.

The point I was - obviously poorly - trying to make was that the reasons we screamed that Sheepcote was a hopeless scenario were for reasons that are going to make Boxing Day a nightmare - not enough car parks, nowhere near enough buses (however many are hired), no trains etc.

A scenario which would have proved Lewes District Council right all along - that we can put matches on without the need for public transport, and that Sheepcote Valley would have been the cheaper, better option.

Right there, Max. I remember Darren Balkham saying it was in motion at the Lewes v Brighton friendly.