Actually, Crowley did live in Brighton for a while - before moving to Hastings, where he died. He was cremated here though.
I really think that someone who is from south east London and who was brought up in Middlesbrough has little grounds to make fun of other places.
BTW, I think the OP...
I wondered that too. He's always giving it large about Millwall in his columns, going on about what an authentic club they are and how all the luvvies hate them. When did he give up on their authenticity?