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That absolutely did happen. Falmer was the only feasible option, one of the requirements was access to trains.

20 years ago, thinking back Brighton Station was my preference. A huge site. With the natural city centre thing of being the centre of radial bus routes, with high capacity train lines heading north and west.

The land, owned by Railtrack? was worth a great deal, whilst the Albion had very little money. Scrabbling together a couple of land purchases for the Amex, one a 125 year lease with BHCC, the other from a playing awkward Brighton University (£1.75m?). The Albion would never have been in the...

Don’t apologise, I love historical anecdotes.

With Johnny Canter to announce the results.

Mike Bamber wanted that, I remember images in the Argus.

Waterhall, from the 70’s, always made most sense to me, especially once the A27 was bulldozed through the countryside. I asked DK and he dropped the legislation bombshell :(. Waterhall would’ve been a walk for us!

I knew DK through the whole period. Waterhall wasn’t allowed under modern trains legislation, new stations have to a minimum x distance from tunnels. With the train tunnel under Mill Road, Waterhall would never be permitted to have a train station. Meaning a now 31,800 folk would have to move...

Where? The Board examined every other possibility and each was flawed / in discussions with authorities would never have been allowed.

Preston Park and Hove stations are a long, long way away. Probably no then.