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It was a miracle we even had the ball boys turning up. Calling Withdean a football stadium was a massive misconception. Portacabin toilets alongside the constant drip of the trees above made it feel more like a SAS training session than a football stadium. I remember when we beat Milwall (3-0 i...

You've got to give us credit. Plastic fans are usually associated with Prem football. We're not in the Prem and yet we've been averaging very big crowds for nearly half a decade now. Plastics are supposed to come and go, it seems Brighton's are staying.

Probably. The main question is, was he a supporter of Chelsea back in 1989 when they were averaging gates of 15,000 in the 2nd tier?

To be fair, not many clubs can fill out a stadium when in league 1, finishing mid-table. Chelsea certainly wouldn't.

There were plenty of games where we had attendances around 5,000. Just seen we had a crowd of 4,395 for a league match in 2007/2008

Sorry Bozza, but there were periods at Withdean when a lack of 'bums on seats' was becoming an issue. Champions league nights tended to bring in the worst attendances. The wings of the South stand usually had empty seats. You make it out as if we packed out the Withdean every season, which...

The Preistfield years?

I thought 'Northern Monkeys' came from miners looking like monkeys when they removed their work goggles. Could be wrong.