"I'm within my rights as i've paid for my ticket", "i've got other things, I need to do", "I don't live next to Brighton Station", "the trains are unreliable ....."
Now all of the above can be quite true and quite justifiable individually.
But it doesn't change the fact that players coming...
I tend not to stay for a drink either.
But I would never leave early. I just don't have something which is better to do than watch the last 10 mins of the team I love play football. If you do. Great.
I left early for the game when the fireworks went off at the Goldstone to signal a mass...
I also see no justification for preventing people from parking in Coldean. That it was a condition of the stadium opening? Well, how long is the restriction going to be in place? 100 years?
I also believe that fans leaving early en masse is one of the negative fan reactions which can affect on field performance of players on both sides. It's subtle and some players will be affected more than others. But I think the opposition is galvanised by the impression that the fans have...