I'd say they're similar sized conurbations but with the exception of some border towns I'd say 'greater brighton' and Sussex are very much Albion strongholds. I'm not sure you can say the same in Bournemouth/Dorset.
You wouldn't find many Bournemouth fans in Dorchester for example but I'd...
BCP (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) is about 400k with the wider conurbation closer to 500k. While each town has its own identity its really just one big sprawling town.
Yeah a fair few saints fans here, particularly fsns in their 30'/40's it feels very close and only half an hour on the train.
I know some great people who follow Bournemouth and part of me feels they could build on their recent success but its just not a football town where the club is part of...
I live in Bournemouth and have done for about 8 years. Great place to live but generally it's a town that cares little for football and outside of Boscombe most have very little interest in the team beyond a sense of local pride in their recent moment in the sun.
There does seem to be a general...