The times they are changing.

Return of the Rev · Jul 30, 2014

Speaking to friends recently,we asked if their man utd supporting son was still into them,no was the reply he gets teased too much at school for not supporting Brighton

Not good for the individual but a massive shift in views.

shaolinpunk · Jul 30, 2014

The number of kids wearing Brighton shirts has increased by about a 1000% since we moved to the Amex

Figure may not be completely accurate

stripeyshark · Jul 30, 2014

You have made my day!

Puppet Master · Jul 30, 2014

It was the complete opposite when I was at school. Hundreds of little scrotes all with "CANTONA 7" on the back of their poxy red scum shirts. "Why do you support Brighton? They're shit?" **** off!

Rogero · Jul 30, 2014

My son went to Austria last week and saw a boy wearing an Albion shirt.

Not Andy Naylor · Jul 30, 2014

Return of the Rev said:
Speaking to friends recently,we asked if their man utd supporting son was still into them,no was the reply he gets teased too much at school for not supporting Brighton
Not good for the individual but a massive shift in views.

In the end it will prove to have been very good for the individual.

Return of the Rev · Jul 30, 2014

Not Andy Naylor said:
In the end it will prove to have been very good for the individual.

The lad does not support anyone now.

MattBackHome · Jul 30, 2014

Return of the Rev said:
The lad does not support anyone now.

He needs to man up a bit then

Bwian · Jul 30, 2014

After a few years at Withdean it was great to see kids playing football in Albion shirts, although heavily out numbered by whatever was the Premier League flavour of the month at the time.

What a transformation since the move to The Amex. It used to be that no kids wore an Albion shirt in Brighton City Centre on a Saturday - now I'm even seeing kids in Albion shirts in places like Guildford which never happened until The Amex.

Great to see.

Mellotron · Jul 30, 2014

The best thing is down at Preston Park football training on a Saturday morning. You're a LOSER if you don't have a BHA shirt on.

Bwian · Jul 30, 2014

Mellotron said:
The best thing is down at Preston Park football training on a Saturday morning. You're a LOSER if you don't have a BHA shirt on.

That's where I first noticed the revival of The Albion while we were still at Withdean. We need to maximise this momentum that has built up.

Puppet Master · Jul 30, 2014

Soon change again though if we don't go up soon. Kids are weird. Their little faces freak me out.

Munkfish · Jul 30, 2014

Great stuff. Id imagine now with Nike making our kits, this will turn even a few more kids heads.

spring hall convert · Jul 30, 2014

Return of the Rev said:
Speaking to friends recently,we asked if their man utd supporting son was still into them,no was the reply he gets teased too much at school for not supporting Brighton
Not good for the individual but a massive shift in views.

Good.

Gregory2Smith1 · Jul 30, 2014

most kids in the 70's watched the Albion with the old man,but everyone had a "Match Of The Day" team only because the thought of Brighton making it to the First Division was just a pipe dream

most lads followed Man Utd,which was strange looking back because they we're shit

Spadge · Jul 30, 2014

Ohh thats all we need, another bunch of JCL's.

Where were they during the Withdean and Gillingham years...... send them back to there premier league clubs! :smokin:

BobbySmith · Jul 30, 2014

Interesting and good news, when I was a kid in Worthing (a long time ago), most of us football lovers supported the Albion, with Leeds, ManU, etc as your second team. During the Archer and Bellotti days, you hardly saw a Brighton shirt on the kids, now, you see loads. Was going past Broadwater Green the other day and there was a kids team training and I would say 80% had the blue and white stripes, with the occasional Chelsea, Man u......good times. This is another reason why I find it strange that people still moan about how the club is being run , we have come a long way from where we were with a new generation of fans, and loads of the old ones coming back.

seagullsovergrimsby · Jul 30, 2014

shaolinpunk said:
The number of kids wearing Brighton shirts has increased by about a 1000% since we moved to the Amex

Figure may not be completely accurate

I think you can quite easily double that estimate and not be far wrong.

robinsonsgrin · Jul 30, 2014

started teaching in 95.... tried very hard to indoctrinate every child that I taught..... apart from the staunch albion families, no one was interested....yet I still plugged on.
found it amusing that roll forward to the glory years and children who were chelski and man u two yrs prior were now albion when I taught them again ... of course the term JCL was used ...they need to learn, despite being primary age! it is really uplifting to see the support change and prosper....long may it continue.

Triggaaar · Jul 30, 2014

Return of the Rev said:
Speaking to friends recently,we asked if their man utd supporting son was still into them,no was the reply he gets teased too much at school for not supporting Brighton
Not good for the individual but a massive shift in views.

A friend's nephew who lives in Brighton, has a Palace STH dad, so he wears a Palace top and gets a bit bullied.

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