[Football] Giving up my season ticket.

Deanbha · Dec 15, 2021

After 28 years, I'm finally giving up my season ticket next season. Not felt the same, the last 2 years.
Not sure if it's covid or our sanitised support since promotion. I'm currently enjoying watching non league footie and getting so much more enjoyment than the amex.

Just wondering is it just me? Is the the premier league that ?

8 of us have season tickets and 5 of us feel the same. Is the shift changing to a few pints at your local footie club?

wigman · Dec 15, 2021

A home win or a 3 PM kick off would change your mind.
However both are a rare commodity these days.
Let's see what Santa brings.

clapham_gull · Dec 15, 2021

Outside Toilets
Fish and Chips in newspaper
Three TV Channels
White dog poo
Shops closed Wednesday afternoon
Wimpy
Smoking in restaurants
The Two Ronnies
etc...

Joe 90 · Dec 15, 2021

Lots in the same boat, football isn't what is was, by a long chalk.

Sanitised to death.

Ethelwulf · Dec 15, 2021

Deanbha said:
After 28 years, I'm finally giving up my season ticket next season. Not felt the same, the last 2 years.
Not sure if it's covid or our sanitised support since promotion. I'm currently enjoying watching non league footie and getting so much more enjoyment than the amex.

Just wondering is it just me? Is the the premier league that ?

8 of us have season tickets and 5 of us feel the same. Is the shift changing to a few pints at your local footie club?

100 per cent understand this . I was so desperate to get into the premier league but last few seasons boring and I miss the away days at proper grounds scoring goals and the buzz haven’t felt it last few years
Lots of my friends feel the same so not just you
A loss used to ruin my night , weekend or week now it’s just a shrug of the shoulders

Charlies Shinpad · Dec 15, 2021

Deanbha said:
After 28 years, I'm finally giving up my season ticket next season. Not felt the same, the last 2 years.
Not sure if it's covid or our sanitised support since promotion. I'm currently enjoying watching non league footie and getting so much more enjoyment than the amex.

Just wondering is it just me? Is the the premier league that ?

8 of us have season tickets and 5 of us feel the same. Is the shift changing to a few pints at your local footie club?

I know the feeling and prefer the away games now where we generate a proper atmosphere.
Home games feel like a duty now sadly and I'm thinking of cherry picking next season instead of laying out for silly o'clock kick offs for months on end.

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Justice · Dec 15, 2021

Personally think Potter never fires up the players he’s an academy manager as long as we string a few passes together he’s won in his mind. All of this makes it a dull watch.

Springal · Dec 15, 2021

Top flouncing

The Fits · Dec 15, 2021

I’ve been feeling like that since we got up. I go to most away games which I think are more fun but it really isn’t a patch on the lower leagues.

jcdenton08 · Dec 15, 2021

Whilst I see your point, the timing after a loss, no wins in 11, etc might not be the best time to make up your mind. I can't beat the euphoria of watching the Albion win, no matter how many Seaford Town or Newhaven games I go to.

Seeing us beat Liverpool, Man City, etc - it is beyond my wildest dreams. Things right now are pretty grim, but surely those moments of magic make it all worthwhile.

And at least we aren't Norwich.

Deanbha · Dec 15, 2021

£40 down the drain too. Southern rail be shite and a cab here. Better off in my local or staying at home. Had a chest infection the last 10 days and went. Waste of precious money and health probably.

Diablo · Dec 15, 2021

wigman said:
A home win on a 3 PM kick off would change your mind.
However both are a rare commodity these days.
Let's see what Santa brings.

Santas bringing us an 8pm kickoff Boxing Day !!

Pretty pink fairy · Dec 15, 2021

Deanbha said:
After 28 years, I'm finally giving up my season ticket next season. Not felt the same, the last 2 years.
Not sure if it's covid or our sanitised support since promotion. I'm currently enjoying watching non league footie and getting so much more enjoyment than the amex.

Just wondering is it just me? Is the the premier league that ?

8 of us have season tickets and 5 of us feel the same. Is the shift changing to a few pints at your local footie club?

No it's not just you , spoke to a friend today who said the last time he went to the Amex he couldn't wait to get out due to the crap atmosphere and all that

Regards
DF

Neville's Breakfast · Dec 15, 2021

clapham_gull said:
Outside Toilets
Fish and Chips in newspaper
Three TV Channels
White dog poo
Shops closed Wednesday afternoon
Wimpy
Smoking in restaurants
The Two Ronnies
etc...

A little dismissive. I think the problem is that the PL generates such expectation that it is difficult to satisfy. Does seem strange timing to give up a ST after the start to the season we had but it is easily forgotten.

BN9 BHA · Dec 15, 2021

I’m very close to giving up, I don’t want to but the lack of home 3pm kick offs this season isn’t helping.
I’ve been going to non league games for many years and definitely enjoy just nipping out on a Saturday afternoon to watch a match without worrying about trains etc.

Eeyore · Dec 15, 2021

Springal said:
Top flouncing

I thought we were heading towards one. However..

A good point is made. I follow non-league football as much as league these days. It is a nice experience.

Albion in the Premier League has lost its glamour. Sometimes the searching for the Holy Grail is better than the finding.

Not many have said as much. But the Non league thread has 1200 entries and 81000 views now. Shows that folk are wanting to stay in touch with the roots.

One of the biggest issues is the lack of 3pm starts now. Folk still want footie to be as it was. And the lower leagues give that opportunity. It's about the experience as much as the game.

RexCathedra · Dec 15, 2021

Not enough mindless violence in the stands, outside the stadium and back in town -- you know, 'passion'.
That's what made football great -- and it's all gone now.

Weststander · Dec 15, 2021

I’d like to.

I go for family.

Covid hasn’t given me doubts, Lockdown 1 was a blessing with a closed zzzzz Amex.

It’s the EPL and lower budget Brighton. Our home win % over the 5 seasons must be shocking, not to mention the amount of games with a lack of goals.

I’m old school, I go to football to see a win, with a fair wind.

I don’t give a toss about:
- the EPL music and plinth they take the ball from.
- drinking pints from plastic beakers in a breeze block concourse, doesn’t do it for me. I prefer pub, restaurant or home drinking.
- can’t stand Ronaldo and Chelsea. As a Brighton fan, why would I get a boner about seeing them?

I sometimes envy the supporters of clubs like Posh. A terraced end, going into each home game with a real chance of a win and goals. That’s football for me.

Eeyore · Dec 15, 2021

RexCathedra said:
Not enough [strike]mindless violence in the stands, outside the stadium, and back in town[/strike] passion.
That's what made football great -- and it's all gone now.

PPF has his tissues out after reading this one. A different kind of woosh.

zefarelly · Dec 15, 2021

I gave my season ticket up a few years before Amex was finished, life/family and other hobbies . . . . As time went by I/we considered it, but frankly now it's the last thing I'd waste my money on. Sad to say.

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