brightonmark1234
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i think we could sell the extra seats that are available
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brightonmark1234
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i am not moaning about the attendances
Diego Napier
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I agree that the atmosphere isn't always great but we have a tradition of very poor vocal support at the Withdean and it wasn't always loud at the Goldstone.
If sometimes it isn't that loud at home then it just shows how rubbish it is at other grounds!
brightonmark1234
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okay mate
Barber was at the NWSS meeting in Horsham Tuesday and this point was raised. It's not to do with safety cert but that planning permission was granted in stages and they built out the whole lot in anticipation of getting permission, the safety certificate is all done. He also said that they were talking to the council and asking if they can go to max capacity for last 2 games.
I can't see any reason why not but then I've never been a bureaucrat!!
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Albion Dan
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You clearly haven't been to many away games. The atmosphere at The Amex is well above the average in this division.
ferring seagull
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OKAY, but it has to do with that !
brightonmark1234
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i haven't been to many away games this season due to money
Only passing on what he said. The question was specifically about the safety certificate and he said categorically not to do with that, they already have it in place to allow for max capacity
You're saying we're allowed to have more than 28,500 fans there? Everyone seems to be saying we're limited to 28,500 due to the current planning permission.
Yes it's above average (not difficult given how empty some of the stadiums are), but it could be way better.
Might help if all the empty seats that I saw from the WSU were all taken. 28,400 ? never in a million years, there were hundreds that were empty, possibly 1,500 around the ground, might even have been more. It never ceases to amaze me how many empty seats there are.
okay mate
Superphil
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I was going to say the same. Although one thing for sure, the acoustics at the Amex are strange, if you are in the North Stand you can't hear the away fans that easily, yet if you sit in the middle of the West Stand you can hear both North and Away fans easily. When the whole ground goes off into (the ever dull) AL-BE-ON there isn't another ground in this league to compare it to, and it's getting better.
We have over 20K new (or additional) supporters at the Amex than we ever had at Withdean, Gillingham and all but the last few games in the last years of the Goldstone. They are new, they need to get up to speed, sadly the efforts of the few thousand of us spread out all over the ground are being swallowed up by the size of the stadium. This is always qualified by the age old adage that when a decent size away crowd comes to the Amex they sing together, and make a good noise, likewise when we go away. That said, we're still minnows a bit, when Chelsea were in the WSU, they were by far the loudest we've ever heard at the Amex, this is based on what we heard from our seats in WSM.
It's still early days, and with the North Stand expansion, let's hope some of the togetherness mentality gets them going a bit more than they have up until now, and then, I think you'll see [hear] the rest of the ground lifted too.
Superphil
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I tihnk it's becasue we have an additional 1000 seats to sell to Brighton fans due to Blackpool ony taking 1000, not 2000. Capacity does not change, but the ratio of home to away does
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clippedgull
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The 'attendance' is given as per tickets sold, not actual attendance on the day.
As for selling out against Blackpool, I think it will depend on the next two results. We are not going to sell out just because more tickets are available to home supporters.
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I tihnk it's becasue we have an additional 10 seats to sell to Brighton fans due to Blackpool ony taking 1000, not 2000. Capacity does not change, but the ratio of home to away does
Indeed
As has been said three times now. Some people can't read.
South Stand Rebel
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Does this mean we can never get the big 30k?
Thunder Bolt
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You can't always hear the singing from different stands due to the acoustics. If you want atmosphere then go to the north stand but be prepared to join in.
HenryC
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We are limited to 28,500 capacity at present. Due to issue if safety certificate. Will go up to 30,750 during the off season.
Goring-by-Seagull
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