swindonseagull
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At least we don't have the Withdean Stadium
COME ON YOU REDS!: SWINDON may not have the varied nightlife that Brighton can offer, but the Robins are higher in the pecking order when it comes to grounds.
To the Seagulls, who visit Swindon this weekend for Sunday's home clash, the County Ground will seem like Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, when they compare it to their own Withdean Stadium.
While Town supporters will be squeezed into a 6,960-seater glorified athletic track on Thursday, the Seagulls will be treated to a real footballing experience in a stadium that boasts a capacity of 15,728.
Albion spokesman Paul Camillin admitted fans feel embarrassed at the lack of facilities at the Withdean Stadium.
"It is ridiculous," he fumed. "Every week we sell out and fans are left embarrassed and disappointed.
"For Thursday's game we could quite easily have shifted six or seven times the amount of tickets that we had available."
Yesterday Brighton's local newspaper The Argus launched a cheeky attack on Swindon ahead of this weekend's game.
A report reads: "When the footballing crowd of Sussex runs onto the pitch in the soccer hotbed that is Wiltshire, who can doubt their minds will be completely focused on one thought _ at least they don't have to live in Swindon.
"Harsh? Perhaps, but this is a town deemed so unrelentingly dull most people prefer to stick with the M4 and keep on going."
But as every football fan up and down the country will confirm, it's the action and not the cross-terrace banter that wins games.
And with plans for a new 22,000-seater stadium well underway, Swindon is in a far superior position.
COME ON YOU REDS!: SWINDON may not have the varied nightlife that Brighton can offer, but the Robins are higher in the pecking order when it comes to grounds.
To the Seagulls, who visit Swindon this weekend for Sunday's home clash, the County Ground will seem like Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, when they compare it to their own Withdean Stadium.
While Town supporters will be squeezed into a 6,960-seater glorified athletic track on Thursday, the Seagulls will be treated to a real footballing experience in a stadium that boasts a capacity of 15,728.
Albion spokesman Paul Camillin admitted fans feel embarrassed at the lack of facilities at the Withdean Stadium.
"It is ridiculous," he fumed. "Every week we sell out and fans are left embarrassed and disappointed.
"For Thursday's game we could quite easily have shifted six or seven times the amount of tickets that we had available."
Yesterday Brighton's local newspaper The Argus launched a cheeky attack on Swindon ahead of this weekend's game.
A report reads: "When the footballing crowd of Sussex runs onto the pitch in the soccer hotbed that is Wiltshire, who can doubt their minds will be completely focused on one thought _ at least they don't have to live in Swindon.
"Harsh? Perhaps, but this is a town deemed so unrelentingly dull most people prefer to stick with the M4 and keep on going."
But as every football fan up and down the country will confirm, it's the action and not the cross-terrace banter that wins games.
And with plans for a new 22,000-seater stadium well underway, Swindon is in a far superior position.
Indeed, leaving the dumb carrot crunching bumpkin GIMPS and their two bob club well alone is the best thing we can do here.
