Have the plastic fans taken over this club

[Pretty pink fairy]

i sacked up years ago mate i don't need to catch any more , serious question
regards
DR

 

[Chesney Christ]

Goldstone was MUCH quieter than the Amex. Fact.

This.

 

[Blue Goon]

i'm not moaning just making an observation from what i've seen over the past two seasons and from talking to people i've met on my travels, anything wrong in that ?
Regards
dr

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[Cheeky Monkey]

And you're telling me a load of JCLs didn't rock up for the Nuremberg Rally Reich!!! Old Rudolph Hitler went from spitting feathers to 63 people in a backstreet bierkeller to speaking in front of 10s of thousands who hadn't even heard of him before.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

So you'd rather the AMEX be half full? Personally I think it's great that when you walk around Brighton you now see kids and adults wearing a Brighton shirt instead of the sea of Man U, Chelsea etc shirts.

WHO'S TO SAY THEY WOULDN'T PUT THEM BACK ON AGAIN
regards
DR

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

really do feel their only here for the ride..... makes me sick at the sight of some of these types, ....THEIR KILLING THE ATMOSPHERE,

I'M NOT MOANING

OK.

 

[somerset]

I think the real plastic fans will only start supporting the club if we get promoted .

How will they do that when the ground is already sold out more or less with ST holders. Next season there will only be about 2k available to most games if we are in the prem, and they will be sold to those with a purchase history...... non story.

 

[billy big molluscs]

I hate being at a full Amex, would much rather be getting soaked and beaten at Withdean with the other diehards

Agree with this. What's with this obsession of quoting how many years you were a STH at the withdean over and over? Get over it. The increased support is great for the club no matter how many 'withdean years' a supporter has.

 

[Coldeanseagull]

In the days of being a Goldstone sardine, you had some bloke hurling abuse right in your lughole. In all seater stadia there is a personal space....that and the fact you've probably lost a bit of hearing over the years

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

and you're telling me a load of jcls didn't rock up for the nuremberg rally reich!!! Old rudolph hitler went from spitting feathers to 63 people in a backstreet beerkeller to speaking in front of 10s of thousands who hadn't even heard of him before.

and look what happened to him
regards
DR

 

[dan-reilly-1991]

I agree 100% with this thread. Had a Withdean season ticket in the season we stayed up on last day against Hartlepool, went home and away. I've got friends who wouldn't of dreamed of going to the Withdean, but now have season tickets at the Amex.

It's now 'cool' to support Brighton, whereas it wasn't 4/5 years ago. Obviously without these extra supporters we would have a half empty stadium and they bring in extra money so can't really complain..

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

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YOU NEED TO WAKE UP MATE
regards
DR

 

[PWA]

This is a cracking read, but the timing of the thread is lousy.

Pull together for tonight.

LOUD

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

I agree 100% with this thread. Had a Withdean season ticket in the season we stayed up on last day against Hartlepool, went home and away. I've got friends who wouldn't of dreamed of going to the Withdean, but now have season tickets at the Amex.

It's now 'cool' to support Brighton, whereas it wasn't 4/5 years ago. Obviously without these extra supporters we would have a half empty stadium and they bring in extra money so can't really complain..

COMMON SENSE PREVAILS
regards
DR

 

[Sussex Nomad]

It's a form of NIMBY tourettes.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

seems to be a new breed appearing on the back of some success and the stadium , how longs it going to last, really do feel their only here for the ride, makes me sick at the sight of some of these types, you know there's no real commitment in them AND THEIR KILLING THE ATMOSPHERE,OVER REACTION ON MY PART .............................don't think so
regards
DR

"It makes me sick..." Get over yourself, would you?

Would you call my eight year old son 'plastic' because he only started going to the football since we've been at the Amex? Or could it possibly be that he's now of the age where he's old enough to appreciate it, and really enjoy it? Something he probably wouldn't have done during the Withdean years because of a) the surroundings b) his age.

We've got, what is it, 22,000 ST holders? Withdean and Gillingham didn't hold 22,000 people. Are you saying that these are all 'plastic'? "No commitment"?

FWIW, I find those that want to hark back to the "good old days" when "football was football" and "fans went toe to toe with each other" and all that crap, harder to stomach than those that has discovered the Albion and enjoy an afternoon at the football since the opening of the new stadium.

 

[Betfair Bozo]

In response to ppf - no, they haven't. It is merely that football is as far removed from what it used to be as it possibly could be. For some that's very welcome, for others less so. And some of us miss certain aspects of "old football" while enjoying some of the new. Times change.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

This is a cracking read, but the timing of the thread is lousy.

Pull together for tonight.

LOUD

couldn't be bothered going tonight , didn't think i would ever say that about Palace away but that's how shit it's got
regards
DR

 

[Wrong-Direction]

couldn't be bothered going tonight , didn't think i would ever say that about Palace away but that's how shit it's got
regards
DR

 

[MattBackHome]

I agree 100% with this thread. Had a Withdean season ticket in the season we stayed up on last day against Hartlepool, went home and away. I've got friends who wouldn't of dreamed of going to the Withdean, but now have season tickets at the Amex.

It's now 'cool' to support Brighton, whereas it wasn't 4/5 years ago. Obviously without these extra supporters we would have a half empty stadium and they bring in extra money so can't really complain..

I'd say it was much cooler to support us 4/5 years ago.