He's named after a former Albion player, Mick. Are you one of the 'new fans that supported Chelsea before the Amex was built'? And please don't use the word I've edited out - everytime it appear on NSC, we have to deal with half a dozen complaints.
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He's named after a former Albion player, Mick. Are you one of the 'new fans that supported Chelsea before the Amex was built'? And please don't use the word I've edited out - everytime it appear on NSC, we have to deal with half a dozen complaints.
Randsta
New member
They were probably referring to the pie league
Brian Fantana
Well-known member
Yeah you tell 'em, Mick.
How dare the club try and use their iniative to fill the excess seats! There's always been a fair amount of criticism levelled at the club's marketing department for not introducing more promotions of this kind, particularly with reference to the large student population.
From what you say, there were chanting as they LEFT the ground. It's not like they were standing up during the game.
If this has wound you up as much as your post suggests, you must have a pretty stress-free life on the whole.
Lord Bracknell
On fire
Indeed. I went to my first game at the Goldstone when I found myself (then a Birmingham City supporter) living as a student in Hove. An Albion supporting mate suggested a walk along Old Shoreham Road might be a good idea. I'm now an Albion supporter.
Gazwag
5 millionth post poster
They were playing actually, about 60 miles away and yes they are top of the league
1 Arsenal 2 3 6
2 Napoli 2 -1 3
3 Borussia Dortmund 2 2 3
4 Marseille 2 -4 0
so, who actually cares, it was outside the ground, their seats were full rather than empty, they may decide to come again (more cash for the club), do be careful when you get off your high horse, don't want you to fall and hurt yourself
MattBackHome
Well-known member
- Jul 7, 2003
- 11,731
This thread could be Exhibit A in the "pile of old shit" thread.
I went to Brighton University when I was 26 and I have supported the Albion since the age of 8 so not a kid and not a 2 team Johnny. I used to regularly go to the Goldstone even on student money and in those days you had to spend a fortune on ale as the team were so poor.
I would jump at the offer of a £15 ticket for the Amex so good ideal in my book.
I would jump at the offer of a £15 ticket for the Amex so good ideal in my book.
The Birdman
New member
I Agree but they should also give tickets to brighton fustal team as many them are not seagull Surporters going by the players profiles!!!!
Jimmy Grimble
Well-known member
I was in the North West section for the game (I'm a ST holder in the North but my friend and I decided to 'sneak' in there to sample the view) so might be able to shed a bit of light here.
There did appear to be some Arsenal followers in that section. Amongst a group of about ten, I'd say it seemed like two or three of them were interested in Arsenal, as they were notably happy when they discovered via their phones, which they were checking regularly, that Arsenal had gone 1-0/2-0 up. Yelps of "Ozil!" and "get in!" followed by high-fiving were part of the give away.
In spite of this, those same two/three chaps were the one's most actively trying to drum up an atmosphere in that section, and the only one's openly shouting our players names in encouragement. In other words, they seemed like the only one's who had been to a football match before!
We walked out of the ground at the same time as them, and I heard no chants of 'we are top of the league'.
What dissapointed me most was the amount of empty seats in that section, there must have been about 50/100. The club should have been able to flog them IMO. A lack of advertisement the cause for this I believe, as I'm based at the Falmer campus at Uni and saw no posters of any kind in the lead up to the game.
The main thing which would put the students off coming again I'd imagine is probably the half-time service. The concourse up there is only small, so when they all went down to get a drink at half-time, the queue actually tailed back to the steps which lead you into the stand! This also meant there was basically no where to stand with your drink/food! At a guess I'd say half the queue failed to get served before the second half started. This was made worse by the fact the stewards wouldn't allow the students to go down into concourse below to use the vouchers for their drink. Not sure what the reasoning behind that was but it definitely needs a re-think.
There did appear to be some Arsenal followers in that section. Amongst a group of about ten, I'd say it seemed like two or three of them were interested in Arsenal, as they were notably happy when they discovered via their phones, which they were checking regularly, that Arsenal had gone 1-0/2-0 up. Yelps of "Ozil!" and "get in!" followed by high-fiving were part of the give away.
In spite of this, those same two/three chaps were the one's most actively trying to drum up an atmosphere in that section, and the only one's openly shouting our players names in encouragement. In other words, they seemed like the only one's who had been to a football match before!
We walked out of the ground at the same time as them, and I heard no chants of 'we are top of the league'.
What dissapointed me most was the amount of empty seats in that section, there must have been about 50/100. The club should have been able to flog them IMO. A lack of advertisement the cause for this I believe, as I'm based at the Falmer campus at Uni and saw no posters of any kind in the lead up to the game.
The main thing which would put the students off coming again I'd imagine is probably the half-time service. The concourse up there is only small, so when they all went down to get a drink at half-time, the queue actually tailed back to the steps which lead you into the stand! This also meant there was basically no where to stand with your drink/food! At a guess I'd say half the queue failed to get served before the second half started. This was made worse by the fact the stewards wouldn't allow the students to go down into concourse below to use the vouchers for their drink. Not sure what the reasoning behind that was but it definitely needs a re-think.
Puppet Master
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- Aug 14, 2012
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Another reason I was so disappointed with the crap atmosphere on Tues - hoped the place would be rocking to persuade some new fans to come along in future. Alas the place was akin to a morgue.
Superphil
Dismember
Another message that should be posted in Ask the Club.
The Birdman
New member
Seen the light well done
Lord Bracknell
On fire
Watching the Albion beat Aston Villa 2-1 and ending the season with a promotion certainly helped.
The city has the highest student retention rate outside of London I believe. Good move by the club.
I wasn't at the game, was it a success? Did the area sell out?
el punal
Well-known member
Last season I had a spare season ticket for a game which I sold to a student. He came from Southend (I think) and went to Sussex/Brighton University. When I asked him why he was an Albion fan, he replied that where ever he to university he would support the nearest local club - us! Fair play young man! 