Whitehawk FC

[Thunder Bolt]

The issue is they don't have a great fan base and need to try and broaden the appeal of the club,its a matter of survival,might be a mistake but at least its some positive input into a non league sussex side,efforts have to be made to make them viable as i can't see another local fan willing to stump up £10 million a year keeping a footie club going.

They will alienate the fans they have already. Their fans want to stay as Whitehawk.

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

The issue is they don't have a great fan base and need to try and broaden the appeal of the club,its a matter of survival,might be a mistake but at least its some positive input into a non league sussex side,efforts have to be made to make them viable as i can't see another local fan willing to stump up £10 million a year keeping a footie club going.

10 Million quid to keep Whitehawk going ?? Is that for real ?

Jebus, why not just plop that into Thee Albion we could get a decent striker for that.... what a waste of money

 

[Bold Seagull]

The issue is they don't have a great fan base and need to try and broaden the appeal of the club,its a matter of survival,might be a mistake but at least its some positive input into a non league sussex side,efforts have to be made to make them viable as i can't see another local fan willing to stump up £10 million a year keeping a footie club going.

As normal, ignoring the obvious question of why they pump huge cash into the playing side with no investment in the facilities? Why all this ambition about another promotion when they're facilities are 2 leagues below the standard they're currently at.

They've probably got the most expensively assembled squad in the division - but they can't improve the toilets...

 

[Curious Orange]

Chelmsford wasn't a City until 2012, yet the football club has been Chelmsford City since 1938

Chelmsford aren't alone. Guildford is not, and never has been, a City, and yet it has both a Guildford City FC, and a Guildford City Swimming Club.

 

[Eeyore]

I don't see Everton feeling the need to incorporate Liverpool in their name. Probably a bad example, but they should listen to their supporters.

 

[StonehamPark]

Chelmsford wasn't a City until 2012, yet the football club has been Chelmsford City since 1938

That's not the point though.

Whitehawk is a suburb of Brighton & Hove (City).

It's like Mile Oak FC asking to change their name to Hove City FC.

 

[BigGully]

Can't help feeling they're setting themselves up to fail if this goes through. Echoes of previous non-league clubs in Sussex who've changed their names in an effort to advance. They've almost always realised in the end that there simply wasn't the appetite for it, even back in the days when there was only one Sussex club in the Football League, and they played in front of 7,000 for home games.

Remember Stamco? Then Stamcroft St Leonards, then St Leonards FC (I think). Got a bit of lottery money, tried to move up the pyramid, failed, went bust. Langney Sports changed to Eastbourne Borough and seem to have survived above the County League, but haven't ever threatened to go any higher, and their crowds haven't suddenly reached the thousands because of the name change.

The attention given to Whitehawk during their recent cup run was in no small way due to their perceived quirkiness: the unusual (at least to outsiders) name, the out-there attitude of their Ultras group, the slightly rough-edged nature of the local community. Their fans seem to thrive on that. If they change to BCFC (which as a Twitter hashtag will get lost in the ether amongst Birmingham and Bristol City etc tweets), that uniqueness will be lost.

I honestly can't see the name change affecting the Albion to any great degree, but I do think this is deeply misguided by the Whitehawk powers-that-be. They risk losing the very essence of what makes them a club. Will the locals still identify with them if they go down that road?

I hear what you are saying, but ultimately its a club with a few bob and ambitions, I am guessing someone at sometime will get bored and takeaway the money and it will return to its natural level.

But the owners aren't thinking like us, they see bigger and better things and football requires a bit of ambition for it to survive so good luck to them I say and let them have their name change, whats it got to do with BHA.

 

[Return of the Rev]

They will alienate the fans they have already. Their fans want to stay as Whitehawk.

Need more than 50 fans to keep them going! A portion of the crowd flit in and out like myself who watch a couple of games each season,alot of the regulars have just turned up these last few seasons,people need to get off the back of whitehawk and look a bit closer to home, At least they have stayed in the city

 

[Wilko]

Whitehawk is a great, unique name. Why on earth would they want to change it to the both dull and inaccurate Brighton City.

 

[Return of the Rev]

I hear what you are saying, but ultimately its a club with a few bob and ambitions, I am guessing someone at sometime will get bored and takeaway the money and it will return to its natural level.

But the owners aren't thinking like us, they see bigger and better things and football requires a bit of ambition for it to survive so good luck to them I say and let them have their name change, whats it got to do with BHA.

I thought you were talking about bha

 

[Mr H]

What about New Brighton FC? They would have some history then.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Need more than 50 fans to keep them going! A portion of the crowd flit in and out like myself who watch a couple of games each season,alot of the regulars have just turned up these last few seasons,people need to get off the back of whitehawk and look a bit closer to home, At least they have stayed in the city

People would go even more if they had a bit of covered terracing along the side of the pitch instead of just 1m of concrete and a load of mud, or a toilet with a light maybe.....

Embarrassing what they have spent on the playing side without doing ANYTHING to the ground these past 3 seasons. Don't think everyone buys into your romantic notion of little ole Whitehawk.

 

[Return of the Rev]

That's not the point though.

Whitehawk is a suburb of Brighton & Hove (City).

It's like Mile Oak FC asking to change their name to Hove City FC.

Unlike downtown falmer

 

[StonehamPark]

Unlike downtown falmer

Are you referring to Brighton & Hove Albion who's pitch is NOW in Falmer?

 

[5mins-from-amex]

What about New Brighton FC? They would have some history then.

Or on the flip side, brighthelmstone F.C

 

[Return of the Rev]

People would go even more if they had a bit of covered terracing along the side of the pitch instead of just 1m of concrete and a load of mud, or a toilet with a light maybe.....

Embarrassing what they have spent on the playing side without doing ANYTHING to the ground these past 3 seasons. Don't think everyone buys into your romantic notion of little ole Whitehawk.

I must admit i like the ground back in the old days,nothing wrong with leaning on a fence with a drop of rain. Its got a bit too comfortable at the amex,i suppose thats why half the crowd seem to be asleep

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Need more than 50 fans to keep them going! A portion of the crowd flit in and out like myself who watch a couple of games each season,alot of the regulars have just turned up these last few seasons,people need to get off the back of whitehawk and look a bit closer to home, At least they have stayed in the city

What sort of a dig is that? If you're referring to the Albion, they are within the city!!

 

[Buzzer]

Unlike downtown falmer

Are you really having a pop at the club for being in Falmer? 11 years of inquiries proved beyond doubt that Falmer was the only site within Brighton and Hove suitable for a stadium. I know you can't help yourself when picking fault with Brighton but even for you this is a bizarre new low.

What do you get out of this? Honestly, why don't you just walk away from the club if it makes you as bitter as this?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Are you referring to Brighton & Hove Albion who's pitch is NOW in Falmer?

It's only the car park that's not within city limits.

 

[Easy 10]

Struggling to give a fig what they call themselves tbh, they're barely on the radar. If they want to call themselves Brighton City then let them. Its a bit of a shit name, but if they think it makes them sound more "big time" then go for it. Presumably it'd mean they'll have to ditch the hawk on the badge, and come up with a new nickname.

"SHEEP SHEEP SHEEPCOTERS" maybe ? Kinda works.