This has always been the club's position until now. It would seem a strange decision to change that standpoint, when both the SWC & NSK have been raising money from fans to do exactly this & small donations can go a long way.
It would be great to know whether a fan was behind this or not?
We had a good go at this against Yeovil in 2014. We bought ticker tape & foil confetti through our Supporters Fund & encouraged people to bring their own. Several loo rolls made it in, but just as many were confiscated at the turnstiles! We coordinated it through our Facebook group but it takes...
The majority of the flags in The SWC are paid for by our supporters fund - they're free for anyone to use & we collect them up at the end of the game for safekeeping!
This season the club have also supplied a number of smaller flags as well, and it operates on the same basis.
Apologies, we misunderstood your post! To begin with people were returning the flags straight after fanzone but we encourage them to keep hold of them throughout the game, and it's good to see them getting used more often now when we score etc.
It's also brilliant that the club themselves have...
We're certainly not aware of this ever happening, do you have an example you can share? In our view we're lucky to have a group of stewards in The SWC who are completely supportive of the efforts being made by fans, and who go out of their way to help us.
Albion finalists in no less than 6 of the categories:
http://www.footballbusinessawards.com/finalists.html
Congratulations due, especially for 'Best Fan Engagement' - Tom Gorringe really has transformed this side of things in the last year
Nothing new here, we produced an Ulloa t-shirt a couple of years ago (with the permission of the photographer) to raise money for the SWC Supporters Fund and were ordered to remove it almost immediately it went on our website. We then asked Cult Zeros how they got away with what they produce and...
A massive thank you from us to everyone who helped make this years Falmer Cup such a huge success, raising over £1000 for REMF, AITC, The North Stand Giant Flag Fund & The SWC Supporters Fund.
From last minute referee replacements to mad dashes back to Southwick for forgotten raffle prizes, it...
Mods - is it possible to change the thread title to 5-a-side as the OP didn't have the full details when he posted?
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We're hoping to help out & get this moving by donating some of the proceeds from this years Falmer Cup so now seemed a good time to give this thread another :bounce: !
The Falmer Cup, supported by L&S Printing, returns bigger and better for 2015 with a new 5-a-side format and exciting new venue!
16 teams from the Albion supporters community will battle it out at the American Express Elite Football Performance Centre in Lancing on Saturday 27th June hoping to...