9,900 to just be at the first game? Is very much a possibility you know. And don't forget the large population of Worthing seagull supporters (second largest town in Sussex after B&H). Not that they'll make the final mind.
It can be a highly pretentious debate up here in London regarding coffee shops and who serves the best and all that crap. Has it got milk? Tick. Has it got hot water? Tick. Has it got coffee (beans, granules, whatever)? Tick. Then stick it in a mug luv that'll do me nicely.
Think it can depend on where you live to the differing views. Bradford people may see things very differently to Brighton people, etc. I think this subject has to be selective.
But if you actually take our away support as a percentage from our home support we are probably, by percentage, the best away supported club in the country. Somebody willing to do the maths? Compare us with say Arsenal, Man Utd, etc. My maths A level is many years old and totally rusty now!
Don't ever diss the supporters, new or old... they will all be a part of our new future. And remember that a lot of those people you talk of will be returning fans from years gone by. And we need to increase our fan base to the extent that they actually want to come and watch games. We should be...
As a matter of interest what is 'establishment'? I wear a badge of honour? It is ok to come to a site purely for the love of the club even be it 10 years to late? Is it something you earn to be on NSC? Does it matter that someone that first saw Brighton in 1970 has not been established? If that...
Where do you start? The arseholes that have been here with X thousands of posts and think they can abuse people, the X that never go to games but have to abuse people, the X that cannot let a thread go without being rude and abusive... and most of them X's not only never see Brighton but have...