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I find not being able to pay on the day quite off-putting as well. I'd imagine at the Goldstone there were quite a lot of people who just turned up as a last minute decision after an afternoon's drinking.
Gareth Glover said:Whether we are 6th or 15th the football has been dire most of the season and anyone who denies that is either:
1. Stupid
2. Mad
3. On Drugs
4. Drink
burrish gull said:Laughing Bluebird, Wilts et al will all be laughing because the attandance was down today but the reality is only about 300 to 400 people did'nt turn up today (if you look at this seasons average.) I know it's all money to the club but considering Withdean is shite, Barnsley bought about 250 and the club can't sell tickets at the ground 6,000 is'nt bad.
The prats from other clubs who come on NSC don't have to put up with what we do week in week out, I'd like to see how many Reading zzzzzz...... would get if they had to play at Withdean, not many I reckon because most of the people who 'support' them only go because of their nice shiny ground, you can spot them a mile off because they've all got nice new scarves and bobbel hats.
I don't have a problem with that.Simster said:This season I haven't been at all (and probably won't at all) because of changing priorities in my life and the fact that I'm bored. I've now got two kids, I work hard (some weekends) and money is much tighter for me than it has ever been since about 1994. Consequently I'm very choosey about what I do with my money and time - and sitting in a golfing stand in the pissing rain, with crap facilities, a jaded side (half of whom are going through the motions) and no atmosphere whilst paying £24 for the privilage is not my idea of a good use of my resources. And all this takes up half a day, which is time I wouldn't be with my kids.
Lord Bracknell said:I don't have a problem with that.
It more or less describes my relationship with the Albion when my kids were young.
And that was 1979 - 1983.
The Laughing Bluebird said:You were right about one thing though - the prats form other clubs who come on here such as Wilts, Whitley Dennis, Brighton Rock and myself, don't have to put up with what you do week in week out. We watch First Division football, not Second Division rubbish.....
The Laughing Bluebird said:Oh dear. Bad night last night, was it?
If you read back over this thread, you'll find that I wasn't laughing about your poor attendance yesterday at all. I was simply curious to find out why you are getting around 500 less per game this season than you were the last time Brighton were in Division Two (or Division Three for that matter).
You seem to believe that crowds of 6,000 aren't bad for a team that is supposed to be chasing promotion to Division One. To a 'prat' like myself who supports another club, I'd have to say that crowds of 6,000 look poor under such circumstances. And it seems there are plenty of Albion fans who agree with that view.
You mentioned Reading's fans, and suggested that most of the people who support the Royals only do so because they've got a 'shiny new ground'.
Reading moved to the Madejski Stadium at the start of the 1998/99 season. In their previous five seasons at Elm Park, Reading's average attendances were as follows:
93/94: 6,932
94/95: 9,350
95/96: 8,918
96/97: 9,160
97/98: 9,676
The novelty of the new stadium saw Reading's average attendance rise to 11,262 for season 98/99, but it dropped back to 8,976 in season 99/00. That figure rather blow your theory out of the water, unless the stadium was less shiny and new in its second season than it is today!
It is generally accepted that Albion's attendances will improve significantly when the club eventually gets to Falmer. So will you be grizzling about about the additional Seagulls fans in their nice new scarves and bobble hats when that day finally arrives? I somehow doubt it!
You were right about one thing though - the prats form other clubs who come on here such as Wilts, Whitley Dennis, Brighton Rock and myself, don't have to put up with what you do week in week out. We watch First Division football, not Second Division rubbish.....
burrish gull said:You're lucky the English FA let taffs play in division 1, whoops
sorry I forgot Cardiff are bigger than Barcelona.