How big is our catchment area?

[The Birdman]

In the very old days of the third division we took more coaches to Gillingham game than the official coaches from the club from Mid Sussex. Also we took four to Nottingham Forest and the famous Chesterfield trip and at least one to most away games. Lancing and Worthing Hailsham and Eastbourne were always well supported.Brighton and Hove Albion will always beenthe team for Sussex and over the boarder into places like Burwash.
Keep on spreading the word and convert the incomers who are moving into our green and plesant county.

 

[Pavilionaire]

This thread shows what a unifying force the football club is across both counties.

Building the Amex next to a train station and the main east-west road running through the county was a masterstroke, and I shake my head in disbelief at the short-sightedness of the Falmer NO campaigners.

In an ideal world the fans of BHAFCwill one day rise up and rid the county of the divisive "East" and "West" tags, uniting the two once more as the Kingdom of Sussex with Tony Bloom as the people's monarch.

 

[Return of the Rev]

In Eastbourne today not one Albion scarf or hat in sight! Went to hancross yesterday and saw palace bobble hat! Whose catchment?

 

[The Birdman]

Just seen a young lad on a wall outside the new to be opened Tesco Express in Northlands Wood Haywards Heath wearing a Brighton Shirt 1-1 Rev or do I get more points being as its a shirt.!

 

[Return of the Rev]

Just seen a young lad on a wall outside the new to be opened Tesco Express in Northlands Wood Haywards Heath wearing a Brighton Shirt 1-1 Rev or do I get more points being as its a shirt.!

Away shirts count double! Did you tell him it was not open yet?

 

[8ace]

Away shirts count double! Did you tell him it was not open yet?

Treble points for spotting an away shirt outside spoons in HH.

 

[Return of the Rev]

Pompey fkw in the arndale!

 

[GT49er]

.................and within 15 miles from the Amex you have a population of 750,000. So it is no wonder that the Albion have such good support.

Or looking at it another way, you could say that 25000(ish) out of 750,000 (a mere 3%) isn't very good!

 

[Hastings gull]

Or looking at it another way, you could say that 25000(ish) out of 750,000 (a mere 3%) isn't very good!

Strangely, I had thought that also, but decided not to write it in! Given that we have 750,000 within 15 miles and thousands more up to 35 miles away,( Bexhill, Hastings, Crawley, Horsham, Tunbridge wells etc) then you could argue that we are not that well supported, given that no other team is close. Depends on how you view a crowd of 25,000, doesn't it? I think most would say it was pretty good. Over the years, I have heard it said that when a new manager is needed, one of the big pluses is that Brighton get superb support, and whilst that is undoubtedly true, the Albion really can't help but get such numbers with probably near enough a million with easy travelling distance. Whatever - still better than having small crowds.

 

[DataPoint]

In Eastbourne today not one Albion scarf or hat in sight! Went to hancross yesterday and saw palace bobble hat! Whose catchment?

Lived in Croydon for years! Never saw a Palace shirt! Wouln't know they had a football team.

 

[Return of the Rev]

Treble points for spotting an away shirt outside spoons in HH.

Speaking to the manager at spoons in hh and he said footie shirts are not allowed!

 

[GT49er]

Strangely, I had thought that also, but decided not to write it in! Given that we have 750,000 within 15 miles and thousands more up to 35 miles away,( Bexhill, Hastings, Crawley, Horsham, Tunbridge wells etc) then you could argue that we are not that well supported, given that no other team is close. Depends on how you view a crowd of 25,000, doesn't it? I think most would say it was pretty good. Over the years, I have heard it said that when a new manager is needed, one of the big pluses is that Brighton get superb support, and whilst that is undoubtedly true, the Albion really can't help but get such numbers with probably near enough a million with easy travelling distance. Whatever - still better than having small crowds.

Quite agree - 25000 ain't bad. I wonder what percentage of their catchment area somebody like Burnley gets, though.

 

[Hastings gull]

Quite agree - 25000 ain't bad. I wonder what percentage of their catchment area somebody like Burnley gets, though.

Yes, that would be the example I would also use. Apparently Burnley has a population of about 80,000, depending on what you include and obviously there will be other areas, presumably such like Nelson and Colne, but their percentage would, I imagine, be very much better.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

The catchment area is basically all of East and West Sussex, with a small dent around the borderlands of Crawley, and lost territory to Portsmouth from around Bognor westwards.

 

[GT49er]

Quite agree - 25000 ain't bad. I wonder what percentage of their catchment area somebody like Burnley gets, though.

Sorry - wrong post to reply too......

 

[GT49er]

Yes, that would be the example I would also use. Apparently Burnley has a population of about 80,000, depending on what you include and obviously there will be other areas, presumably such like Nelson and Colne, but their percentage would, I imagine, be very much better.

So basically, if we were like Burnley, we'd need about a 250,000 seater then!

 

[Hastings gull]

So basically, if we were like Burnley, we'd need about a 250,000 seater then!

Yes, that would be about it. Would be fun when the three-coach train to Seaford pulls up at 5.05.