Making the away team feel unwelcome

[Sheebo]

After Mark Bright's outburst of bollocks and now this We will be the laughing stock I just wondered if anyone was aware we've done scientific research into COLOURS and are painting the away changing room a dull depressing colour and the home changing room a nice happy colour...



Or did I make up hearing that?!

 

[Driver8]

So the away changing room is going to be white with a red and blue sash?

 

[pottert]

I know for a fact that the away changing room at withdean is painted purple for that very reason.

 

[Sheebo]

I know for a fact that the away changing room at withdean is painted purple for that very reason.

Seems it is true then! Think it was in a 1901 pres I went to. I'd say making the 11 players on the pitch feel less comfortable is far more likely to have a tiny, tiny impact on matched then making the away fans feel comfortable so they sing more!

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

i thought this was all about creating a hostile atmosphere in the stadium

 

[Brighton M]

also, the current away end means a RUBBISH experience for away fans at the moment.

No teams have won at Withdean this season, but for the previous four years before that WE'VE been absolutely RUBBISH at home. so i dont think the away fan experience plays much part really!!!

 

[Bwian]

Colour experts reckon that pink (honestly) in the visiting locker/changing rooms has an affect on visiting teams' players-something to do with lessening their aggressions. Paint them pink Tony.

 

[TS90]

There's always the debate about whether as the home side, do you make the opposition as comfortable as you can, so they relax and take their foot off the peddle or do you make it as dreary and depressing as you can, to upset them and disrupt their rhythm.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I know for a fact that the away changing room at withdean is painted purple for that very reason.

I remember reading about that. When did they paint it purple?

 

[tonymgc]

Blue & Red stripes would be nausiating, Paint the away dressing room like that & make them all sick before the game.
Also swap the away dressing room with Gullys

 

[Sheebo]

also, the current away end means a RUBBISH experience for away fans at the moment.

No teams have won at Withdean this season, but for the previous four years before that WE'VE been absolutely RUBBISH at home. so i dont think the away fan experience plays much part really!!!

Dunno who the long faired player was in the studio on the football league show but he was suggesting we do so well ans Withers cos teams hate going there and he said at first at Falmer we'll struggle and teams will love playing against us in a nice new stadium. Yet if you look at the previous 3 seasons Withdean form that pisses all over his unresearched point he was trying to make!

 

[fire&skill]

I remember reading about that. When did they paint it purple?

In the ambulance service a 'purple' is the code for a dead body

 

[8ace]

Brick their coach

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Dunno who the long faired player was in the studio on the football league show but he was suggesting we do so well ans Withers cos teams hate going there

He obviously hadn't paid attention to the previous five seasons at Withdean.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

The guy at the stadium tour said that both the home and away dressing rooms will be identical to comply with some regulation that will make the Amex eligible for matches such as England U21 internationals.

 

[pottert]

I remember reading about that. When did they paint it purple?

I.don't know if it is a new thing,I hope it is as it has obviously worked.My mum works at Amex & is part of the Albion in the community project & was given a tour of withdean this week.

 

[Kuipers Supporters Club]

When i was in the changing rooms at Witthers (Start of last season) the away room was purple and much smaller.
But is MUCH better than the officials changing room! Which is tiny!

 

[Lord Bracknell]

I rather like the suggestion that Gus made at the Seagulls Over London meeting. Give the away team warming up room to the ballboys.

 

[Bobby's Gull]

I remember reading about that. When did they paint it purple?

Steve Coppells idea wasn't it?

 

[fataddick]

When i was in the changing rooms at Witthers (Start of last season) the away room was purple and much smaller.
But is MUCH better than the officials changing room! Which is tiny!

It's possible there might be more people using the away team dressing room compared to the officials room, hence the disparity in size. More importantly, what colour is the officials changing room?