Mellor 3 Ward 4
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Will it drop off when the amex opens? Will lots of people (.like me) who don't go to home games but will be getting a ST next season go to less aways?
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- Thread starter Mellor 3 Ward 4
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Hercules Rockerfeller
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Away games are always better, always have been. It's the concentration of, for want of a better phrase "real fans" that means the atmosphere is always better. It's a day out, so you want to make the most of it.
clippedgull
Hotdogs, extra onions
Will you be going to less away games as a result?
I don't believe our support will drop off away, if we progress to the Championship if anything it will increase.
mcshane in the 79th
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- Nov 4, 2005
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It would only increase if/when home attendances pick up at Falmer
Sheebo
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- Jul 13, 2003
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My thoughts too - more home fans = more fans getting the bug = more away fans too.
sir albion
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Drop off
It will increase threefold
It will increase threefold
severnside gull
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why would it?
It will still be a 7 hour round trip for me to get to Brighton but I can easily get to all games in the midlands and west country and even games in the northwest are closer for me than home games.
plus as previously mentioned, the concentration of fans makes for a better atmosphere
It will still be a 7 hour round trip for me to get to Brighton but I can easily get to all games in the midlands and west country and even games in the northwest are closer for me than home games.
plus as previously mentioned, the concentration of fans makes for a better atmosphere
Djmiles
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It will increase without a doubt. I don't think it will increase in line with our home attendances, as we all know there are folk who go to away games but not home games because of Withdean, but I would expect the away following to increase.
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I can see where he is coming from if you are young live with parents or chidren are out earning and not a drain on finances you will be able to afford every game but i suspect there are a lot of albion fans who won't have the dosh for home and away and will go for the shiny new stadium instead.
Perkino
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- Dec 11, 2009
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including travel and the day of drinking rather than just the afternoon for a home game...
It must cost almost 3 times the price to go to an away game as it does for a home game.
If people are paying out somewhere in the region of £1,500 a season for away games then an extra £500 to include the home games won't be to much to ask.
I can only see the away support growing
It must cost almost 3 times the price to go to an away game as it does for a home game.
If people are paying out somewhere in the region of £1,500 a season for away games then an extra £500 to include the home games won't be to much to ask.
I can only see the away support growing
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I am not saying the away support will not grow eventually if we are in the Championship as this will grow anyway but i would have thought the group of supporters that i have mentioned above would have a budget it mabe £500 a year and take in lets say 7or 8 away matches - so when it comes to being a STH that may just blow there whole budget and therefore cut there away matches for the season.
Tesco in Disguise
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i was thinking this. i think our away support is strong at the moment because albion fans are starved of seeing their team play in decent stadia, or along with a decent atmosphere. once this is the case every home game, i can see the away crowds dropping, especially given that people's 'football budget' will be being spent on home games.
patchamalbion
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dont agree at all,many that go to away games do so because of the whole away game mentality and they will continue to go away! Yes falmer will be incredible for all of us who have suffered but away games will still be better. The more tight-knit away fans,travelling to other cities on trains/cars/coaches,having more of a drink and always a better atmosphere will always mean people will go to away games in numbers.
tonymgc
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Visiting the fine stadia of the championship i'm sure if anything away attendances will increase
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Visiting the fine stadia of the championship i'm sure if anything away attendances will increase
I agree that if in the championship of course we will get more but i really do not feel we will get any more than when we were previously in the championship.
Surely the average working man has some sort of budget
seagullsovergrimsby
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The away support wont decline because of the many fans who live in exile , some too far away from Brighton but make it to several away games a season.
Spot on, sums up my feelings perfectly.
The idea of drinks on the train with a group of mates, going somewhere different, and with a core bunch of supporters with a good atmosphere and (usually) relaxed stewards will always be different to an away game, no matter where we played our home games.
If anything, it should increase our away attendances, as the new generation decide to go to the odd one or two locally, and then who knows from there.
Mr Everyone
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Indeed, when we get to the Championship, it will excellent for me, location-wise!!
lichfield seagulls
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Agreed most grounds are within 1hour 30mins of here.
pottert
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best fans in the country will be able to watch the seagulls every week insteadof once a fortnight.thats all that will change.