Southgate quote:

[Lindfield by the Pond]

He should know and he is not wrong.....however, he was also wrong to not acknowledge what is currently going on here at the Albion, and given the catchment area, the potential that is slowly being unlocked.

Wigan is hardly a hotbed either, but it jumps on the North West bandwagon.

I guess hotbed is associated with mines, shipyards, and inner cities. Royal Pavillion hardly qualifies. However, given the prices Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal etc currently charge their "hotbed" support has moved to become "clientelle", and we would definetly compete in that arena.

 

[Motogull]

While he may be correct in the technical sense, it is not as if his phone is a hotbed of incoming managerial offers it would appear.

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

He has a big nose, but he's right!

 

[Lord Bamber]

He has a point on this one but........

He is just so f***ing annoying!!!

 

[GT49er]

While he may be correct in the technical sense, it is not as if his phone is a hotbed of incoming managerial offers it would appear.

I hear he's just been invited to become penalty coach at Chelsea.....!

 

[C1 BHA]

I couldn't give a toss what he thinks.......

 

[Husty]

Well he is right isn't he... 1 club with a huge catchment area and no competition, and we have never had massive crowds, 4 years in the top flight and no trophies. Sure there are worse counties out there i.e. Cornwall, but compared to just about anywhere in the north of england it's very poor.

 

[hopkins]

Daley Thompson only lived their for a few years. Would you really put your own name down as the most famous person from that area ?

The answer is Alan Minter.

 

[alan partridge]

his managerial brain is hardly a hotbed of football either,

 

[Sheebo]

er, he's a sussex lad...he should know!!

Sure is and I'm distantly related to him via marriage!

 

[Bean]

While he may be correct in the technical sense, it is not as if his phone is a hotbed of incoming managerial offers it would appear.

This.

 

[BigGully]

How many top class footballers, in the last twenty or thirty years, have come from Sussex?

Malcome Mcdonald, was it Gibson ( Villa fullback ) something like Rustington, Gareth Barry, Gareth Southgate ....................... ermmmmmmm

 

[Stu1]

Penalty missing jobless dullard!

That made me almost wee myself partly because I thought it said dulltard at first I think I have a new word!

 

[bhaexpress]

Gareth Southgate (perhaps he doesn't usually admit it)

Perhaps he thinks it's a bit too near Croydon so you can hardly blame him for that.

 

[mona]

When France won the World Cup in 1998, our esteemed English press went to great lengths to stress that Paris was not a football city. Strange that there are now more Parisians playing in the Premiership than Geordies and Yorkshiremen.

TBH the only real hotbeds of football now are South East London, Merseyside and the East London/South Essex corridor.

 

[Blackadder]

It's not at the moment. Hopefully that will change!

 

[Buzzer]

How many top class footballers, in the last twenty or thirty years, have come from Sussex?

Joe Gatting, Doug Loft, Chris McPhee, Will Packham.

 

[Chicken Run]

Joe Gatting, Doug Loft, Chris McPhee, Will Packham.

The two Steve's Palmer and Brown, both from Brighton both played in the Premier league, also according to wikpedia Southgate was born in Watford??

 

[Ecosse Exile]

Does John Robinson count, played for Wales, may have been born elsewhere but definately grew up in sussex

 

[Icy Gull]

He's Palace so best ignore him