Kalimantan Gull
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See you at Cardiff Si
edit:fantastic thread this. Very heartwarming, we're all one big family really, its brilliant.
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See you at Cardiff Si
edit:fantastic thread this. Very heartwarming, we're all one big family really, its brilliant.
I'm adopting similar tactics in WalesMy first post - cos it's so good to hear from other people a bit cut off. Fan since '82, ex North Stand season ticket holder, only see half a dozen games a year now. Saw someone in my home town with a Brighton scarf in their car last week and nearly scared them to death honking and waving - it was so nice to see another Brighton fan locally! Biggest challenge is persuading my 10 year old son that Brighton are HIS team too. But I think last season did it - especially Peterborough away. For me, I'll have to keep looking to away games (great atmosphere anyway) and hope that tickets at the Amex come available in time...
i could have written this word for word myself, the other aspect that i am pretty gutted with is the lack of loyalty points, despite following this club to all corners of England like Macclesfield on a Tuesday evening and Carlisle (yes even when i lived in Brighton) since i started supporting them in 1976, despite having a season ticket at Gillingham and only missing two games in the two years we were there, despite being a season ticket holder at Withdean for the first two years and sitting in the pissing rain, it seems i am worth a grand total of no points. I wouldn't have bought a season ticket anyway because of the distance involved but when it comes to an exciting game, i am now waiting with anyone who is looking to go to their first ever football match.
Oh well, C'est la vie, maybe Portugal will cheer me up.
Are the Albas marauding into Teeside on December 10th , with Carlisle no longer a "home" match ?
wow, feeling the pain of some people on here, and i'm only 260 miles away.
i have a season ticket but cannot afford to go to many home games.
the closer it gets the more i feel isolated, actually.
I read this as you meaning the term JCL is only offensive for returning fans. If I had meant to be offensive to anybody I wouldn't have stated that I didn't begrudge anybody their season tickets. I used the term (which would apply to myself had I bought a ST) because it is current parlance on the Board. If anybody can think of a more acceptable term I'd be happy to use it.I have to say that I find the JCL thing offensive, because you go on to say whether new or returning. I have supported this club since 1970 and I was a disillusioned fan that walked away. I have nothing but praise and love for those that kept the flag flying. I think JCL is totally offensive to people and should be dropped from this forum. But Notts I am being general and I have quoted you because you happen to be the latest person that said it, nothing against you.
You do not get to choose a football team - it is allocated at birth. So when I moved away to Manchester over 40 years ago, and never to return to live in the south, there was no question of my loyalty changing. Yes, I used to watch Law/Best/Charlton, Bell/Lee/Summerbee and just down the road - Kendall/Ball/Harvey but it was just not the same and any Albiom game in the North or Midlands was priority. Obviously over the years job and family puts restrictions on long trips, but it always felt safe and secure returnng to the Goldtsone and being with kindred spirits.