Where Has Our Support Gone ?

[Zesh Rehman]

to charlton....

looking on the charlton site and you can get a coach to Valley for just £5, and they have coaches stopping at over 50 destination all over the south coast. There tickets are only a couple quid more than ours and must be the cheapest ones in the premisership, so why would children/teenagers who are just getting into football want to support Brighton when they could go and see a premiership side for only a few quid more....

 

[Gully]

I believe they are about to increase the capacity of the Valley to about 40k, perhaps this is their way of trying to ensure that they are capable of filling it, perhaps we need to start something similar with view to filling Withdean and then Falmer.

We could quite easily have coaches from places like Chichester, Midhurst, Horsham, Crawley, etc, etc...

 

[Seagull over SW France]

Obviously silly question time....you've seen the shit being served up at Withdean haven't you??there's your answer....

 

[1066gull]

I believe they are about to increase the capacity of the Valley to about 40k, perhaps this is their way of trying to ensure that they are capable of filling it, perhaps we need to start something similar with view to filling Withdean and then Falmer.

We could quite easily have coaches from places like Chichester, Midhurst, Horsham, Crawley, etc, etc...

Tunbrdige Wells, Hastings, Eastbourne, Uckfield

 

[bristolseagull]

Obviously silly question time....you've seen the shit being served up at Withdean haven't you??there's your answer....

bang on...............



thread closed.

 

[Hungry Joe]

You will always have people, not just kids, who will either support their local team whatever or support a team that is currently successful. Charlton and Portsmouth being our nearest Premiership sides we're bound to lose support to them, nothing new there. If we get back to The Championship and do well or eventually make it to The Premiership a lot of that lost support will come back, along with brand new support created by success. There is only a small hard-core percentage wise of any club, the rest are along for the ride. It's just a fact of life.

 

[Albion Dan]

Lets be honest, not many people are going to get on a coach to go to Charlton to watch the dross on offer up there.

Our support has gone because Withdean is a horror day out and the football is appalling.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

Lets be honest, not many people are going to get on a coach to go to Charlton to watch the dross on offer up there.

Our support has gone because Withdean is a horror day out and the football is appalling.

but if that dross is say man utd, or liverpool, or chelsea I can see people going in the same way as people went to Selhurst to see wimbledon, but actually went only to see the bigger teams they were playing against.

if Brighton were playing away somewhere and Charlton were playing a decent Premier side, then I would certainly be tempted. ( It is true that over the last few years we have been served some dire stuff at Withdean and I am not only referring to the catering)

 

[y2dave]

People have had enough of Withdean. Charlton being relegated can only help though. Personally with a final yes to Falmer and the end in sight Withdean will be bearable once more.

The Luton game last season was my last visit to Withdean. .

 

[Man of Harveys]

Obviously silly question time....you've seen the shit being served up at Withdean haven't you??there's your answer....

Have you seen it then?

 

[Publius Ovidius]

....2010 according to MP

so 4 more years at Withdean to come

 

[Hungry Joe]

Oh goody.

 

[Tubby Mondays]

People have had enough of Withdean. Charlton being relegated can only help though. Personally with a final yes to Falmer and the end in sight Withdean will be bearable once more.

The Luton game last season was my last visit to Withdean. .

Yep me too! I wouldnt go and watch football anywhere else just cos its cheap to get there. Brighton are my team and I still go to away games, but Im frigged if Im gonna sit in that place getting pissed on and cold watching that crap.

 

[Silent Bob]

....2010 according to MP

so 4 more years at Withdean to come

*reaches for razorblade*

 

[vulture]

....2010 according to MP

so 4 more years at Withdean to come

Thats if everything goes to plan Dave

 

[Deleted User X18H]

I will tell you whare its gone they all sit on here playing with themselves when they should be at Withdean.

 

[Tubby Mondays]

I will tell you whare its gone they all sit on here playing with themselves when they should be at Withdean.

True, but whats on at Withdean today?

 

[vulture]

I will tell you whare its gone they all sit on here playing with themselves when they should be at Withdean.

Change the record please

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

You sound more and more like aidy every day....

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

Lets be honest, not many people are going to get on a coach to go to Charlton to watch the dross on offer up there.

Our support has gone because Withdean is a horror day out and the football is appalling.

What he said.

Can't see that I have noticed loads of Charlton or Portmouth shirts around town, (more Chelsea recently though, it must have been hell for all those diehard supporters secretly wearing their Chelsea strips in private while they were dross...at last they can walk in the sunshine of success!)

There is a limit to how many £40 outings I spend with my lad at withdean with its mortuary like atmos and indifferent football, dont mean I will start supporting f**king Pompey or the Addicks tho.