But if the tiers goes right down to members then someone with no history has the same right as someone with history. I do not agree that another level of membership should be brought in i.e. members with history, members without. It starts to get a bit daft otherwise.
The only part of your post with which I disagree is your last sentence. The years 1983 to 2011 were by no means fallow. Full of memorable Albion experiences, but those that appreciate them are perhaps not the types attracted to the club in the PL. I know we digress a little from the home fans in away end discussion, but not entirely. It simply wouldn’t have happened 1983 to 2011 when the Albion support was very different. The PL is for experience junkies as much as it is one club football fans.
I can imagine. I’d really hate that and it’s simply not right. You should be able to attend a match without having someone in your face.
Everyone I know who followed the Albion between 1983 and 2011 still go to the matches and I know a lot of people who were occasional fans back then who now have season tickets. So I don't understand your comment about "the types attracted to the club in the PL". Obviously we have attracted a lot more locals in the last 10 years since we offered decent facilities and a decent standard of football, but most current season ticket holders took them up when we were in The Championship. I don't like this snobbery you get from some Albion fans who sneer at anyone who didn't go to Gillingham...
Me neither, after all they were lucky, I hated it the times I did go, I should have gone more, but sometimes I just could not bothered, it was utter utter shite.
The numbers are straightforward. There are a lot more fans these days so in addition to the people you know we now also have people attracted by success. It’s inevitable. A much smaller home and away support watching lower league football made for a very different atmosphere to the one we see today. I watch a lot of non league football and the types of people at those games are very different to my experience of the modern Albion.That isn’t snobbery. I’m not making any judgement. I’m not that bothered. It’s just a possible explanation for the emboldenment of people to support other clubs in our away end, take photos, carry signs etc etc ie the baggage of PL football.
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Was he also responsible for building the Arthur Waite?Perhaps in some sort of context, my coffin manufacturer took me to Palace away last December, at late notice the only tickets he could get were corporate, we were in one of the box/lounges behind the goal, right next to the away end, there were 24 people in there and we were pre warned it would be a mixture of supporters.
Of the 24:
4 were Palace fans, 4 of us and the rest (16) were foreign tourists, American, Canadian, Korean, some of whom, in conversation, revealed they'd actually paid more than us via third party ticket agencies.
It’s a truly global game, and Albion, Palace et al, will sell tickets to whoever is prepared to pay the money, regardless of who they support.
Was in the away end but I travelled to that game with some West Ham supporting colleagues...was absolutely painful listening to their entitled whinging all the way back to Oxford...I once sat in the away end at Upton Park we won 1-0 and it was horrific I’m so glad West Ham didn’t score as I’m sure we would have been sussed.
Luckily Zamora played like he had never kicked a football before
Just going up Clayton hill, assuming we will be delayed the other side by the tidal wave of non entry tears that is about to start
I would say 'dozens'. Plural. Wearing hats, scarves, bags, a few kids wearing shirts.
Unless in away end, utterly unacceptable. Hopefully a busy afternoon for stewards and a few little Liams removed, their no doubt outraged pricks of parents taught a lesson in tribal football rather than entitled gentrification!!
