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[Albion] Away fans to be moved at the Amex from 2027/28 (was 2025/26)



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Let's Have A Winner!

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Apr 23, 2006
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Burgess Hill
Anyone got any guesses on how far into the WSL the away supporters will be? As someone who has been in W1B since the opening of the Amex I am not overly chuffed about the prospect of sitting with my family within spitting distance of the away supporters...
 




Behind Enemy Lines

Behind Enemy Lines

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Jul 18, 2003
4,913
London
Overall these plans are good and 32,500 has a nice ring about it. Probably the maximum capacity now on the site? I bet privately Bloom and Barber wish they could expand the stadium further and I wonder what the capacity would be if we had to build a new stadium now, 40,000?
Moving the away fans to the south west corner means they're in the least noticeable part of the stadium as far as the TV cameras are concerned. A pain for those who have to move but as others have said, the club is giving plenty of notice. And it will be an opportunity to build another vocal part of the stadium in the south - a throw back to the Goldstone of the late 1970's. It's yet another example of the club improving so credit where credit's due. Thank goodness for Tony Bloom, the best owner in the football league.
 
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Milano

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Aug 15, 2012
4,037
Sussex but not by the sea
Behind Enemy Lines said:
Overall these plans are good and 32,500 has a nice ring about it. Probably the maximum capacity now on the site? I bet privately Bloom and Barber wish they could expand the stadium further and I wonder what the capacity would be if we had to build a new stadium now, 40,000?
Moving the away fans to the north west corner means they're in the least noticeable part of the stadium as far as the TV cameras are concerned. A pain for those who have to move but as others have said, the club is giving plenty of notice. And it will be an opportunity to build another vocal part of the stadium in the south - a throw back to the Goldstone of the late 1970's. It's yet another example of the club improving so credit where credit's due. Thank goodness for Tony Bloom, the best owner is the football league.
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I've said this before - wherever they build the women's stadium they would do well do so in a manner where is could scale to be bigger than the mens. That way if the women start to regularly need 20k+ and the men capacity could go over 32.5k then swap!!
 


JJ McClure

JJ McClure

Go Jags
Jul 7, 2003
11,143
Hassocks
dejavuatbtn said:
The only maths I don’t get is it’s costing £40m for only 700 extra seats. I would have thought the money could be better spent on the overall matchday experience.
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It is being spent on the overall matchday experience.
My reading of it is that the £40m is for;
  • 700 extra seats
  • Safe standing
  • Changes for moving away fans
  • New fan zone
  • New club shop
  • North concourse refurbishment
  • Monorail
That all sounds pretty good to me.
 








dazzer6666

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Mar 27, 2013
56,052
Burgess Hill
Behind Enemy Lines said:
Overall these plans are good and 32,500 has a nice ring about it. Probably the maximum capacity now on the site? I bet privately Bloom and Barber wish they could expand the stadium further and I wonder what the capacity would be if we had to build a new stadium now, 40,000?
Moving the away fans to the north west corner means they're in the least noticeable part of the stadium as far as the TV cameras are concerned. A pain for those who have to move but as others have said, the club is giving plenty of notice. And it will be an opportunity to build another vocal part of the stadium in the south - a throw back to the Goldstone of the late 1970's. It's yet another example of the club improving so credit where credit's due. Thank goodness for Tony Bloom, the best owner is the football league.
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* south west
 






Behind Enemy Lines

Behind Enemy Lines

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Jul 18, 2003
4,913
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Milano said:
I've said this before - wherever they build the women's stadium they would do well do so in a manner where is could scale to be bigger than the mens. That way if the women start to regularly need 20k+ and the men capacity could go over 32.5k then swap!!
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Think they're going to design it for female fans so a lot of loos to re-configure!
dazzer6666 said:
* south west
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Corrected- thank you .
 




TugWilson

TugWilson

I gotta admit that I`m a little bit confused
Dec 8, 2020
1,861
Dorset
queens park pete said:
Bad news for hundreds of loyal fans in the SW corner. Community of fans spread all over the stadium into the leftover unwanted shit seats people elsewhere have chosen to move seats to avoid. To appease people who don't like seeing away fans when they watch the Albion on TV ( or pirate feeds) as they don't bother coming themselves and give no thought to the "legacy fans" who are being moved.
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So you would put the well being of away fans ahead of the 27k Albion supporters that have been asking the club to move them since we moved in . Better atmosphere and acoustics , better for the players , and more to the point it`s what they do to us . This could add 8/9 points a season if not more , are you sure moving to the the South or the pick of the ground isn`t worth those extra points ?. If you don`t think so then all the rest of us must be wrong all 27k of us .
 








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queens park pete

Prog off!
Jul 5, 2003
468
Queens Park, where else?

TugWilson said:
So you would put the well being of away fans ahead of the 27k Albion supporters that have been asking the club to move them since we moved in . Better atmosphere and acoustics , better for the players , and more to the point it`s what they do to us . This could add 8/9 points a season if not more , are you sure moving to the the South or the pick of the ground isn`t worth those extra points ?. If you don`t think so then all the rest of us must be wrong all 27k of us .
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That was quick , canvassing 27 000 people for their views and on Christmas Eve too.

I imagine a large majority of Albion fans, don't even know about it or don't really care, there's a relatively small group (3000 people) directly affected and similar small group of people who for some reason are unable to cope with seeing away fans cheering on TV. As for 8-9 points bonus, show your working! Improved acoustics? You have researched that too?

For the club, it's about maxing income, fair enough. The rest of the arguments are just fluff to get the fanboys arguing with affected people like me. Saves the bad publicity and the club can stay out of it. Bit like when Palace booted long term season ticket holders out for the Always Ultras and we all scoffed that that wouldn't happen here.

If you are that sure the SW season ticket holders will be offered "the pick of the ground" presumably you will happy to offer up your season ticket seat to anyone who fancies picking it and then taking pot luck with whichever randoms you end up sitting near in the amazing new improved acoustics that you mention will now be available to the South Stand.

That's what's disappointed some of us, thanks for the empathy!
 








deletebeepbeepbeep

deletebeepbeepbeep

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May 12, 2009
21,899
Driver8 said:
Interesting that Bennett’s Field is being used to house the temporary club shop. Seems the student housing won’t be built imminently.

It’s “in progress” according to Downing.

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Brighton Student Accommodation Development | Downing

Learn more about a new student accommodation currently under construction in Brighton, consisting of two six-storey towers, by Downing.
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Corr when it already looks shit in the architects renders you know it's going to look f***ing terrible in reality.
 


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Stuart Munday

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Jul 6, 2003
1,443
Saltdean
Driver8 said:
Interesting that Bennett’s Field is being used to house the temporary club shop. Seems the student housing won’t be built imminently.

It’s “in progress” according to Downing.

downing.com

Brighton Student Accommodation Development | Downing

Learn more about a new student accommodation currently under construction in Brighton, consisting of two six-storey towers, by Downing.
downing.com downing.com
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Don’t be surprised if the student housing never happens…..
 








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