[Brighton] New Fan: Where to Start?

Quebec Seagull said:

P.S. If you appreciate immigrants who choose to settle in your country, plant new roots and make it a better place

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Han Solo said:

Same here, I always pick the worst shit I can find.

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Iggle Piggle said:

Welcome O.P

I'm a fan of Brighton and Hove Albion, Leamington Town, San Francisco 49ers and Kenilworth Wardens cricket club.

We all start somewhere!

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BadFish said:

Did you miss Brexit

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Quebec Seagull said:

I haven't let Nigel, Boris, Jacob et al. paint you all as racist xenophobes.

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BadFish said:

Hey now, I am an immigrant!! Emigrated to Australia, I'll have you know.

But yes good for you. Mostly the Brits are fine welcoming folk.

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alanfp said:

A big welcome to the OP. Mucho kudos for not calling it "soccer".

And when you come over, you will love the stadium, the singing of Sussex by the Sea immediately before Kick Off and the comfy seats.

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alanfp said:

A big welcome to the OP. Mucho kudos for not calling it "soccer".

And when you come over, you will love the stadium, the singing of Sussex by the Sea immediately before Kick Off and the comfy seats.

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Han Solo said:

How many in here would support a non-league club instead of Brighton if they supported their local club?

The reason why 30k people go the Amex to watch Brighton and 242 people go and watch Whitehawks FC is because one of the clubs are good and the other is shit. Or to use your words, Brighton is more shiny.

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Zeberdi said:

Compared with other local community league teams or the Premier League?

If the latter you’re comparing apples and oranges. Completely different game and misses the point of why some Brighton fans enjoy watching teams like Whitehawk as well as Brighton.

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thatjustinclark said:

Background: I am an american living in Florida my boss lives in the UK and is a lifelong Wolves fan and my buddy/coworker who also lives across the pond is a lifelong Liverpool fan. So I decided to take the first bit of this season to decide on which team to adopt and after some research into ownership, respect around the league, organizational stability etc. things that I admire in my american football team the steelers I decided that Brighton was the team for me. I am not thrilled that the team is three words long, but I am now here to learn so lets start there. My jersey is ordered and on the way, I should have it before the Ashton Villa game. So, do we use all three names in casual conversation? Do we just use Brighton? Why is it three words long in the first place? What is a good book to read to learn more of the team history? Who is our best player in team history? Who is our best current player? Do have any in game traditions like songs or chants? I am ready to dive in and come over and see my first in person have this spring so thanks for having me and being my Sherpa in this journey.

-Justin

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HeaviestTed said:

Who gives a f*** about the number of words in the team

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Soul Finger said:

Welcome to the Albion.

Here's a handy book that will teach you the significant parts of our history in easily digiestable bite-size chunks.

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Zeberdi said:

You would say that because you live in Sweden, have never seen Brighton play live and are one fan amongst the very many global fans that have ‘jumped on the bandwagon’ of Clubs when they have become top flight or when a particular player or manager joined the Club. (Said in the nicest possible way and not meant as a criticism, it is what it is)

I support Brighton because I grew up in Brighton and lived there for 50 years so always will but I am fortunate enough that my local team now happens to be a Championship side.

I think for some Brighton fans who have put the leg work and commitment in over decades from when we were very much a local 3rd/2nd division club, it still understandably sticks in the craw for some of us when new fans join what is the results of years of graft. It is largely thanks to this legion of community based Brighton fans (I include myself in that) that the Clubs exists today in its new ‘shiny’ form.

That said the Club is now in the best football League in the World where football is played at a pace and intensity you rarely see outside the EPL so it’s inevitable it will attract international players, managers and therefore ‘plastic’ fans from all over the World, some of whom will never step inside the stadium.

So I say hats off to the OP who is respectful enough to make an effort to understand our history, our fans and the culture of the Club. That’s a good first step to becoming a genuine fan - it’s not just about being knowledgable about football or supporting the best football teams .

(Btw Whitehawk FC are a decent semi-pro Club not ‘shit’ - just a different type and level of football in a very different pond so way to piss off any Wfc fans on NSC)

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Han Solo said:

Ok I'm not reading this but I know what it says. It says "bla bla bla" and "something something Graham Potter" and more "bla bla".

People support clubs because someone made them do it. A manager, a mother, a father, a brother, sister, friend, favorite player, the boss who gave you a job in a different location, the TV programme introducing the team, radio reports. Whatever, wherever.

The number of fans who just walked out blindly into the streets finding themselves a football club they had no previous knowledge or relation to... well, they're few.

Sure, there's a lot of people who might say "I followed my HEART and my DREAM and RAN INTO GOLDSTONE GROUNDS and KISSED the toilet floor", but generally that kind of person is full of shit. In reality its usually more "well, my brother used to go and he dragged me there and now I'm f***ing stuck for the next 50 years with this hopeless football team that will never win anything".

Everyone is inspired by someone. In Yankeetown it is a common practice to "choose a team" and it sounds very weird to us in Europe because we'd like to think there was some sort of magic that made us find ours. So we look down on the yankee way of doing it, DESPITE them actually CHOOSING the club for its beauty rather than getting forcefed with it because of some family tradition or whatever. Quite funny.

Nah I say welcome the lad in! The right to remain merely a local matter was one of the things that was traded off when Tony bought the club. There will be Brightonians everywhere... just accept it.

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BadFish said:

Can you send us some practice videos so we can critique your performance, you wouldn't want to embarrass yourself at the ground.

A sure fire way to out yourself as a no

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Questions said:

I’m half Italian by blood and I’ve never had to pick an Italian team. It would be Perugia if anyone… but sometimes you have love to give.
You have to full in love when you first go there and how the fcuk can it happen the other way round.. It’s f***ing weird but welcome aboard if you’ve got the guts for it. It’s amazing, it’s astounding, it’s so f***ing maddening, weekend ruining, ecstatic, I could go on…. But if you join it’s for life.

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