The other issue with Brighton and Hove is that it's an area that has had large inward migration over the last 25 years as it is such a popular place to live. A lot of blokes who moved here started going to an occasional game with new local mates and gradually developed an Albion habit, and...
MPs should be paid a great deal more than they currently are; I suggest they should receive the same as the going rate for a senior executive of a reasonable size company....say £150-£200K. BUT, all outside business activities should be strictly forbidden whilst serving as an MP, with immediate...
Ha! Fair enough; I'm in the same bracket as you, but there are plenty of others who resolutely sit there and don't contribute. You know they would be much happier sitting in a block where people didn't stand in front of them to bellow "ALBION...ALBION..."
Safe standing definitely does contribute to the atmosphere. You have to make a conscious decision to be in a safe standing area and it allows those who want to stand and bellow out songs to congregate. At the moment as we all know the singers in the North Stand are in several different groups...
Agreed; the ones I spoke to before the match were sound, but some of there chants showed a lack of class considering we didn't take the p1ss out of them. I couldn't see who they were directing it at but I haven't heard "get yer t1ts out for the lads" since 1984...
From a purely design point of view...yes I still hate it. We are in the world's eye now and we need to establish a solid identity of proper B&W stripes.
But that response from the council is completely useless. If they won't take ownership for cleaning it up they should enforce the property owners to do so...