Forfars moved out years ago, long before covid. Arcadia shut during covid lockdowns I think. It's hard times for small independent retailers these days. Most high streets just seem to be coffee shops, bookies and charity shops these days.
On Wednesday before the match if you weren't in the first tranche of buses leaving the site there was a long queue and wait. The buses all got snarled up in traffic on A27.
Some additional EDF spaces have popped up:
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This is about the bar in Sussex Uni, no idea about Brighton uni. It’s quite small and not a lot of standing room. If you can’t get a seat (which is likely) it’s a bit crap. That said decent range of food at good prices.
Usually Sodexo is really careful not to have any leftovers after a match as that reduces their profits. Sounds like the kiosk managers got their predictions of how much to cook wrong. Friend's kid works in kiosks and when there is leftovers the staff usually get to bring them home. I've been...
Whilst you're correct you're talking about the Bridge car park and they were talking about the Uni car park on the other side of the A27. Similar reasons though, loads of pedestrians around the Falmer turn off of the A27 getting picked up which made for slower traffic plus just more people than...
I’d hazard a guess of about 20,000. I went to that Palace cup match in 2018 were there were only 12,000 in the stadium and it felt a lot fuller than that.
As with the U21s vs Steyning in the Sussex Senior Cup I could envisage the club agreeing to play a fixture away so the hosting club could make some money. Otherwise it is at Lancing (tiny capacity) or at the Amex where the small crowd will be rattling around the big stadium (a bit like the MK...