Brighton Breezy
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Q&A with Albion's head of commercial ahead of fan meeting. Thought it might interest a few people.
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Albion's Paul Beirne: "We do not exist without the fans"
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MattBackHome
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- Jul 7, 2003
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Excellent stuff again.
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
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Paul Beirne has admitted being new to this club. My advice for him is to get a copy of 'Build A Bonfire' and read it as soon as possible.
Brian Fantana
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That would be a good start.
It's certainly nice to hear the sentiments that he's expressed in that interview. It will be more interesting, however, to see some minutes from tonight's meeting and any actions that actually arise from those discussions.
Mellor 3 Ward 4
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I believe he has already.
He talks a good talk, but then again so does Barber.
Let's see him walk the walk.
Tooting Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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Is it just me who thinks he didn't actually say anything meaningful in that at all?
spanish flair
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I do feel a little sorry for him, as one of his tasks he described on the Albion Roar is to get more bums on seats, at a time when his colleagues appear to be ruining the large following that had been built up.
Brian Fantana
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I hope someone tonight suggests moving the away fans from the South to the East Lower.
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
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Good. An executive at this club who hasn't read "Build A Bonfire" is about as useful to me as a priest that hasn't read the bible.
This was asked at Tony Bloom's Q&A at Seagulls Over London. I wish I could remember the reasons he gave - but the answer was a quite resounding no.
Napier's Knee
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to be honest this just makes me more depressed. I genuinely believe that the club is superbly run behind the scenes. I think Barber is doing a fine job (no sarcasm there - I mean it). And then Sami takes over ffs
Uncle Spielberg
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There's only 2 PB's
severnside gull
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A real shame but it is presumably about being able to segregate enough of the concourse to service the number of seats (10%?) we can be obliged to make available and to steward the area effectively.
Brian Fantana
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Ah right, cheers. Didn't realise it had already been raised.
They did this in the second season but some cocknockers in the Lower Library bitched about the nasty away fans being too close to them.
So they moved them back.
shaolinpunk
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If/when Barber leaves, I expect Beirne will take his place. His CV is just as strong
father_and_son
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It has been asked frequently...
There are three reasons (and, in my opinion, one is valid and the others aren't!)...
1. The concourse in the South was designed to provide flexible partitions. East Lower wasn't. This means that we can give a variable amount of the South Stand to away fans, depending on both our obligations (league vs cup) and their take-up.
2. There are a number of East Lower residents who opposed the proposal (back when Gus wanted home fans behind both goals, arguing they paid too much for their tickets to have to sit near Northern riff-raff.
3. Ticket Prices. Giving 2, maybe 3, differently priced segments to away fans would result in issues. The club argued that "one price" would cause issues - Charge away fans the lower price and home fans in the east would complain. Charge the higher and the away fans (& club) would complain. Differential pricing has the potential to cause stewarding issues as people buy cheap seats but sit elsewhere - easier to manage for home fans but hard for the away support.
I don't think that the club's response to this has been anything than these three points. There is a cost associated with fixing the first (and in my opinion, the only valid) answer. The club appear unwilling to meet that cost in order to achieve the goal of a home-only South Stand.
dejavuatbtn
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.......... if not better.
Brian Fantana
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Thanks for this - a good summary.
I'd agree with your conclusion, too. It's a shame that the club don't consider this a worthwhile effort, because I think it would help to foster a better atmosphere in the ground.
smudge
Up the Albion!
The only product I am intersted in, is the team on the pitch. I would love to see us win every game, but as a Brighton supporter, I realize this probaly won't happen. In this case, I will be happy with a team that tries to play attractive football & each player gives 100%. I would also like a manager that has tactical nous, an idea of how he would like his team set up, without the use of temporarly loans. I would like player recruitment to be done by that manager.
Things I'm not really bothered by. Corporate slogans, fan "experience" outside the ground, the pies - I really don't care about the bloody pies, or any of the catering for that matter.
Things I'm not really bothered by. Corporate slogans, fan "experience" outside the ground, the pies - I really don't care about the bloody pies, or any of the catering for that matter.