[Albion] All things Brighton beautiful: Gulls fly on and off pitch

[TWOCHOICEStom]

Lovely article. But it's funny how one minute anyone who reads The Sun is a total moron.... unless they happen to be reading a nice piece about BHA.

 

[Marshy]

Bloody love OUR club.

 

[Stat Brother]

I think you're being a bit harsh on football journalists here.
Amy Lawrence, for example, has been writing about the Albion and football for nearly 20 years
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/jan/25/brighton-dreamers-miracle-fa-cup
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/24/inigo-calderon-brighton-arsenal-fa-cup

Steinberg might have tripped up in his pre-season preview in predicting Albion would struggle this season but then hey. Who didn't.
but he's an experienced journalist more than capable of spotting a story without the club pulling the wool over his eyes.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/nov/21/beram-kayal-tomer-hemed-israelis-brighton

Blimey talk about taking the joy out of a light comment.

I was attempting to put gentle spin on how the Albion are perceived and how that differs from a post Lancing interview.


So I can save you the typing, for the record, I don't actually believe any journalists head's have literally exploded.

 

[chaileyjem]

Blimey talk about taking the joy out of a light comment.

sorry. i can be a pedantic bore some times!. but to be fair I think journalists have been writing these kind of "how far have they come" pieces many times since Aug 2011.

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

Fair play, first time I've read that rag since Hillborough and it's a great article.

In the context of Thursday's live Roar we were discussing sports journalism on Saturday before the match, with the conclusion that good sports journalists don't always have to follow the politics or style of the rest of the paper. I think this proves it.

There's no byline, which I find slightly strange.

But you're right about the sports pages having little political connection with the rest of the papers they appear in. As someone who has, on occasion, reported the same event for the Independent and Telegraph, I can assure you that no-one told me to make it a little more left- or right-wing.

And it's generally true that journalists are further to the left than the papers they write for. I remember Ian Ridley, who has written for the Mail On Sunday and Express at times, writing an impassioned blog piece around the time of the General Election, publicly dissociating himself from their political stances. And Tony Banks, the Express's current chief football writer, is a card-carrying member of the Labour Party. There aren't so many jobs in sports journalism that people can afford to turn them down because of what the front end has to say. (The Mail being the obvious exception, of course - but then what would be the point of writing about sport in a paper aimed solely at frightened middle-class women?)

 

[Stat Brother]

sorry. i can be a pedantic bore some times!. but to be fair I think journalists have been writing these kind of "how far have they come" pieces many times since Aug 2011.

With the best will in the world top quality stadiums are still ten a penny.

A lot of writing recently seems to have taken the Albion up to '11', on the back of a training ground visit.

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

I think you're being a bit harsh on football journalists here.
Amy Lawrence, for example, has been writing about the Albion and football for nearly 20 years
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/jan/25/brighton-dreamers-miracle-fa-cup
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/24/inigo-calderon-brighton-arsenal-fa-cup

Steinberg might have tripped up in his pre-season preview in predicting Albion would struggle this season but then hey. Who didn't.
but he's an experienced journalist more than capable of spotting a story without the club pulling the wool over his eyes.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/nov/21/beram-kayal-tomer-hemed-israelis-brighton

I've heard Jacob Steinberg called many things, but "experienced" wouldn't be one of the first that comes to mind. Amy, despite being arguably the most rabid Arsenal fan in what used to be known as Fleet Street - she even lives in Highbury Hill, which I reckon puts her just ahead of the Mirror's John Cross - is a long-time friend of the Albion.

 

[chaileyjem]

I've heard Jacob Steinberg called many things, but "experienced" wouldn't be one of the first that comes to mind.

Ha!