Any confirmation of bus parade and times ?

[bhanutz]

Are any of the two thirds of the Amex who didn't bother hanging around for the end of season lap of honour post-Bristol City daring to show their faces for this one?

List your excuses below please:

No but I did say my thanks at Villa Park on Sunday...

ok?

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

No but I did say my thanks at Villa Park on Sunday...

ok?

Barely sufficient

 

[Napper]

how many were at last open bus celebrations ?

Seem to recall the first one was decent estimate 20k

Gus one was less , 15k ?

Estimates this time ? (100k is ridiculous guess )

edit

maybe 15k optimistic for that lol

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/15235843.Albion_seafront_promotion_parade_confirmed/



1979 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyYbLVhhWYY

 

[pb21]

There's a sign by Preston Park saying that the seafront is going to be closed on Sunday between 2pm to 9pm.

 

[Stuart Munday]

If there will be a lot of flags and singing beforehand let's hope the team remember to turn up.

 

[Binney on acid]

Where are they showing the Bristol City game on the big screen?

 

[The_Viper]

I'm flying home for it, Villa and Bristol were always subject to disappointment, a party on the seafront is not rain or shine. Excited!

 

[Albion my Albion]

Cant imagine the attendance being anything like 100,000 or more

So there is still a chance to get 100,000 in attendance!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX5jNnDMfxA

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

This. Can't be arsed with it.

Same. I guess it's not really aimed at the likes of us who celebrated promotion post-Wigan and have become increasingly dismayed ever since. Pretty sure the players couldn't be arsed with it either, straight off the back of a monster binge in Vegas, except that they're under strict orders to Take One For the Town. There will be huge numbers of ordinary non-Amex-attending folk who roll up to bask in a little bit of Premier League fairydust on the day. Fair enough. Huge numbers signed the petition to make the Amex possible. Everybody deserves a simple celebration.

 

[sparkie]

So we have to wait until after the civic reception ?

Can't the council have their free lunch after the parade, not before ?

 

[Giraffe]

I'll be honest, I don't think I'm going to bother. We celebrated at Wigan the promotion and IF we had of won the league I would certainly have been there but for second place, not for me Jeff.

Right now I am feeling exactly this. Think it will be a bit of an embarassment. But can still me waking up Sunday and getting the blue and white flags out anf trooping all the family over there nonetheless.

Very odd time to be starting it at, but I'll be there regardless. Its a booze-up, so what's not to like ? That team have just given us the best season EVER.

I wish they'd hurry up and confirm the route. Ideally, I'd LIKE it to come along the seafront from Brighton, and culminate at Hove Town Hall for a balcony-and-speeches jobbie a-la 2001. Can Trollope do a Freddy Mercury ?

I'm certain the route has already been confirmed, and it's Madeira Drive to Hove lawns.

So we have to wait until after the civic reception ?

Can't the council have their free lunch after the parade, not before ?

Ive assumed the late start time (which is ridiculous) is because they don't want Brighton seafront closed all Sunday afternoon, and everything was decided from that.

 

[Nixonator]

Surprised at the indifference toward this celebration.

Yes it was a bitter end but that shouldn't detract from what has been the best season in my lifetime at least, hope you all feel differently come Sunday.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Surprised at the indifference toward this celebration.

Yes it was a bitter end but that shouldn't detract from what has been the best season in my lifetime at least, hope you all feel differently come Sunday.

I for one won't.

Every trip to Brighton for me is 3.5 hours in the car, and a load of effort. I've done it for every single home match this season, bar the Reading League Cup non-event. Had my celebrations after Wigan. Said my thanks to the players after their flat showing v Bristol City. Couldn't get tickets for all of us for Villa, so even did the 150 mile round trip to Brighton just to cheer a screen.

Was fully intending to do it again for the parade, even though it was a massive headache, as I have to be 70 miles in the opposite direction in the morning. But now, post Bristol City / Villa I honestly can't be bothered. Which granted, is a shame, but there it is.

If I lived in town I'd certainly enjoy a beer and get down there, mind.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Surprised at the indifference toward this celebration.

Yes it was a bitter end but that shouldn't detract from what has been the best season in my lifetime at least, hope you all feel differently come Sunday.

Reckon the players will feel WAY more indifferent toward this celebration than anybody who turns up to support it. The players will turn up, reluctantly, because it's part of their official duties, but there's only so long you can celebrate something for, before it starts to get a bit crap. We're in that zone now.

Mind you, we've been banging on about that f*cking FA Cup Final ever since 1983, so maybe not.

 

[hopkins]

Anybody else notice that a lot of these type of threads descend in to who's the bigger fan, how long they've supported the Albion etc ? Was a time you could just support them with out all the willy measuring stuff. I think it's gonna get a lot worse next year !

 

[Dirty Dave]

It almost seems as though we secured promotion too early! That immediate buzz from 17th April will have subsided a little and the disappointment of Sunday still hanging over a lot of people probably means the parade won't be anything like had we secured promotion on the final day. Don't get me wrong, it was great to have it in the bag early and I'll be there for the parade but I get the feeling with some, the parade celebration wont be quite so fresh and anticipated

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[Easy 10]

It almost seems as though we secured promotion too early! That immediate buzz from 17th April will have subsided a little and the disappointment of Sunday still hanging over a lot of people probably means the parade won't be anything like had we secured promotion on the final day. Don't get me wrong, it was great to have it in the bag early and I'll be there for the parade but I get the feeling with some, the parade celebration wont be quite so fresh and anticipated

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We secured the title weeks before the end of the 2010-11 season and promptly got the flip-flops on for the rest of the season, even getting stuffed by Huddersfield at Withdean for the last ever game there. The parade after that was still fantastic though, culminating in Gus's "we're f*cking brilliant" crooning at Madeira. OK we were champions that time. But this is far, FAR bigger than that.

Get along there. Once the beers have been flowing on Sunday afternoon, everyone'll be well up for it. I know I will.

 

[pearl]

They'll probably close Brighton station 'on safety grounds' to ensure pissing off the maximum number of people with the minimum of effort.

oh dear, what will all the arty-farty Festival folk do? They'll have to mingle with football riff-raff

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

oh dear, what will all the arty-farty Festival folk do? They'll have to mingle with football riff-raff

Perhaps we can celebrate promotion through the art of interpretive dance?

 

[hopkins]

Just got the confirmation tweet that it's 5pm ! There are zones and limits on alcohol in certain areas. So commercial now. Thought these things were supposed to be kid friendly. Dear me. The times have change.