Are Crawley now the club of West Sussex?

[Dave the OAP]

To be fair, I work in crawley and when going into town, you very rarely see Crawley shirts, but there again you don't see a huge amount of Brighton shirts around Churchill square apart obviously from match days

 

[Scampi]

Yep and as with probably most other footie clubs in Sussex, most Worthing fans are also Albion fans too. I think it's also true for Horsham, Eastbourne Borough and Lewes. I think people from Sussex just don't view Crawley as one of our own.

I think the problem with some Brighton fans is they think Brighton is Sussex. My experience is in the West and North of the county is that Brighton is viewed pretty much in the same way as Crawley, i.e. not really representative of the Sussex. To many people over the downs Sussex is small market towns and villages and Brighton is bohemian, seedy, urban and a different world.

 

[wardy wonder land]

Come now, we must address the mis-conception of a united sussex

Firstly - Lewes is the Capital town of East sussex - therefore the team of ES is lewes - altough Eastbourne Borough might have a claim

B) Chichester is the capitial town of West sussex - and everyone knows that Chic is a Hot bed of Pompy fans , therefore portsmouth is the team of WS

3) Mid-sussex is the region that covers the A23 - so Crawley are the Team of Mid-Sussex - and i belive that the boundery between East & West sussex "swung" from Hefield to Keymer sometime in the 60's ?

iv) Brighton and Hove became a City for political reasons and so did not have to sit in the "administrational shadow" of both Lewes & Chic

which therefore asks the question is Brighton & Hove actually Sussex at all ?

 

[aviaviavioioioi]

Lived in Crawley for a little while didn't see one Crawley fan just Chelsea and Man U shirts. I've seen Brighton shirts all over Sussex. It is a growing fan base. I have seen quite a few Lewes fans as well quite strange I know as they don't get many watching them. Also lived in Eastbourne and never saw an Eastbourne Boro shirt either just Brighton or EPL clubs. So my conclusion Brighton is the team of Sussex east and west and Crawley just doesn't compare and will never compare.

 

[les dynam]

I can honestly say i can't recall seeing a single Crawley replica top EVER. anywhere. This includes the odd trip through Crawley in the car.

On a similar note, has anybody else noticed an EXPLOSIVE of albion scarfs, hats, tops, badges, car stickers, jumpers etc etc around Sussex recently. I see bloolin loads in brighton at the moment, and no i'm not talking about on match days. it's great to see!

 

[tinx]

i live in and grew up in Horsham and can honestly say no true horsham residents would ever support Crawley. To Horsham, Crawley is that bit of shit on its shoe you just can't flick off.

 

[Barnham Seagull]

Crawley will only ever be anything in Crawley.

West Sussex is Albion fading into Pompey.

Can't even see people in Horsham taking an interest given the dislike of Crawley as a town by Horsham folk.

Horley and Redhill maybe.

 

[Hungry Joe]

West Sussex is Albion fading into Pompey.

Not sure about fading, maybe. Shoreham, Lancing and Worthing are staunchly Brighton. It's only really when you get to the Bognor/Chichester area that you start getting any significant numbers of Pompey amongst the Brighton fans.

Crawley is just the prolapsed anus of Croydon and South London.

 

[Drumstick]

If anyone seriously doesn't know the colour they play in then that is just ridic, I assume it was a joke.

I saw one at the Amex for the U19's the other week.

 

[perseus]

I have lived in Sussex all my life and I have never been to Crawley. Why would I want to go there? I can't think of a reason. It is not even on the way to anywhere.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Bognor Regis Town are the club of West Sussex, tough times for them at the moment, but it wasn't that long ago they were competing on the same platform as Crawley Town.

 

[Spiros]

Live in Worthing and work in Burgess Hill and have never seen a Crawley shirt in either place. Only know what it looks like because I've seen the odd photo on a news report or when the highlights get shown on South Today. As someone has already said it's Sussex - not East Sussex and West Sussex but SUSSEX. East and West were only created for administrative purposes. Never heard anyone sing 'good old west sussex by the sea' either.

 

[les dynam]

Not sure about fading, maybe. Shoreham, Lancing and Worthing are staunchly Brighton. It's only really when you get to the Bognor/Chichester area that you start getting any significant numbers of Pompey amongst the Brighton fans.

Crawley is just the prolapsed anus of Croydon and South London.

that's very good!

 

[Hungry Joe]

that's very good!

Thanks, I was quite proud of it

 

[chucky1973]

Not sure about fading, maybe. Shoreham, Lancing and Worthing are staunchly Brighton. It's only really when you get to the Bognor/Chichester area that you start getting any significant numbers of Pompey amongst the Brighton fans.

Crawley is just the prolapsed anus of Croydon and South London.

prick

 

[Hungry Joe]

prick

Bet you're great at Scrabble.

 

[horshamseagull11]

I live in Horsham and work at Gatwick (saw palace team heading off to Manchester today n gave gm an ear full). and honestly I have never seen a Crawley shirt. Ive met people who watch crawley now and then but nothing more.

 

[chucky1973]

Bet you're great at Scrabble.

Im not bad actually with a top score of 113 - Lippers!

 

[Hungry Joe]

Im not bad actually with a top score of 113 - Lippers!

That is quite impressive.

 

[Seasidesage]

Crawley are a London club from the London Borough of Crawley. Nothing to do with Sussex.

Is the correct answer. Brighton and Hove Albion was/is and will always be the club of Sussex....