[Albion] BHAFC – and football – in 2050?

[Greg Bobkin]

This season more than ever, there's been no shortage of NSC threads that hark back (quite rightly, in many cases) to 1997, reminiscing about how much has changed about not only The Albion, but also football in general.

That got me thinking about the same amount of time (roughly, pedants) into the future and what things would be like in 2050.

Will we be dominating European football, or back down the pyramid?
Who will be in control of games? Human officials, or robots/some form of AI?
Will the academy/recruitment department still be finding gems from the back of beyond?
Will the PL even still be a thing, or just a Mickey Mouse competition thanks to the rise of Super League's divisions one, two and three?
Who will our manager be?
Who will own the club?
How much will it cost to watch a game?
Will there still be a 'big six' and, if so, who will it include?

Thoughts (as random or as serious as you want) on the above and anything else?

 

[dejavuatbtn]

There will be no football as we know it as it will be deemed too dangerous to play and to watch. Instead they’ll be an AI version whereby results are determined by variably accurate rulers.

 

[A1X]

Every club is now just a franchise playing in Saudi Arabia. Except Palace who’ll still be eagerly waiting for their new stand and nobody with money wanted them.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

There won’t be any football in Europe. All games played in the Middle East, China and America.

 

[Lindfield by the Pond]

It will have morphed into watching a big pile of cash in the centre circle. Biggest pile wins. Always.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

This is what AI thinks our next stadium will look like

 

[The Grockle]

25 years is a long time in football.
I wouldn't mind betting we'll exceed our current level as well as drop down to the third tier and back up again.

I'd like to think we could pick up a League/FA cup in the process

 

[Dave the OAP]

Saudi European/ world super league takes :

liverpool, spurs, Chelsea, Man City, man United, arsenal, Aston Villa, WesT ham, Leeds, Newcastle, Celtic, rangers

thoughout Europe, non super Saudi league teams will be semi professional and promotion into the SUWSL a will not be allowed, endless you have an Arab sheik as sponsor.

british league will have 15 teams per top two divisions

that will be it.

Happy New Year all

 

[Commander]

I imagine top level football will be managed largely by AI. The European Super League will have been running for years. Brighton will be one of the biggest domestic clubs in the country, but the Premier League will be a shadow of its former self with the big clubs gone.

Albion manager, 45 year old Jack Hinshelwood, will be consistently linked with a move to one of the European 6.

 

[Mustafa II]

In 2050, BHAFC decides that Sheepcote Valley was in fact the better place to build the stadium the whole time... just needed a few more roads in the plans is all.