[Albion] Brighton Women will play in Womens Super League 1 next year (probably)

[Dr. No]

Seriously, grow up.

No

Gimp

 

[Marshal Josip Tito]

Lewes Women play their games there.

Are they seriously NOT called Lewes Ladies?

 

[Chicken Run]

All good stuff - with the exception of playing at Crawley.

This has all been done rather hastily by the FA (IMO), and seeing as, apart from Crawley, Sussex doesn't have a second stadium of 2,000 (with a view to raising it to 6,000) that's available, the club is screwed for a venue. So, hopefully this is only a stopgap consideration.

I'm wondering whether for a long-term consideration that Lancing (Sussex FA) or Lancing (training ground) can be enhanced / developed...?

Withdean?

 

[Beach Seagull]

You're not helping yourself with phrases like 'PC brigade', 'trendy', 'modern thinking', 'liberal guardian reading types' - as if those phrases have any meaning. Your main argument in this instance seems to be you don't like women playing football. Or more obviously, you don't like women.

Meanwhile, back in the real world, I've long supported, or at worst, taken a passing interest in every Brighton & Hove Albion team.

As for guests on the Albion Roar - what does that have to do with anything? We've had guests on from the women's set up over the past five or six years. The fact that you don't know implies you don't listen in - so therefore what does it have to do with you?

Couldn't care less if women want to play football, but i don't like the way certain sections of the media try and elevate it to the same status as the mens game. For example having women's football news on the BBC Football site, should be on a separate site dedicated to womens football.

Ah mate I love women, don't like those awful butch footballer types though, Hope Powell really doesn't do it for me!!!

Ha ha exactly 'womens football guests for the last 5 or 6 years' !!! Backs up what i was saying about you being a trendy bandwagon jumper liking womens football as its the 'done' thing to do for the guardian / independent anti Tory brigade. If you taken a 'passing interest' in every Albion team why not have women's football types on the roar back in say 2008??

 

[Beach Seagull]

You're not helping yourself with phrases like 'PC brigade', 'trendy', 'modern thinking', 'liberal guardian reading types' - as if those phrases have any meaning. Your main argument in this instance seems to be you don't like women playing football. Or more obviously, you don't like women.

Meanwhile, back in the real world, I've long supported, or at worst, taken a passing interest in every Brighton & Hove Albion team.

As for guests on the Albion Roar - what does that have to do with anything? We've had guests on from the women's set up over the past five or six years. The fact that you don't know implies you don't listen in - so therefore what does it have to do with you?[/QUOTE]

you hate people disagreeing with your opinion....Cant you have a debate without getting childish about it?

Exactly this. He always gets childish if someone dares to challenge his oh so trendy liberal views, called me 'pitiful' on here recently because i dared to express an opinion which dared to differ from his.

 

[goldstone]

Exactly this. He always gets childish if someone dares to challenge his oh so trendy liberal views, called me 'pitiful' on here recently because i dared to express an opinion which dared to differ from his.

The Lefties are always correct (in their opinion) and don't like anyone else airing their views. I'm very much to the right of centre, but am quite happy to listen to the opinions of the left .... but not for too long though!

 

[nwgull]

Has a topless football league been suggested to increase popularity? It worked for darts back in the 90s.

 

[boik]

Couldn't care less if women want to play football, but i don't like the way certain sections of the media try and elevate it to the same status as the mens game. For example having women's football news on the BBC Football site, should be on a separate site dedicated to womens football.

Ah mate I love women, don't like those awful butch footballer types though, Hope Powell really doesn't do it for me!!!

So women are only of any value if they turn you on? Luckily for them I think that would be the last thing they'd want.

 

[Beach Seagull]

So women are only of any value if they turn you on? Luckily for them I think that would be the last thing they'd want.

How do you know?

 

[Taybha]

Far to violent , though i have applied to be a kit man to all 16 clubs .

 

[Simster]

Or Hove Park? Hardly any interest in Women's football despite what the BBC and the Guardian claim. Would wager 99% of Brighton fans couldn't name one Albion woman's team player. Should be a seperate 'Womens NSC' forum so it doesn't clog up the mens NSC. Awaits flaming from the usual PC brigade suspects.....

Either we're a football club or we're not. Perhaps if you had a daughter who loved the game you'd modify your stone age views.

I'm actually don't understand why they don't play at the Amex and be done with it? It's either wear and tear on the pitch or running costs of the stadium. If it's wear and tear on the pitch, I'm surprised. I was on the pitch after the Wigan game and it was like a carpet - comfortably able to cope with another team playing there. Besides, mens football is littered with examples of ground sharing so it can be done. And if it's running costs, I think the club need to show a bit more ambition and faith - open up the west stand only, make it £5 entry to anyone with an existing Premier League season ticket and I reckon we'd see gates of 3,000+ in the top league pretty quickly.

 

[grahamt]

Withdean's worth discussing. It's so obvious that it must have been suggested and for some reason rejected. Anyone know why?

 

[Commander]

Either we're a football club or we're not. Perhaps if you had a daughter who loved the game you'd modify your stone age views.

I'm actually don't understand why they don't play at the Amex and be done with it? It's either wear and tear on the pitch or running costs of the stadium. If it's wear and tear on the pitch, I'm surprised. I was on the pitch after the Wigan game and it was like a carpet - comfortably able to cope with another team playing there. Besides, mens football is littered with examples of ground sharing so it can be done. And if it's running costs, I think the club need to show a bit more ambition and faith - open up the west stand only, make it £5 entry to anyone with an existing Premier League season ticket and I reckon we'd see gates of 3,000+ in the top league pretty quickly.

I always assumed that they did play at the Amex. Moving to Crawley is surely going to decimate what little crowds they had?

 

[Dr. No]

Withdean's worth discussing. It's so obvious that it must have been suggested and for some reason rejected. Anyone know why?

No.

 

[Hillian1]

How do you know?

He's judging you by his own standards.

Sad but true I'm afraid as I have it on good authority he resembles Ian Dowie on the vinegar strokes while in mid hangover.

 

[Brian Munich]

Either we're a football club or we're not. Perhaps if you had a daughter who loved the game you'd modify your stone age views.

I'm actually don't understand why they don't play at the Amex and be done with it? It's either wear and tear on the pitch or running costs of the stadium. If it's wear and tear on the pitch, I'm surprised. I was on the pitch after the Wigan game and it was like a carpet - comfortably able to cope with another team playing there. Besides, mens football is littered with examples of ground sharing so it can be done. And if it's running costs, I think the club need to show a bit more ambition and faith - open up the west stand only, make it £5 entry to anyone with an existing Premier League season ticket and I reckon we'd see gates of 3,000+ in the top league pretty quickly.

The pitch is in such good shape because there's only been 9 games played on it in 5 months. Think of the state it used to get in by December and January in a Championship season. Besides, an empty Amex would be completely devoid of atmospheres as you would barely fill the VIP section for most games, unless they played topless.

 

[Beach Seagull]

He's judging you by his own standards.

Sad but true I'm afraid as I have it on good authority he resembles Ian Dowie on the vinegar strokes while in mid hangover.

Care to verify?

 

[darkwolf666]

Or Hove Park? Hardly any interest in Women's football despite what the BBC and the Guardian claim. Would wager 99% of Brighton fans couldn't name one Albion woman's team player. Should be a seperate 'Womens NSC' forum so it doesn't clog up the mens NSC. Awaits flaming from the usual PC brigade suspects.....

I'm not a member of the PC brigade as you call it, and as such will say something in-PC - you are an arse!

As far as I was aware this is a Brighton Football Club forum and as such talk about things related to BHAFC, the women's team is part of the Brighton family so gas a place here!

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Sad to see the 1950s throwbacks are still well representated on here. Pathetic.

 

[Simster]

The pitch is in such good shape because there's only been 9 games played on it in 5 months. Think of the state it used to get in by December and January in a Championship season. Besides, an empty Amex would be completely devoid of atmospheres as you would barely fill the VIP section for most games, unless they played topless.

I was talking about in April, immediately after the Wigan game. At that time, they had just played 90 mins of football, which was also the 3rd game in 2 weeks.