This is from their forum by a Moderator named Eastern,
'I dislike them for a number of reasons. As fans they are so hard done by. Everyone is against them. They never shut up about the past and how their ground was snatched from them.
This season they were cheated apparently. Even if the lad had not got the red at Boro, they may not have beat them. They forgot to mention the perfectly good goal that Boro had disallowed at Brum the week earlier. But no they have to find some other way to suggest they were cheated.
Now they have got their shiny new stadium, they have such high opinions of themselves.
I live in Sussex. I know a lot of Brighton fans. They are plastics. Of all the season ticket holders I know, their main clubs they support are in the Premier League.
Maybe why week in week out they have such a poxy atmosphere down there '
Now if that is a mod, what are the rest of them like? Anyone know him, or capable of finding out more about him?
This is from their forum by a Moderator named Eastern,
'I dislike them for a number of reasons. As fans they are so hard done by. Everyone is against them. They never shut up about the past and how their ground was snatched from them.
This season they were cheated apparently. Even if the lad had not got the red at Boro, they may not have beat them. They forgot to mention the perfectly good goal that Boro had disallowed at Brum the week earlier. But no they have to find some other way to suggest they were cheated.
Now they have got their shiny new stadium, they have such high opinions of themselves.
I live in Sussex. I know a lot of Brighton fans. They are plastics. Of all the season ticket holders I know, their main clubs they support are in the Premier League.
Maybe why week in week out they have such a poxy atmosphere down there '
Now if that is a mod, what are the rest of them like? Anyone know him, or capable of finding out more about him?
I too have moved to Brighton from another part of the country... Although born in Manchester I did live in Sheffield for a very long time. I really liked living in Sheffield. Fantastic night life, [mostly] nice people and you don't have to step that far out of town before you get to some spectacular countryside.
My one take-away from living up there, was the Owls were a plastic club followed by armchair fans with no real interest in football. The Blades were the passionate ones, the ones singing their way through the city centre on a saturday night, the ones who would talk for hours about the game and not just their own club.
It's a long time since I have been back to Sheffield, but I don't imagine that much has changed, despite the differing fortunes of the city's two clubs (though with the urban sprawl I'm sure both Doncaster and Rotherham have stolen younger fans that "rightly belonged" to one or other of the clubs).
I live in Sussex. I know a lot of Brighton fans. They are plastics. Of all the season ticket holders I know, their main clubs they support are in the Premier League.
I have in-laws in Sheffield. There are also Blades and Millers in the same house.In general you're right, it hasn't changed much at all in that respect. I do know a number of decent Wednesday fans. My neighbours and their family are all Owls as are some of my clients and they all fit the bill of knowledgeable football people and proper fans.
However, SWFC does also have many more plastics who don't have a clue, never go to matches (playoffs excepted) and weren't interested in how they were doing at all over the last few seasons but have all crawled out of the woodwork now. It's the general feeling that I've always had living here for the past 20 odd years and recent weeks have definitely proved the point.
You're also right that it's still a great place to live.
Isn't it ODD how all these people 'know' all these 'Brighton fans' with 'other' main clubs?
Given that there are apparently THOUSANDS of them, it is statistically incredible that I personally know a few hundred Albion fans, of which NONE have 'dual-allegiances'.
Weird.
Isn't it ODD how all these people 'know' all these 'Brighton fans' with 'other' main clubs?
Given that there are apparently THOUSANDS of them, it is statistically incredible that I personally know a few hundred Albion fans, of which NONE have 'dual-allegiances'.
Weird.
An awful lot of people seem to want to spend circa 500 quid a year to watch a team they have no real interest in too. I guess it's just to sit in a new stadium, you know that stadium that is now 6 years old.
The appeal is in the padded seats and the visitation of footballing giants such as Burnley and Wednesday. They always come and put on a show for us.
Yep, I will do a 480 mile round trip from Manchester in a day to see a home game. Yes we have some plastics but also a hard core who go home and away, like every club..... Including Wednesday. In fairness to Wednesday their away support is decent.Isn't it ODD how all these people 'know' all these 'Brighton fans' with 'other' main clubs?
Given that there are apparently THOUSANDS of them, it is statistically incredible that I personally know a few hundred Albion fans, of which NONE have 'dual-allegiances'.
Weird.
In fairness to Wednesday their away support is decent.