Food at football grounds

[andybaha]

I read with interest fans displeasure at paying £1.50, at Withdean, for a bottle of Turkish water. But I'm amazed at why anyone pays inflated prices for the shite that's on offer at football grounds in general. Why pay a fiver for a scabby burger (with no salad, mayo etc) and chips. £1.50 for a cup of tea which you pretty much make yourself. I'm even more amazed that having paid £25 for a match ticket people leave their seat and go off to queue for their dog burger ten minutes before half time.

 

[NMH]

Dunno why people actually NEED to eat or drink at matches.

Funny if you want to Turkey though, and the water was made in Withdean.

 

[Beach Hut]

Last item of food I bought in a ground was a pie at Northampton a few seasons back, which was vey good.

But as you say normally sh1te so never bother.

 

[pasty]

I read with interest fans displeasure at paying £1.50, at Withdean, for a bottle of Turkish water.

Slightly o/t, but I can't believe anyone pays anything for bottled water anywhere. Got to be the biggest con going. Get it out the tap for goodness sake.

Evian backwards is Naive

 

[Frutos]

The Withdean bacon baguettes are rather nice.

 

[NMH]

Slightly o/t, but I can't believe anyone pays anything for bottled water anywhere. Got to be the biggest con going. Get it out the tap for goodness sake.

Evian backwards is Naive

Crikey! You are RIGHT!

Calistoga backwards is Agotsilac ...... I'll NEVER drink Calistoga water again knowing that

 

[The Large One]

As a general rule, football fans are frankly insulted with (a) the quality and (b) the price of food at football grounds. It would be nice to think that at least either of those two attributes would be on offer - but I cannot think of a ground where it is.

I'm not even talking about 'so-and-so's ground's pies weren't too bad' or 'the chips at such and such place were OK'. I'm talking about some decent quality take-away food. You know full well the food at football grounds is so loaded with chemicals, additives, salt, sugar and shit. For f*** sake, how difficult is it to serve a decent quality burger?

At Falmer, I wouldn't even mind paying a little bit more for a home-made style burger with proper unprocessed meat and reall herbs and spice in that has not come out of some slop farm factory in Sunderland. I'd even go to the Falmer Village Shop for one - assuming they have the nous to set one up on matchdays. This is a golden opportunity for the Albion to really break the mould of football clubs when it comes to catering for the fans. MR PERRY - DO NOT SELL OUT TO THE FIRST CORPORATE SLUDGE LORRY TO ARRIVE WITH A FISTFUL OF MOODY MONEY.

Get some real food in.

 

[NMH]

As a general rule, football fans are frankly insulted with (a) the quality and (b) the price of food at football grounds. It would be nice to think that at least either of those two attributes would be on offer - but I cannot think of a ground where it is.

I'm not even talking about 'so-and-so's ground's pies weren't too bad' or 'the chips at such and such place were OK'. I'm talking about some decent quality take-away food. You know full well the food at football grounds is so loaded with chemicals, additives, salt, sugar and shit. For f*** sake, how difficult is it to serve a decent quality burger?

At Falmer, I wouldn't even mind paying a little bit more for a home-made style burger with proper unprocessed meat and reall herbs and spice in that has not come out of some slop farm factory in Sunderland. I'd even go to the Falmer Village Shop for one - assuming they have the nous to set one up on matchdays. This is a golden opportunity for the Albion to really break the mould of football clubs when it comes to catering for the fans. MR PERRY - DO NOT SELL OUT TO THE FIRST CORPORATE SLUDGE LORRY TO ARRIVE WITH A FISTFUL OF MOODY MONEY.

Get some real food in.

Bring yer own!

It ain't spinach science!

 

[Stoichkov]

I'd even go to the Falmer Village Shop for one - assuming they have the nous to set one up on matchdays. [/I][/B].

I went in that shop the other day. They had some milk - from Dorset! I thought that sort of defeated the idea of a small, independant farm shop selling local produce.

I'm sure I've seen some cows roaming around the Downs that milk could be feasibly extracted from. I've seen their fat, bloated UDDERS.

 

[NMH]

I went in that shop the other day. They had some milk - from Dorset! I thought that sort of defeated the idea of a small, independant farm shop selling local produce.

I'm sure I've seen some cows roaming around the Downs that milk could be feasibly extracted from. I've seen their fat, bloated UDDERS.

pics?

 

[Superphil]

The food at Norwich was excellent last time we were there. Think I have a curry pasty and Superwife had a Lamb pasty. Also, the re-arranged game after the snow and power failure, we got food vouchers given to us, had similarly excellent food. I guess it's the Delia influence.

Which goes to prove TLOs point, it can be done, come on MP, don't sign up to eyelids and arseholes, give us some good food. Local Burgers and Sausages, Decent Veggie Food, how about a noodle bar? And all washed down with some nice Harveys Beer or delicious Sussex "Natural Blonde" lager. We can break the mould with this.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I read with interest fans displeasure at paying £1.50, at Withdean, for a bottle of Turkish water. But I'm amazed at why anyone pays inflated prices for the shite that's on offer at football grounds in general. Why pay a fiver for a scabby burger (with no salad, mayo etc) and chips. £1.50 for a cup of tea which you pretty much make yourself. I'm even more amazed that having paid £25 for a match ticket people leave their seat and go off to queue for their dog burger ten minutes before half time.

There can't be THAT much displeasure with the catering if people are leaving their their seats ten minutes before half-time to beat the (always massive) queues at the burger vans.

 

[Bozza]

The food at Norwich was excellent last time we were there. Think I have a curry pasty and Superwife had a Lamb pasty. Also, the re-arranged game after the snow and power failure, we got food vouchers given to us, had similarly excellent food. I guess it's the Delia influence.

Beat me to it - Norwich is the best in-ground food I've experienced. There was nothing innovative about the offerings but it was fresh and of reasonable quality.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Sign a Japanese International and sort ou a Sushi Bar. Brighton (s)quids in.

 

[The Large One]

Beat me to it - Norwich is the best in-ground food I've experienced. There was nothing innovative about the offerings but it was fresh and of reasonable quality.

Not wishing to be picky - well, actually I am - that's my point. You say it was REASONABLE quality, and there we are singing its praises.

Wouldn't it be nice to have GOOD or HIGH quality?

 

[Gilliver's Travels]

To see what we're up against, I got slated by one or two NSC people, last time this one came up, merely for suggesting that we could - and, FFS, SHOULD - do it all so much better, this being Brighton. Not Croydon. Not Luton, Leyton or Bolton.... but Brighton.

Let's hope that by 2010 people might be wanting half-decent food instead... Hot, freshly made, organic soups, Pret-style classy sandwiches, wraps & rolls to go, tasty, filled jacket spuds... FFS even kebabs are healthier than nasty, greasy, artery clogging, stinking burgers and chips!

Now, how about a Seagulls Sushi Bar... (well said, BoF too!)

It's as if, on entering a football ground, we are invited to go back 20 years, disengage our brains and force down revolting food that we wouldn't ever eat in real life.

Who decided that thousands of people need to be patronised in this way? All I'm arguing for is choice. All the time stadium "catering" can't get beyond vile food and gassy beer served in disgusting conditions, I'm always going to be going somewhere else. And so will thousands of others, if they've got any sense. Eat at Withdean? Hot needles and eyeballs come to mind...

This is the chance for Falmer to be a beacon of excellence that caters -- in every sense - for what real fans actually want. And, this being cosmopolitan Brighton, and not Croydon, we should have the style and the imagination -- and above all the motivation - to do it properly.



So... I'm firmly with TLO and SuperPhil on this. We really do need to start a Falmer for Food Group. Anyone?

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

filled jacket potatoes can't be too hard to provide, i've definitely seen it at the cricket before

 

[Juan Albion]

Home of the best food selection in football - FACT.

Including sushi.

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

The food at Norwich was excellent last time we were there. Think I have a curry pasty and Superwife had a Lamb pasty. Also, the re-arranged game after the snow and power failure, we got food vouchers given to us, had similarly excellent food. I guess it's the Delia influence.

Which goes to prove TLOs point, it can be done, come on MP, don't sign up to eyelids and arseholes, give us some good food. Local Burgers and Sausages, Decent Veggie Food, how about a noodle bar? And all washed down with some nice Harveys Beer or delicious Sussex "Natural Blonde" lager. We can break the mould with this.

Norwich's food is excellent - because they use Delia's trainee chefs apparently!! I remember their Christmas pie with turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce in, was delicious!!!

 

[Bozza]

To see what we're up against, I got slated by one or two NSC people, last time this one came up, merely for suggesting that we could - and, FFS, SHOULD - do it all so much better, this being Brighton. Not Croydon. Not Luton, Leyton or Bolton.... but Brighton.

Let's hope that by 2010 people might be wanting half-decent food instead... Hot, freshly made, organic soups, Pret-style classy sandwiches, wraps & rolls to go, tasty, filled jacket spuds... FFS even kebabs are healthier than nasty, greasy, artery clogging, stinking burgers and chips!

Now, how about a Seagulls Sushi Bar... (well said, BoF too!)

It's as if, on entering a football ground, we are invited to go back 20 years, disengage our brains and force down revolting food that we wouldn't ever eat in real life.

Who decided that thousands of people need to be patronised in this way? All I'm arguing for is choice. All the time stadium "catering" can't get beyond vile food and gassy beer served in disgusting conditions, I'm always going to be going somewhere else. And so will thousands of others, if they've got any sense. Eat at Withdean? Hot needles and eyeballs come to mind...

This is the chance for Falmer to be a beacon of excellence that caters -- in every sense - for what real fans actually want. And, this being cosmopolitan Brighton, and not Croydon, we should have the style and the imagination -- and above all the motivation - to do it properly.



So... I'm firmly with TLO and SuperPhil on this. We really do need to start a Falmer for Food Group. Anyone?

You make many reasonable points. And, don't get me wrong, I love soup, I like a decent wrap and I'm a big fan of sushi (more wasabi please). But if I'm going to a game of football and I've got a tummy full of beer I want stodge and, maybe, a little bit of grease. So these options have to exist, but they can be done to a far better quality than we typically experience.

I tell you what though - I bet we serve up the same old shit. Cos people who serve up the same old shit are ultra-competitive when it comes to catering contracts.