[Albion] Football Focused

[Official Old Man]

I've got up at 7:25, two hours earlier than a normal Saturday. Been to Lewes to get in the Harveys for this afternoon and realised I'm more nervous today than the Boro away last season.

 

[Bozza]

I'm not going to last the season if we carry on like this.

 

[Bigtomfu]

International breaks are torture. It's like being a junkie without a fix and then being given aspirin as an alternative to crack

 

[Taybha]

Could always nip to the amex tomorrow night to watch the comeback kids and u23s v Orient , not quite the real thing but will probably be a good Crack

 

[Bigtomfu]

Could always nip to the amex tomorrow night to watch the comeback kids and u23s v Orient , not quite the real thing but will probably be a good Crack

Alas living in London takes such small pleasures/fixes away

 

[pasty]

Damn you Brighton And Hove Albion. Didn;t want to get sucked in this early in the season, but it's happening.....

Facebook "memories" thing just showed me this which I posted this day last year



So doing better this season by 7 goals and a bigger points cushion to 3rd

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

It's cranking up, isn't it? Felt really hollow and gutted after the Boro game (not helped by some of the shenanigans our coach had to contend with in Boro town centre),

What happened to the coach?

 

[Simster]

I'm not going to last the season if we carry on like this.

The good news is that you won't need to. If we carry on like this, we'll be up by March. [emoji106]

 

[Eeyore]

August 1st 2015 - November 2nd 2016 below. Big peaks are:

4/8/15, 11/8/15, 29/8/15, 1/9/15
1/2/16
7/5/16, 13/5/16, 16/5/16, 17/5/16
3/8/16, 31/8/16

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Appears to follow the same monthly trend. Active transfer windows form the peak periods. A lull during international breaks.

 

[Bozza]

What happened to the coach?

Suspect it was the Seagull Travel coach at Jury's. A large Boro crowd had gathered there, as the adjacent square was a town focal point.

It was pretty unpleasant having to get through the crowd to get to my car, and I had two children with me. From what I gather it got quite nasty when the Albion coach travellers returned, which including bottle throwing etc.

 

[ferring seagull]

I'm being sucked in again.

From around February I was completely absorbed in the Albion and our plight to reached the promised land. From March, with nothing particularly meaningful to do with my time, I spent almost every waking minute reading about the Albion, watching the Albion (and our competitors) and writing about the Albion on these very pages. Working through fixtures, expected results and the subsequent league table became a daily task.

For the first time ever, I spent considerable periods of time on rival messageboards. Not posting you understand. None of that "Brighton fan in peace" bollocks, just reading. Trying to gain insights of how others were feeling and trying to discover signs of weakness that would give me further hope as to the chances of our success.

For the last few weeks of the season, Ashes by Embrace was pretty much on repeat - on my phone when out, on the Sonos at home and in my head. For those that don't recall, it was the music that accompanied the club's end of season montage. A magnificent piece of work by the Albion's videographer chaps.

The football break that the Summer represents was very much needed. Last season was incredible but I was drained by the end of it. Immensely proud but also so disappointed that the likes of Bruno didn't get what I feel they deserved. Not what I deserved, what they deserved.

This season started slowly. I missed the first few weeks on a family holiday and then international breaks make the opening months of the season annoyingly stop-start. But this week it's dawned on me - I'm getting sucked in again. The trigger wasn't Saturday's incredible result, but looking at the table after and noticing that we already have a significant buffer on the teams placed seventh and below.

After the whole club gave so much last year, it felt like a nearly impossible task to go again and reach the same heights, but it looks like we may be able to do just that.

I have an evening commitment this Saturday night which means I should watch the Bristol City game down here on TV, but I still might go. I'm considering going to see whatever the next game in that ridiculous competition at the Amex next week. Orient, I think. Remember when they were our temporary rivals, often getting the better of us? And I really can not wait for the Villa game.

I'm sucked in again. Massively. Anyone else?

I can't disagree with anything you say but let me know if I can help by searching/following any particular issues !

 

[The Sock of Poskett]

What happened to the coach?

Oh just some silliness from a bunch of teenage Boro fans getting a little overexcited in their town square celebrations. Full cans of lager thrown, with one of our party taking one to the head. Caused no lasting damage, fortunately but local police were largely uninterested in giving us safe passage back to the hotel. We did at least get escorted out of town without too many other missiles.

 

[dazzer6666]

Suspect it was the Seagull Travel coach at Jury's. A large Boro crowd had gathered there, as the adjacent square was a town focal point.

It was pretty unpleasant having to get through the crowd to get to my car, and I had two children with me. From what I gather it got quite nasty when the Albion coach travellers returned, which including bottle throwing etc.

We saw several groups of gobby bellends on the way back to Jury's to get the car, basically giving it large. To be fair, the Boro fans we happened to be walking with weren't happy about it either. There were a few in the ground too (during the pitch invasion) but seems that quite a few over towards the hotel hadn't actually been to the match but been in pubs in the town.

 

[Wardy's twin]

Starting that slippery slide into obsession....trying to resist for my sanity.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Really is no point. season ends in May. Alot of football to be played between now and then. Best keep powder dry. Will try and get more excited once Jan has gone and we have held on to Stephens and Knocky.

 

[Albion my Albion]

Football can really be huge in a fan's life.

 

[pasty]

Time for a bounce. I am now officially "sucked in". I BELIEVE this is our year.

 

[Bozza]

That's it. I'm officially blocking out the next 4 months of my life as 'Albion time'.

Rest of the world: leave a message, I'll be back in May.

 

[Simster]

That's it. I'm officially blocking out the next 3 months of my life as 'Albion time'.

Rest of the world: leave a message, I'll be back in April.

Fixed. Home to Wigan is April 17th, and is the day promotion will be sealed. Title confirmed April 29th (home to Bristol City).