"Fright night" at the Amex

[fire&skill]

Can somebody point the person who designed this to here: http://www.lewesfc.com/match-day-posters/

 

[Mellotron]

Can somebody point the person who designed this to here: http://www.lewesfc.com/match-day-posters/

To be fair those are PARTICULARLY good for a club the size of Lewes FC. They're phenomenal.

Also you get the idea the designer just MIGHT be a Pink Floyd fan?!

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

Dont get what the fuss is about - its clearly directed towards kids, it says as much on the club website.

If your an adult and your offended by it, then you seriously need to grow up and stop being to bloody precious. Not to mention it gives the kids a chance to win some "money cant buy"* prizes. Also theres the kids for a quid deal (which if it goes well may even be kept).

And yes, it is Watford, at home, on TV and in the evening - it probably will be frightening, for Brighton fans anyway.

*= Probably something like meet the team/manager or be a mascot, something kids would love.

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

Ladies and gents you are supporting a club that is trying to change the way football is watched.
Drinking after the game with away fans was groundbreaking.
Making the away fans more welcome and providing their local ale.
Spanish day and other themed days involving the kids.
I am very old school when it comes to football but I am quite proud that the albion is forward thinking whilst trying to get more in.
I am sure it will be us that trials drinking alcohol in your seats what a day that will be.
If fright night brings in new kids then its a no brainer, it only took 1 game on a freezing East terrace with a terrible view, standing up, crap tea and food plus awful toilets to get me hooked many years ago.
Whats wrong with fancy dress anyway, last away games, cricket and rugby internationals that is looked on as funny and perfectly acceptable.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Ladies and gents you are supporting a club that is trying to change the way football is watched.
Drinking after the game with away fans was groundbreaking.
Making the away fans more welcome and providing their local ale.
Spanish day and other themed days involving the kids.
I am very old school when it comes to football but I am quite proud that the albion is forward thinking whilst trying to get more in.
I am sure it will be us that trials drinking alcohol in your seats what a day that will be.
If fright night brings in new kids then its a no brainer, it only took 1 game on a freezing East terrace with a terrible view, standing up, crap tea and food plus awful toilets to get me hooked many years ago.
Whats wrong with fancy dress anyway, last away games, cricket and rugby internationals that is looked on as funny and perfectly acceptable.

i've never seen an away fan in the home stands let alone had a beer in the ground with one ,only a small percentage will take up this offer it's a gimmick, ARE THESE YOUNGSTERS REALLY GOING TO BE WATCHING THE GAME i have my doubts .
regards
DR

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

i've never seen an away fan in the home stands let alone had a beer in the ground with one ,only a small percentage will take up this offer it's a gimmick, ARE THESE YOUNGSTERS REALLY GOING TO BE WATCHING THE GAME i have my doubts .
regards
DR

I have but not many to be fair, but a least we thought of it.
I think either they dont know they can carry on drinking after the game or they wont go in because if they have won especially if it was due to dodgy penalty etc they will get splattered , or if they have lost they will get the piss taken and they will just want to get home anyway.
But at least the offer is there and not at any other ground.

 

[Peter Grummit]

Anyone needs 2 adult tickets WSU PM me.

 

[TheMajor]

I'm going dressed as right back Bruno - that should put the shits up everyone.

 

[portlock seagull]

Ladies and gents you are supporting a club that is trying to change the way football is watched.
Drinking after the game with away fans was groundbreaking.
Making the away fans more welcome and providing their local ale.
Spanish day and other themed days involving the kids.
I am very old school when it comes to football but I am quite proud that the albion is forward thinking whilst trying to get more in.
I am sure it will be us that trials drinking alcohol in your seats what a day that will be.
If fright night brings in new kids then its a no brainer, it only took 1 game on a freezing East terrace with a terrible view, standing up, crap tea and food plus awful toilets to get me hooked many years ago.
Whats wrong with fancy dress anyway, last away games, cricket and rugby internationals that is looked on as funny and perfectly acceptable.

Absolutely THIS!

 

[Gullflyinghigh]

i've never seen an away fan in the home stands let alone had a beer in the ground with one ,only a small percentage will take up this offer it's a gimmick, ARE THESE YOUNGSTERS REALLY GOING TO BE WATCHING THE GAME i have my doubts .
regards
DR

Does it really matter? Before a certain age it's about making sure that kids enjoy the experience and want to come back, they might enjoy watching the game but they won't start to appreciate it until a bit later on, when they'll (hopefully) already be Albion fans.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

i've never seen an away fan in the home stands let alone had a beer in the ground with one ,only a small percentage will take up this offer it's a gimmick, ARE THESE YOUNGSTERS REALLY GOING TO BE WATCHING THE GAME i have my doubts .
regards
DR

You don't go back very far then as football wasn't segregated in the 60s. I have seen away fans drinking in the north stand concourse after a game at the Amex.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

does it really matter? Before a certain age it's about making sure that kids enjoy the experience and want to come back, they might enjoy watching the game but they won't start to appreciate it until a bit later on, when they'll (hopefully) already be albion fans.

enjoying it at someone else's expense ,it's not like you can move seats is it ??
regards
DR

 

[Paddy B]

i've never seen an away fan in the home stands let alone had a beer in the ground with one ,only a small percentage will take up this offer it's a gimmick, ARE THESE YOUNGSTERS REALLY GOING TO BE WATCHING THE GAME i have my doubts .
regards
DR

I personally have had a beer after the game with both Saints and Pompey fans in the East and West stands, and have seen others particulary in the North. My 8 year old wants to go in fancy dress and he always watches the game. Don't judge people by your own standards

 

[BN9 BHA]

So you've just pointed out that the game isn't the same game as it was for 100 years.

Things people used to do 20-30 years ago they don't now.

Any time a sporting club attempts to make the event more inclusive the better.

Maybe more women will attend games, maybe more still will bring their kids along if the atmosphere is one of fun and not intimidating and out dated.

Hope to see you at the game as you have plenty to say.

 

[Working class pride]

Its an interesting one this. In the late 80s and 90s then the last game of the season was often fancy dress day and it was the "lads" that dressed up and it was mildly rebellious. For example who remembers the thousands of Brighton fans dressed as Elvis invading the pitch at Ipswich ..? Now the clubs are taking on the idea. So maybe the lads should see the clubs taking on their idea as a compliment because imitation is the highest form of flattery.The problem is that by the club itself promoting it, then it immediately loses "street cred". Either way, if people enjoy it then fair enough and for me, at least its not fans bringing a drum to a ground unlike the spotty Nigels at palace whose fans think an atmosphere is a few teenagers with a drum.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Hope to see you at the game as you have plenty to say.

Would love to if I lived closer.

However it would feel strange to have to be segregated from the other teams fans. Seems quite a childish thing to have to do.

 

[janee]

I think it was Beachwear Day

To be honest, my Dad started taking me because my brother hadn't shown a lot of interest. I soon worked out that going to the Albion was much more fun than my previous regular Saturday afternoon activity of trailing around Marks & Spencer in Western Road after my Mum. I could shout and wander around if I wanted (East Terrace) and nobody would tell me to sit down and shut up. I got to spend the afternoon with Dad, which was probably a bit of fun too as girls don't always get that sort of quality time: that and he'd usually buy me chocolate and crisps when we got inside the ground.

Good times. But it was in about 1986, when home gates were around 8,000 (and would go a lot lower). Now we have 25,000+. They haven't just magically appeared. The club have worked hard to recover after an entire generation of supporters was lost. In the 1980s, people could decide at 1pm on a Saturday afternoon that they wanted to go to a game, and take the kids on the spur of the moment. For 14 years at Withdean, Gillingham and so on, that chance was lost. Kids who would naturally have gravitated towards the club were doing other things as to get a ticket for the worst stadium in the league required planning and eliminated all spontaneity. So they grew up supporting Premier League teams.

Now I see kids all over Sussex wearing Albion shirts. It's absolutely bloody brilliant. I'm not ashamed to say it fills me with joy (and yes, a bit of pride) when I see a small child walking around town in Burgess Hill or Crawley or Worthing or Uckfield wearing the kit, because that used to be such a rare sight. And if those children and others feel more engaged and part of the Albion experience for the sake of a few Halloween masks and sweets, then yes, I'm absolutely 100% for it. How could anyone not be?

You have just described my life! Although mine was probably a decade before. My whole relationship with my dad was through football

 

[Gally72]

http://www.seagulls.co.uk/news/article/fright-night-at-the-amex-1104886.aspx

Embarrassing , but I suppose pointless salaries need to be justified

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

I personally have had a beer after the game with both Saints and Pompey fans in the East and West stands, and have seen others particulary in the North. My 8 year old wants to go in fancy dress and he always watches the game. Don't judge people by your own standards

i'm not judging anyone JUST GIVING MY OPINIONS
regards
DR

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Its an interesting one this. In the late 80s and 90s then the last game of the season was often fancy dress day and it was the "lads" that dressed up and it was mildly rebellious. For example who remembers the thousands of Brighton fans dressed as Elvis invading the pitch at Ipswich ..? Now the clubs are taking on the idea. So maybe the lads should see the clubs taking on their idea as a compliment because imitation is the highest form of flattery.The problem is that by the club itself promoting it, then it immediately loses "street cred". Either way, if people enjoy it then fair enough and for me, at least its not fans bringing a drum to a ground unlike the spotty Nigels at palace whose fans think an atmosphere is a few teenagers with a drum.

HUNDREDS ON THE PITCH only see ONE ELVIS GET ON THE PITCH AT Ipswich i think it was Mr gulls eye himself , maybe he could confirm that .
regards
DR