Is the Amex big enough?

[Bladders]

Poyet's Peek

Blooms Boulder?

 

[bn1&bn3 Albion]

Safe standing!!

Until we have been in the premier league for at least 5/10 years there is no point risking it.

 

[smeariestbat]

The Amex - 2015:

what?! Things go that badly we need to share with a rugby team?!

 

[SeagullSongs]

Sparrow's Summit?

 

[BRIGHT ON Q]

I bet Southampton and even Reading are saying the same about their grounds now they are in the premiership.Teams like Stoke and West Brom could do with bigger grounds as well.

 

[Seagull over Canaryland]

Didn't realize we'd have a packed house against Plymouth Argyle..

Worse still judging from the goalposts it seems we will be playing them at egg chasing........

 

[Drumstick]

Greers gradient?

 

[Weststander]

I bet Southampton and even Reading are saying the same about their grounds now they are in the premiership.Teams like Stoke and West Brom could do with bigger grounds as well.

Stoke is not a large catchment area, compared to Sussex, and Stoke haven't even filled in the corners which would be cheap.

Reading (until they were relegated from the PL) had agreed plans to add a small second tier the stand opposite the main stand, to mirror the main stand; taking it to 30,000+.

The Albion had to go for a maximum of 22,500 at the original planning, because they had a whole raft of enemies, some of which were not made known ... fighting the whole concept of a stadium @ Falmer.
Once the foot was in the door, it became obvious with the high empty walls everywhere but the WS; that the Albion had cleverly and quietly set it up nicely for the expansion we now know as upping to 30,750.

To take it further one day, the east stand arch would have to completely taken away, and no doubt the train station would have to be completely upgraded. That would seem many years away.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Barclays Premier League Stats: Team Attendance - 2011-12Season:

DivisionTop ScorersTop AssistsPlayer DisciplineFair PlayAttendanceActim Index
MAY 13, 2012
Team Total Average
1 Manchester United 1,432,358 75,387
2 Arsenal 1,140,006 60,000
3 Newcastle United 948,777 49,935
4 Manchester City 893,851 47,044
5 Liverpool 840,808 44,253
6 Chelsea 788,089 41,478
7 Sunderland 742,813 39,095
8 Tottenham Hotspur 684,501 36,026
9 Aston Villa 643,590 33,873
10 Everton 631,333 33,228
11 Stoke City 517,290 27,225
12 Norwich City 505,509 26,605
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 487,967 25,682
14 Fulham 480,576 25,293
15 West Bromwich Albion 471,165 24,798
16 Bolton Wanderers 449,729 23,669
17 Blackburn Rovers 428,474 22,551
18 Swansea City 378,978 19,946
19 Wigan Athletic 354,038 18,633
20 Queens Park Rangers 328,613 17,295
Barclays Premier League - Unofficial Average Attendance: 34,601

So our attendances would be 11th but not far off three "big" clubs. No need for the foreseeable to extend any further

 

[El Presidente]

If / when the Albion go up then a fixture list of Arsenal, Spurs, Chelsea, Man U, Man City, Newcastle, Liverpool and the like then 30,000, whilst enough for the second tier, will not in my view be enough. After all, I remember Arsenal bringing 10,000 to the Goldstone and then there is the casual Albion fan and rest of Sussex who would fancy a big game. So for me 30,000 is not enough for the top flight. Will have to agree to differ tho' as I'm in the minority of 1 so far!

We never got 30,000 in our four years in the top flight before.

 

[El Sid]

Greers gradient?

Lukaku's Leap...............

 

[Hyperion]

Kuszczak's Stack

 

[Captain Sensible]

We won't sell out apart from 3 or 4 games this season. Nearly everyone that wants to go has a Season ticket and the other spare matchday seats are too expensive and there's not enough demand. In the Prem, 30k would be enough.

 

[Billy the Fish]

I think people over estimate the jump in attendances that a promotion would cause.

For the first couple of seasons yes, the masses would come for top flight football, but after a couple of seasons once the novelty wears off and people realise we have nothing to play for year after year, and get bored of watching us get tonked every week by utd and city I think it would level out in the high 20,000s.

 

[Willy Dangle]

The club have yet to explain how the extra supporters are going to get to the stadium this year. Not everyone lives within walking distance.

I live 30 miles away. You can put up road blocks, scrap all buses, ban cycling and I'll still be there for my 14:30 pint.

 

[Willy Dangle]

I think people over estimate the jump in attendances that a promotion would cause.

For the first couple of seasons yes, the masses would come for top flight football, but after a couple of seasons once the novelty wears off and people realise we have nothing to play for year after year, and get bored of watching us get tonked every week by utd and city I think it would level out in the high 20,000s.

People also forget that with Prem football the away gate also increases considerably.

 

[grubbyhands]

Greers gradient?

Buckley's Bulge.

 

[Surrey Phil]

Jees - FFS get a grip! You can tell the old loyal season ticket holders from the new jump on the bandwagon supporters. We've spent the last fifteen years fighting to get a new stadium & £100m later some of you now want to virtually double capacity from last season . Talk about spoilt & delusional.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Buckley's Bulge.

Harley's Hump

 

[Plastic-Fantastic]

I would rather be like Spurs who always sell out and have massive demand for tickets, than the likes of Sunderland or Boro who built way to big and never sell out even when they are in the Prem and the 'big' clubs visit.