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[Albion] Leaving early
- Thread starter twickers
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Even I stayed. Only the second time this season.
I'll be out of there on 85 minutes, first game next season, though.
Wrong-Direction
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- Mar 10, 2013
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Was great wasn't it? Sent out a search party for SIMMOSAYS, then found out he'd been with you!
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Weststander
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My son left about 5 minutes after final time, and said the park n ride bus area was uniquely quiet.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
I was looking after him..poor fella was a bit confused
Weststander
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Bloody hell, Craven Cottage was 75% empty from 80 minutes. Never seen anything like it.
Making the ES and Etihad look full at the same mark.
Making the ES and Etihad look full at the same mark.
Albion Prem
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Has nobody thought that the family factor is very important consideration, Saturday evening is very important to other members of the family,also if there were any special highlites then it will be seen on Match of the Day -Simple
3 degrees and pissing down. I’d possibly have buggered off myself.
Weststander
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Sky just showed highlights of Cardiff v Watford, the home sections of the stadium were 80% empty in the final 15 minutes. Don’t blame those who left one bit. Not just an Amex phenomena.
Exactly. Leaving early has always been a traditional way to show your contempt for the team and/or performance.
darkwolf666
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Rather different situation as to why so many leave The Amex early (maybe not of late, but generally so)...
Brownstuff
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Don't have to be on the losing side to leave early
Lots of people left the 1966 World cup early according to Gordon Banks.
He wasn't aware of how long left to play before the end of the game (not sure if he was referring to either full time or extra time)
But he knew it was close to the end of the game as he saw many people were streaming out of the stadium
Lots of people left the 1966 World cup early according to Gordon Banks.
He wasn't aware of how long left to play before the end of the game (not sure if he was referring to either full time or extra time)
But he knew it was close to the end of the game as he saw many people were streaming out of the stadium
They may have been Germans
Well not really, it's the same situation, it's just the numbers. If the performance is shit or boring then getting home earlier becomes more appealing. There are always people to whom getting home early is more important than supporting the team to the final whistle, and when you're watching your team lose 1-5 that percentage becomes quite sizeable!
Weststander
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Loads leave the Amex very early when we’re winning, always have done. Large numbers from about the 70th, obviously to get to trains, park n ride buses and car parks early.
Precisely. 70 or 80 minutes is enough and then getting home becomes the priority. More feel like that when we're shit, and as you said earlier it's not just Brighton fans.
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
I've already left Saturday's game. Leaving this early has not only meant I'm home, it also means I don't have to travel to the game either. 
Weststander
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I've already left Saturday's game. Leaving this early has not only meant I'm home, it also means I don't have to travel to the game either.
This.
I’m getting itchy feet already so that I’m the half-time winner to the NS concourse grub counter.
darkwolf666
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Sorry, you now appear to be arguing with yourself? I said Brighton fans leaving early had little to do with poor football, which you disagreed with, but are now saying the opposite!
No, my point is that everybody has a threshold after which they no longer want to support the team. For fans it's after the match has ended and they've clapped the team off, i.e. when the event is over and there is nothing left to support. For others it's when the desire to get away (for whatever reason) outweighs the desire to continue watching the game and/or supporting the team. A bad performance simply means that more people will leave the former group and join the latter.