Herne Hill Seagull
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Nice work Roz. That's a terrific photo on the wall behind them too - I wonder which shoot-out it was? Swindon perhaps? Man City?
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Lord Bracknell
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... and don't under-estimate the importance of Dick Knight in galvanising the political support that was necessary to win the planning approval for Falmer.
It's arguable that the Bloom family would never have been able to achieve that on their own. If the Albion had been seen as simply another football club "owned by a wealthy businessman", would we have got the support that we needed?
It's arguable that the Bloom family would never have been able to achieve that on their own. If the Albion had been seen as simply another football club "owned by a wealthy businessman", would we have got the support that we needed?
Man of Harveys
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Man City, definitely. Absolutely the finest Albion picture ever taken that I reckon, quite brilliant.
London Pompous
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- Feb 16, 2008
- 660
I was tolled that Dick Knight (LIAR!) was going to shave of his beard but kept it on to DELIBIRITELY humilliate Dean Wilkins cos he didn't have much hair. how bad can a man get? NEVER trust a beardie, and they tickle my flange to too make things worse
- Aug 8, 2005
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- Aug 8, 2005
- 27,237
Roll back twelve months and you'd have thought it was brilliant answer. What has changed I wonder... ?
7:18
Brighton & Hove Albion
is there anywhere i can download and listen to this
Bwian
Kiss my (_!_)
- Jul 14, 2003
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You're really quite sad. You don't like DK, which is fair enough, but you still look for every opportunity to have a dig at him. Remember that despite your feelings towards him, without him you'd be a Portsmouth fan now because there'd be no Albion for you to worry about.
clippedgull
Hotdogs, extra onions
is there anywhere i can download and listen to this
http://avdownload.premiumtv.co.uk:8129/brightonfc/freecontent/AlbionFansForum09.mp3
- Aug 8, 2005
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Which I accept, other than the Pompey bit, but some of us want to move on now and in Bloom we can do it. Just wish some of the lickers would join the party and stop grumbling about the £80million!! Dick Knight did a job, but was past his sell by date and couldn't take us any further, Bloom can, and thank god for that.
Cpt. Spavil
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- Mar 9, 2008
- 1,071
the guy that asked about if the 6th of august clashes with pride sounds just like dick knight lol
cjd
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Splendid post...!
Just wish Lord Bracknell would join the party instead of slyly loading the gun for others to shoot our NEW Chairman. Dick Knight has gone........he needs to get over it..........and if he can't, surely there's more left wing causes and relatives of terrorists to champion, to fill his time.
Tooting Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
- 11,033
Can't see how anyone can have a dig at Bloom. He has also saved Knight's bacon and reputation. Without him, this site would probably have imploded after Knight had to announce to the fans that Falmer's long-promised financial funding (and let's not forget, anyone who dared to query it in the teeth of a credit crunch was massively ridiculed) had in fact unsurprisingly disappeared and the dream had been snatched away. Lot of parallels to the Bates/Abramovich situation, when Chelsea were totally screwed without their Russian benefactor.
The fact remains that for all Knight and (especially) Perry's hard work, Falmer might not have happened without Bloom. Hard for some to accept, clearly. And to say people haven't thanked him is ridiculous. We've been thanking him for 12 years, and the stadium's still not built. Once it's up, people can build shrines in every town in Sussex if they so wish.
Having said that I'm reasonably fair-minded, and I do agree with Bwian and others that without Knight there wouldn't have been a club to bale out in the first place, and I'm very aware of his contribution. It's just that it wouldn't have resulted in the stadium without the lucky appearance of a seriously rich new owner.
The fact remains that for all Knight and (especially) Perry's hard work, Falmer might not have happened without Bloom. Hard for some to accept, clearly. And to say people haven't thanked him is ridiculous. We've been thanking him for 12 years, and the stadium's still not built. Once it's up, people can build shrines in every town in Sussex if they so wish.
Having said that I'm reasonably fair-minded, and I do agree with Bwian and others that without Knight there wouldn't have been a club to bale out in the first place, and I'm very aware of his contribution. It's just that it wouldn't have resulted in the stadium without the lucky appearance of a seriously rich new owner.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Once again, its like Tony Bloom turned up 5 minutes ago and saved the thing.
Bwian
Kiss my (_!_)
- Jul 14, 2003
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I have no complaints about Bloom's money, none whatsoever, in fact I welcome it because it's clear that no matter how well intentioned DK's plans were, things financially didn't quite go to plan. I also agree that DK had reached the point where he couldn't take the club any further. None of us knew Bloom was waiting in the wings with 93 Million so until recently he (DK) was all we had.
Some of the vitriol still directed at him is, frankly, pretty pathetic. We as a club have entered a new phase-time for the anti-DK mob to do the same. You've got what you wanted and so have the rest of us-a new stadium being built.
Lord Bracknell
On fire
BensGrandad
New member
Didnt Ken Brown say the club were looking into the problem so he did give an answer.
Bwian
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- Jul 14, 2003
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Shouldn't your criticisms for that be directed elsewhere? Like towards Cuttress, DeVagi, Norman Baker, LDC and FPC?
Or are you trying to blame Dick Knight for the delaying tactics of the NIMBYs? Genuine question by the way.
Lord Bracknell
On fire
He didn't seem to understand the question - which was about how a fan with a mate who lives in London can buy a ticket for his mate to join him at the Brentford game without his mate having to pay extra to join an Albion membership scheme.
The answer was that the Club is looking into ways to provide more incentives for regular supporters. That's no answer at all to the question that was asked.
Incidentally ... it's a reasonable question that highlights an issue that was never dealt with effectively in Dick Knight's time. My first dealings with the Club administration - way back in about 2001 - were a whinge about selling tickets for away games. They've never got it right. And they haven't got it right yet.