This 'plastic fan' thing......

[Notters]

On the other hand, I bet lots of this 'core' support started supporting the club when things were going well in the 1970s and 1980s, so I agree with the post above that we are all JCL at one time or another.

Nope, 1993 for me, 20 years of almost un-interupted turd to watch.

 

[Questions]

If I,m out and about and the subject of The Albion comes up and I get even a whiff that the person I am talking to is a JCL then I tend to change the subject. I,m glad they are all coming to the Amex now but I prefer conversations with fans who can converse on games further back than 10 months.

p.s. 45 years.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Nope, 1993 for me, 20 years of almost un-interupted turd to watch.

I would suppose that that fact must make what is going in now all the sweeter.

 

[sir albion]

I don't get all this plastic rubbish,you have fans who watched us in the 70's and 80's etc who have returned,yet you get people who've supported us for 10 years and they call the returning fans plastic
I always thought plastic fans were the ones who turned up in the 2nd half of the season if promotion was a possibility?also i thought plastic fans turned up when you get promoted to the prem?
We finished 10th and we play in the championship,also we sold out ST's before we had signed any players.

What's plastic?
The atmosphere at the amex is not what you would get at a plastic supporting club like maybe reading.As far as im concerned we are far far away from being plastic,our potential has always been massive and these crowds are not a surprise,wait till we get to the prem and watch the demand go through the roof and these may well be the plastics.

 

[Brok]

Have an affection for AFCW always got an eye on them and hope they do well but not for me.
Much prefer albions style of play to wimbledon.
Wasn't much of a defection, I like to see it as I was a free agent having left Wimbledon and a passionate palace hating team always felt like the right option.

That's the spirit, welcome aboard feller!

 

[rouseytastic]

My interpretation of a plastic fan is someone who (so called) 'supports' a team from another town or city to where they were born.

I.e. Thousands of Man U, Chelsea, Spurs etc fans that live all round the country. I know people who say they support Spurs but have never even been there! TWATS!

You can't possibly have as much passion for another city's team as the one you are from. (In my oppinion)

You don't choose your team, your team chooses you!

This I agree with. As I have said before: my dad was in the army and we moved every 2 years, holland, Germany, Cyprus, Belgium, northern Ireland etc. he is a scouser and as such I had Liverpool kits as a kid and they were my team. I moved to Brighton when I was 12 and my first Brighton game was at the goldstone, jimmy case testimonial against Liverpool. As the years went on I became less of a Liverpool fan and more a Brighton fan. My sports days were at the Withdean and then years later im watching the albion there Now at 34 I am and have been for many many years an Albion fan. Brighton is my town and the Albion are my club. I always check Liverpool scores out of interest and rib my dad and brother when they lose. But I'm not from Liverpool I'm from Brighton. So are my 2 boys who play football in albion shirts while their mates are wearing chelsea Am I plastic. Not one but of it!!

 

[piersa]

I guess I'm a plastic fan in most peoples opinions.

Only supported seagulls for couple years.
Supported the old wimbledon from the age of 5 as a ST holder with my dad. They got relegated stuck with them, financial problems stuck with them. Moved to MK and turned into one of the travesties of modern football.

Around this time I moved from Surrey to Hove so naturally the Seagulls were the team I followed.
Does that make me a 'plastic'?

It makes everyone that calls you a plastic a cock.

 

[ozzygull]

What's plastic?
The atmosphere at the amex is not what you would get at a plastic supporting club like maybe reading..

I think a lot of people who go to Reading games go to watch football, not support Reading. My boss has just bought a season ticket for next season, for that exact reason, and now they are in the prem. I called him plastic and along with a colleague have bought him a mug with "loyal Royal" on it, as a piss take.

 

[Billy the Fish]

I prefer flags and music

Plastic status confirmed!

 

[Billy the Fish]

Nope, 1993 for me, 20 years of almost un-interupted turd to watch.

Same as, first game in '93 when everything really started going to shit

 

[Notters]

I would suppose that that fact must make what is going in now all the sweeter.

Yes, yes it does... and I suppose that's why it can hurt to hear so many people moaning all the time!

 

[sir albion]

I think a lot of people who go to Reading games go to watch football, not support Reading. My boss has just bought a season ticket for next season, for that exact reason, and now they are in the prem. I called him plastic and along with a colleague have bought him a mug with "loyal Royal" on it, as a piss take.

Yeah my mate has got a season ticket aswell at reading and it's his first season as a royal,loves rugby but felt like a change.

 

[Barn Door Billy]

My interpretation of a plastic fan is someone who (so called) 'supports' a team from another town or city to where they were born.

I.e. Thousands of Man U, Chelsea, Spurs etc fans that live all round the country. I know people who say they support Spurs but have never even been there! TWATS!

You can't possibly have as much passion for another city's team as the one you are from. (In my oppinion)

You don't choose your team, your team chooses you!

I agree about the man u, chelsea etc plastics, but I myself was neither born in nor live in Brighton. I support the Albion because my dad does, I inherited my team, if you like.

 

[spooky]

What a load of Bollocks this thread is..... f*** me give it a rest..boring.com

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

I welcome the plastics as long as I don't have to talk to them.

I've said before, I welcome one and all EXCEPT for the total gobshites we all KNOW who used to sit around in the Franklin or the Springfield...even the Brewery Tap on match days in their f***ing man u shirts or whatever laughing at us poor twats shambling up to Withdean in the pissing rain...I've seen some of those bastards now claiming to have been loyal Brighton fans all along..them...they can f*** right off.

 

[Gullys Cats]

Jcl rule

 

[brixtonA23]

I went to a very busy pub a few years ago for an England game. A bloke in England shirt and three lions tattoo, a Mr England, made the bar staff turn up the volume on the TV and then out sang the TV for the national anthem. As he was directly in my eye line I had to notice that in 90 minutes of football he looked at the game for at least 5. The rest he chatted happily to mates either side who were actually watching it. That is plastic.

but if means something to you and you're not sure why it matters so much, then that's enough. How you show it is a personal decision usually based on finance or timing.

 

[Dan Gleeballs]

I am a 'JCL' apparantly due to only posting every now and then and only finding this site recently. does that make me less of a fan? I still have my Nicky Rust albion shirt that he gave me after the 3-3 draw away at Birmingham in 1995. I was 10 years old that day and thought it was one of the best moments of my life. The shirt drowned me but seeing one of our hero's from on the pitch in real life was a dream come true.
JCL or non JCL, Albion is in my blood, its where I was born so I can be called what you want....I am Albion.

You're bang out of order!!!

 

[griff9]

Everyone is a JCL at one point, it just takes some longer than others. All fans are equal but some are more equal than others.

I agree with this hence why I don't go round labeling people JCL's or criticizing them directly.
But at the same time it does annoy me that i went through all of my school life when i was young being laughed at for supporting Brighton and getting the reply 'no proper club?' when asked who i support.
Only to see a few years on, all the people who laughed at me now pasting links to Brighton articles, getting season tickets and jumping on the bandwagon of our success.. (I particularly hate the ones who were 'avid' chelsea/arsenal or whoever fans at school and now they're their second teams after Brighton)

Don't get me wrong it's great to see the club doing well and I've always hoped this would happen to us, but at the same time one thing i loved about being a small club was the niceness from person to person and going to the games, and for the most part, not being surrounded by idiots..
I love the Amex and wouldn't change anything for the world but one thing I don't like about being a bigger club is some of the idiots you now getting going to games.
(By the way I don't think of all new people coming to games as idiots (some I'm pleased are there), just the ones who give it the biggun and generally act like idiots! there is definitely more of them since the move to the Amex)
All part of being a bigger club though i guess..

 

[hitony]

What a load of Bollocks this thread is..... f*** me give it a rest..boring.com

But you found time in what is clearly a very busy and interesting schedule you have, to post on this thread......well done and thank you