West Stand Upper - is it just me?

[Grassman]

Is it just me, sat as I am in the middle of WSU, or are the other stands at the Amex always less densely populated than the WSU? Obviously I cannot see the WSL, but looking across to the Lower East, the empty seats are noticeable, the Upper East, looks reasonably full, while the North appears to have(disappointing) many empty seats.
What does this say about the stands? Are we in the WSU (as ex-Withdean/Goldstone North Standers) more loyal?
So, tell me (if you are looking from the East/North), is the WSU as densely occupied as it appears?

 

[Return of the Rev]

is it just me, sat as i am in the middle of wsu, or are the other stands at the amex always less densely populated than the wsu? Obviously i cannot see the wsl, but looking across to the lower east, the empty seats are noticeable, the upper east, looks reasonably full, while the north appears to have(disappointing) many empty seats.
What does this say about the stands? Are we in the wsu (as ex-withdean/goldstone north standers) more loyal?
So, tell me (if you are looking from the east/north), is the wsu as densely occupied as it appears?

WSU is predominately real ale drinking alcoholic bald dwarfs,what else is there for them on a cold Tuesday night in Brighton?

 

[Notters]

Yes they are, and yes there are a higher proportion of Withdean people in the West Upper than anywhere else.

 

[Grassman]

WSU is predominately real ale drinking alcoholic bald dwarfs...

Oi, I drink cider or lager! Cannot argue with the rest though.

 

[Mowgli37]

Is it just me, sat as I am in the middle of WSU, or are the other stands at the Amex always less densely populated than the WSU? Obviously I cannot see the WSL, but looking across to the Lower East, the empty seats are noticeable, the Upper East, looks reasonably full, while the North appears to have(disappointing) many empty seats.
What does this say about the stands? Are we in the WSU (as ex-Withdean/Goldstone North Standers) more loyal?
So, tell me (if you are looking from the East/North), is the WSU as densely occupied as it appears?

WSU is always packed, such a shame we don't fill out the North every match.

 

[Return of the Rev]

Oi, I drink cider or lager! Cannot argue with the rest though.

 

[1901]

Yes they are, and yes there are a higher proportion of Withdean people in the West Upper than anywhere else.

Yep, and more Goldstone in the North.

 

[tinx]

FRom the east stand you could see plenty of blue seat gaps in all stands last night including the WSU. Obviously in the family stand part of the east stand on as school night there is plenty of empty seats but it was noticable that there were a lot of empty seats in all stands last night, seemed to me more than usual actually.

 

[Spun Cuppa]

Some people must have been wearing invisibility cloaks, as there were 27007 fans there.apparently

 

[chimneys]

Yep, and more Goldstone in the North.

Tosh! A lot of north too young to have even seen a game at Goldstone!

 

[Guinness Boy]

WSU is predominately real ale drinking alcoholic bald dwarfs,what else is there for them on a cold Tuesday night in Brighton?

Oi, I drink cider or lager! Cannot argue with the rest though.

And I'm quite tall thank you very much

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

West Stand always looks impressively full, both upstairs and down.

 

[Monkey Man]

From the East it's very rare to spot more than a few empty seats in WSU.

 

[SouthCoastOwl]

WSU is predominately real ale drinking alcoholic bald dwarfs,what else is there for them on a cold Tuesday night in Brighton?

Pretty accurate although I'm quite tall for a dwarf.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Yes they are, and yes there are a higher proportion of Withdean people in the West Upper than anywhere else.

Whoaaa ... that is SUCH a sweeping statement!, you know that for a fact do you?

I'm underneath you in the West Lower, and l think it's probably fairer to say that the fans who regularly attended games at Withdean, (and the Goldstone) are pretty much fairly distributed across all areas of the Amex. Certainly I see many familiar faces of people l knew from our Withdean days who are seated in G block of the West Lower alone.

 

[Grassman]

West Stand always looks impressively full, both upstairs and down.

Well, that's great to hear. Maybe they should move the TV gantry to the East then, it'll give a better impression of the stadium. Although, of course there is the rolling advert board now that'll have to move too.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Yes they are, and yes there are a higher proportion of Withdean people in the West Upper than anywhere else.

How do you define 'Withdean' people? People like myself who for most of those years lived 300 miles away and so consequently visited but a few times a year, people like my brother who had a season ticket each year from the Goldstone and Gillingham on or people who had a season ticket for one year at Withdean? When and how does one qualify as a 'Withdean' person? Incidentally, where my season ticket is in the east, I'm pretty much surrounded by people who frequented Withdean. I think that in the most desirable parts of the ground, that there would naturally be a greater proportion of long term Albion fans as they had first dibs on the best tickets.

 

[Notters]

Whoaaa ... that is SUCH a sweeping statement!, you know that for a fact do you?

I'm underneath you in the West Lower, and l think it's probably fairer to say that the fans who regularly attended games at Withdean, (and the Goldstone) are pretty much fairly distributed across all areas of the Amex. Certainly I see many familiar faces of people l knew from our Withdean days who are seated in G block of the West Lower alone.

How do you define 'Withdean' people? People like myself who for most of those years lived 300 miles away and so consequently visited but a few times a year, people like my brother who had a season ticket each year from the Goldstone and Gillingham on or people who had a season ticket for one year at Withdean? When and how does one qualify as a 'Withdean' person? Incidentally, where my season ticket is in the east, I'm pretty much surrounded by people who frequented Withdean. I think that in the most desirable parts of the ground, that there would naturally be a greater proportion of long term Albion fans as they had first dibs on the best tickets.

Yes I do know that for a fact, as the West Upper, and to a slightly lesser extent the north, largely sold out to people who had the first choice in seats. I remember the club remarking on this at the time. I also remember that, despite having one of the first appointments to choose seats, the first 7 rows of the West Upper had already been sold and people we sat next to at Withdean ended up two blocks further away from the halfway line than us because they choose theirs a day later. Now obviously people were allowed to add extra seats for friends, etc. But the West Upper and North have more former Withdean season ticket holders than other areas of the ground. I'm not saying whether this is a good thing or not, but it is a fact.

 

[BN9 BHA]

WSU is predominately real ale drinking alcoholic bald dwarfs,what else is there for them on a cold Tuesday night in Brighton?

Dwarfs? What are you talking about? I'm 6ft 1.

 

[Napper]

How do you define 'Withdean' people? People like myself who for most of those years lived 300 miles away and so consequently visited but a few times a year, people like my brother who had a season ticket each year from the Goldstone and Gillingham on or people who had a season ticket for one year at Withdean? When and how does one qualify as a 'Withdean' person? Incidentally, where my season ticket is in the east, I'm pretty much surrounded by people who frequented Withdean. I think that in the most desirable parts of the ground, that there would naturally be a greater proportion of long term Albion fans as they had first dibs on the best tickets.

Its a bollocks post.

Basically Withdean fans may of got first dibs but I seem to remember most people using up their +3's of which will be made up of Goldstone / Newbies