wilko1
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Apart from being born here (me), family from here, re-locating here
What made you decide to follow the club?
What made you decide to follow the club?
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Why do you support the Albion when you have no connection with the area?
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Norman Potting
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Nearest league club.
Superphil
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Was sent to boarding school in Sussex, discovered the Albion were the local team, made sense to support them, and they got promoted to division one a year later! #gloryhunter
Seagull over Canaryland
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Whatever reason eg it's your local team, it is the first team you ever saw play live I think its important to stay loyal and not switch allegiance. Being a footie fan is all about enjoying the highs and enduring the lows, through thick and thin etc which I'm sure most Albion fans can relate to. The successes are sweeter especially if earned through adversity, and due to the dedication of fans and Chairmen with the Club truly in their hearts rather than some JCL Russian billionaire who's been parachuted in for a quick fix.
Why do thousands of non-Mancs or non-West Londoners 'support' Man U or Chelsea rather than their local team - and have probably never been to a game? Thats more of a superficial fashion statement. As an Albion fan living in exile I often get asked why do you still support Brighton and not a more local club - but after 48 years it's in the blood, the thought of adopting another side just isn't something I can contemplate.
Why do thousands of non-Mancs or non-West Londoners 'support' Man U or Chelsea rather than their local team - and have probably never been to a game? Thats more of a superficial fashion statement. As an Albion fan living in exile I often get asked why do you still support Brighton and not a more local club - but after 48 years it's in the blood, the thought of adopting another side just isn't something I can contemplate.
Superphil
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If I moved away from the area now I would remain 100% a Brighton fan, I was 10 when I came to school in Sussex, I was a Leeds supporter, simply because Leeds were the big team at the time, and I liked Tony Currie and Alan Clarke, and I liked white football shirts. That said, I would go and watch whatever my new local team was.
Redbourn Seagull
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- Jan 20, 2010
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My dad (who is Scottish and a Celtic fan) took me to a game when I was 6 at the Goldstone Ground, my nan lived in Brighton at the time, so when we visited my nan I was taken to the home games. I have never lived in Brighton (or anywhere close), but since that day I have always supported them. I now live in Cambridgeshire, am a season ticket holder as is with my son, we manage most home games (Tuesday nights are a painful drive) and several away games, over the years I have never contemplated supporting anyone else, as lets face it, its never boring being an Albion fan!!
mune ni kamome
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My Dad was a Chelsea fan and took me as soon as I had any understanding ... I went for a few years but when I got to about 12 or so I just thought it was all wrong .. I was born and brought up in the area and I should be showing loyalty to my local team. So I trudged off down to the Goldstone with a couple of mates and watched some dire thing against Port Vale or Scunthorpe or such like but have never looked back.
chucky1973
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my dad took me when I was 7, he was a fan, his dad a fan, its in the family. Simple. Now my girls are fans.....
W.C.
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I moved to Brighton to go to University and ended up staying a decade until I moved abroad. As a kid I was an armchair Liverpool fan like many kids of the 80s.
I went to the Goldstone to see us get beat by Birmingham but was instantly hooked. Didn't see the Albion win for 12 games but loved it far more than following Liverpool on the telly. The next season we were relegated to the bottom flight and the next was the final one at the Goldstone. In many ways I suppose it was the worst time to start supporting the Albion but in many many other ways, it was also the best.
I went to the Goldstone to see us get beat by Birmingham but was instantly hooked. Didn't see the Albion win for 12 games but loved it far more than following Liverpool on the telly. The next season we were relegated to the bottom flight and the next was the final one at the Goldstone. In many ways I suppose it was the worst time to start supporting the Albion but in many many other ways, it was also the best.
BadFish
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- Oct 19, 2003
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Back when our motto was "Well it can't get any worse.........can it?"
Spanish Seagulls
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Was on one of those CCHF (Children's Country Holiday Fund ) holidays for poor kids from London & stayed with a lovely family from Burgess Hill who took me to see a match & as it was my first I chose to stick with it through thick & thin (there has been plenty of both! )
Subsequently I had to take a lot of stick being the only Brighton supporter in Shepherds Bush. The year was 1975
Subsequently I had to take a lot of stick being the only Brighton supporter in Shepherds Bush. The year was 1975
JamesAndTheGiantHead
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I was forced to, by a friend. He recently passed, aged 84.
SeagullSongs
And it's all gone quiet..
I was a plastic Man United 'supporter' until age 10 (I'd never been to a football game in my life), went to the Millennium Stadium and the rest is history!
W.C.
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I remember standing in a queue for a mid-week game against Barnet I think (Ian Baird scored with his groin, we won 1-0). It was the first time I'd seen a queue there and the guy behind me had a little moan about glory hunters. There was a pause before his friend started laughing and pointed out we were bottom of the football league.
Finch
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I always liked an underdog and while I had always watched football I started to get more and more into it about 1997?