Brighton Sky Blue
Well-Known Member
'Andy,
I’ve actually read quite a bit about your situation and the proposed move already, so know a bit about your plight. Personally I’d despise the thought of having to play “home” games 30 miles away in Northampton when you’ve got a perfectly good stadium. You didn’t mention it, but you visited us in a pre-season friendly on 28th July 2007 and we had a great day drinking and socialising in the town with your fans. If I remember correctly that game came about because Iain Dowie (another ex-NI international) was your manager at the time. Another local lad - Michael Hughes – made his debut for you that day too, and you only beat us 6-0!
Unfortunately I’m just the webmaster so I have absolutely no say in whether or not we’d be able/willing to send a team over, but I’ll pass the email onto the secretary and let him deal with it. Just so you’re aware, Celta Vigo were invited to play in a tournament at our ground over the coming weeks but they refused to – citing our pitch as the reason for not coming. Frankly, I’m not surprised as it’s currently in a terrible state right now – it’s a council owned ground and let’s just say their care of it leaves a lot to be desired!
Anyways, I’ll pass this message on and also wish you the best of luck with somehow managing to stay at your home.
Regards,
Paul Irwin'
I’ve actually read quite a bit about your situation and the proposed move already, so know a bit about your plight. Personally I’d despise the thought of having to play “home” games 30 miles away in Northampton when you’ve got a perfectly good stadium. You didn’t mention it, but you visited us in a pre-season friendly on 28th July 2007 and we had a great day drinking and socialising in the town with your fans. If I remember correctly that game came about because Iain Dowie (another ex-NI international) was your manager at the time. Another local lad - Michael Hughes – made his debut for you that day too, and you only beat us 6-0!
Unfortunately I’m just the webmaster so I have absolutely no say in whether or not we’d be able/willing to send a team over, but I’ll pass the email onto the secretary and let him deal with it. Just so you’re aware, Celta Vigo were invited to play in a tournament at our ground over the coming weeks but they refused to – citing our pitch as the reason for not coming. Frankly, I’m not surprised as it’s currently in a terrible state right now – it’s a council owned ground and let’s just say their care of it leaves a lot to be desired!
Anyways, I’ll pass this message on and also wish you the best of luck with somehow managing to stay at your home.
Regards,
Paul Irwin'