letsallsingtogether
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I work with one.
I work with one.where did you get that from? Totally made up, Nuneaton is Sky Blue.
I live in Nuneaton and yes there are Villa fans, Leicester fans and others too but Coventry City in the main and rightly soI work with one.
Why would I use public transport ?By public transport?
The initial point was that Brighton has an out of town stadium and they don't suffer with their attendances.Why would I use public transport ?
I fail to see how Eastbourne adds a significant tally to Brighton's attendances. Have you got the figures ?
Brighton doesn't have a bigger urban area.The initial point was that Brighton has an out of town stadium and they don't suffer with their attendances.
The counter to that is that they have a much larger urban area than us and that their stadium is easily accessible by public transport to the wider area.
You may not want to use public transport but if there was a train that went from Rugby to the arena in a quick time before and after games then I bet my left bollock out attendance would increase with people from Rugby in more attendance.
The problem isn't the stadium's location, it's that the travel plan around it is a joke.
Brighton doesn't have a bigger urban area.
Again, conurbation size is more important than city size
Brighton & Hove - 474,485
Coventry - 359,262
Mate just read the fucking link.That figure of 474,000 includes Worthing and Littlehampton and swells the figures by around 150,000. Worthing is 12 miles from Brighton and Littlehampton more.
The 359,000 for Coventry I'm assuming is up to the city boundary. It does not include Rugby, Warwick, Leamington , Nuneaton , Bedworth . Factor these in, which are within the same distance or less as Worthing is to Brighton and our catchment area is substantially more.
I have read the link. It includes Worthing and Littlehampton. Perhaps you should read the fucking detail.Mate just read the fucking link.
I have read the link. It includes Worthing and Littlehampton. Perhaps you should read the fucking detail.
So is their urban area bigger or not?I have read the link. It includes Worthing and Littlehampton. Perhaps you should read the fucking detail.
It isn't nonsense.it is nonsense to be fair
I'm afraid i'm of the opinion that our home support is poor in comparison to "similar" clubs (and i am aware that it seems to be slowly improving.
How far back do we go with the excuses... the past 20 years, granted have been pretty shocking... but our support was often poor through the "golden era" of the late 90's... do we go back to blaming all seater stadia in the 80's? That's 40 years ago, for the non-maths fans out there.
The potential has always been there but its never been achieved. At some point you just have to hold hands up and say we aren't well supported. In fact i doubt we'd sell out the Ricoh every week outside of a first season back in the Premier League, unless the absolute impossible happened and we were challenging for Europe regularly.
Our away following is mightily impressive though imo.
It isn't nonsense.
People go on about Newcastle having great crowds for their city size when that doesn't include Gateshead.
Urban area is a much better indicator of a team's pull than just within city boundaries.
So you need to include the towns around Cov if you're including Worthing etc, in the Brighton otherwise the comparison is nonsense.It isn't nonsense.
People go on about Newcastle having great crowds for their city size when that doesn't include Gateshead.
Urban area is a much better indicator of a team's pull than just within city boundaries.
So you need to include the towns around Cov if you're including Worthing etc, in the Brighton otherwise the comparison is nonsense.
It's not rocket science.
So then if you do that for Cov do that for Brighton and you get Eastbourne Hastings etc. with much better transport links directly to the stadium.So you need to include the towns around Cov if you're including Worthing etc, in the Brighton otherwise the comparison is nonsense.
It's not rocket science.
I know was taking the piss.I live in Nuneaton and yes there are Villa fans, Leicester fans and others too but Coventry City in the main and rightly so
So then if you do that for Cov do that for Brighton and you get Eastbourne Hastings etc. with much better transport links directly to the stadium.
So then if you do that for Cov do that for Brighton and you get Eastbourne Hastings etc. with much better transport links directly to the stadium.
Are you intentionally misunderstanding what an urban area is?Which urban area are Nuneaton (which has a direct train to the ground) leamington rugby Warwick and Stratford in?
Hastings is 36 miles from Brighton..So then if you do that for Cov do that for Brighton and you get Eastbourne Hastings etc. with much better transport links directly to the stadium.
No but clearly to include Eastbourne and Hastings shows that you haven't a clue.Are you intentionally misunderstanding what an urban area is?
Hastings and Eastbourne are incredibly well connected by public transport directly to their stadium. Much better than Rugby, Stratford and Warwick are to ours.No but clearly to include Eastbourne and Hastings shows that you haven't a clue.
Are you intentionally misunderstanding what an urban area is?
Have you lived there?This is nonsense. Eastbourne is 24 miles away . I can get from the centre or rugby to M6 Junction 3 in under 20 minutes , less time than it takes some people in Coventry to get to the Arena.
If you travel more than 20 miles to the west of Brighton then you're almost in Portsmouth territory .
Clueless.Brighton isn’t even a football town. Half the population are ex-pat Londoners or artsy people from other parts of the country who couldn’t give a monkey’s about sport.
Hastings and Eastbourne are incredibly well connected by public transport directly to their stadium. Much better than Rugby, Stratford and Warwick are to ours.
They also don't have any other league teams to support.
Our average in the late 90s was pretty good and comparable to peer clubs like Leicester, not sure what you're on about
Have you lived there?
Yeah that route is horrendous but there are decent sized towns to the north like Burgess Hill and Haywards Heath.Ive worked there and frequently travelled between Hastings Eastbourne and Brighton - it’s a much bigger hike than leamington.
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