Brighton (A) Moved

[leicsRoyal]

BOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

I assume this is down to Sussex Police.

If it was down to Sussex Police, I would suggest they have got their priorities wrong.

West Ham - Saturday
Portsmouth - Saturday
Southampton - b/h Monday.

I know they can't move every fixture around but would expect all of the above to need heavier policing than us.

[Irvinchangeyaname]

It'll have nothing to do with potential trouble. Brighton on a Bank Holiday is rammed and the police commitments in town and on the seafront will be huge. Added to that the A23 into Brighton on a BH is a nightmare without the added volume of traffic coming down for the football.

Living in Brighton, ever since they got promoted I've had to put up with jibes about us not being able to sell out the away end. Sadly now it's an evening game they will probably be right.

[Row Z Royal]

IN!!



Quote me so I'll be too ashamed not to turn up

[Harpers So Solid Crew]

It'll have nothing to do with potential trouble. Brighton on a Bank Holiday is rammed and the police commitments in town and on the seafront will be huge. Added to that the A23 into Brighton on a BH is a nightmare without the added volume of traffic coming down for the football.

Living in Brighton, ever since they got promoted I've had to put up with jibes about us not being able to sell out the away end. Sadly now it's an evening game they will probably be right.

depends how many RFC get, 2000 will sell out I would think, might even pop along ourselves as not working that day.

[Big Foot]

It'll have nothing to do with potential trouble. Brighton on a Bank Holiday is rammed and the police commitments in town and on the seafront will be huge. Added to that the A23 into Brighton on a BH is a nightmare without the added volume of traffic coming down for the football.

Living in Brighton, ever since they got promoted I've had to put up with jibes about us not being able to sell out the away end. Sadly now it's an evening game they will probably be right.

It's a new stadium so I'm positive we'd sell out

[who are ya?]

Yeah I can see it selling out still, providing we're not on a horrendous run at the time.
Should still be able to go to this, will just have to leave the bucket and spade at home

[SouthDownsRoyal]

Very good move to the Tuesday

IMHO

[Mr Angry]

This is an email I received from a BHAFC supporting ex colleague down in Brighton, giving the reason why our game was switched...

Speaking to the natives, this particular switch is because Brighton is now a place which is fast becoming the protest capital of the Uk! (In fact. The green council came out to actively encourage protesting in the city (against central government)). Of course we local tax payers don’t mind picking up the cost of policing all this – over £1m a year on top of our council tax....Tossers!



We have marches for this , that and the other virtually every bank holiday now (last Easter Monday there were several on the same day!) so I guess the police would be spread too thin if there was to be a football match on the same day.



Anyway, enough of my rant – that’s apparently the reason for the switch.

[Barry the bird boggler]

Could you ask your mate if Bright supporters would mind organising a protest march about the game being moved?

[Svlad Cjelli]

Just got a mail back from Brighton that confirms the above :

The reason for moving the fixture is that, as a seaside town, we are discouraged by the relevant authorities from playing matches at home on bank holidays.

[Terminal Boardom]

Just got a mail back from Brighton that confirms the above :

The reason for moving the fixture is that, as a seaside town, we are discouraged by the relevant authorities from playing matches at home on bank holidays.

I wonder if the likes of Bournemouth, Blackpool, Southend and Torquay adopt a similar attitude.

[Jerry St Clair]

I wonder if the likes of Bournemouth, Blackpool, Southend and Torquay adopt a similar attitude.

No. We played Blackpool on Easter Monday a couple of years ago.

We have Leeds to thank for this. They trashed Bournemouth on May Day bank holiday in 1991 and, ever since, police forces (on the south coast particularly) have been very wary about BH games.

I guess, on paper, we're a local-ish derby with a probably travelling support of several thousand. The fact that Reading fans are generally some of the better behaved in the division hasn't really been taken into account.

[Compo's Hat]

No daytrippers coming is now a massive bonus for this game.

LOLz at moving a game because of fireworks night though.

[Irvinchangeyaname]

LOLz at moving a game because of fireworks night though.

Whilst I understand your scepticism, Lewes bonfire night is HUGE, one of the biggest in the country. The whole town closes and crammed full with about 40,000 people, most of whom are pissed out their heads.

Added to that, the road the Amex is on is the main road from Brighton to Lewes and so a football match on the same night was always a non-starter.

[Compo's Hat]

LOLz at moving a game because of fireworks night though.

Whilst I understand your scepticism, Lewes bonfire night is HUGE, one of the biggest in the country. The whole town closes and crammed full with about 40,000 people, most of whom are pissed out their heads.

Added to that, the road the Amex is on is the main road from Brighton to Lewes and so a football match on the same night was always a non-starter.

You'd have thought the club would have seen the clash coming and when the FA asked what fixtures to avoid home games on this would have been one.

[T.R.O.L.I.]

You'd have thought the club would have seen the clash coming and when the FA asked what fixtures to avoid home games on this would have been one.

They probably did but it would have been way down the list of "requests" - the reason being (as has been shown) they are able to move the game(s) back by one day.

Compare that with, say, Reading festival - a whole weekend's (including the Monday) event so no football at home that weekend.

[Svlad Cjelli]

Also they maybe could have had a police-freee match that night, but not one that would require policing.

But as TROLI says, they can only request certain things, not demand them, although the police can insist on no games on certain days.

In this case it may simply have been that no-one thought of it - they've never had a stadium on the road to Lewes before so it's only when they got the fixture list that they realised there'd be a problem.

[Red]

Shambles

[pea]

LOLz at moving a game because of fireworks night though.

Whilst I understand your scepticism, Lewes bonfire night is HUGE, one of the biggest in the country. The whole town closes and crammed full with about 40,000 people, most of whom are pissed out their heads.

Added to that, the road the Amex is on is the main road from Brighton to Lewes and so a football match on the same night was always a non-starter.

Add the fact that every train station around Brighton is working far beyond its intended capacity from about 3pm onwards on fireworks night because of Lewes.

Like all the other Sussex Royals I'm really pleased this game has been moved. Means my old man can come too now.

[Terminal Boardom]

Colleague at work who lives in Brighton says that this is due to traffic chaos in and around Brighton every Bank Holiday weekend. Hence the move.