Football fans are indeed a strange breed.

Imagine the furore there would have been back in the summer of 1988 if the then Albion chairman, Dudley Sizen, had announced that the next year's season ticket prices would be rising by as much as 20 per cent.

Needless to say times have changed because 13 years on the Albion have done just that and I have to say, I don't think they will get that many complaints if the extra money is spent correctly.

The bottom line is that Albion cannot get any more revenue with extra seats next season, 7,000 seats won't magically turn into 10,000 when Bristol City or Stoke City arrive.

The extra income had to be generated from the existing ticket holders and I'm sure the overwhelming majority of season ticket holders won't mind paying more for their seats to watch the Albion play better opposition.

To his credit Martin Perry came on BBC SCR and stated that an "awful lot" of the extra funds realised would go into Micky's playing budget in the summer.

Let's hope "awful lot" is Perryspeak for vast majority, and I personally hope that there is enough money in the coffers to strengthen the side without having to sell Bobby Zamora to finance team building.

Whilst I agree that Albion cannot look a gift horse in the mouth, and if the offer is too good to turn down I wouldn't blame them but how much would be "too good" compared to another promotion campaign with Zamora notching another 30 goals?

I still think Bobby's long-term career development and ultimately his selling price, will be better served by another season with Albion in Division Two, rather than spending the majority of next season sitting in a dugout in either Division One or the Premiership.

The other option would be the 'old chestnut' of new investment. I cannot believe that revitalised Albion are unable to attract someone locally who is willing to join up with Dick Knight, buyout Bill Archer and take the club another stage further.

What about Norman Cook aka Fat Boy Slim? Couldn't he do for the Albion what Elton John did for Watford?

I hope the excellent Brighton matchday magazine receives some sort of recognition when the Division Three programme awards are announced.

Editor Paul Cammillin and his team of writers have produced, without doubt, one of the best ever seasons of programmes since the legendary Tony Millard was behind the typewriter.

Down the years the 'prog' has, at times, been overpriced, self indulgent, patronising and uninformative but none of these accusations can be levelled at the current product.

Scum come in all shapes and sizes and in Worthing we certainly have a group of people to fit that category. My young son played in his first friendly match for Worthing United last Sunday at the Manor Ground and I have to say the amount of unattended dog mess on the grass was a disgrace.

United's under-sevens manager Mark Sanderson deserves a sainthood for clearing the rogue mess from the playing surface before kick-off, but there was still plenty more on the sidelines. Which begs the question, what sort of people just walk away without disposing of their dog mess?

Probably the same people who continually harp on about the younger generation being disrespectful but then expect the same youngsters to play sport in their toilets.