Albion fans will be out in force at Leeds on Saturday for one of the glamour away games of the season.

Nic Outterside, together with a small group of like-minded Seagulls supporters, however, will not be amongst them in West Yorkshire.

They are off instead to North Wales for a fixture they regard as more significant in the wider picture than any result Mark McGhee's side might achieve at Elland Road.

Thousands of fans from all over the country are putting aside tribal differences in a day of unity for clubs on the brink of financial ruin.

They will descend on the Racecourse Ground for Wrexham's game against Doncaster in a mass display of solidarity, urging the FA and Football League to act now before clubs go out of existence.

More Albion supporters were due to make the same journey until an unexpected fixture clash.

Outterside said: "It has been a real heartache. It was a free weekend, then the Leeds fixture was rearranged, which is a juicy one for Brighton fans. We estimate up to a dozen of us are still going."

Albion were the founders of the Fans United movement. Outterside, a 48-year-old publisher, became involved when he attended the first Fans United day against Hartlepool at the Goldstone in February, 1997.

Two more followed, against fellow sufferers Doncaster a year later during the groundshare with Gillingham and away to crisis club Chester in January 1999.

Two months ago, more than 10,000 fans gathered at the Racecourse Ground for another Fans United day to draw attention to Wrexham's own plight.

The 132-year-old club are in administration, have been docked ten points by the Football League, and face eviction in July.

Unless a buyer is found, Wrexham will become the first football league club to go out of existence since Aldershot in 1992.

Many blame owner Alex Hamilton, who wants to sell the ground for over £6million to property developers and has served an eviction notice.

Wrexham are not alone. Clubs the length and breadth of the country face uncertain futures.

Leeds were on the brink of administration themselves until the takeover by former Chelsea owner Ken Bates.

Several others have come close to collapse in the past year, including Bradford, York and Notts County.

Newcastle-based Outterside said: "It is 12 years since Aldershot went bust and in that time many other clubs have gone to the brink.

"In many cases these crises have been due to mismanagement or sheer greed by club owners or chairmen.

"When we lost our own ground, sold by chairman Bill Archer to build a retail park, we came within inches of going out of existence. Even now our club is homeless and survives on a season by season basis.

"The danger of Wrexham folding is real and others are close behind in what could be a domino effect which would see many towns lose their clubs forever."

The game against Doncaster is particularly poignant. The South Yorkshire club were themselves on the brink of extinction when they played Albion in 1998, with spiralling debts, relegation to the Vauxhall Conference and their owner Ken Richardson jailed for conspiring to set fire to the club's grandstand.

Pledges of support for Saturday's event have been pouring in. More than 70 clubs have advertised it on their official websites.

Several others, including Premier League champions Arsenal, have featured it in their match day programme.

Over 20 fans from Chester have promised to make the 14 mile journey across the Welsh border to stand shoulder to shoulder with their arch rivals.

Fans of QPR are hiring a coach to travel up from London. They will be joined by at least 100 from Bradford City, 50 representing Barnsley and 40 from Chesterfield, a hat-trick of clubs close to ruin in recent years.

Outterside said: "The pledges of support have been absolutely amazing. We estimate this could be the biggest display of football fan unity this country has ever seen."