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Work starts on Falmer stadium
9:41am Tuesday 16th December 2008
It’s a sight Albion supporters have waited more than a decade to see.
Diggers were yesterday churning up the earth at Village Way North, Falmer, as contractors got to work on the club’s £65 million stadium.
The Buckingham Group took over the site earlier this month, and an official handover ceremony will take place tomorrow.
Fans who won a lottery draw will be taken to the site by bus from Withdean to witness the historic moment.
Paul Samrah, the chairman of the Falmer For All campaign, said: “To see work already started is truly momentous.
“It really is the beginning of the end of our fight.
“We have had so many setbacks but now we can actually see it with our own eyes.
“It’s fantastic and a testament to all the hard work thousands of people have put in over the years.”
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Sergeant Chisholm, Stomping on Arthur says...
10:46am Tue 16 Dec 08
LOOK it REALLY IS happening despite all the doomongers !!! Good work DK and MP.
mark 62, brighton says...
11:18am Tue 16 Dec 08
NoWaySeriously, Hove says...
11:38am Tue 16 Dec 08
I expect a 40 year delay, though. Probably because Starbucks opened without permission and an old lady got hit by a bus and couldn't get her rib removed on the NHS.
kumquat, London says...
11:52am Tue 16 Dec 08
pw08, Patcham says...
1:47pm Tue 16 Dec 08
This is not a good day. It's a sad day, when we finally witness a triumph of infantilism and self-delusion. We're destroying Falmer to feed this delusion, and we'll never get it back.
As a society and a city, we need to grow up.
davyboy, abingdon, oxon says...
2:10pm Tue 16 Dec 08
mark 62 wrote:the club actually has a very large fan base, most of whom cannot get a ticket to withdean. all they need now is a bit of luck on the pitch, and they will easily get 15000+ at falmer. although i don't get there now, i always follow their results and wish the team well. i have been waiting for this day, and if they are at home when i visit brighton, i will make the effort to get there.
great news, lets hope the club can fill it, when it is completed.
Dufus, Brighton says...
2:24pm Tue 16 Dec 08
mark 62, brighton says...
4:31pm Tue 16 Dec 08
davyboy wrote:really the club have only sold out around twice in two seasons, so how many tried to gets tickets friday, gate was 56oo and capacity is around the 9000, the only way we will get 15000 is by being a championship side, that means investmant in the club , not just playing in the championship, form the youth set up, to the way tickets are sold and advertised, a shake up is needed, or the stadium will have more people there watching concerts.
mark 62 wrote: great news, lets hope the club can fill it, when it is completed.the club actually has a very large fan base, most of whom cannot get a ticket to withdean. all they need now is a bit of luck on the pitch, and they will easily get 15000+ at falmer. although i don't get there now, i always follow their results and wish the team well. i have been waiting for this day, and if they are at home when i visit brighton, i will make the effort to get there.
Brigadier Monty, Burgess Hill says...
5:37pm Tue 16 Dec 08
pw08 wrote:It is people like you that are a stain on BHAFC. This city needs a new stadium to be in the 21st century and it is NIMBYism talk such as this that prevents development and progress that this stadium will bring. You are definitely a minority view in this city.
So, the bulldozers move in at last ... and the Falmer landscape is grubbed up to provide - what? A place where a half-empty stadium can witness a few men kicking a piece of leather? Or even worse gridlock around our city on match days? Or - most likely of all in the current economic climate - a massive scar on the landscape, left behind when the money ran out and the last bloke in a bulldozer was paid off?
This is not a good day. It's a sad day, when we finally witness a triumph of infantilism and self-delusion. We're destroying Falmer to feed this delusion, and we'll never get it back.
As a society and a city, we need to grow up.
The stadium is being built in a BROWN PLOUGHED FIELD not an area of AONB at all, and how will it cause congestion in the city centre when it is on the perimeter?
Greengrocer, Brighton & Hove says...
8:30pm Tue 16 Dec 08
Brigadier Monty wrote:I agree Monty, I'm not a football fan (at all, sorry!) but I'm glad the supporters have their own stadium once again, it gives families & children something to look forward to, as for congestion, it will be far less than when they were based in old shoreham road, that used to be gridlocked, now they will be off a major dual carriageway, and next to a train station, perfect location!
pw08 wrote: So, the bulldozers move in at last ... and the Falmer landscape is grubbed up to provide - what? A place where a half-empty stadium can witness a few men kicking a piece of leather? Or even worse gridlock around our city on match days? Or - most likely of all in the current economic climate - a massive scar on the landscape, left behind when the money ran out and the last bloke in a bulldozer was paid off? This is not a good day. It's a sad day, when we finally witness a triumph of infantilism and self-delusion. We're destroying Falmer to feed this delusion, and we'll never get it back. As a society and a city, we need to grow up.It is people like you that are a stain on BHAFC. This city needs a new stadium to be in the 21st century and it is NIMBYism talk such as this that prevents development and progress that this stadium will bring. You are definitely a minority view in this city. The stadium is being built in a BROWN PLOUGHED FIELD not an area of AONB at all, and how will it cause congestion in the city centre when it is on the perimeter?
Nimby's ruin Brighton unfortunately, and as for the Falmer Village & Lewes lot who opposed it, hahahaha, losers!!
Lawson-land, East Brighton says...
8:35pm Tue 16 Dec 08
Ronald, Hailsham says...
8:58pm Tue 16 Dec 08
serjanus, Brighton says...
10:06pm Tue 16 Dec 08
Cheese Rolls, Shoreham says...
10:36pm Tue 16 Dec 08
Wilftop, Brighton says...
11:16am Wed 17 Dec 08
It looks no worse than all the building work that has happended in the last few years for the uni's.
magoo, Brighton says...
1:06pm Wed 17 Dec 08
pw08 wrote:Make you're mind up. It's either going to be half empty or there's going to be gridlock??
So, the bulldozers move in at last ... and the Falmer landscape is grubbed up to provide - what? A place where a half-empty stadium can witness a few men kicking a piece of leather? Or even worse gridlock around our city on match days? Or - most likely of all in the current economic climate - a massive scar on the landscape, left behind when the money ran out and the last bloke in a bulldozer was paid off?
This is not a good day. It's a sad day, when we finally witness a triumph of infantilism and self-delusion. We're destroying Falmer to feed this delusion, and we'll never get it back.
As a society and a city, we need to grow up.
Portlock Seagull, Maidenhead says...
8:53pm Wed 17 Dec 08
Well done Albion - the club that refused to die. Them NIMBYS took one hell of a beating!
Kit Napier, Hove says...
9:20pm Wed 17 Dec 08
Wont be druv, Sussex says...
11:46pm Wed 17 Dec 08
First it was an AONB. Until someone pointed out that southern water had a sewage works there, someone had built not 1, but two massive universities there, and that the ground would be built next to the motorway next to Brighton Poly (uni -sorry).
Then it was - "but tey only get 6,000 and have no history." This until someone pointed out the cub won the Charity Shield points out, played in the top flight (now premier league) an f.a. cup final, and has had spells like the 70's when 25 to 35,000 ere the order of the day, and even in the lowest tier of football was pulling in 10K.What a club we will have, just look at the towns of sussex and the rural areas too, what a catchment area, fro bognor, to worthing to brighton to newhaven docks to eastbourne to hastings, to burgess hill to crawley, all traditional Albion areas. Just amazing what could be achieved at this club
Now its - "dont let taxpayers pay anything". Its odd, in Australia sport stadia is paid for by the city and a link up with sport and schools is the norm and to me, sounds like a great idea. Still some POMS are never happier unless they are having a whine, whinge and moan.
By the way, do we really have to pay taxes for the arts council. Football pays for itself, its about time the arts started dont we think.. or do we..?
Hard cheese Mr Baker, LDC, and the geography teacher types that like to try and look down their noses at football.
Where are Mr Archer, Mr Stanley and Mr Bellotti now? More importantly can we make sure they are "banned for life" from Falmer - just to make the point.
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Brigadier Monty, Burgess Hill says...
9:48am Tue 16 Dec 08
UP the Albion!!