I understand it may now only be a matter of days before the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister announces the decision on the site of Brighton and Hove Albion's new stadium.

It strikes me, though, that those opposed to a stadium being built at Falmer must clearly have prior knowledge of a "yes" decision or they would not be clutching at straws in their letters to The Argus, quoting inaccurate or misleading information.

Rev Rob Esdaile (Letters, October 5), seems to suggest 22,000 fans and their vehicles would be too much for the existing infrastructure - conveniently ignoring the park-and-ride proposals and additional car parking available at the university.

Has Rev Esdaile not looked across the road from his home at Station Approach? This may give him a clue as to how the majority of fans will travel to matches - using public transport.

On the same letters page Angela Rowland took the view that this site would be better served by building much-needed housing.

I understand that this site will be built upon in the future irrespective of the outcome of John Prescott's decision and if housing is built, it will have a more damaging impact on the environment.

Two more anti-stadium letters were published on Saturday. The first, from David Pritchard,

advocated that the Basil Spence-designed university buildings have stood the test of time and blend in with the area.

I fail to see how a sprawling university campus is more pleasant than a state-of-the-art football stadium which takes up an area or five per cent of that of the existing university.

The last letter, from Dave Beard, beggars belief. He complains that no one in the Lewes District Council area was asked to vote in a referendum.

This is because the stadium is not in Falmer village and is within the boundaries of Brighton and Hove, adjacent to existing university buildings.

On his second point, the reason no one mentions the retail park necessary to fund this stadium is because there is no retail park in any of the plans.

However emotive writers of letters to your paper are, I do wish they would stick to facts rather than fantasy.

-John Hilditch, Southwick