It is no great surprise the anywhere-but-Falmer brigade are still promoting stadium sites rejected years ago by various public enquiries - but JM Hawkins's espousal of Toads Hole Valley is pitiful.

None of the advantages which are suggested exists.

Firstly, the Falmer site will not be part of the proposed South Downs National Park, so where is the pressure to sort it out quickly?

Next, yes, Toads Hole Valley is part of an Area Of Oustanding Natural Beauty but so is Falmer, although it's hard to imagine why.

Toads Hole Valley is no oil painting but Falmer is a useless field so polluted by the constant traffic it isn't even used for grazing animals.

While Toads Hole Valley is south of the bypass, so is the Falmer site, even if JM Hawkins hints it isn't.

It lies south of the A27, west of Woodingdean Road (and what used to be Falmer village before the A27 split it in two) and, crucially, right next to Falmer railway station.

Public transport to Toads Hole Valley is almost non-existent.

Experience at new stadiums such as those at Reading and Stoke shows grounds built a long way from railway stations lead to appalling road traffic problems.

Toads Hole Valley, like Waterhall, Sheepcote Valley and the numerous other rejected sites would be no different.

No other club in the country has had to suffer like Albion in the search for a new stadium.

In the vast majority of cases, locals have welcomed the developments. Sussex, however, is affected more than most by nimbyism.

Lewes District Council should hang their heads in shame and I urge all Albion fans there to vote against the present incumbents at the 2007 elections.

We need to show the strength of feeling among Seagulls supporters on this ridiculously delayed project.

-Jason Goodchild, Shoreham