Brighton Away

[L.A. Yiddo]

Afternoon all, I am headed home next month for 3 games and land at LHR the morning of Saturday 8th from Texas with a Spurs supporting mate who has never been to England before.

He lands around 12.30pm and we're hoping to make it down to Brighton for 5.30pm. I've never been to their stadium before and there doesn't seem to be much around the ground. Is there a pub in town the Spurs fans meet up in prior to the game? Also is it relatively easy to get to the stadium from central Brighton?

Thanks in advance.

 

[jonnyrotten]

Hi, used to live in Brighton, it's a great compact city and you'll have a good time.

Not sure about which pubs are popular with away fans but there's a couple of sports boozers on the right hand side of Queens road as you head out from the station.

I much prefer the North Laine though, plenty of decent independent boozers and good places to eat. I'd probably head down through the North Laine, then the Lanes to the Seafront (your mate has to go on the pier if he's never been to England). The Prince Albert, Battle of Trafalgar and Evening Star are the best pubs right near Brighton Station if you just want to stay around there.

AMEX stadium is a 10 minute train ride from Brighton, so pretty easy to get there. There's a uni campus and not really any drinking spots besides the ground, but there is a good away fans section and bar that I'm sure will be pretty busy.

 

[L.A. Yiddo]

Thank you so much @jonnyrotten for that reply. If we can get our arses down there on time we’ll try and hit the seafront! Superb tips for the rest. Thank you so much again

 

[Yiddo1982]

Have you managed to get tickets?

 

[L.A. Yiddo]

Have you managed to get tickets?

Hi @Yiddo1982 , as far as I know I have two thankfully!

 

[Yiddo1982]

Cool. Have fun. I am a season ticket holder and live in Brighton - but never been close to getting Brighton away tickets. I tend to bunk in the home end. Brighton aren’t exactly a rough lot. They all support United anyway

 

[razor1981]

RMT have just confirmed a rail strike on Saturday 8th October. Given that Brighton v Palace was postponed due to a previous rail strike, do we now expect this one to be postponed/moved as well?

This is from Brighton's official statement after the Palace match was postponed:

"The decision follows exceptional circumstances relating to the planned industrial action on the rail network, with authorities unable to sanction the fixture to be played with no public transport available for supporters.

"The Premier League has consulted with both clubs, police, the SAG for Brighton & Hove City Council and other relevant authorities in exploring alternative plans but all have agreed there was no other option but to postpone the fixture."

 

[Saoirse]

RMT have just confirmed a rail strike on Saturday 8th October. Given that Brighton v Palace was postponed due to a previous rail strike, do we now expect this one to be postponed/moved as well?

This is from Brighton's official statement after the Palace match was postponed:

"The decision follows exceptional circumstances relating to the planned industrial action on the rail network, with authorities unable to sanction the fixture to be played with no public transport available for supporters.

"The Premier League has consulted with both clubs, police, the SAG for Brighton & Hove City Council and other relevant authorities in exploring alternative plans but all have agreed there was no other option but to postpone the fixture."

Probably, yes. Brighton's ground is very inaccessible by other means. It could make sense actually to move it forward to the Friday night - we're playing the previous Tuesday so it's still enough of a gap and avoids the train issues.

 

[L.A. Yiddo]

Oh FFS you’re kidding. The utter bastards….

 

[kernowspurscoach1977]

Oh FFS you’re kidding. The utter bastards….

For clarification I disliked this because I wholeheartedly agree with collective bargaining z ( strike if required) to try and get better working conditions.

a strike is truly a last resort and no worker wants to do this as they lose pay for a start .
for you to then search out my last post - which was a quip in the Leicester match day post is truly childish.
Ratings on my posts don’t bother me one bit - childish retaliatory behaviour however..

 

[L.A. Yiddo]

For clarification I disliked this because I wholeheartedly agree with collective bargaining z ( strike if required) to try and get better working conditions.

a strike is truly a last resort and no worker wants to do this as they lose pay for a start .
for you to then search out my last post - which was a quip in the Leicester match day post is truly childish.
Ratings on my posts don’t bother me one bit - childish retaliatory behaviour however..

Hahah "a last resort". The RMT have been screwing the British taxpayer and Londoners in particular since I was a kid in the 80s. From that odious prick Bob Crow to today. 'Better working conditions', you and I both know the only thing that the RMT members want is more and more money in their back pocket and will use any little excuse to strike to get it. 'Strike as a last resort', you call me childish and you write that!

I just hope that every single one of those RMT jobs dies as technology gets better. Full train automation for London would truly be a great thing, and seeing these RMT tossers without a job would be even better.

 

[14/04/91]

Hahah "a last resort". The RMT have been screwing the British taxpayer and Londoners in particular since I was a kid in the 80s. From that odious prick Bob Crow to today. 'Better working conditions', you and I both know the only thing that the RMT members want is more and more money in their back pocket and will use any little excuse to strike to get it. 'Strike as a last resort', you call me childish and you write that!

I just hope that every single one of those RMT jobs dies as technology gets better. Full train automation for London would truly be a great thing, and seeing these RMT tossers without a job would be even better.

And it’s just a massive coincidence that they strike when a Tory govt are in power. Not politically motivated at all.

They’re resorting to weekend strikes now too. Strikes during the week aren’t particularly effective as most commuters can wfh. So now they try to disrupt football and massive charity events like the London marathon. Bless them.

 

[Saoirse]

Maybe if everyone was willing to forego pay, be brutalised in the national press, and become public enemies by taking strike action, we wouldn't all have such poor wages to cope with the ever spiralling cost of living. I'd much rather my train fares went to the workers (many of whom, the drivers aside, are not at all well paid) than to Avanti's executives and shareholders anyway.

 

[SirHarryHotspur]

RMT are out on 8th not ASLEF, so would depend on which rail companies serve the local station which looks like Southern and according to info at moment they are not one of the companies involved.

 

[L.A. Yiddo]

Maybe if everyone was willing to forego pay, be brutalised in the national press, and become public enemies by taking strike action, we wouldn't all have such poor wages to cope with the ever spiralling cost of living. I'd much rather my train fares went to the workers (many of whom, the drivers aside, are not at all well paid) than to Avanti's executives and shareholders anyway.

$57K to push a lever. 43 paid holidays a year. Full retirement at 60. Yep it's a real hardship. My London put it well here:

Following a Freedom of Information (FOI) request made by MyLondon to Transport for London in early 2021, the annual wage of a full-time Tube driver was revealed as £56,496.

This was based on the financial year from April 1, 2019, to March 31, 2020, with 3,271 drivers said to earn this amount, not including bonuses.

Tube drivers part of the job-share scheme earned £28,248, while part-time drivers earned a salary of £25,824.

Perks of the job include 43 days of holiday a year, free annual Tube pass for you and your other half and retirement at 60 with a full pension or on a reduced pension at 50.

 

[kernowspurscoach1977]

$57K to push a lever. 43 paid holidays a year. Full retirement at 60. Yep it's a real hardship. My London put it well here:

Following a Freedom of Information (FOI) request made by MyLondon to Transport for London in early 2021, the annual wage of a full-time Tube driver was revealed as £56,496.

This was based on the financial year from April 1, 2019, to March 31, 2020, with 3,271 drivers said to earn this amount, not including bonuses.

Tube drivers part of the job-share scheme earned £28,248, while part-time drivers earned a salary of £25,824.

Perks of the job include 43 days of holiday a year, free annual Tube pass for you and your other half and retirement at 60 with a full pension or on a reduced pension at 50.

La Yiddo - more like Tory boy.
I guess you get sucked into all the media bs.

I also think it’s shameful you wish to see anyone unemployed - speaks volumes of you as a person. Do you think the same about all of the others who are striking or gearing up to strike?
nurses
Barristers
Firefighters
Postal workers
Teachers
Bus drivers
Bakers
Police (action short of)

i guess we should all be grateful that the mps have allowed themselves a pay rise.

btw

the railway strikes are also about the changing of the pension, the loss of jobs, the changing of working hours and other many terms and conditions that is left out of the the media and disciples of grant schapps/Tory governments like you lap up and preach.

Of course when a strike takes place the whole point of it is to have maximum impact otherwise what’s the point?

That’s my final word on it - as off topic massively now - as they say you can’t educate pork and I would put you in that category - as for searching out my last post to dislike to in retaliation - truly sad!

 

[Saoirse]

$57K to push a lever. 43 paid holidays a year. Full retirement at 60. Yep it's a real hardship. My London put it well here:

Following a Freedom of Information (FOI) request made by MyLondon to Transport for London in early 2021, the annual wage of a full-time Tube driver was revealed as £56,496.

This was based on the financial year from April 1, 2019, to March 31, 2020, with 3,271 drivers said to earn this amount, not including bonuses.

Tube drivers part of the job-share scheme earned £28,248, while part-time drivers earned a salary of £25,824.

Perks of the job include 43 days of holiday a year, free annual Tube pass for you and your other half and retirement at 60 with a full pension or on a reduced pension at 50.

1) It's not even the tube on strike that day, it's train staff.
2) Most of the staff on strike are not drivers, and are much lower-paid.
3) Drivers only earn that much because they've been willing to fight for it; it shows that their companies can pay a good wage and still be profitable, and the rest of us should hold our own employers to the same standards.

 

[McFlash]

Way to derail a thread guys!

Fuck's sake. Someone asking for advice for an away match has descended into political dick waving and name calling.

Piss off back to the politics thread, losers! ?

 

[SirHarryHotspur]

Surely all that's needed are extra bus/coach services to replace trains if Southern is affected, Brighton need this game played or they will fall two games behind.

Brighton issue Tottenham statement as rail strike planned for Roberto De Zerbi's first home match

Brighton and Hove Albion's match against Tottenham at the Amex Stadium on October 8 is set to be disrupted by rail strikes.

www.sussexexpress.co.uk

 

[DCSPUR64]

Thames link ran ok during the last strike when we played Wolves at home.
Hopefully it all goes ahead ok.
And we get 3 points.