Brighton striker Craig Mackail-Smith in action at the Amex Stadium
Ipswich Town fans will enjoy home comforts at The Amex Stadium
By Stuart Watson
Friday, February 24, 2012
4:14 PM
IPSWICH Town fans are heading down to Brighton en masse tomorrow – and they are sure to enjoy a warm welcome at the south coast club’s new Amex Stadium.
Blues fans snapped up their maximum ticket allocation – close to 2,500 – for tomorrow’s game weeks in advance, a combination of improved form and the chance to visit a new stadium proving a draw.
The Seagulls moved into their purpose built 22,374 capacity Amex Stadium at the start of this season following 12 years of ‘temporary’ residence at The Withdean Stadium.
With the latter built primarily for athletics events, supporters found themselves seated a long way from the action – none more so than away fans, many of whom took binoculars to watch the action. Indeed, The Observer newspaper once voted it the fourth worst stadium in the UK.
However, making up for lost time, the south coast club have gone out of their way to accommodate visiting fans at their new home.
The away concourse is lit up in the colours of the opposition, a beer local to the visitors is made available at the bar and away fans are encouraged to mingle with their Brighton counterparts long after the game.
By no means complete, parts of the stadium – particularly the corners – still look bare, while the roads leading towards the ground can become congested at peak times. The design makes for good acoustics though, while it is easy walking distance from Falmer train station.
– For full match preview, see tomorrow’s EADT.
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6 comments
Well he might have done English and not French at school.
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JOHN BURLS
Monday, February 27, 2012
You beat me to it Roger, Didn't you journalists do English? Thought it might have been a pre-requisite of the job. Oh well.
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FXT Canary
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Mingle with our counterparts, yes, that's how it should be, but we don't get much mingling at our home games do we, time some of the little yobs spoiling for trouble grew up.
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JOHN BURLS
Saturday, February 25, 2012
what a delightful name for a football stadium Perhaps Portman Road could be named aftater a debt collection agency
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Rob Steroo
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Nice touches from Brighton for the away fans !
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ruralrob
Saturday, February 25, 2012
I think that, in your first line, it should be 'en masse' not 'on mass'. Doh!
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Roger Tricker
Friday, February 24, 2012