Our Second Day At The South Coast We Spent In Brighton.
Here I am at the Falmer Stadium, known for sponsorship purposes as the American Express Community Stadium or Amex for short.
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This stadium opened in 2011. |
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Last season they won promotion to the Premier League. So to celebrate the players are having a special training session on the pitch for fans to watch. |
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I have a bought a special pin to mark my visit to another of the 92 grounds. |
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The seats are all padded and you have lots of leg space. |
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Normally training is behind closed doors at a special facility in Lancing. |
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Time to take the official tour of the stadium.
Guess what? There were more Coventry City supporters on our tour than Brighton supporters, great!
Hospitality areas first.
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One of the banqueting areas. The ceiling has a wave design to help you remember you are near the sea. |
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The 1901 club (the year the club was formed) and HB's restaurant named in tribute to Harry Bloom a former vice chairman of the club. |
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What a great view of the pitch. |
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One of the executive boxes. This one is for American Express and it has a whole wall picture made of credit cards.
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Out to the pitch. |
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Great view! |
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Time to try some of the seats out at different heights and angles. |
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Right at the very back. |
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The club have had to spend a lot of money adding extra lighting, and upgrading TV studios and other extras to get them ready to play in the Premier league.
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Next to the Changing rooms.
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Away first. How plain and boring. |
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Very basic!
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But just across the hall. |
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Past the tunnel and entrance to the pitch. |
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This is a bit more like it. |
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The home changing rooms. |
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The tactics area. |
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Ice baths. I wouldn't like to go in one of these.
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The treatment area.
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The kitchen. |
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Drinks area. |
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After the match, the press are waiting! |
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Into the Media Conference centre. |
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Man of the Match.
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My team were great today! |
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So many boring questions! |
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Thank you, no more questions! |
Time to head out to the pitch.
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Pretending to be the manager. |
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Rubbish! |
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Referee I am not impressed! |
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The half way line view. |
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A new TV studio suite that is just having the finishing touches added. |
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Let's take a corner. |
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It's a very nice stadium, capacity 30,750. |
Finally the Museum.
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There are all sorts of things to look at from trophies, shirts, to old programmes, and other memorabilia. |
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A Brighton fans bedroom, with everything you could possibly think of. |
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A replica model of the Goldstone Ground home to the club between 1902 and 1997. |
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A model of the Withdean Stadium, home from 1999 to the club after moving from Goldstone to the Amex in 2011. |
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The actual headboard from the Seagulls Express train that took hundreds of fans to away game in the 1970's. |
Time to head down the sea front.
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Here's the harbour.
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Can you see the sea gull photo bombing me?
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Brighton Pier.
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There are lots of slot machines and video games in here. |
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We walked all the way to the end of the pier. |
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Here's the view of the sea front from the pier. |
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Here's the view the other side. |
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Time for a chill, in a famous British deck chair. |
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Lots of people are enjoying the beach today.
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Finally a look at the Royal Pavilion. |
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