AlexDon123 wrote:
Looking it up online, their away end can hold 1600 people in it, and reading their forum they’re saying they want at least 3000 tickets at our stadium, so i reckon if they play ball when asking for that much from us, we’ll be able to ask them to give us a decent amount than the minimum 613 they’re obliged to give us in return
Minimum you have to give is 10% of capacity or 2,000, whichever is the greater. As you say, that’s about 600 at Crawley. There’ll be discussions, but I can see them seriously limiting our allocation. We do have leverage though if they want to get into a negotiation.
They won't give us anymore than what they have to. They are not dumb. Plus I am sure like us they will have some Brighton fans who crawl(ey) out the woodwork and maybe some locals who are just bothered when good things happen. The luxury we have is that we have too much space that we can give away team what they want and it doesn't effect the home fans but don't forget the gate money is split four ways after all the play offs. There is not any financial advantage to letting loads of away fans in for any club.