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Have you noticed that many Albion fans on this board have given credit where it is due and acknowledged Palace’s resurgence under Allardyce? Indeed, when Palace won promotion, a special thread was created on NSC, by the Mods, to enable fans of both clubs to exchange pleasantries, and on that thread Albion fans (grudgingly, of course, but it was done) congratulated Palace.
Compare that with the BBS, where not a single word of congratulation has been recorded. Rather, from that quarter, we have seen nothing but vile and bitter outpourings.
Albion’s promotion to the Premier League is the culmination of twenty years of rebuilding from scratch. Yes, the club has depended on the largesse of a single man, but that man is a lifelong Albion fan. Success has been achieved by capitalising on the chairman’s investment, not on the backs of creditors’ money. Yet all we hear from Palace is that Albion have “bought” promotion, that promotion has been achieved by indebtedness, and that, consequently, the achievement that is promotion to the top-flight has been shamefully tarnished.
I tell you what does tarnish a promotion. Leaving two administrations aside, an episode like Poogate tarnishes the reputation of a club, not just its on-field success. It was the reputation of the Albion that people at Palace, to the very top of its hierarchy, knowing the truth of the matter all along, were happy to see dragged through the mud. Once the truth came out, there was no apology from anyone at Crystal Palace and no corrective coverage from the media (which had been happy to make a story out of Poogate when it was believed that Palace had been wronged).
We were somehow remiss, apparently, in not massaging the needy insecurities of the average Brighton fans. Our mistake was to not acknowledge the fine effort of BHAFC to finally overcome the odds of cheating parachute payment and rich benefactor clubs and secure a place in the top flight. All coming in at a mere third of a billion pounds and crippling losses every year. A promotion that will perhaps not only bring their fans joy in terms of football itself, but one that might protect their proud record of staying within their self selected FFP guidelines, thereby protecting their right to condescend and chastise all and sundry.
Let's right these wrongs. Well done, classy Brighton, well done. Please ensure you leave your messages of 'right way congratulations' here.
Have you noticed that many Albion fans on this board have given credit where it is due and acknowledged Palace’s resurgence under Allardyce? Indeed, when Palace won promotion, a special thread was created on NSC, by the Mods, to enable fans of both clubs to exchange pleasantries, and on that thread Albion fans (grudgingly, of course, but it was done) congratulated Palace.
Compare that with the BBS, where not a single word of congratulation has been recorded. Rather, from that quarter, we have seen nothing but vile and bitter outpourings.
Albion’s promotion to the Premier League is the culmination of twenty years of rebuilding from scratch. Yes, the club has depended on the largesse of a single man, but that man is a lifelong Albion fan. Success has been achieved by capitalising on the chairman’s investment, not on the backs of creditors’ money. Yet all we hear from Palace is that Albion have “bought” promotion, that promotion has been achieved by indebtedness, and that, consequently, the achievement that is promotion to the top-flight has been shamefully tarnished.
I tell you what does tarnish a promotion. Leaving two administrations aside, an episode like Poogate tarnishes the reputation of a club, not just its on-field success. It was the reputation of the Albion that people at Palace, to the very top of its hierarchy, knowing the truth of the matter all along, were happy to see dragged through the mud. Once the truth came out, there was no apology from anyone at Crystal Palace and no corrective coverage from the media (which had been happy to make a story out of Poogate when it was believed that Palace had been wronged).
We were somehow remiss, apparently, in not massaging the needy insecurities of the average Brighton fans. Our mistake was to not acknowledge the fine effort of BHAFC to finally overcome the odds of cheating parachute payment and rich benefactor clubs and secure a place in the top flight. All coming in at a mere third of a billion pounds and crippling losses every year. A promotion that will perhaps not only bring their fans joy in terms of football itself, but one that might protect their proud record of staying within their self selected FFP guidelines, thereby protecting their right to condescend and chastise all and sundry.
Let's right these wrongs. Well done, classy Brighton, well done. Please ensure you leave your messages of 'right way congratulations' here.
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