"The Jewel In The Downs"

The new Falmer Stadium is coming along nicely from what I can see - which isn't THAT much really. I'm in the car, you see, driving past on my way to work every day; but now we approach winter, the leaves are coming off the trees and I am starting to get a clearer view of this exciting project.

To get a really good look, it's worth checking in on the Albion website at the Stadium Gallery pages where you can see great images of the construction of this long awaited Home of The Albion.

The skeletons (and some of the meat on the bones) of two of the stands have already gone up and a few of the old University buildings are now being demolished to make way for the other two stands. The large, signature Arch arrived on site a couple of weeks ago now and is being painted ready to top off our very own "Jewel In The Downs".

Opening in August 2011, I'm pretty sure there'll be a bit of a dash for season tickets. Of course the club management have, rightly, said first refusal will go to existing season ticket holders - so, the question for me, as an active coach, is, do I get a season ticket NEXT season (2010/11) so that I'm in pole position to renew for season 2011/12 (which, incidentally, will be 14 - count 'em FOURTEEN years since the last game at The Goldstone; I was there !!)

I was especially impressed to see guys working on the structure this morning on my way to work, BEFORE 7am !!!

Way to go, guys !!

I really hope the club gets you guys there for the first game when they do "The Big Reveal" ("and now you should meet the design team and the guys who made it possible....") "Move that Bus, Move that Bus....."