[Albion] Albion Women

[PILTDOWN MAN]

https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/

New coach

 

[Titanic]

Dario Vidosic appointed women's first team head coach.​

Australian agrees contract until 2027.

 

[US Seagull]

37? Clearly too old.

Brighton target top-four WSL finish after making Dario Vidosic new coach

Brighton have appointed the Melbourne City manager Dario Vidosic as their head coach on a contract until 2027

www.theguardian.com

 

[Change at Barnham]

I'm assuming the thread title has been changed by a moderator from "Albion Women" to "Albion Women - new coach Dario Vidosic" in order to draw attention to the big news.

I think the title will need to be changed back after a couple of days to the original title, otherwise we're going to end up with multiple threads again.

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[SAC]

Top four finish! I can't see any out of Chelsea, Man City, Arse and Liverpool finishing outside the top four. 7th is much more realistic.

 

[Kenn]

It's been mentioned several times by Tony Bloom and Paul Barber how hard the club are trying to find our women's team a home ground in the Brighton area, and PB has mentioned that the club hope to have some news to share soon.

For such a major piece of news I'm surprised that there haven't been any leaks about possible sites that the club may have been enquiring about.
If a new stadium or the upgrading of somewhere else was being explored, surely someone must have a neighbour, second cousin, know a bloke down the pub who has heard something?

There seems to be a very good cloak of secrecy around any information.

It seems that Albion's chief operations officer Paul Mullen recently "strongly implied" that it would be next to the Amex here -

 

[Change at Barnham]

It seems that Albion's chief operations officer Paul Mullen recently "strongly implied" that it would be next to the Amex here -

Thanks for that. I hadn't seen that quote, I had only read fans guesses which I suppose are a result of Mullen's quote.
It would be great if we could squeeze in a small stadium somewhere near the Amex (7K/8K perhaps?).

 

[Sergei's Celebration]

Thanks for that. I hadn't seen that quote, I had only read fans guesses which I suppose are a result of Mullen's quote.
It would be great if we could squeeze in a small stadium somewhere near the Amex (7K/8K perhaps?).

I always thought, and I have found no evidence for this so probably made it up in my own tiny mind, that they wanted the field to the south of the stadium. Opposite the car park, the other side of village way.

 

[dazzer6666]

I always thought, and I have found no evidence for this so probably made it up in my own tiny mind, that they wanted the field to the south of the stadium. Opposite the car park, the other side of village way.

Not sure if that’s within the SDNP boundary - if so getting PP might be difficult?

 

[Curious Orange]

Not sure if that’s within the SDNP boundary - if so getting PP might be difficult?

Village Way is the boundary, everything South of that and to the East of the Falmer Road is in the National Park. The pitches just West of the Amex are not in it.

 

[dazzer6666]

Village Way is the boundary, everything South of that and to the East of the Falmer Road is in the National Park. The pitches just West of the Amex are not in it.

Thought so - almost certainly a non-starter then

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Thought so - almost certainly a non-starter then

I've always thought the land opposite the station that is sometimes a rugby pitch but Google Maps tells me is an ultimate frisbee pitch would be the favoured place. Will more than likely mean the relocation of a few uni buildings too but i'm sure that wouldn't be that much of a hurdle.

 

[rippleman]

Thanks for that. I hadn't seen that quote, I had only read fans guesses which I suppose are a result of Mullen's quote.
It would be great if we could squeeze in a small stadium somewhere near the Amex (7K/8K perhaps?).

Depends just how ambitious we are. 7/8K seems small if we will no longer be playing games at the Amex.

Arsenal played 6 home games at the Emirates last season and their lowest attendence for those 6 games was 43K (v Leicester). We played two games at the Amex with a top attendence of just under 7K. However, the Arsenal Emirate games were against Spurs, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man Utd, Liverpool & Villa. So my questions are:-

1) How were Arsenal able to play three times as many home games at the "mens' stadium" than us?

2) Why were our two home games against lower quality opposition? If we want to improve attendences for womens' games at the Amex logic would dictate you pick the teams (Arsenal, Chelsea & Man City) with the global superstars, Lionesses etc to get the bums on seats.

Here are the respective attendences for us and Arsenal last season.

Brighton & Hove Albion Women | Home Attendances | 2023-2024 | Football Web Pages

Live Football Scores, League Tables, Form Guides, Attendances, Latest News and other stats from the Premier League, Football League and Non-League football

www.footballwebpages.co.uk

Arsenal Women | Home Attendances | 2023-2024 | Football Web Pages

Live Football Scores, League Tables, Form Guides, Attendances, Latest News and other stats from the Premier League, Football League and Non-League football

www.footballwebpages.co.uk

We have made some really positive and exciting signings so far this summer. I hope we build a ground of sufficient size to accommodate the growth of the club and the womens game. (And we give a bit more thought to which clubs we host at the Amex next season).

 

[chaileyjem]

Depends just how ambitious we are. 7/8K seems small if we will no longer be playing games at the Amex.

Why won’t we still be playing several games at the Amex ?

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

We're signing a lot of players aren't we?!

 

[chaileyjem]

We're signing a lot of players aren't we?!

Yes. but Didn't we release / sell / let quite a few go at the end of last season too ? - so all to be expected. Such is the nature of WSL football and Albion - a high turnover.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Yes. but Didn't we release / sell / let quite a few go at the end of last season too ? - so all to be expected. Such is the nature of WSL football and Albion - a high turnover.

True fact and I don't think that lack of continuity helps build team cohesion or helps fans bond with the players

 

[tigertim68]

Not sure if that’s within the SDNP boundary - if so getting PP might be difficult?

Not with Labour changing the planning rules it won’t be

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Not with Labour changing the planning rules it won’t be

True - can’t say I agree though

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Think this could be a good year for the ladies