Graham Potter Brighton
Posted in2021-2022-Season Daily News

#PLStories- Graham Potter reveals how he led a Brighton fans’ chant at the Amex after Manchester United win #BHAFC

May 15, 2022
Graham Potter said he was happy to show fans another side of his character – after he led a chant outside the Amex. The Albion boss was surrounded by supporters who were still celebrating the 4-0 win over Manchester United as he made his way to the car park last Saturday evening. The call went up for Potter to give them a song. To the fans’ surprise, Potter stopped, asked for quiet and then, after a dramatic pause, roared: “Seeeeguuuullllssss!” It was a moment which will go into Albion fans’ folklore.   My Manager ❤️ #BHAFC pic.twitter.com/aL0OxAfpmd — Marcus Chisholm (@ChisholmMarcus) May 8, 2022 Put a silk scarf on his wrist and he could have easily passed for a terrace leader in the North Stand at the Goldstone back in the 1970s. The moment quickly went viral on Twitter and was even shown at the club’s awards night on Monday. In a light-hearted part of his pre-Leeds press conference yesterday, Potter told The Argus: “I couldn’t get back to my car. That was the only way so I had no choice, essentially!” BRIGHTON EXPECT HOSTILE RECEPTION AT LEEDS With a laugh, he added: “I am actually an all-right person, you know? I have got a bit of emotion now and again and I am quite good company if you spend it out of this situation, I’d like to think! “My role is help the team and I have to try and be myself to help the team in the best way I can. “I’ve always said I don’t think it’s good to show no emotion at all. “I think I have shown emotion over the last three years and sometimes not in a good way. “But after you beat Manchester United 4-0 and play the way we did and you see the supporters and you feel their frustration over a season and the home record, sometimes it’s nice to walk through them and act like a bit of an idiot!”
Amex Stadium Brighton
Posted in2021-2022-Season Daily News

#PLStories- Brighton chief executive and deputy chairman Paul Barber reveal plans for fan advisory board #BHAFC

January 26, 2022
It will be chaired by head of supporter services Jenny Gower and will be made up of eight fan representatives. They will discuss and make recommendations on key issues such as club vision and stability; equality, diversity and inclusion; matchday experience home and away; ticketing, including pricing; stadium catering and hospitality and communications with supporters. They will look at ways to build the fan base. Community work, charity partnerships, club traditions and heritage and environmental issues will also come under their remit. The fans will meet with some of the club’s most senior executives up to four times per season, including one meeting with the club’s main board of directors, to provide feedback on various fan topics. Albion expect a lot of interest in the venture and are already welcoming feedback and ideas via emails sent to [email protected]. The club say the eight fans will be “reflective of the diverse nature of the fanbase of our men’s and women’s fans”. Candidates will need to be either a season ticket holder for the men’s or women’s first team, a 1901 Club member or a MyAlbion+ member. BRIGHTON REVEAL 2022-23 SEASON TICKET INFO All 1901 Club members, season ticket holders and members will then be invited to vote for their preferred candidates. Albion chief executive and deputy chairman Paul Barber said: “The fan advisory board is designed to build on the regular fans’ forums that we hold in person and online each season, and also the constant dialogue we have with fans through our responses to the many thousands of letters, emails and phone calls we receive each season. “We now want to further update and improve our fan engagement to ensure that views, opinions and ideas on a variety of topics are formally heard, recorded and open to an even wider and representative cross-section of fans throughout the season.”
Ralph Hasenhuttl
Posted in2021-2022-Season Daily News

#PLStories- Ralph Hasenhuttl praises ‘unbelievable’ Saints fans #SAINTSFC

December 29, 2021
RALPH Hasenhuttl was full of praise for the St Mary’s crowd after they helped carry their side over the line in their Premier League draw with Tottenham. Saints’ energy and frantic defending was matched by fervor in the crowd, with the St Mary’s faithful fully behind their team as they battled for a share of the spoils against a persistent Spurs side. Hasenhuttl revealed that he believed that the atmosphere was amongst the best he had experienced at St Mary’s since arriving in 2018. The Austrian stated: “I’m very tired after the game, but happy, super happy with what I have seen. “I am so grateful for the fans in the stadium. The atmosphere we had here today I think was one of the best since I have been here. “It was unbelievable. They pushed us, they were fighting with us, they were pushing us until the end after our fantastic first-half.” "Overall, especially our home form, this is much better. "We love to play now here with this crowd, it wasn’t always there and it wasn’t always like this, but we get more and more atmosphere and more and more positive support from the fans because we deliver. "We try to give them all our passion and all our effort and we really appreciate them." Also receiving praise from the boss was the Saints side, as Hasenhuttl’s side more than matched Spurs despite going down to ten-men. "After our fantastic first half, even with ten men, we deserve to get something because we had been so good,” continued Hasenhuttl. “We were fighting and working hard, against all the issues we had, with the COVID cases forty-eight hours before a game, where you do everything, you’re one man down for nearly sixty minutes, and you play with Yan Valery as a centre-back in a back-four. “I cannot be more proud of seeing a team with one man down, fighting so hard.” The points means Saints end 2021 on an unbeaten streak of three games, with the side taking five points from three tough fixtures. The result was sweetened by the fact that Norwich and Watford failed to make up any ground with defeats to Crystal Palace and West Ham, Saints’ last two opponents. Saints rise up to 13th in the league table, ahead of another crucial game in the relegation picture when they host Newcastle on Sunday.
Graham Potter Brighton
Posted in2021-2022-Season Daily News

#PLStories- Graham Potter has sympathies with fans on Brighton’s 8pm Boxing Day kick-off #BHAFC

December 24, 2021
Graham Potter feels for Albion and Brentford fans over their unpopular Boxing Day kick-off time. Seagulls and Bees go head to head at the Amex at 8pm. Albion have laid on a range of extra travel options, which can be seen at brightonandhovealbion.com. Head coach Potter said: “I feel for the supporters. “I’m not sure it is the best time if I am being polite. “It is a lot for them in terms of the challenges they will have in getting to the ground. “I understand the club has done a really good job in terms of help in trying to help get them there, travel plans, but clearly it is not the best. “As a supporter you want to be there at 3pm or midday. “Get a bit of air, have a day at the football, but it is not to be. GRAHAM POTTER'S BRIGHTON V BRENTFORD PRESS CONFERENCE “But I’m sure that the guys that are there are the ones that will support us, they always do. “They will get behind the team but it’s not a great time and I feel for them in terms of the time of the kick-off.”
Graham Potter Brighton
Posted in2020-2021-Season Daily News

#PLStories- #GrahamPotter is unsure what to expect as Albion fans return to the Amex #BHAFC

May 18, 2021
Albion head coach Graham Potter is not sure what to expect when fans return to the Amex tomorrow night to see them face the Premier League champions Manchester City (7pm). 8,000 Seagulls supporters will be in attendance as they face Pep Guardiola’s side in their penultimate game of the season. However, Potter knows it is going to be a momentous ocassion. He said: "It is (going to be a good day). "It's going to be strange, emotional I don’t know how it is going to be. "We have been away from the supporters for so long, you don't even get a feel for what they think really but we have just been trying to carry on winning games and we have missed that feedback you usually get with them in the ground “Supporters have made it quite clear when they are not happy and when they are happy and that is the beauty of football. "So we have missed that a lot and I don't think we could have asked for a better game to play to be honest. “Man City, the champions, the best team and hopefully everyone can come down and enjoy live football, which is wonderful." Potter was asked if he has had to remind his players about playing the game and not the occasion? To which he replied: "Well I think they are human beings, that have missed the crowd for a long time and we hope there is that connection between the fans and the players because that is the best thing about football. “You only have to see how the home advantage has disappeared without them a crowd pretty much which does not surprise me at all. “We hope that when we get there we can play well enough to get the crowd into the game. “I’m sure they will be supportive, but it helps them if we play well. So that is what we will try to do. “The emotion of the crowd and the emotion of the game is something we have missed. "So that is going to be interesting to see because both teams will have to adapt to the crowd again because we have been without them for so long and that is going to be interesting to factor that no one knows how it is going to go.
Ralph Hasenhuttl
Posted in2020-2021-Season Daily News

#PLStories- #RalphHasenhuttl believes return of fans will be ‘massive’ for Saints #SAINTSFC

May 18, 2021
BOSS Ralph Hasenhuttl insisted tomorrow’s return of fans to St Mary’s will be “an amazing atmosphere” as Saints end their home schedule against Leeds United. The south coast side will welcome back 8,000 of their supporters to the ground following the easing of the government’s coronavirus restrictions. Saints last had fans in attendance back in December when the government’s COVID-19 tier system was in place. But following another national lockdown, Hasenhuttl expressed his emotion when asked what it would be like to have live spectators returning. He said: “There is no question that football is nothing without fans. “I mean it was too long now missing them and we are really absolutely happy that we get 8,000 now. “It will be an amazing atmosphere I think because 8,000 is huge, a huge number, because I think last time we had 2,000 and there was also a very good feeling. “So 8,000 will be massive for us and a good first step, so as not to overload us with emotions, I think. “This is a special moment for every player, I think, and especially when you start it with a home game I think it can definitely push you, yes.” Saints were beaten 3-0 by Leeds when they travelled to Elland Road back in February. Second-half goals from Patrick Bamford, Stuart Dallas and Raphinha paved the way for Marcelo Bielsa’s troops. But Hasenhuttl, whose side overcame Sheffield United in front of their supporters earlier this season, would love to reward the Saints faithful with another success. “It was also against Sheffield when we won at home 3-0, it was an amazing moment for us,” said the Austrian boss. “It’s a completely different situation if you win a game and celebrate together with the fans. “It’s definitely something completely different. “It will be also on the pitch be a different stressing situation because it’s louder, it’s noisier but I hope we get the support from them that helps us to be in the end physically stronger than the opponent. “I think It's important for us to show our better face in the final games of the season. “That helps us definitely for maybe ending up in a position and also having a better pre-season.”
Fraser Forster
Posted in2020-2021-Season Daily News

#PLStories- #FraserFoster and other Saints players excited to see fans return to St Mary’s #SAINTSFC

May 18, 2021
SAINTS players are excited to see supporters finally return to St Mary's tomorrow evening after five long months away. A limited number of fans were permitted for two home matches in December, when Saints beat Sheffield United before losing to Manchester City. But after tighter coronavirus restrictions were subsequently introduced, no supporters have been allowed in to St Mary's since. That will all change tomorrow night, with 8,000 permitted for the visit of Leeds United, Saints' final home game of the season. "Obviously it will be huge to have the fans back in," goalkeeper Fraser Forster told the Daily Echo. "It will be fantastic. It’s been a long season so having the fans back will be great and hopefully we can put in a good performance for them in that game." Nathan Tella notched his first senior Saints goal in front of the empty St Mary's stands on Saturday, in a 3-1 win over Fulham. Looking ahead to the prospect of adding to his tally with supporters in attendance on Tuesday night, Tella said: "If I can get another goal it would be a great feeling. "I’m just happy that the fans are going to be back, because they're massive. Bring on Tuesday!"