In 1997 the owner of Brighton Hove Albion football club sold the stadium to property developers and made the 95 year old club homeless. The fans rioted at the final game. A ground share with Gillingham FC was distasterous meaning that fans had a 150 mile round trip to see home games. After this the club was brought back to Brighton where it currently resides at a council owned athletics track with a capacity of only 7,000.
The club wants to relocate to a site near the university but awaits the decision of John Prescott. Today's noisy demo saw more fans of the club turn out (on a weekday) than the present stadium actually holds. If the club don't relocate to somewhere bigger their chances of promotion are pretty much fucked. They sell out their present ground every week but due to it's size they still make a loss.
Over 100,000 local people have pleged their support to the proposed new location.
Today's demo was led by a local Samba band and the club's disabled supporters. Spotted in the crowd were Attilla the Stockbroker and Billy Bragg amongst others.