The departure of Peter Taylor highlights one reason why Albion's quest for Falmer should not be rushed ahead and needs careful consideration. The transient nature of football manager and players demonstrates how tenuous the link between a community and a football club is.
One would like to say it is the fans that are permanent but any fan like myself will know how many current season ticket-holders did not go near the club for years and also how few seem to actually live in the area.
Emails to councillors from Saudi Arabia and New York are hardly pleas from locals.
-David Rogers, Gladstone Terrace, Brighton
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