What with it being just two
weeks since our last visit to the Amex, we decided to head
up to a number of vantage points around Falmer in order to
photograph the near-completed stadium shell from the
distance. Two things were very striking - that, when the
club said it would "blend into the
surroundings", they were talking absolute tripe. And
when the opposition said it would be "spoil an area
of outstanding natural beauty", they were talking an
equal amount of rubbish. As our pictures show, it looks a
truly stunning structure on the Sussex landscape. On a
closer inspection, the West Stand exterior is now all up,
the main part of the bridge at Falmer station is erected
and it surely won't be long until the stadium has reached
the point where you will no longer be able to see into it.
Falmer as
seen from the Upper Lodges Car Park on Ditchling
Road
The Amex
looks truly stunning - even more so if it wasn't for
the bloody mist that had descended!
Another
shot from the Upper Lodges Car Park
The Amex
from Ditchling Road, heading towards Hollingbury
A closer
view from Ditchling Road
The Amex
from Stanmer Park
The
distant view from Stanmer Park
Looking
across The Amex from Village Way
The East
Stand arch
The East
Stand terracing
The South
Stand
The
now-completed West Stand Exterior
The
on-going work on the new bridge at Falmer station
The rear
of the North Stand
The West
Stand terracing
The rear
of the South Stand
To see more and larger
images of this visit to Falmer, please check out the
photos on our Facebook
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there!
