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Postage & Packaging: £0.00 Availability: 3-5 working days
Advantages: great location, cheap, nice rooms, excellent food Disadvantages: no parking, quite dated
Introduction to the hotel:
The Royal Albion Hotel was built in 1826 and is situated in a fantastic location opposite Brighton pier. It is a three star hotel and has 186 guest rooms offering views of Brighton beach or the town centre.
My experience of the hotel:
I spent one night in the hotel in January of this year and for a three star hotel I was quite impressed. I and my girlfriend booked a double room for £55 and it was a spacious room with a four poster bed, couch, satellite television, fridge, tea and coffee making facilities and a lovely modern bathroom with a Jacuzzi bath. When we checked in the hotel staff asked us if we would like to upgrade to a room with a Jacuzzi batch for £10, we said no, but were a bit intrigued to find one anyways - they had obviously given our room away and were trying to get the extra £10 out ...
Having stayed at the Royal Albion Brighton for two nights at £288 I agree it would have been similar staying at a local hostel and far cheaper.
The room was discusting, shabby, dusty and dirty and also smelled of sick and far long over due for a redeck with wall paper pealing off in various places, the bed cover was only fit for a dog basket.
I paid the extra for a sea view room and balcony which was very good, though double glazing should be a must as it was right over the busy highway and walkway for the seafront.
The furniture is very dated so dont go by the glossy photo in the add as this was probably taken 20 years ago.
The walls are waifer thin as you can here every thing tha goes on, I mean everything!
Most of the staff are foreign though that not a problem however try asking for finer details such as were a cash point ...
Advantages: Bryan Robson, Zoltan Gera, The badge, the loyal fans Disadvantages: Andy Johnson, the ground is old and needs a paint job, glory-hunting fans
- THE CLUB -
West Bromwich Albion were formed in 1878, but they didn't call themselves West Bromwich Albion, no. They called themselves the West Bromwich Strollers. Which is a far cry from the Strollers! Our first 'ground' was Bunns Field, which I suppose is a bit different to our ground, the Hawthorns. Although I am not sure how better it is! Anyway, we'll talk more of the grounds later. We first won the F.A. Cup in 1888, beating Preston North End 2-1. Unfortunately, in the same cup, they knocked us out in the Semi's the following year! We've had seasons, going up, going down, but last season saw us pull off the Great Escape. The only football team EVER to be bottom of the league at Christmas and to stay up.
- THE GROUNDS -
As I mentioned earlier, our first ground was Bunn Fields, which we moved to in 1881. In 1882, we moved ...
