Site Information: Webmaster Profile

Hi, I'm David Snowball, the webmaster of Flying High.

I was born on 26th August 1987 at Southland's hospital in Shoreham-By-Sea, which makes me almost 18! I am currently living in Gloucester, however will soon be moving to Reading to attend Reading University.

I left school on 16th May 2003 and will get my results on the 16th August. Hopefully I will get all A*-C, and I know that I already have about a C in my DT exam before I even do it because of the great piece of coursework thanks to all the Brighton fans who helped out in the numerous surveys and other help they gave.

Update 2003: Here are my GCSE exam results. English Language A*, English Literature A, Science (Double Award) A/A, History A, Design & Technology (Graphics) A, Maths B, Media Studies B, Spanish C. I am very pleased with these results, and the hard work definitely paid off!!

I am now currently at college in Gloucester studying AVCE Advanced ICT, and AVCE Advanced Business. I am currently taking the exams for these and am hoping to get over 300 points (UCAS Tariff) so I can go and study Bsc Computer Science at Reading University.

Update 2005: I have now received my A-Level results! I got A/A in my Advanced ICT course, and B in my Advanced Business Studies course. This gives me a combined total of 340 UCAS points, which is enough to go and study Computer Science at Reading University. This is excellent News!

Down the left hand side of the page you will find a number of 'In The Media' articles about me and the site. This all happened because I wrote to my local newspaper, The Citizen, and applied for a work experience placement. Even though I was turned down, they wanted to do an article about myself. Before I knew it, I had the BBC contacting me about doing a feature about me on their new BBC Gloucestershire website, and before long, the Herald and Argus were running articles about me as well. I am very surprised by all the attention just from sending a letter to my local news office, however I am also very pleased.

I have supported Brighton and Hove Albion ever since I can remember. I used to go to alot of matches with my dad, but I wouldn't be able to tell you who they were against as I was only about 4! All I remember is sitting on my stool that my dad made me and eating all the way through. Since moving to Gloucester, it has been harder to keep up with all the information on the club, and thought that it would be a good idea to set up my own Brighton and Hove Albion website.

I started off back in 2001 with the Ultimate Seagulls site. This quickly became popular and too much for me to cope with on my own in the way I was then running it. It was mainly a games site where fans could have a go on quizzes and 'spot the ball'. After a couple of weeks of running the feature, it was too much to handle and I temporarily shut it down while I thought of a new idea and designed a more professional looking website. At the start of the new season, 2001-2002, the Seagulls Centenary Site was born. This offered less games, but a complete club history with illustrations of all the kits from 1901. Again, the site was popular but was easier to handle because there were less games, and more Brighton information that the fans really wanted to see.

The season quickly went by, and the closed period once again meant that the site must be redeveloped to keep up with the ever changing shape of the Internet. Everything was moved around, and loads more pages were developed. The 2002-2003 season was the introduction to a whole host of new interactive pages, designed using Macromedia Flash. Throughout the closed period it was tested, and messages were put on the site to tell people they needed the latest version for the site to work. Even though the main bulk of the site was not made from Flash, the main sections such as the fixtures and travel zone were. This was also the introduction for 'Withdean Interactive'. This interactive map of Withdean Stadium would be available for fans and away fans, so they could easily work their way around the stadium, find their seats and other facilities, before they arrived. The number of visitors this season quadrupled the number to the site from the previous season, which was a tremendous achievement.

The site has been popular for over 2 years, and in those two years we have been champions of Division Three, and Division Two. However, after spending only one season in the top Nationwide Division, we were relegated back to Division Two from Stoke winning against Reading, and Brighton only managing a draw against already relegated Grimsby.

Update: Each season goes by so quick, and the 2003-04 was no exception giving us an exciting rollercoaster ride throughout. We are now back into the first division, or should I say the 'Championship League' and will be playing high profile teams such as Leeds United, West Ham and Leicester City. Our day out in Cardiff was very enjoyable, and I have put my collection of photo's online (centenary section). Some changes need to be made to the team to make it strong enough to take on the challenge ahead throughout the next season, and lets hope I can say next season that we will be spending another in the 'Championship League'.