The Coca Cola Kid Colin Kazim-Richards
Brighton signed Colin Kazim-Richards from Bury using a £250,000 prize from Coca Cola after an Albion fan won the drinks company’s Win a Player competition
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Author: WeAreBrighton.com
Adrian Thorne hits five to fire Brighton to promotion against Watford
In 1958, hometown boy Adrian Thorne scored five times as Brighton beat Watford 6-0 to secure their first promotion to the second tier of English football
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When Brighton won the Charity Shield to become champions of England
In 1910, Brighton and Hove Albion beat Aston Villa 1-0 to win the Charity Shield and become the unofficial champions of England
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Inigo Calderon, a Brighton player like no other
Inigo Calderon racked up 232 appearances for Brighton between 2010 and 2016, becoming one of the most popular players to ever play for the Albion
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The history of Brighton v Sheffield Wednesday
How have two clubs who have only met 35 times and are 230 miles apart ended up disliking each other? It’s the history of Brighton v Sheffield Wednesday
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Brighton v Sheffield United: History and head-to-head of Seagulls v Blades
Phil Prosser, nine-goal thrillers, Palookaville and FA Cup shocks. We take a look back at the history of Brighton against Sheffield United
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Brighton 3-2 Leicester – a lesson in how not to leave a game early
In 2008, Brighton came from 2-0 down at half time to beat eventual League One champions Leicester City 3-2. It was a lesson in how not to leave a game early
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Gus Poyet and Brighton? Eeeeeeees complicated
The story of Gus Poyet’s astonishing three-and-a-half year reign as Brighton manager in which there was never, ever a dull momet
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“We’ve basically paid Kevin McLeod to drink beer and eat crap for 30 months”
Kevin McLeod made just 36 appearances over the course of two-and-a-half years with Brighton and is now a pub player in Colchester
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John Piercy and the illness that wrecked a career
John Piercy played 36 times for Brighton over the course of just over two years despite suffering with extreme colitis which eventually ended his career
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