Managers

Barry Lloyd managed Brighton for nearly seven years with his reputation amongst fans improving markedly after he left the Goldstone

Micky Adams transformed Brighton during his first spell in charge of the club, turning them from fourth tier strugglers to third tier leaders

Oscar Garcia spent one season as Brighton manager, leading the Albion to the Championship playoffs despite having a relatively low budget

Darlington striker Carl Shutt – standing 5’6 – kept a clean sheet against Brighton playing over an hour in goal in a 0-0 draw at Priestfield

Martin Hinshelwood was a strange appointment as Brighton manager who won just one Division One match in 12 weeks before being sacked

Steve Gritt kept Brighton in the Football League from a hopeless position in 1997. Without him, the Albion might have gone out of business

Peter Taylor only managed Brighton for a little over six months, but in that time he delivered an unlikely Division Two title for the Albion

Jack Robson is arguably the greatest manager in Brighton & Hove Albion after winning five trophies in his six years in charge at the Goldstone Ground

Both during and after his time as Brighton manager, Liam Brady was a beacon of hope to Albion fans and the man who got the ball rolling to save the club

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