Players

Stan Morgan was a World War II who played for Arsenal and in between fighting in the conflict would turn out for Brighton

Bryan Wade wrote himself into Brighton folklore by scoring four times on his full home debut against Newcastle United in 1991

Soviet Union international Sergei Gotsmanov became a hugely popular player for Brighton despite playing only 16 games and scoring four times

In six months with Brighton, Gonzalo Jara got kicked out the Chilean national team, arrested on the day of the game and sent off for a horror tackle

Paul McShane wrote his name into the Brighton history books during his one-season loan at the Albion from Manchester United

He starred for Trinidad at a World Cup and won plenty of trophies alongside David Beckham at LA Galaxy, but Chris Birchall was terrible for Brighton

Liverpool youngster Ashley Neal secured his place as Brighton’s worst ever player during a pretty inglorious three game loan spell at the Goldstone

Chris Hutchings went from being arrested on the Goldstone pitch during a Chelsea riot in September 1983 to playing on it for Brighton three months later

The forgotten man of Brighton’s 2008-09 Great Escape from relegation, Calvin Andrew scored three hugely important goals on loan from rivals Crystal Palace

Tony Meola was drafted by the Yankees, an NFL professional and star of an off-Broadway play who had a brief spell as a Brighton goalkeeper