Brighton & Hove Albion Database
Brighton & Hove Albion statistics, records and archives from WeAreBrighton.com
Phil Prosser handed Sheffield United victory by giving a remarkable two penalties in the final four minutes of the Blades vist to Brighton in 2002
Brighton v Fulham was first played in Southern League Division Two back in 1901, making it one of the oldest fixtures in Albion history
Despite being linked by the name Albion, Brighton and West Brom have barely met on the pitch – just 26 meetings in the history of the clubs
Brighton’s first meeting with West Brom saw Alan Mullery’s third tier Seagulls shock their top flight opponents 2-0 in the League Cup at the Hawthorns
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
Division Two Brighton shocked Division One champions Liverpool 2-0 in the FA Cup in 1984, just a year after winning at Anfield in the same competition
Mark McGhee’s Brighton provide the ultimate smash-and-grab win as they score with their only shot on goal to win 1-0 away at a completely dominant West Ham
In 1995, a rare televised game for Brighton at Bournemouth gave Albion fans a chance to publicise the problems at the club by carrying out a pitch invasion
Bournemouth relegated Brighton to Division Four and ruined the opening of the new look Goldstone by winning 6-1. It’s not a great fixture for the Albion
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 WeAreBrighton.com Database is where we keep all our articles relating to Brighton & Hove Albion statistics, records and archives, all of which look back at the 120 year history of the Seagulls.
Seasons – A collection of Brighton season reviews, results and statistics
Opponents – The history and head-to-head records of Brighton against opponents whom they have faced in competitive football
Players – Archive articles which look at the lives and careers of players who have pulled on Brighton blue and white through the years
Managers – Just like the players section except dealing with the managers who have led the Albion throughout the club’s history
If you would like us to write an article about a specific player or season, then please send us an email to wearebrighton@hotmail.co.uk with your suggestion.
For Brighton & Hove Albion programme archives, then please see the excellent Seagulls Programmes where you will find full scans of matchday programmes going back many years – be warned though, it is an absolute rabbit hole of a website which you will pop onto for five minutes and find yourself still browsing three hours later.
