Brighton & Hove Albion Database
Brighton & Hove Albion statistics, records and archives from WeAreBrighton.com
It wasn’t a happy Christmas for Brighton & Hove Albion on Christmas Day 1940 as they suffered an 18-0 defeat away at Norwich City
Some players are given songs so good that it’s bordering on criminal that they never catch on. Think the current
Brighton & Hove Albion’s first captain and and top scorer was Frank McAvoy who was sacked from the club and then threatened to kill manager John Jackson
Division Two Brighton held the mighty Manchester United to a 1-1 League Cup draw in 1992 as David Beckham made his United debut at the Goldstone Ground
When Bobby Zamora injured his shoulder in March 2002, Brighton desparately needed a loan striker to maintain their promotion bid – step forward, Wayne Gray
On a strange night at Filbert Street, Division Two Brighton shocked Premier League Leicester in the League Cup and Jimmy Case was sent off for being deaf
Ivar Ingimarrson spent three months on loan at Brighton from Wolverhampton Wanderers as Steve Coppell’s Albion battled to stay in Division One
The first openly gay professional football Justin Fashanu spent the 1985-86 season with Brighton – and Seagulls fans thought he was brilliant
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
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
In 1910, Brighton and Hove Albion beat Aston Villa 1-0 to win the Charity Shield and become the unofficial champions of England
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
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.
