The WAB Friday Quiz #168

The start of another Premier League campaign is just a week away and that means Brighton play their annual Amex pre-season friendly this weekend.

Espanyol are the visitors, continuing a long tradition of Spanish clubs providing the opposition. The game will give Brighton fans the chance to see new arrivals like Deniz Undav, Julio Enciso and Kaoru Mitoma on home soil for the first time.

It also means that we get to whip out the pre-season themed WAB Friday Quiz. This year it features one question per summer from the last 20 years, covering the reigns of Martin Hinshelwood to Graham Potter and everyone in between.

There are friendly games, pre-season tours which supporters were actually welcome to attend, trialists and strange incidents when teams from foreign fields visited. Or in one case, didn’t visit.

Here is hoping Espanyol turn up, unlike… that club you will be naming in a few questions time. Enjoy.

The WAB Friday Quiz #168 - Pre Season
2021: Brighton played Getafe in their final friendly at the Amex. Which player did the Albion sign from the Spanish club shortly after?

2020: Two Amex friendlies were played with the 2020-21 season starting late due to Covid. One was against Chelsea. Who was the other against?

2019-20: Brighton played a tribute match to Bruno at the Amex, Who provided the opposition?

2018-19: Why did Sporting Lisbon pull out of being the Albion's friendly opponents at the Amex?

2017-18: Brighton kicked off their friendly fixtures with a game against Fortuna Dusseldorf in which country?

2016-17: What incredible cock up happened when the Albion hosted Lazio at the Amex?

2015-16: The Albion were beaten 1-0 at Aberdeen by an Adam Rooney goal. Which club had he scored a hat-trick for whilst playing against Brighton a decade earlier?

2014-15: Which SPL team did Brighton beat 4-0 in their second pre-season game when things looked very rosy under Sami Hyypia?

2013-14: Oscar Garcia gave which former England international a trial in the opening friendly of 2013 against Whitehawk?

2012-13: Chelsea played their first game on English soil after winning the Champions League at the Amex. What was the final score?

2011-12: Brighton first team played their first game at the Amex in a friendly against which Premier League opponents?

2010-11: Which country did Gus Poyet's League One winners visit on a pre-season tour, which included a game abandoned because of a mass brawl?

2009-10: Which manager took charge of his only pre-season as Albion boss in the summer of 2009?

2008-09: Charlton Athletic visited Withdean to play a testimonial game in honour of which Brighton stalwart?

2007-08: Jake Robinson opened the scoring in a Withdean friendly but Brighton went onto lose 2-1 to which Premier League opponents?

2006-07: Dean Wilkins named four trialists in his side for the pre-season opener at Worthing. What country did all four come from?

2005-06: A rare 2000s pre-season game played away on foreign soil took place against which club?

2004-05: Following a pre-season trial Brighton opted to sign Maheta Molango over Zsombor Kerekes, who would go onto play international football for which country?

2003-04: The Albion played Leicester City in a Withdean friendly. Which former Brighton boss was the Foxes manager?

2002-03: Injury to Michel Kuipers saw Martin Hinshelwood take a goalkeeper on trial in the summer of 2002. Who was it?

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