Fixture News

Brighton and Hove Albion’s home game with Tottenham Hotspur has been re-scheduled for the only remaining midweek slot in April, meaning that the still-to-be-confirmed trip to champions elect Manchester City can now only take place in the final week of the season, leaving the Seagulls with a last three games of Manchester United at home, City away, Liverpool away. Gulp

Brighton and Hove Albion’s home game with top four chasers Tottenham Hotspur in April has been moved to accomodate live television coverage, although the fixture could still face further disruption should either the Albion or Spurs reach the semi finals of the FA Cup

Brighton’s trip to Manchester United in the quarter finals of the FA Cup will take place on a Saturday evening with a 7.45pm kick off, although it isn’t all bad news as Paul Barber has pulled off quite the coup by negotiating a discount on ticket prices with one of the most corporate, greed-based clubs in the world for Albion supporters

Brighton and Hove Albion have been handed what is on paper an excellent chance of reaching a first FA Cup Quarter Final since 1986 having been paired with the lowest ranked side left in the competition, Coventry City in the fifth round,

Viewers across the nation will get the chance to see if Brighton can finally score a goal against top six opposition in March with the Albion’s home game with Arsenal and away game at Manchester City both set to be shown live on television

In a typically brilliant piece of timing from the Luddites at the RMT, the union has decided to announce a strike on Southern Rail services on the exact the same evening that Brighton take on Crystal Palace in the FA Cup at the Amex with a lack of public transport for supporters leaving a potential powder keg of a situation

Despite all the crowd trouble that occurred during the last evening game between Brighton and Crystal Palace, BT Sport have decided to show the FA Cup Third Round clash between the pair live on Monday night – with the added complication that it will become the first ever domestic game in England to use a Video Assistant Referee

The dust hasn’t yet settled on the chaos surrounding Crystal Palace’s Premier League visit to the Amex in November, yet the FA Cup has worked its magic and given us a tie that nobody would have wanted with the Albion set to host the Eagles again in the third round of the competition

There was great excitement across the whole of China after the second round draw for the Carabao Cup, being made live from Beijing at 4am British time, handed Brighton a mouthwatering trip along the South Coast to face Premier League rivals Bournemouth

Four more Brighton and Hove Albion games have been selected for live television coverage, causing disruption to three home games and one away game over the course of October and November