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Brighton & Hove Albion

Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. are an English football team based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. They will be playing in the Football League One during the 2006/07 season after their relegation from the Championship. more...

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The team are nicknamed 'Seagulls' as befits a sea-side club and partially as a response to the similar sounding nickname ('Eagles') of their arch rivals Crystal Palace, rather than the more obvious seaside link. Prior to this nickname they were known as 'the Dolphins'. The team usually play in blue and white stripes.

Founded in 1901, Brighton played their early professional football in the Southern League. They were elected to the Football League in 1920. Between 1979 and 1983 they were in the old First Division. In 1983 they reached the final of the FA Cup, which they drew 2–2, but lost 4–0 in a replay to Manchester United. They were relegated from the First Division in the same season. But over the next decade or so, financial problems dragged the Seagulls down the league and in 1997 they narrowly avoided relegation to the Nationwide Conference. A boardroom takeover saved Brighton from going out of business, and by 2001 they had climbed out of the basement division. A second successive promotion was achieved, but they were relegated after just one season. Promotion was gained at the first attempt, but the Seagulls went down again two years later.

Well known former managers of the Seagulls include Jimmy Melia, Brian Clough, Barry Lloyd, Liam Brady, Steve Gritt, Micky Adams, Peter Taylor, Steve Coppell and most recently Mark McGhee. Well known former players include Peter Ward, Tony Grealish, Chris Coward, Jimmy Case, Steve Foster, Dean Saunders, Gary Stevens, Frank Worthington, Bobby Zamora, and Martin Keown.

Brighton currently play at Withdean Stadium in Brighton, where they have been tenants since 1999. For two years before that they ground-shared with Gillingham, after their previous stadium — the Goldstone Ground — was sold to help pay off debts. They are hoping to move into a long-awaited new 22,000-seat stadium at Falmer in 2009; the new stadium has been on the cards since the late 1990s.

Stadium

For many years they were based at the Goldstone Ground in Hove, until the board of directors decided to sell the stadium for financial reasons. For two years, from 1997–99, they shared grounds with Gillingham, but have since returned to Brighton, where they now play at Withdean Stadium. This is not predominantly a football ground, having been used for athletics throughout most of its history. After a four-year struggle that went to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, the club gained final planning permission for a new stadium at Falmer near Brighton on 28 October 2005. However, it faces a new legal challenge from Lewes District Council, in whose area some of the stadium's car parking will be built.