Brighton & Hove Albion

Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. is an English football club, founded in 1901 and currently playing in the Football League Championship. The club was admitted to the Football League in 1920 and played between 1979 and 1983 even in the old First Division, the highest Division of England which is now known as the Premiership. In 1983 the club reached the final of the FA Cup, but Manchester United after a replay was too strong.

The club played for a long time at Goldstone Ground in Hove, but financial difficulties made sure that they had to sell the stadium. Since 1999, play them, after a while the stadium of Gillingham to have used, at the Withdean Stadium in Brighton. In August 2011, the American Express Community Stadium with a capacity of 30.250 places be put into operation.

In their last season at Goldstone Ground relegated the club almost out of the Football League, but a win over Doncaster Rovers in the last home game for the club came a playoff had to play against Hereford United and because, after a 1-1 result, Hereford had scored less goals, not relegated Brighton. Robbie Reinelt scored the important goal, after Kerry Mayo had scored a own goal.

Then it went in the right direction again. In 2001 they were promoted to the Second Division and a year later even to the First Division. They were the seventh club which won the title in two seasons in two different leagues. However, they were relegated straight away again. But they knew through the play-offs in 2004 again to come back to the Football League Championship, where a draw on the final day in remained. In the season 2005/06, however, the club managed to stave off relegation. In the season 2010/11 was Brighton & Hove Albion in League One champion, so that it promoted to the Football League Championship. In the season 2012/13 knew The Seagulls to enforce almost promotion to the Premier League, but in the semi-finals beaten by Crystal Palace Brighton went.



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 * 2 notable former players
 * 2.1 Dutch
 * 2.2 Other
 * 3 Trivia
 * 4 external link
 * League One (Second Division)
 * 2002, 2011


 * League Two (Third Division)
 * 1965, 2001


 * Community Shield
 * 1910

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 * Kemy Agustien
 * Roland Bergkamp
 * Danny Holla
 * Michel Kuipers
 * Hans Kraay jr.
 * Mark Farrington
 * Steve Foster
 * Bobby Smith
 * Bobby Zamora