Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Brighton, is an English professional football club based in the city of Brighton and Hove. They compete in the Premier League, the top tier of the English football league system. The club's home ground is the 31,800-capacity Falmer Stadium in Falmer, in the north east of Brighton.
Withdean Stadium is an athletics stadium in Withdean, a suburb of Brighton. It was constructed in 1930. It was the home track of Olympic athlete Steve Ovett. Between 1999 and 2011 it was the home ground of football team Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
Falmer Stadium, known for sponsorship purposes as the American Express Stadium and more commonly referred to as the Amex, is a football stadium in Falmer, Brighton and Hove, East Sussex. With a capacity of 31,876, it is the second largest stadium in all of South East England, and the 31st largest stadium in the United Kingdom.
Anthony Grant Bloom is an English sports bettor, poker player, and entrepreneur. He is the majority owner and chairman of Premier League football club Brighton & Hove Albion, and investor in and minority shareholder of Belgian First Division A team Royale Union Saint-Gilloise.
Whitehawk Football Club is a semi-professional English football club based in Whitehawk, a suburb of the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex. The club currently plays in the Isthmian League Premier Division. Whitehawk's home ground is the 3126-capacity Enclosed Ground, situated within East Brighton Park. Nicknamed The Hawks, the club's traditional playing colours are red and white. Prior to 2010, the club had never played above County League level, but after three promotions in four seasons, the Hawks reached Conference South in 2013 as well as the second round of the FA Cup in 2015.
The Goldstone Ground was a football stadium in Hove, East Sussex that was the home ground of Brighton & Hove Albion between 1902 and 1997.
Paul Brooker is an English retired professional footballer who played as a winger in the Football League for Fulham, Brighton & Hove Albion, Leicester City, Reading and Brentford.
Glenn Murray is an English former professional footballer and football pundit who played as a striker. His career spanned 19 years from 2002 until 2021.
Roberto De Zerbi is an Italian professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion.
Gary Richard Perry Dicker is an Irish football coach and former professional player who is under-21's assistant manager at Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion.
Andrew Lawrence Crofts is a former professional footballer who is currently a first team coach for Brighton & Hove Albion. He made 29 appearances for Wales at international level.
Graham Stephen Potter is an English professional football manager and former player who most recently managed Premier League club Chelsea.
The history of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. began in 1901. It first played in the Southern League, and was elected to the Football League in 1920. They won promotion to the First Division in the 1978–79 season, but were relegated in the 1982–83 season. They returned to the top flight for the 2017–18 season playing in the Premier League.
Pascal Groß is a German professional footballer who plays for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion and the Germany national team.
Paul Barber is an English football administrator, who is also currently the chief executive and deputy chairman of Brighton & Hove Albion.
The Brighton & Hove Albion–Crystal Palace rivalry, sometimes nicknamed the A23 derby or the M23 derby by the media, but not by the fans, is the rivalry between English football teams Brighton & Hove Albion and Crystal Palace.
The 2004 Football Second Division play-off final was an association football match which was played on 30 May 2004 at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, between Brighton & Hove Albion and Bristol City to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from the Football League Second Division to the Football League Championship. The top two teams of the 2003–04 Second Division season, Plymouth Argyle and Queens Park Rangers, gained automatic promotion to the Championship, while the teams placed from third to sixth place in the table took part in play-off semi-finals; the winners of these semi-finals competed for the final place for the 2004–05 season in the Championship. Brighton and Bristol defeated Swindon Town and Hartlepool United, respectively, in the semi-finals.
During the 1996–97 English football season, Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. competed in the Football League Third Division.
Benjamin William White is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Arsenal and the England national team. Mainly a centre-back, he can also play as a right-back.
