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The Withdean Years - Part
Three
The concluding part of our look back at the Withdean
Years features Russell Slade's great escape heroics,
plus the moment that could be seen in years to come
as the catalyst for some of the most glorious times
in the clubs history - the arrival of a certain Gus
Poyet as manager |
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The Withdean Years - Part
Two
Our second part of The Withdean Years trilogy takes
a look back at 2003-2007. Despite featuring a
successful play-off campaign and avoidance of
relegation from the Championship, it will be
remembered as the start of the barren Withdean years
with 2005-06 being the catalyst for four years of
forgettable football |
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The Withdean Years - Part One
The first part of our look back at Brighton and Hove
Albion' tenancy at Withdean Stadium focuses on
1999-2003 - the clubs most successful while playing
at the athletics track with two divisional titles
won and a memorable and ultimately unsuccessful
battle against relegation from the second tier |
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Game from the Top Flight - the 1991 Play-Off Final
On June 2nd 1991, Brighton and Hove Albion went to
Wembley to face Notts County in the Division Two play-off
final, with the victor winning promotion to the top
flight of English football. In front of 60,000 people,
the Seagulls went down 3-1 under the twin towers.
We've found some classic old photos of the day the
Albion came so close to rejoining the elite |
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Withdean West Stand - The Worst Away End in the Football
League
Portsmouth's visit in
the FA Cup saw home fans given the option to sit in
Withdean's West Stand, widely accepted to be the worst
away end in the Football League. In the name of research,
and not because it was the cheapest area to sit in,
we decided to take up this rare opportunity to see
just how bad the stand is |
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Special Edition Kits
With the news that the
Albion will wear an all-white one-off shirt away at
Dagenham and Redbridge due to a kit clash, we take
a look back at the clubs record of six special edition
jerseys in seven seasons and the reasons they were
used varrying from tributes to colour clashes as the
Seagulls look to overhaul Manchester United as the
kings of new kits |
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Goldstone's
Last Stand - Doncaster Rovers Home 26/04/1997
The Goldstone hosted its
last ever game on Saturday 26th April 1997 after 95
years. Doncaster were the visitors as the Albion won
1-0 to move off the bottom of the Football League
for the first time since October. Here are a collection
of photos from that damp and emotional day when Brighton
and Hove Albion bid farewell to The Goldstone Ground |
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Lights
Out at The Goldstone - Barnet Home 01/04/1997
The Goldstone Ground held its last ever evening match
on April 1st 1997. Barnet were the visitors and a
1-0 victory for the Albion saw them close the gap
to Hereford to two points at the bottom of Division
3. We recently discovered a number of photos from
the game that saw the Seagulls say goodbye to the
magic of the Goldstone under lights.
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Aston
Villa - Big Game Preview
It's
all people have been able to talk about for three
weeks since the FA Cup Fourth Round draw was made.
We Are Brighton take a look at the biggest game
of the decade for the Albion as they travel to Martin
O'Neill's Champions League chasing Aston Villa in
the hope of pulling off a famous cup shock
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