Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club (pronounced /ˈbraɪtən ˈhoʊv ˈælbiən/), commonly referred to as Brighton, are an English professional association football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, Sussex. They have played in Football League One, the third tier of the English football league system, since their relegation from the Championship in 2006. They are currently the only club from Sussex in the Football League.
The team are nicknamed 'Seagulls', due to the city's seaside location. The team have historically played in blue and white stripes, though this changed to all white briefly in the 1970s (in the Freddie Goodwin era) and again to plain blue during the club's most successful spell in the 1980's.
Woking vs Brighton & Hove Albion
last five matches:
* Brighton and Hove Albion 2-0 Yeovil Town
* Peterborough United 0-3 Brighton and Hove Albion
* Brighton and Hove Albion 3-0 Exeter City
* Brighton and Hove Albion 0-0 Woking
* Hartlepool United 3-1 Brighton and Hove Albion
Current squad
No. Position Player
1 GK Peter Brezovan
3 DF Gordon Greer (captain)
4 DF Tommy Elphick
5 MF Agustin Battipiedi
6 DF Adam El-Abd
7 MF Elliott Bennett
8 MF Alan Navarro
9 FW Ashley Barnes
10 MF Matt Sparrow
11 MF Cristian Baz
12 MF Kazenga LuaLua (on loan from Newcastle United)
13 GK Mitch Walker
14 DF Iñigo Calderón
15 FW Gary Hart
16 GK Casper Ankergren
17 FW Glenn Murray
18 MF Gary Dicker
No. Position Player
19 GK Michael Poke
21 FW Francisco Sandaza
22 DF Marcos Painter
23 FW Torbjørn Agdestein
24 MF Jamie Smith
25 MF Radostin Kishishev
26 MF Liam Bridcutt
27 DF Mauricio Taricco (Assistant manager)
28 MF Jake Caskey
36 MF Ryan Thomson
37 DF Lewis Dunk
FW George Barker
DF Grant Hall
MF Yaser Kasim
FW Ryan Simmonds
DF James Smith
MF Conor Wilkins
Managers
John Jackson 1901–1905
Frank Scott-Walford 1905–1908
Jack Robson 1908–1914
Charles Webb 1919–1947
Tommy Cook 1947
Don Welsh 1947–1951
Billy Lane 1951–1961
George Curtis 1961–1963
Archie Macaulay 1963–1968
Fred Goodwin 1968–1970
Pat Saward 1970–1973
Brian Clough 1973–1974
Peter T. Taylor 1974–1976
Alan Mullery 1976–1981
Mike Bailey 1981–1982
Jimmy Melia 1982–1983
Chris Cattlin 1983–1986
Alan Mullery 1986–1987
Barry Lloyd 1987–1993
Liam Brady 1993–1995
Jimmy Case 1995–1996
Steve Gritt 1996–1998
Brian Horton 1998–1999
Jeff Wood 1999
Micky Adams 1999–2001
Peter J. Taylor 2001–2002
Martin Hinshelwood 2002
Steve Coppell 2002–2003
Mark McGhee 2003–2006
Dean Wilkins 2006–2008
Micky Adams 2008–2009
Russell Slade 2009
Gus Poyet 2009–
