The Spurs/Seagulls Six!
Six of our players have managed Brighton - spanning over 100 years!
Frank Scott Walford kept goal for us during our amateur days between 1889-1891. He was then secretary/manager at Brighton from 1905-1908, later serving Leeds City and Coventry City in a similar capacity.
Billy Lane was boss at the Goldstone Ground for 10 years from 1951 having scored nine goals in 30 appearances for us between 1924-1926.
Legendary former skipper Alan Mullery captained the team for our 1971 League Cup and 1972 UEFA Cup successes, having already landed the FA Cup in 1967. 'Mullers' made 373 senior appearances for, netting 30 goals, between 1964-1972. He had two spells in charge at Brighton, from 1976-1981 and 1986/87.
Peter Taylor, a winger during his playing days at the Lane, which included 33 goals in 140 games, was in charge at Albion for the Second Division title winning campaign of 2001/02.
Gus Poyet was next in the Brighton hotseat between 2009-2013. The all-action midfielder made 98 appearances for us between 2001-2004, scoring 23 goals. He took the Seagulls to the League One title in 2010/11.
Last but by no means least, Chris Hughton. Player, coach and assistant manager at Spurs between 1977-2007, 398 appearances, FA Cup winner in 1981 and 1982, UEFA Cup winner in 1984, Chris led Brighton into the Premier League in 2016/17, managing them from 2014-2019.
Robbo's special moment
We all remember Graham Roberts driving the team on as captain in the 1984 UEFA Cup Final - scoring the equaliser and the first penalty in the shoot-out on that glory, glory night against Anderlecht at the Lane. Steve Perryman was suspended for that famous second leg in N17. Turn the clock back another year, and Robbo captained the team for the first time - at Brighton on 2 April, 1983. Typically, Graham scored, but we went down 2-1 in the First Division clash
Southern League 1903 | Football League 1977
The two clubs first met for league points in the Southern League Division One during season 1903/04 - a 2-2 draw in 24 October, 1903 - playing 10 times before we gained Football League membership for the 1908/09 campaign. It wasn't until 1977/78 that we met in Football League action - a goalless draw at the Lane on 19 November, 1977 - on our way to promotion back to the top flight.
Our record at the Amex
We provided the opposition for the official opening of Brighton's Amex Stadium back on 30 July, 2011. We won that friendly 3-2 thanks to goals from Younes Kaboul, Vedran Corluka and Jake Livermore. Brighton were promoted into the Premier League - under Chris Hughton, as mentioned above - for the the 2017/18 season and our first visit followed on 17 April, 2018, a 1-1 draw with Harry Kane on target. That's the only draw in eight PL encounters since, we've won three, Brighton four.