Wembley hero Liam Dickinson’s nomadic football journey HE’D SCORED a decisive play-off final goal at Wembley for Stockport County but a subsequent £750,000 move to Derby County didn’t work out for Liam Dickinson and Brighton signed him for £300,000 onl…

Ahead of #BHALEE on Saturday, both clubs have come a long way since this journeyman striker led their attacks. @dcfcofficial @StockportCounty @htafc @BlackpoolFC @LUFC @LUFCMOTcom
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Welbeck – “something really exceptional you don’t find in many players” DANNY WELBECK was still at school when he made his senior football debut in the League Cup. A first-year scholar at Man Utd, and just 17 in September 2008, Welbeck made his bow against Middlesbroug…

Moving swiftly on, in the Carabao Cup, it’s Arsenal away - another former club of Albion’s in-form centre-forward.
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Dat guy Danny Welbeck “a top player and a top person” INJURY has undoubtedly caused Danny Welbeck to miss more games of football than he would have wished but the game is full of admirers for the longevity of his career. As Gabby Logan said on Match o…

He’s the man of the moment for @OfficialBHAFC so it’s a fitting time to be returning to the place where it all began.
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Dat guy Danny Welbeck “a top player and a top person” INJURY has undoubtedly caused Danny Welbeck to miss more games of football than he would have wished but the game is full of admirers for the longevity of his career. As Gabby Logan said on Match o…

He’s the man of the moment for @OfficialBHAFC so it’s a fitting time to be returning to the place where it all began.
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@MNUBHA @OfficialBHAFC @ManUtd @pnefc @SunderlandAFC @Arsenal @WatfordFC

Toon scourge Ian Baird no stranger to red cards A GOALSCORING scourge of Newcastle United once pulled on the famous black and white stripes – and was booked in three of the five games he played for them! Baird, who notoriously got himself sent o…

Ahead of @BHANEW, a reminder of a fiery striker who led the line for both.
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Toon scourge Ian Baird no stranger to red cards A GOALSCORING scourge of Newcastle United once pulled on the famous black and white stripes – and was booked in three of the five games he played for them! Baird, who notoriously got himself sent o…

Ahead of @BHANEW, a reminder of a fiery striker who led the line for both.
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@premierleague @SouthamptonFC @NUFC @LUFC @Boro @Argyle @OfficialBHAFC

‘Model professional’ Stephen Ward loved his season at Brighton STEPHEN WARD’S view from the bench as Brighton sealed Wolves’ relegation fate at the Amex on 4 May 2013 was enough to convince him it was a place he’d like to get to know better. Rather than drop d…

Ahead of #WOLBHA, a reminder of the loan international full-back who almost helped the Seagulls to promotion.
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‘Model professional’ Stephen Ward loved his season at Brighton STEPHEN WARD’S view from the bench as Brighton sealed Wolves’ relegation fate at the Amex on 4 May 2013 was enough to convince him it was a place he’d like to get to know better. Rather than drop d…

Ahead of #WOLBHA, a reminder of the loan international full-back who almost helped the Seagulls to promotion.
#football #premierleague #OfficialBHAFC #Wolves #bfcdublin #IrelandFootball #BurnleyOfficial #stokecity #IpswichTown #WFCOfficial #BrackleyTownFC #SolihullMoors

Pacy Tariq Lamptey smiled on through, despite injury woes SPEEDY Tariq Lamptey missed too many games through injury in five and a half years at Brighton. Like many quick players, Lamptey would excite fans when he sped past opponents with ease to create ch…

It might seem Brighton to Chelsea has all been one way in recent times but it hasn’t always been the case….
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Pacy Tariq Lamptey smiled on through, despite injury woes SPEEDY Tariq Lamptey missed too many games through injury in five and a half years at Brighton. Like many quick players, Lamptey would excite fans when he sped past opponents with ease to create ch…

It might seem Brighton to Chelsea has all been one way in recent times but it hasn’t always been the case….
#OfficialBHAFC #ChelseaFC #ghanafaofficial #ACFFiorentinaEN

The ‘Derry Pelé’ only briefly strutted his stuff at Brighton PADDY McCourt put a dent in Brighton’s promotion hopes when he scored for managerless Barnsley at the Amex. Eight months later he joined the Albion’s renewed attempts to lift themselves out of the …

Ahead of Barnsley v Brighton in the Carabao Cup, a reminder of an Irish maverick who played for both clubs.
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The ‘Derry Pelé’ only briefly strutted his stuff at Brighton PADDY McCourt put a dent in Brighton’s promotion hopes when he scored for managerless Barnsley at the Amex. Eight months later he joined the Albion’s renewed attempts to lift themselves out of the …

Ahead of Barnsley v Brighton in the Carabao Cup, a reminder of an Irish maverick who played for both clubs.
#Carabao_Cup #BarnsleyFC #OfficialBHAFC #Official_NCFC #LutonTown #CelticFC #derrycityfc #Glentoran

Albion’s lifeline for the boy from Baghdad who turned down Spurs BAGHDAD-BORN Yaser Kasim went through the youth ranks at Tottenham Hotspur but rejected a professional contract at White Hart Lane and tried to build a career at Brighton instead. Although it didn’…

Brighton gave this ex-Spurs youngster a break in league football but he had to move on to get a foothold in the game he once played on the streets of Baghdad.
#SpursOfficial #OfficialBHAFC #Official_STFC #ntfc #LutonTown #thesilkmen #oskfotboll
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Albion’s lifeline for the boy from Baghdad who turned down Spurs BAGHDAD-BORN Yaser Kasim went through the youth ranks at Tottenham Hotspur but rejected a professional contract at White Hart Lane and tried to build a career at Brighton instead. Although it didn’…

Brighton gave this ex-Spurs youngster a break in league football but he had to move on to get a foothold in the game he once played on the streets of Baghdad.
#SpursOfficial #OfficialBHAFC #Official_STFC #ntfc #LutonTown #thesilkmen #oskfotboll
#ebfc_official

Tommy Elphick’s cherry picking ride to coaching MEADOW LANE, Nottingham, is probably not one of Tommy Elphick’s favourite grounds. When he left the pitch on a stretcher in the 53rd minute on 7 May 2011, it was a great opportunity for the youngst…

Ahead of #BOUBHA how this Brighton-born lad broke through with his hometown club before enjoying success with the Cherries.

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Tommy Elphick’s cherry picking ride to coaching MEADOW LANE, Nottingham, is probably not one of Tommy Elphick’s favourite grounds. When he left the pitch on a stretcher in the 53rd minute on 7 May 2011, it was a great opportunity for the youngst…

Ahead of #BOUBHA how this Brighton-born lad broke through with his hometown club before enjoying success with the Cherries.

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#OfficialBHAFC #afcbournemouth #AVFCOfficial #HullCity #ReadingFC #htafc

‘Spider’ Mellor’s first Albion goal was painful for his old boss IAN MELLOR became a hero strike partner to the mercurial Peter Ward at Brighton after beginning his professional career at Manchester City. Mellor, who I first featured in this blog in 2016, died i…

Ahead of #BHAMCI, remembering this popular long-legged player who made a name for himself at several clubs. #ManCity #OfficialBHAFC #swfc #ChesterFC #officialbantams

‘Spider’ Mellor’s first Albion goal was painful for his old boss IAN MELLOR became a hero strike partner to the mercurial Peter Ward at Brighton after beginning his professional career at Manchester City. Mellor, who I first featured in this blog in 2016, died i…

Ahead of #BHAMCI, remembering this popular long-legged player who made a name for himself at several clubs. #ManCity #OfficialBHAFC #swfc #ChesterFC #officialbantams

Andy Crosby enjoyed the taste of success with Brighton ROCK-solid centre-half Andy Crosby won a Division 3 Championship medal with the Albion in 2001 before experiencing two frustrating near-miss seasons as captain of Oxford United. Brighton’s achievem…

Ahead of #OfficialBHAFC’s Carabao Cup tie, a tale of a promotion-winning defender who captained #OUFCOfficial.
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Champion medal surprise for man on the mic Aspinall THE starry-eyed teenager who made half a dozen top level appearances for eventual league champions Everton had to wait a long time for his share of that distant glory. But Warren Aspinall was nonet…

@EvertonNewsFeed followers might like this ahead of Sunday’s #EVEBHA clash.
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Champion medal surprise for man on the mic Aspinall THE starry-eyed teenager who made half a dozen top level appearances for eventual league champions Everton had to wait a long time for his share of that distant glory. But Warren Aspinall was nonet…

It took more than three decades for this Albion watcher to collect recognition for his contribution to Everton’s league trophy triumph…
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Season-opening hat-trick a dream come true for Freeman THE NEW season opening game 26 years ago saw Darren Freeman score a hat-trick as the back-in-Brighton Seagulls hammered Mansfield Town 6-0. For Freeman, who’d previously played under Micky Adams at…

The new season opener is upon us and more than a quarter of a century ago the occasion was memorable for this Brighton-born former Fulham striker.
#BHAFUL #OfficialBHAFC #FulhamFC #BrentfordFC #TheGillsFC

Season-opening hat-trick a dream come true for Freeman THE NEW season opening game 26 years ago saw Darren Freeman score a hat-trick as the back-in-Brighton Seagulls hammered Mansfield Town 6-0. For Freeman, who’d previously played under Micky Adams at…

The new season opener is upon us and more than a quarter of a century ago the occasion was memorable for this Brighton-born former Fulham striker.
#BHAFUL #OfficialBHAFC #FulhamFC #BrentfordFC #TheGillsFC

Top goalscorer Fred Binney ousted by one of the best DEVONIAN FRED BINNEY was a prolific goalscorer for Brighton but the emergence of one of the club’s all-time great players brought a premature end to his stay in Sussex. Binney was not afraid to put…

Brian Clough had jumped ship and gone to Leeds but when Brighton fans awaited the 1974-75 season, they had high hopes for this prolific new centre-forward.
#Argyle #OfficialECFC #BHAFC #TUFC1899
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Top goalscorer Fred Binney ousted by one of the best DEVONIAN FRED BINNEY was a prolific goalscorer for Brighton but the emergence of one of the club’s all-time great players brought a premature end to his stay in Sussex. Binney was not afraid to put…

Brian Clough had jumped ship and gone to Leeds but when Brighton fans awaited the 1974-75 season, they had high hopes for this prolific new centre-forward.
#Argyle #OfficialECFC #BHAFC #TUFC1899
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Crunching tackler ‘Tank’ Clark: a legend at two seaside clubs VIKING lookalike Paul Clark made a lasting impression on plenty of players with robust tackling which earned him ‘legend’ status among fans of Brighton and Southend United. Described in one program…

Next season’s fixtures are out but if you like looking back, here’s a reminder of a midfield enforcer who fans quickly took to.
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Crunching tackler ‘Tank’ Clark: a legend at two seaside clubs VIKING lookalike Paul Clark made a lasting impression on plenty of players with robust tackling which earned him ‘legend’ status among fans of Brighton and Southend United. Described in one program…

Next season’s fixtures are out but if you like looking back, here’s a reminder of a midfield enforcer who fans quickly took to.
#BHAFC #SUFCRootsHall #TheGillsFC #CambridgeUtdFC #leytonorientfc

On the day family and friends said their farewells to Gerry Fell, some memories of his #BHAFC days and beyond. #SUFCRootsHall #TUFC1899
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Managerial turnover played havoc with goalscorer Bent’s career FORMER England striker Darren Bent, who now shares his opinion of the game with listeners to talkSPORT, was still only 30 when he pulled on the stripes of Brighton, one of nine clubs he represented…

After a goalscoring debut for Brighton, it was a shame this seasoned ex-Spurs striker didn’t extend his stay in Sussex.
#TOTBHA #OfficialBHAFC #SpursOfficial #AVFCOfficial #FulhamFC #CAFCOfficial #IpswichTown #SunderlandAFC #dcfcofficial #burtonalbionfc

Managerial turnover played havoc with goalscorer Bent’s career FORMER England striker Darren Bent, who now shares his opinion of the game with listeners to talkSPORT, was still only 30 when he pulled on the stripes of Brighton, one of nine clubs he represented…

After a goalscoring debut for Brighton, it was a shame this seasoned ex-Spurs striker didn’t extend his stay in Sussex.
#TOTBHA #OfficialBHAFC #SpursOfficial #AVFCOfficial #FulhamFC #CAFCOfficial #IpswichTown #SunderlandAFC #dcfcofficial #burtonalbionfc