Brighton & Hove Albion: a journey from nowhere to the Premier League

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In April 1997 Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club were rendered homeless due to the sale of the Goldstone Ground. Further to that they were teetering on the brink of relegation from the Football League. Since then they have achieved an improbable rise to the Premier League via Gillingham and a repurposed athletics stadium. This is the story of a dedicated group of fans who saved them helped them prosper
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@lebalo3z 6 лет назад

I may not be a fan, but they've got my support.

@HardWater91 6 лет назад

Lee S Thanks man. SEAGULLS!

@matthewworrall6582 6 лет назад

HardWater91 Hey man I'm a Wednesday supporter so I'm still a little sad, last year being so close! Anyways I don't really like a pl club besides Watford but I'll root for you all this season, I hope you guys are able to stay up!!!!

@doctorninetytwo3300 6 лет назад

Matt, seems odd you saying that when you think who the first choice keeper is hah

@wolfzee6753 6 лет назад

Lee S and look at us now 🤣

@benholloway27 6 лет назад

HardWater91 Brighton are having an ok season hope they can stay up from a spurs fan :)

@penaltygallery 6 лет назад

This is why English club football is the best in the world - Brighton, Bournemouth, Swansea all went from nearly going out of business to making the premier league... gives hope to those fans in the lower leagues that maybe oneday their club might do the same.

@JayRicci7891 6 лет назад

What you say is true, but then theres the flip side, clubs like Portsmouth, Leeds, Blackpool, Nottingham Forest were all Premier League once. I know sometimes fans have to take the rough with the smooth, but there are so many clubs in England with owners who dont give a fuck, just want to run it into the ground, then take the money and run leaving a big mess behind them.

@mrncsreviews7666 6 лет назад

Jack Tanner What about Crystal Palace? They have been in administration twice in the past twenty years and yet are in the Premier League now.

@HarrisonJamess 6 лет назад

JayRicci7891 Leyton was once good now can't win in the conference , ispwich can't even contend for the efl

@Nile15rush_fj 6 лет назад

Jack Tanner Crystal Palace too..they had it the worst I believe now they're an established pl club with an excellent squad

@harveyatkinson9511 6 лет назад

JayRicci7891 Exactly what Clarke Osborne and Gaming International are trying to do to *Torquay* . I hope my club isn't destroyed by a non-caring owner.

@jamiemedhurst10 2 года назад

This is why I love being a Brighton fan.

@michaelharrison3602 Год назад

Does you boyfriend know

@udayaai 6 лет назад

2017: Brighton joins Premier League 2035: Brighton signs Messi Jnr 2036: Brighton Wins the double

@smartzy502 6 лет назад

Anything is possible.

@tarikhaustor7171 6 лет назад

Archie HW in wengers world . #wengerout

@jeroenjanssen3941 6 лет назад

Arsene Wenger then messi jnr is a flop😏

@myparentsaredisappointedin4806 6 лет назад

It's gonna be Stoke that sign Messi Jr, they only sign Barca rejects

@udayaai 6 лет назад

atta boy

@PradeepPurple 6 лет назад

Thats a good looking stadium for a former Championship side......hope they do well this season

@Danny-vg1jz 6 лет назад

pradeep kanchan unbelievable stadium. Been in it twice for fat boy slim and Crawley vs Brighton. Will be buzzing In Brighton this year

@damianfinneran5534 6 лет назад

What capacity does it hold?

@Ethan-pm4zm 6 лет назад

utd 44 Around 30k :)

@doctorninetytwo3300 6 лет назад

30750 to be precise

@bhaunion6539 4 года назад

@@qurze3411 no one cares

@Shoostep 6 лет назад

As a fan of Coventry City FC it's great to see Brighton have made there way back to the top. Hopefully we can follow someday too.

@philippaine 2 года назад

Brighton up your ambition!!!

@saru4013 Год назад

5yrs later.. your club almost got a chance, but lost in penalty shootout against Luton Town.. unlucky, 1 penalty goal dif.. it's alright bro

@DJMattHealey 6 лет назад

As a Hereford supporter i was there on 3rd May 1997. Good luck to them.

@haterofallthatiscakelittle2386 4 года назад

Matt Healey man I feel bad but one team had to win

@sammaclintock8017 4 года назад

You’ve got cracking support for where you are , hopefully we (Brighton) will play you again in a few years 👍🏻

@bradleygreen8902 6 лет назад

How does seemingly no one know who Brighton are? They've been very close in the last few seasons to getting promoted.. Also the Palace rivalry is mainly down to the fact they live in shitty Croydon and are jealous of a beautiful classy city like Brighton.

@willrees1560 6 лет назад

Bradley Green Good one Bradley

@litrellyalemrr7456 4 года назад

😂

@rxplayzyt5680 3 года назад

I get the joke as a Brighton fan the real story is it started with two player playing at tottangham and being friends they both always wanted to be the best and needed up one going to Brighton one to palace :)

@steveluckhurst2350 3 года назад

classy Brighton? Your ground is next to Moulsecoomb!

@Tom-vy3cb 6 лет назад

Makes me proud to be a Brighton fan

@gort1052 6 лет назад

I'm not a Brighton fan but I honestly want them to do good

@andrewrandrew2191 6 лет назад

This is what football is about; not Neymar

@simplyspudley3293 6 лет назад

Andrew Randrew agree

@variedgamer9498 6 лет назад

Stephen Dunsby or an entire team...

@joaopedropeixoto8558 6 лет назад

What's Neymar got to do with anything? Actually, football is also about Neymar. He grew up in a poor family and did his best to achieve something that millions dream about around the world. Isn't that what football is about? Dreaming? How much he earns and how much PSG spent on him is none of his business. If you want to point fingers, then do it on those who turned football into a business. Point it at those who bought Chelsea, PSG, Manchester City and many, many more. Those are the ones to blame, not Neymar or any other player.

@daviemyers8299 4 года назад

João Pedro Peixoto you would make one hell of a salesman

@CARLIN4737 4 года назад

ABSOLUTELY

@TheUKNutter 6 лет назад

That is a really amazing story. Well done to Brighton!

@AmityAddict1979 2 года назад

It feels nice to see the club you've supported even in the bad times get recognition and be appreciated

@liammclaughlin1612 6 лет назад

"It's like playing a preseason game in Norway" *laughs awkwardly*

@mattyslife4545 6 лет назад

Welcome to the Priemer League Brighton! Manchester United fan

@gusmalta5043 2 года назад

Thank u

@rishabhagarwal4702 6 лет назад

My god. This is brings some tears to my eyes. I love this game and the English fans. Kudos from India.

@jackbuchanan9169 6 лет назад

This Brightoned up my day

@burchieboy69 3 года назад

lol

@brightenyourdaywithbrighto9012 3 года назад

I have been summoned.

@pratt17648 Год назад

I've become a Brighton Fan! From Denver, Colorado. USA

@icedtrae11 Год назад

@alexchalcraft5640 6 лет назад

Watched with a tear in my eye, being a child of the 70's, I only visited the North and East stands in the Goldstone, would make the trip to Gillingham with the usual suspects, and was there for the first games at Withdean, subsequently I moved to the USA in 2005, so was never there for the AMEX inauguration, but have been. Thank you Atilla for your efforts over the years, being a Stanley Arms local in the day, I thank you for Glastonwick, and just being a strong, vocal supporter that got us out of that quagmire!

@Janak217 Год назад

And now Brighton will be playing Europa next season. Great story

@JustaRandomGuy890 Год назад

I’m a Brighton fan for a few years now, only been to the Amex once. I wanna visit England again so much just to see Brighton play there again

@HardWater91 2 года назад

4 brilliant years in the Premier League since then including wins against Arsenal (3) Everton, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United (2) and Tottenham Hotspur (2). The remarkable story continues! Hopefully push for top 10 next season, now that would be something.

@nunnster446 2 года назад

And in 8th place we are!

@duckseatbread104 2 года назад

Top to achieved. Beat spurs aresnal and united convincingly and in quick succession. Never would've dreamed that in the 90s

@CARLIN4737 4 года назад

brings tears to my eyes

@TerrierTom88 6 лет назад

Happy for Brighton fans. A great achievement after being through so much. Just like Huddersfield Town being on the brink in 03. It just shows that loyal & passionate fans, sensible ownership, a decent manager and hungry players that anything is possible.

@ryanmoss2207 6 лет назад

So proud to have been a die hard fan in the low times and now in the high. Cant wait for man city!

@sauravbhattacharjee6429 6 лет назад

The first thing I'd noticed before the city game earlier today was the magnificent stadium. Extremely impressive that, coming from a championship side. But ofcourse, the story is even better and very inspiring ☺ Glad to see the great Liam Brady involved in the club's history. Arsenal fan, but I'll always keep a watch on the Albion!

@andrewsfix9200 6 лет назад

Good luck Brighton & Hove Albion in PL! Cheers from Canada

@sanjayaneupane136 6 лет назад

Respect Brighton from Man City

@vannyko 6 лет назад

Really inspirational, shows the power of a Fan's dream and dedication. All the best to Brighton and Hove Albion FC this year.

@Justin-wu7mp 6 лет назад

Respect from an Arsenal fan.

@marcusjacques8858 6 лет назад

Brighton my whole life

@maxpoole3526 6 лет назад

I was a fan since league 1

@sam24hardy 6 лет назад

James XD

@ImmortalTekkerss 6 лет назад

I hope for nothing but the best for Brighton in the premier league, good luck boys, from a Newcastle fan.

@daffaabieza1938 6 лет назад

pure respect mate. i hope leeds will comeback to prem again, just like your team.

@englishworldawakener2073 6 лет назад

Brings me to tears, well done to the guys who did this, I was, am just a fan.

@BrightOranje 6 лет назад

That stadium and the surrounding area is quite lovely. I shall have to visit sometime.

@debajyotighosh1809 6 лет назад

All the best Brighton..Hope they'll gift us good game & create tougher moments to the big clubs...!!! Wishing you from India..Go ahead lads..!!!!

@AlphaAlex1 6 лет назад

I'll be rooting for you Brighton & Hove Albion even as a Liverpool supporter all the way from Australia.

@Thesp88 6 лет назад

I really wish the best for all you fans out there ! What a beautiful journey , cheers !!!

@Alimthehotty219 6 лет назад

Beautiful history. Good luck Brighton.

@paulmoore4223 6 лет назад

I'm a Leeds fan, hope you guys have a great season, you were great last year. Good luck!

@alexbarnes9364 6 лет назад

Have a great season Brighton all the best from Tottenham supporter.

@johnnorth1961 Год назад

Well done Brighton, greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪👍

@SRPC21 6 лет назад

I was a Brighton University student living in Falmer a few years before the new stadium was built. I remember there was planning permission due the year I arrived but all the snobs tried to block it from happening. I'm so glad they got their wish in the end, in just gutted I never got to see it... That's just given me a thought. I'll go and visit!

@qg1235 6 лет назад

I went to primary school with Dick Knight's grand son. One day they invited me to a game. Sat in his special seat area. Brighton 4-3 Carlisle. What a game. Even though I don't support Brighton, I hope they do very well this season.

@michaelfeast9869 2 месяца назад

These heroes should never be forgotten

@NinhLyUK 6 лет назад

Great story! Well put together. Good job guys! :)

@romkoh 6 лет назад

Amazing!!! Well done to the fans and all who led the way....

@TrephineArtist 6 лет назад

What a great story, great fans, the stadium looks superb. Good luck in the PL this season Brighton (except against the Hammers!).

@charlesthebrick5251 6 лет назад

TrephineArtist ⚒⚒

@ajftbledit 4 года назад

We ended up beating yas 3-1!

@UnseenSpirit 6 лет назад

Cycled to Brighton from London once. I saw this stadiums from the Bill Hill. Nice to know it was this club

@trerod 3 года назад

We have come a long way in a short time, well done to every body that got us here.

@L1ttleBadger00 6 лет назад

ESPN needs to get ahold of this for a 30 for 30

@charlesthebrick5251 6 лет назад

Austin Young yep

@Dilly-Winkus 6 лет назад

Excited to see them this year, but I hope they lose their first game vs City, but only because they're my team lol. I hope to see both Hove & Newcastle establish themselves in the Premier League for some years to come. 👍👍👍

@chardcunniffe9408 3 года назад

What a ground the Goldstone was, Withdean was a great stop gap and The Amex is a beautiful stadium

@LurgsHowToGuides 6 лет назад

Archer was a parasite. I was there through the dark times. So glad we made it through. Thanks to all the true fans & of course Dick Knight. Now we are successful we are getting 30,000 fans. Where were they in the real dark times & protests? O well, onwards & upwards.

@bernardweston6392 6 лет назад

I wasn’t born

@steveluckhurst2350 3 года назад

plastic fans. Still, at least the shop is busy..

@molluskhead 6 лет назад

Well Done Guardian. It brought tears to my eyes.

@smak4462 6 лет назад

love of the game

@devmrin 6 лет назад

Beautiful.

@MrGA555 6 лет назад

"Old fashion football grounds", fuck I wish we had that in my city

@smoky6532 2 года назад

I didn’t realise that Withdean isn’t just a random stadium that I go to every Friday

@abbaszaidi8371 6 лет назад

Beautiful video. Don’t have too good a game tonight at Wembley, but your boss is class. Love to go to an away fixture at the Amex in the near future

@MrKotanx 6 лет назад

Brilliant I'll be gunning for Brighton to stay up

@kimvanhauwaert8429 6 лет назад

Came to see the game vs Burnley last month, (fc Bruges fan, we came to see Izquierdo and Ryan play), had a great time, will certainly return

@ProjectGamechannel 6 лет назад

Who was on the pitch against Wigan...?

@lukerickards1734 6 лет назад

Project Game best day of my life

@michaelwelch2654 6 лет назад

meeeee

@burchieboy69 3 года назад

meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee best day in my life period

@gror7849 6 лет назад

Really a great story ... awesome fans!

@adityashrivastava8498 6 лет назад

Well done Brighton fans. Absolutely brilliant!! 👏👏👏👏👏. I hope you stay in the Premier league!!!!.

@gusmalta5043 2 года назад

Beautiful amazing stunning

@MrJJuK 6 лет назад

FFS!... who's cutting onions... 😭😭😭 #BeautifulStory

@fgenasis4127 6 лет назад

Im portuguise and have to say this video inspired me really beautifull video about a football club and his story!!!! They could make a movie about this team or about leicester winning the premier league

@ceannasai5731 6 лет назад

5:00 "find us a home or we are going to start the seagulls party, and of course they were scared stiff" - like a boss!!!!!! :)

@sabinrai1115 2 года назад

Brighton play fascinating and entertainment style , I'm started to attract to this Club and I became fan now 😍

@dev0nSA1nt 10 месяцев назад

Wish my club had a story like this 💙🤍💙🤍

@gusboyle6157 6 лет назад

I was born in West Sussex, so not far from Brighton, but I'm a Villa fan like the rest of my family. I've lived in Australia for 18 years so don't know much about the area I was born in but will be following Hove with plenty of interest this EPL season as they are one of the closest football league teams to where I first lived. Good luck to them, will be supporting them not as my 'number one' team but as a fan who has a massive 'soft spot' for them!

@gusboyle6157 6 лет назад

And what a story too!

@talk844 2 месяца назад

Inspirational

@rakoczi29 6 лет назад

terrific story, great determination, awesome outcome as well as hiring houghton; great choice ! rooting 4 yous from hungary !

@jackjones-ni1dz 6 лет назад

Magical!

@jacksonwhitley8205 6 лет назад

Awesome story!

@chidaluaugustine1088 6 лет назад

a touching story

@hamburgerdan101 6 лет назад

As a spurs supporter, this club has some kind of charm about that I like a lot it's real football

@Mikeadam-sg8vd 4 года назад

My Favorite team in Premier League!

@kadyld511 6 лет назад

I'm a Chelsea fan but hearing about what happened to Brighton sounds extremely heartbreaking for the fans of Brighton... But this is a very touching story and I wish them the best of luck in the Premier League

@howtoheal8003 6 лет назад

Smaller teams have the best history

@KaizerMan 6 лет назад

If they have the best history they would be considered big clubs?

@williamhawkins8155 4 года назад

@@KaizerMan History doesn't have to be full of trophies. The Albion has a remarkable history despite not having a loaded trophy cabinet.

@Connief1990 6 лет назад

This is great. Glad to see them in the Premier League.

@reubenw4576 6 лет назад

It's great, get to do sports day in their old stadium now

@pablochampagne525 6 лет назад

Going to fire up a Football Manager 2017 game with Brighton.

@azreenabang4410 6 лет назад

Congrats and welcome to the premier league.. from a chelsea fan

@MythicalSkull13 6 лет назад

Hope they stay up, I support Arsenal but Brighton's recent history is great

@TheSeafordian Год назад

I had a season ticket during our Gillingham years. Couldn't get to many games but the money must have helped.

@nathanwells1359 6 лет назад

Great video

@Creees 6 лет назад

nice video and a nice story

@saranshchoudhary2526 6 лет назад

touching

@conormcauliffe4798 6 лет назад

And straight back down! I'm joking, I hope they do well this season.

@mickeyjpg918 6 лет назад

Well we're now 14th.......won some matches and lost some....unlike poor old Crystal Palace with 0 points

@burchieboy69 3 года назад

that might come true at this point we could go down this year

@chairmanissuchabitch 6 лет назад

im sooo happy to see that brighton is in the premier league, go seagulls

@mayank7103 4 года назад

I really like this club!

@kubrickshithouse9350 6 лет назад

Peter Gabriel admiring the trumpet at 4:13

@heycastelo2759 6 лет назад

crazy i brought them up in cmy fifa too lol i never played with a under first division team n i went with them yes i now they were in 4th divison but gatdam this is unvelieveble