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Erling Haaland Isn’t That Good

It’s opinions like these that make my parents regret not putting me up for adoption. But listen, if you’ve made it to even just this sentence without spitting on this…

Will Roberto De Zerbi Leave Brighton at the End of the Season?

Roberto De Zerbi has done an excellent job since he was appointed the manager of Brighton and Hove Albion in September 2022, guiding The Seagulls to their highest top-flight finish…

From Whitehawk to the World Cup: The Story of Imran Kayani

Playing in the 7th tier of English football on a pitch more suited for a blue run at a ski resort than a football pitch, to playing in a world…

The End of Tournament Football?

Modern football fans have grown up seeing competitions such as the Champions League and the World Cup with the same format time and time again, and I can quite confidently…

Will the Seagulls flock to new heights in 2023?

Words by Bec Nicol 2022 saw fantastic gains for Brighton & Hove Albion F.C, starting the Premier League with a victory over Manchester United. Following this, Brighton saw several other…

Times Are Changing at Brighton

After a 1-0 defeat to Tottenham in his first home game as Brighton manager, Roberto De Zerbi faces a challenging start to his career by the coast, but what did…

Montpelier Villa: Brighton’s Other Football Team

The tension was reverberating through the air at the home ground of Whyteleafe WFC in South London before kick-off in the 2nd round of the FA cup against Brighton based…

Premier League’s Pathetic Pay-Per-View

Words By Max Kilham and Charlie Batten The Premier League have announced a new pay-per-view scheme which will see fans having to pay £14.95 to watch their team if they…

Turnaround for the Toffees

Words By Max Kilham 25 years. That’s how long Evertonians have been waiting for a trophy. Not a league title, not European success, a trophy. Everton are the 4th most…

Things are getting messy with Messi and Barcelona

Words By Charlie Batten With the Coronavirus pandemic halting football for a time and preventing fans from stadiums, I think it’s safe to say we were expecting a fairly quiet…

The Struggle for Survival in Non-League: How Lewes FC has endured.

Words by Max Kilham In a year hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic, Chairman Stuart Fuller discusses the impact on his club Lewes and the future of non-league football. Lewes FC…

Geordies and Sheikhs, the new footballing powerhouse?

By Charlie Batten It seems that very soon Newcastle United will complete a very controversial £300 million takeover headed by Amanda Staveley and heavily backed by the Public Investment Fund…

Coronavirus in Sports

By Georgia Keetch Dozens of international sport events have been cancelled or postponed around the world amid an outbreak of a new type of coronavirus. The pathogen’s effect has been…

From ‘Flow Kingz’ to Superstar: A New Kid on the Block?

By Jonny Garwood Despite a storied career at Nottingham Forest, Leeds United and Manchester City, and having once been held as an up and coming prospect, in English football, the…

Meeting Matt Jackson: Brighton’s YouTube football sensation

The University of Sussex hosted a YouTube Panel Discussion on 26 February and one of the speakers for the event was footballing YouTube Creator Matt Jackson. As a Brighton-based YouTube…

Southgate must bring back excitement to England in the lead up to Russia

With qualification secured for next summer’s World Cup Finals in Russia, how will England fare after such a disappointing tournament last time out? Harry Kane’s last minute winner against Slovenia…

Footballers and boxers share a risk of dementia

Footballers may be at increased risk of dementia due to the brain trauma caused by repeatedly heading the ball In an average game of football a player heads the ball…

Agony at The Amex as Brighton crash out of playoffs

Brighton Hove & Albion 1 – 1 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday win 3-1 on aggregate As 24,000 blue and white flags swung across The Amex it seemed even the sun…

Brighton Outclass Stale Bees

Photo: Paul Hazlewood Brighton 3 – Brentford 0 Brighton welcomed Brentford to the Amex midway through their run of three consecutive home games, after securing a vital three points last…

Brighton edge Huddersfield at the Amex

Brighton & Hove Albion 2 – Huddersfield 1 Brighton welcomed Huddersfield to the Amex in conditions worthy of a Victorian novel, an unbroken grey cloud blanketing the stadium; and the…