Brighton Up
Brighton Up

Author: Nick Szczepanik

Publisher: Biteback Publishing

Published: 2017-08-24

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 178590308X

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Brighton Up: The Inside Story of Brighton & Hove Albion's Journey From Despair to Triumph and the Premier League tells the story of how Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club bounced back from the heartbreak of missing out on promotion to the Premier League by the narrowest of margins, to achieve that ultimate goal earlier this month. Acclaimed sports journalist Nick Szczepanik, a lifelong Brighton fan with strong contacts at the club, documents its travails over two turbulent seasons. The book explains how the Seagulls, written off as certainties for relegation to League One before the 2015-16 season, overcame the loss of one of their own in the Shoreham Air Show tragedy to go on a record unbeaten run. But although top scorers in the Championship, they fell agonisingly short of their target of automatic promotion by a single goal, then lost out again in the lottery of the play-offs. The football world expected them to be crushed by disappointment and outspent by the big guns of Newcastle, Norwich and Aston Villa, but instead they regrouped and came back stronger in 2016-17. Led by experienced and inscrutable manager Chris Hughton and backed by owner Tony Bloom - the world-class poker player nicknamed 'The Lizard' for his ice-cold blood - they played with a determination not to let the heartbreak happen again.

Build a Bonfire
Build a Bonfire

Author: Paul Hodson

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2011-11-04

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 1780572662

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How would you feel if your football club was bought by a businessman who saw your ground as real estate? And what if your ground was demolished leaving you with nowhere to play next season? Many fans believe that when Bill Archer, a Blackburn-based entrepreneur, bought Brighton and Hove Albion, he had no passion for the club or the game but rather saw an opportunity to make a profit. If so, he made the fatal mistake of misjudging football fans. In July 1995, Brighton's local daily paper led its front page with the headline 'Seagulls Migrate', announcing that the Goldstone Ground was to be sold to a property developer for £7.4 million and that 'home' games were to be played at Portsmouth. All this without one word of consultation with the fans. What followed was the biggest campaign in the history of football to save a club. Drawing on dozens of interviews with people directly involved - the fans, the FA, the players and the management - Build a Bonfire dramatically traces the progress of the two-year fight with the board: two years of despair, absurdity and solidarity. In so doing, the book not only explores implications for other clubs, in a world where the battle lines between football and money are being drawn ever tighter, but also creates a picture of that strange and wonderful thing: the football fan. And having lived through the crisis and listened to the fans, the authors can offer their Ten Essential Steps to Depose your Club Chairman, should the need arise . . .

History of Brighton and Hove
History of Brighton and Hove

Author: Kenneth Fines

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13:

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Twin towns with a fascinating history, they constitute the Sussex resort that, to mark the Millennium, the Queen declared to be a City. A giant step from the Neolithic camp built on Whitehawk Hill in the fourth millennium B.C. The author, who since 1950 has worked as a planner in Brighton, has now produced the first integrated history of the two towns. His sense of humour is evident on every page of an entertaining and richly illustrated narrative, through prehistoric downsmen to the trippers and the technocrats of today's proud City.

Brighton and Hove on This Day
Brighton and Hove on This Day

Author: Dan Tester

Publisher: Pitch Publishing

Published: 2015-02

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781909626683

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This book revisits all the most magical and memorable moments from the two towns’ pulsating history, mixing in a maelstrom of quirky anecdotes and legendary characters to produce an irresistibly dippable Brighton & Hove diary—with an entry for every day of the year. Everything you never knew you needed to know about your favorite resort.

Brighton and Hove
Brighton and Hove

Author: Nicholas Antram

Publisher: Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780300126617

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This comprehensive guide to the historic heart of Brighton and Hove features a series of walks which trace its development from late medieval fishing settlement to the 'Queen of the Watering Places', with a lively and critical commentary on its unique character.

Brighton and Hove Albion on This Day
Brighton and Hove Albion on This Day

Author: Dan Tester

Publisher: Pitch Pub

Published: 2011-08-31

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9781905411658

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Brighton & Hove Albion: On This Day chronicles, in diary form, the major events in the British football club's history. With individual entries for every day, and multiple listings for more historic and busier days, the book includes all the club’s big matches, cup finals, significant events, and sensational signings—and is fully endorsed by the club.