- Dean Saunders
Dean Nicholas Saunders (born 21 June, 1964 in Swansea, Wales) was a Welsh footballer and was a prolific forward. He is probably best known for playing for Aston Villa. However he also played for Swansea City, Cardiff City(on loan), Brighton, Oxford United, Derby County, Liverpool, Galatasaray, Nottingham Forest, Sheffield United, Benfica and Bradford City. He is currently working as an assistant manager to Wales manager John Toshack.
- Michael Robinson
Michael Robinson (born July 12, 1958 in Leicester, England) was an Irish international footballer who later became a top television pundit and presenter in Spain. Robinson, who started his career with Preston North End and Manchester City, was a strong and skilful striker who shot to fame as part of the Brighton & Hove Albion team which reached the 1983 FA Cup final while within a fruitless battle against relegation.
- Dean Wilkins
Dean Mark Wilkins (born 12 July 1962, Hillingdon) is a former professional footballer and the current manager of English football team Brighton & Hove Albion. He represented QPR, Leyton Orient and Brighton & Hove Albion as a player, before moving into coaching. He is the younger brother of the former England international Ray Wilkins and Chelsea defender Graham Wilkins. Wilkins assumed the position of caretaker manager when Mark McGhee resigned in early September 2006.
- Adam Virgo
Adam John Virgo (born January 25 1983) is a professional footballer currently playing for Coventry City on loan from Celtic. From the age of seven Adam Virgo played for the St. Aubyns Preparatory school football team. At 13 he was awarded a sports scholarship to Ardingly College. He then moved to his home town club Brighton & Hove Albion.
- Nicky Forster
Nicholas Michael Forster (born 8 September 1973 in Caterham, England) is a professional footballer currently playing for Brighton & Hove Albion.
- Gary Hart
Gary Hart is a professional footballer currently playing for Brighton & Hove Albion, in Football League One. He was famously signed from Stansted in 1998, for £1,000 and a set of tracksuits. During his time at the club, he has become a loyal servant and safely has become a fans favourite. Hart is known for his versatility, as he has played in many numerous positions for the club such as; Right Back, Winger, Right Midfield, …
- Jake Robinson
Jake Robinson (born October 23, 1986 in Brighton) is an English footballer who plays professional football as a striker or winger for Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.. A product of Albion's youth system, Jake made his debut in September 2003 against Middlesbrough and became the club's youngest ever scorer (16) three weeks later in a cup match against Forest Green Rovers.
- Dean Cox
Dean Arthur Edward Cox (born August 12 1987 in Cuckfield, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for Brighton & Hove Albion. After breaking into the first team this season, putting in lots of good performances along the way, it is rumoured that he is attracting interest from Portsmouth and Southampton after signing a two year contract extension that will tie him to the Albion until the season ending 2009.
- Darren Currie
Darren Paul Currie is an English footballer. He currently plays at Luton Town. Currie joined Luton after being released by Ipswich Town, who signed him from from Brighton & Hove Albion in 2004 for £250,000. Currie had played just 22 games for the Brighton & Hove Albion before moving to Ipswich. He is the nephew of the former Sheffield United and England footballer Tony Currie who won 17 caps for England. He started his career at West Ham United as a trainee, …
- Paul Reid
Paul Reid (born July 6, 1979 in Sydney, Australia) is a professional football (soccer) player currently playing for Brighton & Hove Albion. The midfielder began his football career in Australia for Wollongong Wolves in 1998. In 2002, Reid moved to England and joined Bradford City, but only stayed for one season before joining Brighton in 2003.
- Leon Knight
Leon Knight (born 16 September 1982 in Hackney, London) is a English dwarf currently playing for League Two "side" Milton Keynes Dons. He joined the club from Swansea City in January 2007, just one year after joining the Welsh club from Brighton & Hove Albion. Knight began his career as a rentboy at Chelsea, spending loan periods at Queens Park Rangers, Huddersfield Town, Sheffield Wednesday and Brighton & Hove Albion before joining Brighton on a permanent contract in 2003.
- Bobby Zamora
Robert Lester "Bobby" Zamora (born January 16, 1981 in Barking, London) is a native born English footballer of Trinidadian background who plays for English Premier League club, West Ham United.
- Kerry Mayo
Kerry Mayo (born September 21, 1977) is an English footballer who currently plays left back for Brighton & Hove Albion. Mayo joined the Seagulls in 1996 and the Football League One side remain the only club he has ever played for. Mayo has maintained a regular first team place at Brighton for many years now, staying with the club through thick and thin, and playing a total of 303 games for Brighton and scored 11 goals (as of the end of the 2004-05 season), …
- Adam El-Abd
Adam El-Abd (born 11 September 1984) is a football player, currently playing for English team Brighton & Hove Albion. He has joint Egyptian and British nationality. El-Abd joined Brighton's youth department when he was 10 and was granted a scholarship there at 16. He signed his first professional contract of two and a half years with Brighton & Hove Albion at the age of 19. He made his full League debut for the club in the 2-1 win at Notts County in November 2003.
- Dick Knight
Harry Richard ("Dick") Knight, is an English businessman and football club chairman. A life-long fan of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., he took control following the effective ousting by fan pressure of the previous board following their sale of the club's Goldstone Ground to property developers. As of 2005, he owned 375,000 shares in the club's holding company, making him the largest shareholder at 29.61%.
- Michel Kuipers
Michel Kuipers (born June 26, 1974 in Amsterdam, Netherlands) is a former Dutch marine who is a professional footballer currently playing for Brighton & Hove Albion and is a goalkeeper. He started his footballing career with DWS Amsterdam, before moving to England in 1999 to join Bristol Rovers F.C., where he spent sixteen months. In June 2000 he joined Brighton on a free transfer, …
- Don Welsh
Don Welsh (born 25 February 1911, Manchester - died 2 February 1990) was an English football player and manager. As a player he played at inside left for Charlton Athletic and for England, winning the FA Cup with Charlton in 1946-47.
- Tommy Elphick
Tommy Elphick (born September 7, 1987 in Brighton) is a professional football player who currently plays for Brighton & Hove Albion. Elphick progressed through the youth ranks at the club and was awarded a contract in the summer of 2006. Elphick plays at either right-back or in central defence and has made a couple of appearances on the substitute bench so far during 2006-07. His older brother Gary now plays for Conference side St Albans after he was released by the Albion.
- Guy Butters
Guy Butters (born Hillingdon, October 30 1969) is a professional footballer currently contracted to Brighton & Hove Albion. Butters joined Brighton on August 29 2002 on a free transfer from Gillingham, and is now widely regarded as one of the best veteran defenders in the lower leagues. Butters played his 600th professional game during 2006. He has been runner-up in the club's official player of the season awards for the last two years running.
- Joel Lynch
Joel Lynch (born October 3, 1987) is a professional football player currently playing for Brighton & Hove Albion where he came through the club's own youth set up. He was part of a history breaking youth set up for the club which saw them reach the quarterfinals of the FA Youth Cup Final. His reward, along with fellow teammate Joe Gatting, was a place in the squad for the first team which saw him make his debut against Southampton on January 3, 2006.
- Alex Revell
Alex Revell is a professional footballer playing for Brighton & Hove Albion. He plays as a forward. A graduate of the Cambridge youth team, Revell struggled to establish himself at the Abbey Stadium and in 2004 left the club, joining non-league side Braintree Town, for whom he netted 35 times for and helped gain promotion to the Conference South in the 2005/06 season.
- Paul McShane
Paul David McShane (born January 6, 1986 in Kilpeddar, County Wicklow) is an Irish football player who plays as a defender for West Bromwich Albion. McShane started his football career playing first for his local club Greystones United F.C. where he played under the inspirational manager Frank Larkin alongside future greats such as Trevor Conroy. He also played for the St David's secondary school team, and soon thereafter for St Joseph's Boys.
- Alan Curbishley
Llewellyn Charles Curbishley (born 8 November 1957 in Forest Gate, East London), more commonly known as Alan Curbishley, is a former professional footballer and the current manager of West Ham United.
- Adam Hinshelwood
Adam Hinshelwood (born 8 January 1984) is an English football defender who plays for Brighton & Hove Albion. He is the son of ex-England under-21 footballer Paul Hinshelwood, and his brother Paul was also part of the Brighton squad. Hinshelwood was born in Oxford and joined Brighton & Hove Albion as a trainee. He turned professional in August 2002, while his uncle, Martin Hinshelwood was Brighton manager and made his league debut on August 10, …
- Andrew Whing
Andrew Whing (born 20 September 1984 in Birmingham) is a professional footballer who signed for League One side Brighton & Hove Albion on a free transfer on 6th June 2007 after being released by Coventry City at the end of May 2007. Andy previously spent 2 months on loan at Brighton during the 2006/07 season. Whing has the honour to be the last player to have scored a league goal at Coventry's former ground, Highfield Road, …
- Joe Gatting
Joe Gatting (born 25 November 1987 in Brighton) is a professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for Brighton & Hove Albion. Gatting attended Cardinal Newman Catholic School in Hove, followed by Brighton College. Gatting is the son of former Brighton & Hove Albion defender Steve Gatting and nephew of former cricket captain Mike Gatting. He has come through the youth ranks with Brighton & Hove Albion scoring a hatful of goals for the youth team, …
- Doug Loft
Doug Loft (born December 25, 1986 in Maidstone) is a professional footballer currently contracted to Brighton & Hove Albion. Doug Loft attended St Simon Stock Catholic School in Maidstone. Loft, an England Schoolboy international, signed for the Seagulls in January 2006 from non-league side Hastings United, where he was spotted by then scout Dean White.
- Dean Hammond
Dean Hammond (born March 7 1983 in Hastings) is a British football player for Brighton & Hove Albion. In his younger days at the club, he left the club on loan twice in 2003, first to Aldershot during September, and secondly to Leyton Orient in October, and he was given a six-month ultimatum at the start of the 2004-05 season by then manager Mark McGhee, Hammond impressed and was awarded a new deal that summer.
- Colin Kazim-Richards
Colin Kazim-Richards is a professional footballer for who plays for Turkish Fenerbahçe SK in the Turkcell Super League. His father is of Antiguan descent, and his mother is Turkish Cypriot. The Turkish forename "Kâzım" was intended to be a middle name, which would have rendered his full name 'Colin Kazim Richards', but due to an error, he was registered as 'Colin Kazim-Richards'.
- Steve Sidwell
Steven James Sidwell (born 14 December 1982 in Wandsworth, London) is a professional footballer for Chelsea in the English Premier League.
- Mark McCammon
Mark McCammon (born August 7, 1978 in Barnet, London) is an Barbados football (soccer) player. He currently plays for Doncaster Rovers and is a Barbados international. McCammon played four games for Cambridge United on a non-contract basis between August 1997 and March 1999. He signed for Charlton Athletic on 9 March 1999 and played with them until July 2000. He had a loan spell at Swindon Town between 2 January 2000 and 7 February 2000 while with Charlton.
- Bas Savage
Basir "Bas" Savage (born 7 January 1982 in London) is a professional footballer. He is currently at Football League One side Brighton & Hove Albion and is known for his trademark moonwalk goal celebration, which has gained cult fame on TV's "Soccer AM".
- Tommy Fraser
Tommy Fraser (born December 5, 1987 in Brighton) is a professional footballer who currently plays for Brighton & Hove Albion. Fraser has progressed through the youth ranks at the club and was awarded a contract in the summer of 2006. On September 9 2006, Fraser made his debut for the Albion at the New Den, coming off the bench. Later in the game Fraser cleared off the line as Millwall looked to have scored, but Tommy saved the goal.
- John Sullivan
John Sullivan (born March 8, 1988) is an English professional football goalkeeper who currently plays for Brighton & Hove Albion. In November 2005 while on work experience at Hastings United (then managed by legendary Welsh goalkeeper Neville Southall) Sullivan was called up to the England U18s squad for a friendly against Turkey, in which he won his first cap. Sullivan was awarded a professional contract by Brighton in the summer of 2006, …
- Charlie Oatway
Charlie Oatway (born 28 November 1973) is an English footballer. Oatway is a midfielder who currently plays for Brighton & Hove Albion. Oatway's biggest claim to fame is that he has the longest name in English football. His full name is Anthony Philip David Terry Frank Donald Stanley Gerry Gordon Stephen James Oatway. The reason behind this rather unusual name is the fact that both his parents were big Queens Park Rangers fans, …
- Scott Chamberlain
Scott Chamberlain (born January 15, 1988 in Brighton) is a professional footballer who currently plays for Brighton & Hove Albion as a central midfielder. Chamberlain has progressed through the youth ranks at the club and was awarded a contract in the summer of 2006. As of November 2006, Chamberlain has made one appearance on the substitute bench in the 2006/07 season, but has been a regular in reserve matches.
- Wes Fogden
Wes Fogden (born April 12, 1988 in Brighton, United Kingdom) is a professional footballer who currently plays for Brighton & Hove Albion as a central midfielder. Fogden has progressed through the youth ranks at the club and was awarded a contract in the summer of 2006. Fogden is yet to feature for the club as shortly after returning to pre-season training he was diagnosed with a spine tumour, which was thankfully benign.
- Peter Ward
Peter Ward is a retired footballer, whose most successful times were with Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.. He mostly played as a forward. He now lives in the United States, but can still be seen at Brighton games and events when he visits the UK. The photograph in this article shows him (on the left) with Norman Cook (also known as Fatboy Slim) at a demonstration demanding that planning permission be awarded for a new stadium for the club at Falmer.
- Richard Carpenter
Richard Carpenter (born September 30, 1972 in Sheppey) is an English footballer. In fifteen years as a professional player he has played for Gillingham, Fulham, Cardiff City, Brighton & Hove Albion and Welling United. Every club for which he has played has won promotion during his time there. Carpenter is also known as the player who ended Chris Casper's playing career with a vicious two footed tackle on 26th December 1999.
- Nathan Jones
Nathan Jones is a Welsh professional football (soccer) left sided defender, currently playing for Yeovil Town. His first professional club was Spanish club Numancia, where he stayed for a year before returning to the United Kingdom to play for Southend United in 1997. He spent three seasons at Southend, including a season long loan at Scarborough, and left for Brighton & Hove Albion.