It was exactly five years ago that Brighton and Hove Albion chief executive Paul Barber chaired the first of his Monday management meetings. The club had already travelled a vast distance from the days when their very existence was in doubt but, at exactly 3pm every week, the club’s executive committee began gathering at the Amex Stadium to discuss how their various priorities would support one over-arching dream: being ‘Premier League Ready’.
It was a phrase used so often internally that the acronym ‘PLR’ became a part of everyday dialogue. Hard to imagine back then, but the moment when aspiration meets reality is actually happening and yesterday, after more than 200 such meetings, senior staff gathered for one final time before Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City become the first Premier League visitors to Brighton. The length and depth of the journey can be quantified in so many ways.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/08/07/brighton-hove-albion-became-ready-tackle-top-flight/
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It was a phrase used so often internally that the acronym ‘PLR’ became a part of everyday dialogue. Hard to imagine back then, but the moment when aspiration meets reality is actually happening and yesterday, after more than 200 such meetings, senior staff gathered for one final time before Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City become the first Premier League visitors to Brighton. The length and depth of the journey can be quantified in so many ways.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/08/07/brighton-hove-albion-became-ready-tackle-top-flight/
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