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Details for the Albion's Capital One Cup second round tie against Swindon have been announced.


The sides will meet at The County Ground at 7:45pm on Tuesday 26th August, with tickets attractively priced at Prices set at £12 for adults, £10 for concessions (over 65s, students ...

João Carlos Teixeira is set to join the Albion in a season long loan deal from Liverpool.

The 21-year-old Portugese midfielder, who has been dubbed 'the new Deco', is most comfortable on the left-side of midfield, but can also operate centrally. Teixeira starred in the Sporting Lisbon youth side that beat Liverpool 3-0 at Anfield, a performance so impressive that Liverpool immediately moved to bring him to England.

He eventually arrived at Anfield in January 2012 and progressed through Liverpool’s youth team and reserve team before ...

After a dramatic Thursday that saw Will Buckley depart Albion for Premier League Sunderland, and Stephen Ward’s expected move from Wolves fall through, what manager Sami Hyypia had to make of it all in his press conference ahead of the sides trip to Birmingham was highly anticipated.

Top of the bill when talking to the press ahead of the visit to St Andrews tomorrow was Buckley. The winger links up with former Seagulls boss Gus Poyet at the Stadium ...

With the Albion's long-expected move for Stephen Ward looking doomed, after Premier League new boys Burnley intervened at the 11th hour, the club could be left scrambling for another option at the problematic left-back position.

Adam Chicksen performed well in the Capital One Cup victory over Cheltenham Town on Tuesday night but in truth it was not a demanding test for the 22-year old who joined the Albion from MK Dons in a three year deal in July 2013.

When Sheffield Wednesday visited the Amex for the Championship opener, Chicksen had to be content with a bench spot as the experienced Inigo Calderon was switched from right to left.

Albion have been linked with a number of left-backs ...

In a twist reminiscent of Sammy Lee's almost-move to the Albion, it appears that Stephen Ward has been snatched from under the noses of the club at the 11th hour.

Southampton came in for Lee when personal terms at the Amex had been agreed and, on this occasion, it seems Burnley's Premier League status, and cash, has ruined a deal that was as good as done.

At the time Southampton intercepted Sammy Lee, a club insider commented that it was if Saints staff were gathered around Sky Sports, saw the Sammy Lee deal reported and picked up the phone to intervene. Tonight David Burke and Sami Hyypia ...

Following the tidal wave of negativity over the past three months and today's departure of Will Buckley, has anyone (aside from me) considered recent events could in fact be a very POSITIVE move by the club?

Let me explain my rationale:

Firstly, as a devoted fan of the Albion and it's greatest ever benefactor, it's inconceivable Tony Bloom will leave the club high and dry. Or that he would suddenly dilute his ambition for Premier League football, instead wallowing in the depths of League 1, the echoes of anonymous loanees bouncing off the 15.000 or so empty padded seats. Do fans really perceive him to be lacking in drive or ambition, unwilling to dip into his swollen coffers? ...

With Stephen Ward as good as an Albion player, the club have missed out on landing his namesake as Derby's Jamie Ward, a recent target for the Albion, has signed a contract extension with the Rams, keeping him at Pride Park until the Summer of 2016.

The lively 28-year-old Northern Ireland ...

12 Craig Mackail-Smith
13 David Stockdale
14 Inigo Calderon
15 Adam Chicksen
16 Casper Ankergren
18 Jake Forster-Caskey

There was a big number 17 sized hole when the Albion’s squad numbers were announced and that is to be filled, at long, long last, by Republic of Ireland international Stephen Ward who excelled on the ...

Albion fans will be the very first fans in the country to benefit from a new Football League broadcasting initiative by being able to watch the club's away fixture at Leeds United, on Tuesday 19th August, live at the Amex.

Following the installation of a fibre-optic network that will eventually link all club stadiums, matches can now be beamed back to grounds, live in HD, at a fraction of the previous cost. As a result, clubs may now enter into agreements that will enable the away club to broadcast the match for the benefit of its own fans.

Exact details for the screening are still to be announced, but we expect Dick's Bar to be used and a modest entry fee to be charged.
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It came as no surprise to Albion fans to hear of Will Buckley's departure to Sunderland today, reuniting with Gus Poyet, the man who brought him to Brighton and the man who got the best out of him in a Brighton shirt. The deal, in the region of £2.5m represents a sound return on a player that joined the Albion in a £1m deal from Watford in the Summer of 2011. As part of that deal, Watford will receive c£225,000 due to a 15% sell-on clause negotiated at the time.

Fan reaction is mixed. Buckley is clearly a special talent, a genuine game changer and match winner on his day - a player who can get supporters genuinely excited. ...

Across Sussex and beyond Albion fans gathered around transistor radios, television sets and iPads this evening to find out who were to be the Albion's next victims on what is already one of the better League Cup runs for quite some time.

In what must be the most bizarre draw in the history of Cup competitions ever, the Albion managed to avoid one of many cock-ups to emerge with a trip to magic roundabout land.

With first round exits to such giants of the game as Newport County, Swindon (uh oh) and Northampton in recent years, the Albion are already in nosebleed territory being a mere 540 minutes (plus extra-time and penalties if required) from Wembley.
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Albion fans hoping for a glamour tie in the second round of the Capital One Cup will be left disappointed due to the mechanics of the draw, which takes place on Sky immediately after this evening's Coventry v Cardiff televised first round clash.

Thirteen Premier League clubs enter the competition in the second round with the remaining seven joining in Round 3 as they are involved in European competition.

The draw is seeded, with the top 12 Football League clubs still in the competition (based on last season’s finishing positions), including the Albion, joining the 13 Premier League clubs as seeds.

Unseeded ...

After the success of various 'themed' games over the last two seasons - Spanish Day, Fright Night, etc - the club decided to use the visit of Cheltenham to run the latest. A lot of thought clearly went into the planning, and made 'League Two Night' a great success.

From restricting the crowd to a Withdeanesque 6,500, to picking an entire team utterly devoid of creative talent, the marketing experts at the club surpassed themselves ...

There was little doubt anyway, but after tonight's Capital One Cup victory over dogged Cheltenham, Sami Hyypia all but confirmed that Will Buckley was departing the Amex, the stadium he christened so wonderfully with the first and second Albion goals.


Speaking to BBC Sussex Sport after the Albion progressed ...