Firstly, I wanted to avoid the term “Potterball”. Well, apart from just then. Sorry. For the purposes of this article I will use the longer terms “our style of football” or “Graham Potter’s style of football” even though they are longer, and therefore harder to type, because they are slightly less cringy and cannot be used ironically. Right, so now that’s out of the way what has ...

Back in 2010, Brighton and Hove Albion’s then manager Gus Poyet philosophised in his typical, charismatic way what football meant following an improbable draw against Charlton. The manager felt his team had been wronged by the referee as Albion were reduced to ten after just seven minutes, but instead chose to focus on what the team had achieved, and the incredible atmosphere.

“It’s all about Brighton it’s all about Brighton. It’s ...

For Premier League clubs, the transfer market is a complete minefield. Even with an occasional injection of funds from a big sale, it’s extremely difficult to get recruitment right. How many times have we seen clubs sell their big stars, with the aim to reinvest the cash in the squad and strengthen the team as a whole, only for the majority of the dosh to end up wasted on overpriced mediocrity?

Whilst previously it was mostly strikers and exciting ...

Before we embark on a new journey with Graham Potter at the helm, it’s still worth a look back at one of the standout performances from last season - Crystal Palace away. Any excuse, right? A fantastic setup from Hughton helped the Seagulls to a 1-2 victory, and a first league double over the Eagles since 1983/84, something to look back on with fondness forever despite a frankly rubbish second half of the season. Whilst we look forward with huge excitement to Potter’s brand of football; trust ...

The abrupt sacking of Chris Hughton was quite a shock - not just, for the footballing world outside of Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club, who appear decidedly outraged by the decision following the Albion’s survival - but for the fans too, despite a relative split on whether the decision was correct. It may have well happened sooner, at a more comprehensible time, after the disastrous loss against Cardiff. The Argus report that “Bloom contemplated a change on April 16 following the 2-0 home defeat by the ...

Premier League, August 19 2017

Scanners beeped on the turnstile, the last few hundred fans bowled in, a roar immediately surged. Leicester had scored, and this didn’t feel like one of those days when the opener would herald a barnstorming Albion rebuke.

It’s easier to say in hindsight, but within minutes it was clear the team were well off the pace of ...

sort of ...

Nearly here, isn't it? So exciting. We cut to the chase and asked Albion fans what they were looking forward to after a long summer of fun. Here's what they said. ...

On paper, a 2-2 draw away, with five important players out injured, to a side with one of the most expensively assembled squads in the division, fronted by one of the best strikers in the country - a side that hadn't conceded a single goal in their last 4 home matches - would be a more than decent result.

Before the kick-off, most right minded Albion fans would have taken the point. At the interval, ...

Around about this time last year I was having one of the biggest meltdowns of my Albion supporting career and I was far from alone. It was Friday night and we were playing Millwall, one of the few teams (yes, in December) that could possibly go down instead of us. A six pointer live on Sky. We lost in the most pathetic display I’ve seen from an Albion side since we played at Gillingham (ok, perhaps one ...

“Plastic”, “Tin pot”, “Little club”.

“So called biggest club in the South”, “Arrogant”...

So said the internet message boards of a couple of rival clubs recently. Not about each other but about us. Yes, those two somewhat opposite views can be attributed to fans of Sheffield Wednesday and Reading respectively. It’s patently obvious that both cannot be true (and ...

Perhaps we are a bunch of sentimental old fools. After all, history generally suggests that the old adage of “never go back” generally registers as a truth. But there is more than just remembering the good times and ignoring the reality in the case ...

It was the kind of headline that many Albion fans hoped not to be reading this Summer, particularly now with the 2015-16 Championship opener less than a week away.


It's hard not to draw comparisons to the dreadful Summer of 2014 and the messaging from the Albion's highly-polished spin machine seems ...

Please note: this post was originally made in response to the thread The club and their self importance/arrogance

The club are far from perfect but the, quite frankly, gobsmacking ingratitude of an increasing number of people is very, very ...