And here we are. The final.
In the red corner. Hailing from Benfleet, Essex and standing at 5 foot, 10 inches. He represented the Albion from 1977 to 1982. He is Paul "The Tank" Clark!
And his opponent in the blue corner. Hailing from Liverpool and standing at 5 foot, 9 inches. He...
For a place in the final where the winner will meet Paul Clark.
Iiiiiiiiin the red corner. Hailing from Liverpool and standing at 5 foot, 9 inches. He represented the Albion from 1981 to 1985 and 1993 to 1996. He is the "Hard Case". He is Jimmy "Hard" Case
And in the blue corner. Hailing...
Introducing first in the red corner. Hailing from Benfleet, Essex. He stands at five foot, 10 inches. He represented the Albion from 1977 to 1982. He is one of the most fearsome tacklers in English football history. He is THE TANK. He is Paul "The Tank" Clark!
And his opponent in the blue...
Here is our first quarter final. A real fist fight between two proper skinhead hard "pub lads"
Danny Cullip
Nickname: Grant Mitchell
Position: Centre Back
Albion Career: 1999-04
Vs
Charlie Oatway
Nickname: Phil Mitchell
Position: Central Midfielder
Albion Career: 1999-07
Onto Group D, same rules apply
Doug Rougvie
Position: Defender
Albion Career: 1987-88
Nickname: Doug the Thug
Hans Kraay
Position: Defender
Albion Career: 1983-85
Nickname: Evil
Alex Dawson
Position: Forward
Albion Career: 1968-71
Nickname: The Black Prince
Radostin Kishishev...
Onto group C
Jimmy Case
Position: Midfielder
Albion Career: 1981-85, 1993-96
Nickname: Hard Case
Phil Stant
Position: Striker
Albion Career: 2001
Nickname: Eminem's Dad
Steve Foster
Position: Centre Back
Albion Career: 1979-84, 1992-96
Nickname: Fozzie/headbanded mentalist
Brian...
Same as before
Group A is still running
Paul Clark
Position: Defender
Albion Career: 1977-82
Nickname: Tank
Martin Thomas
Position: Central Midfielder
Albion Career: 2001
Nickname: Head Tackler
Iain Baird
Position: Striker
Albion Career: 1996-97
Nickname: Yogi
Charlie Oatway...
Rules are simple. Vote for you think is/was the hardest. Top 2 progress
Dean Wilkins
Position: Central Midfielder
Albion Career: 1983-84, 1987-96
Nickname: Wendy
Adam El-Abd
Position: Defender
Albion Career: 2003-14
Nickname: Bomber
Des Tennant
Position: Right Back
Albion Career...
Thinks it's time for another trip down memory lane.
I don't think we've done this one before, maybe in wrong but let's have a look at the Albion's HARDEST ever player
We're not really looking at dirtiest or strongest here but proper HARD NUTS
Over to you for nominations, I'll follow what is...
So here we are, the grand finale live from Withdean Stadium. Dick Knight is out here greeting the teams.
Americas A
Manager: Gus Poyet. Poyet managed the Albion from 2009-13 and won the League 1 title with the club.
Poyet turns up to Withdean with a squad that won the tournament last year...
and the 2nd semi- again, 24 hours to vote
England Internationals
Manager: Peter Taylor. Taylor managed the Albion in the 2001-02 season, winning the Division 2 (League One) title. He's the only man (to date) to manage the Albion and the England national side whom he managed for 1 game as a...
onto the semi's, I'll be running both face offs almost concurrently. 24 hours to vote
Spain
Manager: Oscar Garcia. Garcia managed Brighton for the 2013-14 season and guided his side to the Championship play offs.
Garcia brings a strong squad to Withdean for this tournament. Spain have a good...
onto our last quarter final!. QF 3 is closing at 5.52 this evening QF 2 is closing any minute
remember you have 24 hours to vote
Africa
Manager: Chris Hughton. Hughton managed the Albion from 2014-19, achieving promotion from the Championship. He also coached Ghana at the 2022 World Cup...
I suspect this may well be the tightest of the quarter finals
Quarter Final 2 is still live
United Ireland A
Manager: Liam Brady. Brady managed the Albion through a tough period from 1993-95.
Ireland reached the Semi Finals last year and have since added several players from north of the...
onto quarter final 2, again there are 24 hours for voting
Americas A
Manager: Gus Poyet. Poyet managed the Albion from 2009-13 and won the League 1 title with the club.
Poyet turns up to Withdean with a squad that won the tournament last year. They will once again consider themselves to be...
Hope you all had a lovely weekend, I'm sure you've all been chomping at the bit for the Quarter Finals, well here it is
For the knock outs the poll will be open for 24 hours so choose wisely.
Spain
Manager: Oscar Garcia. Garcia managed Brighton for the 2013-14 season and guided his side to the...
And it's onto the final group- reminder to vote for up to two sides to go through
Group A is still open
As is Group B
And Group C
Africa
Manager: Chris Hughton. Hughton managed the Albion from 2014-19, achieving promotion from the Championship. He also coached Ghana at the 2022 World Cup...