1975 started a run of nine consecutive cup finals where at least one of the players involved was a future manager of Brighton:
1975: Mullery & Lloyd,
1976: Coppell,
1977: Case and Coppell,
1978: Brady,
1979: Brady & Coppell,
1980: Brady,
1981: Hughton,
1982: Hughton,
1983: Case (+ Ryan...