[Albion] Our friends down the road

[Dave the OAP]

Russell Martin: Southampton manager receives honorary degree from Brighton University

Russell Martin set up the Russell Martin Foundation in 2017.

www.bbc.co.uk

I have seen a lot of things locally at hove park with his name on it, didn’t realise he was a brighton( varndean) boy or it was the same geezer that managed the scummers


good for him.

 

[AZ Gull]

Russell Martin: Southampton manager receives honorary degree from Brighton University

Russell Martin set up the Russell Martin Foundation in 2017.

www.bbc.co.uk

I have seen a lot of things locally at hove park with his name on it, didn’t realise he was a brighton( varndean) boy or it was the same geezer that managed the scummers


good for him.

He played a number of matches for the Albion youth team in 2003-04, but as he wasn't full-time like the scholars (as he was attending Varndean) he left after a few months and joined Lewes.