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Brighton & Hove Albion STH, dad to 3. Enjoyed a career in journalism and corporate communications. Comment on football, media + news. Preview Brighton games with 'played for both' blog https://inparallellines.wordpress.com/
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Ahead of #LIVBHA: Alexis the Great – @OfficialBHAFC’s one and only World Cup winner. @LFC @empireofthekop @AAAJoficial @BocaJrsOficial
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Alexis Mac Allister: the history-making World Cup winner
IF WINNING the World Cup is the pinnacle of any footballer’s career, there can be no question that Alexis Mac Allister has no equal as the greatest ever Brighton and Hove Albion player. Several pla…
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December 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Alexis the Great – @OfficialBHAFC’s one and only World Cup winner – has gone on to win domestic trophies since switching to @LFC. @empireofthekop @AAAJoficial @BocaJrsOficial
Alexis Mac Allister: the history-making World Cup winner
IF WINNING the World Cup is the pinnacle of any footballer’s career, there can be no question that Alexis Mac Allister has no equal as the greatest ever Brighton and Hove Albion player. Several pla…
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December 10, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Alexis the Great – @OfficialBHAFC’s one and only World Cup winner – has gone on to win domestic trophies since switching to @LFC. @empireofthekop @AAAJoficial @BocaJrsOficial
Alexis Mac Allister: the history-making World Cup winner
IF WINNING the World Cup is the pinnacle of any footballer’s career, there can be no question that Alexis Mac Allister has no equal as the greatest ever Brighton and Hove Albion player. Several pla…
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December 10, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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He was a teenage sensation who achieved Premier League fame scoring goals for Brighton. It’s not been so great for a while though…
@OfficialBHAFC @WHUFC @IrelandFootball @bfcdublin @ASRomaEN @RTEsport @ASRomaPress
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The Italian job to rediscover the lost art of goalscoring
EVAN Ferguson is on a mission in Italy to rediscover the eye-catching goalscoring form that saw him burst onto the scene as a teenager at Brighton in 2022. So far, it isn’t quite going according to…
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December 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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He was a teenage sensation who achieved Premier League fame scoring goals for Brighton. It’s not been so great for a while though…
@OfficialBHAFC @WHUFC @IrelandFootball @bfcdublin @ASRomaEN @RTEsport @ASRomaPress
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The Italian job to rediscover the lost art of goalscoring
EVAN Ferguson is on a mission in Italy to rediscover the eye-catching goalscoring form that saw him burst onto the scene as a teenager at Brighton in 2022. So far, it isn’t quite going according to…
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December 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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This distinctive alliteratively-named tenacious midfielder might not have scored many goals but when he did they were often spectacular.
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@Arsenal @BrentfordFC @ReadingFC @ChelseaFC @OfficialBHAFC @AVFC @FulhamFC @stokecity @petercrouchpod @sjwidwell
Not many of them, but Sidwell’s goals were memorable
STEVE SIDWELL was not a recognised goalscorer but when he did find the back of the net it was often memorable and headline-making. Such was his most talked about goal for Brighton – hit from the ce…
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December 1, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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Massive shout out to the New Cross station staff member and engineer who came to our rescue today when our grandson’s pushchair wheels fell onto the track. And thanks to a fellow passenger who alerted them to our plight. #kindness #NewCross #southeasternrailway
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Massive shout out to the New Cross station staff member and engineer who came to our rescue today when our grandson’s pushchair wheels fell onto the track. And thanks to a fellow passenger who alerted them to our plight. #kindness #NewCross #southeasternrailway
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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This distinctive alliteratively-named tenacious midfielder might not have scored many goals but when he did they were often spectacular.
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@Arsenal @BrentfordFC @ReadingFC @ChelseaFC @OfficialBHAFC @AVFC @FulhamFC @stokecity @petercrouchpod @sjwidwell
Not many of them, but Sidwell’s goals were memorable
STEVE SIDWELL was not a recognised goalscorer but when he did find the back of the net it was often memorable and headline-making. Such was his most talked about goal for Brighton – hit from the ce…
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December 1, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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This midfield player had only a handful of stand out moments for Brighton after going through the ranks at Nottingham Forest.
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@NFFC @stokecity @OfficialBHAFC @HullCity
Melton took Micky at his word – and saw red
MIDFIELDER Steve Melton took manager Micky Adams at his word in a notorious pre-season friendly – and ended up being sent off after putting in a waist-high tackle on an opponent. Adams subbed off a…
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November 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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This midfield player had only a handful of stand out moments for Brighton after going through the ranks at Nottingham Forest.
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@NFFC @stokecity @OfficialBHAFC @HullCity
Melton took Micky at his word – and saw red
MIDFIELDER Steve Melton took manager Micky Adams at his word in a notorious pre-season friendly – and ended up being sent off after putting in a waist-high tackle on an opponent. Adams subbed off a…
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November 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Highs and lows experienced at all levels of football were the platform for a whole new career for a player thrust into elite level action as a teenager.
@CAFCofficial @OfficialBHAFC @BrentfordFC @AFCWimbledon @MillwallFC @cambridgecityfc @CIFC
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Bees and Seagulls milestones on Michael Bennett’s wellbeing journey
IT ALMOST certainly wouldn’t have occurred to the loyal few Albion fans who followed the basement division Seagulls in exile in 1998-99 that one of the men in stripes would go on to make a differen…
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November 19, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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Highs and lows experienced at all levels of football were the platform for a whole new career for a player thrust into elite level action as a teenager.
@CAFCofficial @OfficialBHAFC @BrentfordFC @AFCWimbledon @MillwallFC @cambridgecityfc @CIFC
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Bees and Seagulls milestones on Michael Bennett’s wellbeing journey
IT ALMOST certainly wouldn’t have occurred to the loyal few Albion fans who followed the basement division Seagulls in exile in 1998-99 that one of the men in stripes would go on to make a differen…
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November 19, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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Ahead of #CRYBHA, remembering this @brian_horton4 signing who wore the stripes of @CPFC and @OfficialBHAFC. @NewEra_GS @ColU_Official @MillwallFC @WatfordFC @crewealexfc @official_rafc
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Jamie Moralee’s pitfalls a valuable lesson for future prosperity
IT WOULD BE an understatement to say striker Jamie Moralee had mixed fortunes during his time with Brighton. A one-time £450,000 signing, the former Crystal Palace player joined the lowly Seagulls …
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November 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Ahead of #CRYBHA, remembering this @brian_horton4 signing who wore the stripes of @CPFC and @OfficialBHAFC. @NewEra_GS @ColU_Official @MillwallFC @WatfordFC @crewealexfc @official_rafc
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Jamie Moralee’s pitfalls a valuable lesson for future prosperity
IT WOULD BE an understatement to say striker Jamie Moralee had mixed fortunes during his time with Brighton. A one-time £450,000 signing, the former Crystal Palace player joined the lowly Seagulls …
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November 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Ahead of #BHALEE on Saturday, both clubs have come a long way since this journeyman striker led their attacks. @dcfcofficial @StockportCounty @htafc @BlackpoolFC @LUFC @LUFCMOTcom
@OfficialBHAFC @theposh @BarnsleyFC @WFCOfficial @officiallydale @OfficialPVFC
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Wembley hero Liam Dickinson’s nomadic football journey
HE’D SCORED a decisive play-off final goal at Wembley for Stockport County but a subsequent £750,000 move to Derby County didn’t work out for Liam Dickinson and Brighton signed him for £300,000 onl…
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October 30, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Moving swiftly on, in the Carabao Cup, it’s Arsenal away - another former club of Albion’s in-form centre-forward.
@football @Carabao_Cup@ARSBHA @OfficialBHAFC @Arsenal @pnefc @SunderlandAFC @WatfordFC @England @ManUtd @AFTVMedia @Arsenalnewschan @TheArsenalMind
Welbeck – “something really exceptional you don’t find in many players”
DANNY WELBECK was still at school when he made his senior football debut in the League Cup. A first-year scholar at Man Utd, and just 17 in September 2008, Welbeck made his bow against Middlesbroug…
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October 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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He’s the man of the moment for @OfficialBHAFC so it’s a fitting time to be returning to the place where it all began.
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@MNUBHA @OfficialBHAFC @ManUtd @pnefc @SunderlandAFC @Arsenal @WatfordFC
Dat guy Danny Welbeck “a top player and a top person”
INJURY has undoubtedly caused Danny Welbeck to miss more games of football than he would have wished but the game is full of admirers for the longevity of his career. As Gabby Logan said on Match o…
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October 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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He’s the man of the moment for @OfficialBHAFC so it’s a fitting time to be returning to the place where it all began.
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@MNUBHA @OfficialBHAFC @ManUtd @pnefc @SunderlandAFC @Arsenal @WatfordFC
Dat guy Danny Welbeck “a top player and a top person”
INJURY has undoubtedly caused Danny Welbeck to miss more games of football than he would have wished but the game is full of admirers for the longevity of his career. As Gabby Logan said on Match o…
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October 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Ahead of @BHANEW, a reminder of a fiery striker who led the line for both.
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@premierleague @SouthamptonFC @NUFC @LUFC @Boro @Argyle @OfficialBHAFC
Toon scourge Ian Baird no stranger to red cards
A GOALSCORING scourge of Newcastle United once pulled on the famous black and white stripes – and was booked in three of the five games he played for them! Baird, who notoriously got himself sent o…
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October 15, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Ahead of @BHANEW, a reminder of a fiery striker who led the line for both.
inparallellines.blog/2025/10/15/t...
@premierleague @SouthamptonFC @NUFC @LUFC @Boro @Argyle @OfficialBHAFC
Toon scourge Ian Baird no stranger to red cards
A GOALSCORING scourge of Newcastle United once pulled on the famous black and white stripes – and was booked in three of the five games he played for them! Baird, who notoriously got himself sent o…
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October 15, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Ahead of #WOLBHA, a reminder of the loan international full-back who almost helped the Seagulls to promotion.
#football #premierleague #OfficialBHAFC #Wolves #bfcdublin #IrelandFootball #BurnleyOfficial #stokecity #IpswichTown #WFCOfficial #BrackleyTownFC #SolihullMoors
‘Model professional’ Stephen Ward loved his season at Brighton
STEPHEN WARD’S view from the bench as Brighton sealed Wolves’ relegation fate at the Amex on 4 May 2013 was enough to convince him it was a place he’d like to get to know better. Rather than drop d…
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October 1, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Ahead of #WOLBHA, a reminder of the loan international full-back who almost helped the Seagulls to promotion.
#football #premierleague #OfficialBHAFC #Wolves #bfcdublin #IrelandFootball #BurnleyOfficial #stokecity #IpswichTown #WFCOfficial #BrackleyTownFC #SolihullMoors
‘Model professional’ Stephen Ward loved his season at Brighton
STEPHEN WARD’S view from the bench as Brighton sealed Wolves’ relegation fate at the Amex on 4 May 2013 was enough to convince him it was a place he’d like to get to know better. Rather than drop d…
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October 1, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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It might seem Brighton to Chelsea has all been one way in recent times but it hasn’t always been the case….
#OfficialBHAFC #ChelseaFC #ghanafaofficial #ACFFiorentinaEN
Pacy Tariq Lamptey smiled on through, despite injury woes
SPEEDY Tariq Lamptey missed too many games through injury in five and a half years at Brighton. Like many quick players, Lamptey would excite fans when he sped past opponents with ease to create ch…
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September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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It might seem Brighton to Chelsea has all been one way in recent times but it hasn’t always been the case….
#OfficialBHAFC #ChelseaFC #ghanafaofficial #ACFFiorentinaEN
Pacy Tariq Lamptey smiled on through, despite injury woes
SPEEDY Tariq Lamptey missed too many games through injury in five and a half years at Brighton. Like many quick players, Lamptey would excite fans when he sped past opponents with ease to create ch…
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September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM