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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 #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.
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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 #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
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Ahead of Barnsley v Brighton in the Carabao Cup, a reminder of an Irish maverick who played for both clubs.
#Carabao_Cup #BarnsleyFC #OfficialBHAFC #Official_NCFC #LutonTown #CelticFC #derrycityfc #Glentoran
The ‘Derry Pelé’ only briefly strutted his stuff at Brighton
PADDY McCourt put a dent in Brighton’s promotion hopes when he scored for managerless Barnsley at the Amex. Eight months later he joined the Albion’s renewed attempts to lift themselves out of the …
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September 21, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Ahead of Barnsley v Brighton in the Carabao Cup, a reminder of an Irish maverick who played for both clubs.
#Carabao_Cup #BarnsleyFC #OfficialBHAFC #Official_NCFC #LutonTown #CelticFC #derrycityfc #Glentoran
The ‘Derry Pelé’ only briefly strutted his stuff at Brighton
PADDY McCourt put a dent in Brighton’s promotion hopes when he scored for managerless Barnsley at the Amex. Eight months later he joined the Albion’s renewed attempts to lift themselves out of the …
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September 21, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Brighton gave this ex-Spurs youngster a break in league football but he had to move on to get a foothold in the game he once played on the streets of Baghdad.
#SpursOfficial #OfficialBHAFC #Official_STFC #ntfc #LutonTown #thesilkmen #oskfotboll
#ebfc_official
Albion’s lifeline for the boy from Baghdad who turned down Spurs
BAGHDAD-BORN Yaser Kasim went through the youth ranks at Tottenham Hotspur but rejected a professional contract at White Hart Lane and tried to build a career at Brighton instead. Although it didn’…
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September 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Brighton gave this ex-Spurs youngster a break in league football but he had to move on to get a foothold in the game he once played on the streets of Baghdad.
#SpursOfficial #OfficialBHAFC #Official_STFC #ntfc #LutonTown #thesilkmen #oskfotboll
#ebfc_official
Albion’s lifeline for the boy from Baghdad who turned down Spurs
BAGHDAD-BORN Yaser Kasim went through the youth ranks at Tottenham Hotspur but rejected a professional contract at White Hart Lane and tried to build a career at Brighton instead. Although it didn’…
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September 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Ahead of #BOUBHA how this Brighton-born lad broke through with his hometown club before enjoying success with the Cherries.

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#OfficialBHAFC #afcbournemouth #AVFCOfficial #HullCity #ReadingFC #htafc
Tommy Elphick’s cherry picking ride to coaching
MEADOW LANE, Nottingham, is probably not one of Tommy Elphick’s favourite grounds. When he left the pitch on a stretcher in the 53rd minute on 7 May 2011, it was a great opportunity for the youngst…
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September 10, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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Ahead of #BOUBHA how this Brighton-born lad broke through with his hometown club before enjoying success with the Cherries.

inparallellines.blog/2025/09/06/t...

#OfficialBHAFC #afcbournemouth #AVFCOfficial #HullCity #ReadingFC #htafc
Tommy Elphick’s cherry picking ride to coaching
MEADOW LANE, Nottingham, is probably not one of Tommy Elphick’s favourite grounds. When he left the pitch on a stretcher in the 53rd minute on 7 May 2011, it was a great opportunity for the youngst…
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September 10, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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Ahead of #BHAMCI, remembering this popular long-legged player who made a name for himself at several clubs. #ManCity #OfficialBHAFC #swfc #ChesterFC #officialbantams
‘Spider’ Mellor’s first Albion goal was painful for his old boss
IAN MELLOR became a hero strike partner to the mercurial Peter Ward at Brighton after beginning his professional career at Manchester City. Mellor, who I first featured in this blog in 2016, died i…
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August 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Ahead of #BHAMCI, remembering this popular long-legged player who made a name for himself at several clubs. #ManCity #OfficialBHAFC #swfc #ChesterFC #officialbantams
‘Spider’ Mellor’s first Albion goal was painful for his old boss
IAN MELLOR became a hero strike partner to the mercurial Peter Ward at Brighton after beginning his professional career at Manchester City. Mellor, who I first featured in this blog in 2016, died i…
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August 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Ahead of #OfficialBHAFC’s Carabao Cup tie, a tale of a promotion-winning defender who captained #OUFCOfficial.
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#LUFC #drfc_official #Official_Darlo #ChesterFC #SUFCOfficial #SouthamptonFC #ReadingFC #SheffieldUnited #HullCity #OfficialPVFC #TranmereRovers
Andy Crosby enjoyed the taste of success with Brighton
ROCK-solid centre-half Andy Crosby won a Division 3 Championship medal with the Albion in 2001 before experiencing two frustrating near-miss seasons as captain of Oxford United. Brighton’s achievem…
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August 25, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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@EvertonNewsFeed followers might like this ahead of Sunday’s #EVEBHA clash.
#OfficialBHAFC #Everton #LaticsOfficial #AVFCOfficial #Pompey #officialcufc #ColU_Official #BrentfordFC
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Champion medal surprise for man on the mic Aspinall
THE starry-eyed teenager who made half a dozen top level appearances for eventual league champions Everton had to wait a long time for his share of that distant glory. But Warren Aspinall was nonet…
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August 22, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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It took more than three decades for this Albion watcher to collect recognition for his contribution to Everton’s league trophy triumph…
#EVEBHA #OfficialBHAFC #Everton #LaticsOfficial #AVFCOfficial #Pompey #officialcufc #ColU_Official #BrentfordFC
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Champion medal surprise for man on the mic Aspinall
THE starry-eyed teenager who made half a dozen top level appearances for eventual league champions Everton had to wait a long time for his share of that distant glory. But Warren Aspinall was nonet…
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August 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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The new season opener is upon us and more than a quarter of a century ago the occasion was memorable for this Brighton-born former Fulham striker.
#BHAFUL #OfficialBHAFC #FulhamFC #BrentfordFC #TheGillsFC
Season-opening hat-trick a dream come true for Freeman
THE NEW season opening game 26 years ago saw Darren Freeman score a hat-trick as the back-in-Brighton Seagulls hammered Mansfield Town 6-0. For Freeman, who’d previously played under Micky Adams at…
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August 12, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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The new season opener is upon us and more than a quarter of a century ago the occasion was memorable for this Brighton-born former Fulham striker.
#BHAFUL #OfficialBHAFC #FulhamFC #BrentfordFC #TheGillsFC
Season-opening hat-trick a dream come true for Freeman
THE NEW season opening game 26 years ago saw Darren Freeman score a hat-trick as the back-in-Brighton Seagulls hammered Mansfield Town 6-0. For Freeman, who’d previously played under Micky Adams at…
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August 12, 2025 at 8:15 AM